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Sex, human rights and AIDS: an analysis of new technologies for HIV prevention in the Brazilian context

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, 2015
Worldwide, HIV prevention is challenged to change because clinical trials show the protective effect of technologies such as circumcision, preexposure prophylaxis, and the suppression of viral load through antiretroviral treatment. In the face of demands
Dulce Ferraz, Vera Paiva
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Does Ongoing Task Load Influence Prospective Remembering in Autism Spectrum Disorders?

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prospective memory (PM) refers to the cognitive ability to remember to carry out intended actions in the future. The present study investigated PM performance in autistic and non‐autistic adults as well as the impact of the cognitive load of the ongoing task on PM performance.
Daniela Nürnberg, Mareike Altgassen
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the Outburst: Charting a New Frontier for Understanding and Treating Irritability in Autistic Adults

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Irritability is a prevalent and impairing feature associated with autism, yet remains poorly understood, particularly in adults. Drawing heavily on insights translated from pediatric and transdiagnostic literatures, we propose that irritability in autistic individuals often reflects a psychophysiological stress or threat response, rooted in a ...
Hsiang‐Yuan Lin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harm, compensation and responsability: moral and psychological aspects

open access: yesGenocidas ir rezistencija, 2002
This article discusses the issues of injustice, compensation, and responsibility towards Holocaust victims. Can reparations compensate for the wrongs done? Societal processes such as fair coverage of the Holocaust, the administration of justice, and not so much the courts themselves as their didactic and educational meaning, the commemoration of ...
openaire   +1 more source

Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
wiley   +1 more source

Seeking Satisfaction Among Israeli Young Adults: The Roles of Gratification, Compensation, Reward Deficiency Syndrome, and Compulsivity in Relation to Addictive Behaviors

open access: yesSubstance Abuse and Rehabilitation
Yaniv Efrati,1 Zsolt Demetrovics,2– 4 Zsolt Horváth,3 Mark D Griffiths,5 Marc N Potenza,6– 9 Kenneth Blum,10,11 Andrea Czakó,3,4 Eszter Kotyuk3 1Bar-Ilan University, Faculty of Education, Ramat Gan, Israel; 2Flinders University Institute for Mental ...
Efrati Y   +7 more
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Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertisements Can Paradoxically Increase Intentions to Adopt Lifestyle Changes

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2016
Background: Direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertisements are thought to induce boomerang effects, meaning they reduce the perceived effectiveness of the alternative option: non-pharmaceutical treatment via lifestyle change. Past research has
Maya B. Mathur   +4 more
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Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people worldwide are increasingly participating in a global movement for climate justice, yet to date, little research has examined how youth climate justice activists conceive of and experience activism as education. The present study used in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with 16 US climate justice activists (aged 15–17) to address ...
Carlie D. Trott
wiley   +1 more source

Learning to ‘be’ an activist: Exploring the relationship between activism and informal education in a youth activism group case study

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people in the United States (and beyond) access spaces for activism in varied ways, including the out‐of‐school time sector, where youth activism (YA) groups draw on informal learning pedagogies to engage young people in collective action.
Laura Weiner
wiley   +1 more source

Work Ability in the Digital Age: The Role of Work Engagement, Job Resources and Traditional and Emerging Job Demands Among Older White-Collar Workers

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences
Aging may lead to a gradual decline in work ability, but other factors, such as worker motivation, also play a crucial role. This study, based on the Job Demands–Resources model, examined whether work engagement, an indicator of high motivation, is ...
Cristina Di Tecco   +9 more
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