An fMRI study of men and women showed that their brains respond differently to positive and negative stimuli. Women associate positive images with memories. Men may be more likely to act when confronted with danger. Researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study brain activation have found that men and women respond differently to [ Read More ]
Archive for November, 2009
A landmark report on the status of women in Africa says there is a distinct gap between intention and implementation in relation to women’s rights and equality. The African Women’s Report (AWR), highlights “the difficulties countries are having with respect to the full realization of women’s rights due to the persistence of negative cultural and [ Read More ]
It is highly important that a mother should possess such information as will enable her to detect disease at its first appearance, and thus insure for her child timely medical assistance. This knowledge it will not be difficult for her to obtain. She has only to bear in mind what are the indications which constitute [ Read More ]
Hunger in America’s Classrooms: Share Our Strength’s Teachers Report Shows Schools and Teachers Are Critical Safety Net for Nearly 17 Million U.S. Children Facing Hunger Share Our Strength(R), the leading national organization working to end childhood hunger in America, released powerful survey results today indicating that teachers across America see children arriving at school hungry. [ Read More ]
In 2009, The Resource Foundation Has Helped More Than 45,000 Women and Girls in 18 Countries The Resource Foundation, www.resourcefnd.org, a leading, U.S. nonprofit organization that works with donors to support effective development programs in Latin America and the Caribbean, has helped over 45,000 at-risk women and girls in 18 countries in 2009 and continues [ Read More ]
Cross Now… Cross Now… Early in the 21st Century, the Tyrell Corporation advanced robot evolution into the Nexus phase – a being virtually identical to a human – known as a Replicant. They’re all around you, even now. That guy next to you? He’s a Replicant. How do we know? He’s walking the streets in [ Read More ]