By Sharlette A. Kellum, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Texas Southern University
MAP, NOMAP and 764 are among the coded terms that all speak to pedophilia. Here’s how families can stay ahead of the risk.
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By Annette Nellen, Professor of Tax and Accounting, San José State University
About 1 in 10 American workers are earning a living as a gig worker. That means they find their customers through Lyft, DoorDash, TaskRabbit and other digital platforms, or do another form of what the IRS and others call “on-demand work.”
As a certified public accountant, attorney and tax…
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By Paul Sanchez Ruiz, Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Iowa State University
Entrepreneurs displaying narcissistic behavior are better able to convince investors to give them money when their grandiosity comes across as confidence as opposed to defensiveness or arrogance.
That’s what we learned from watching 12 seasons of the popular reality TV show “Shark Tank” to better understand how an entrepreneur’s psychological profile affects their ability to secure funding.
My research focuses on how…
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By Quing Zhu, Professor of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
Ultrasound is often used in breast cancer screening, but it can often provide inconclusive results. Combining it with near-infrared light can help patients avoid the anxiety and cost of a biopsy.
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By Samuel Perry, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Baylor University
Hegseth is a member of the CREC, whose beliefs are rooted in a 20th-century movement called Christian Reconstructionism. The movement calls for the implementation of biblical law.
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By Derek Arnold, Instructor in Communication, Villanova University
In the early days of the United States, Philly was a hotbed of conspiracy theories as fears grew that secret societies sought to dismantle religion’s influence on society.
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By Dirk Cilliers, Professor, North-West University
Claudine Alberts (Roos), Professor, North-West University
Francois Pieter Retief, Professor of Environmental Management, North-West University
Jurie Moolman, Senior lecturer in Environmental Management, North-West University
Reece C Alberts, Professor, North-West University
Ruhan Verster, Post doctoral fellow in Environmental Sciences
Nature reserve fences can protect wildlife and people, but they also break up natural landscapes, restrict animal movement, and affect nearby communities.
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By Frederick Kibon Changwony, Lecturer in Accounting & Finance, University of Stirling
Kenya devolved power and public spending to 47 counties in 2013. This was in line with a global trend in which governments were pushing power and resources down to local levels in the hope that decisions made closer to people would lead to better outcomes.
The logic was straightforward: local governments should be better…
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By Efefiom Kofon, SOAS, University of London
Nigeria’s reliance on imported medicines is the outcome of a policy vacuum that has entrenched interests in commercially attractive, low-risk imports.
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By Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Professor of Anthropology, Rice University
Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant (which can weigh up to 6,000kg. This was Elephas (Paleoxodon) recki, a prehistoric titan that roamed the landscape of what is now Tanzania nearly two million years ago. Now, imagine a group of our ancestors standing over its carcass, then butchering it and eating it.
For decades, archaeologists have debated when the hominin ancestors of humans first started eating megafauna – animals weighing more than 1,000kg.
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