Corruption is considered the major barrier to development. Recent empirical studies have identified a strong, positive linkage between higher perceived corruption and lower economic growth (Mauro, 1995). African countries have long been hindered by corruption and Ethiopia is not an exception.
In 2022, the Philippines saw the rise of Bongbong Marcos to the Philippine presidency years after his father, infamous dictator Ferdinand Marcos, was ousted from power by the EDSA People’s Power revolution in 1986. So how is it that yet another Marcos has ascended to office yet again in the Philippines, not a full lifetime after their family’s exile by popular revolution? Why has the myth of a Philippine Golden Age under Ferdinand Marcos, rife with recorded human rights abuses, persisted to this day to help propel Bongbong Marcos to the highest levels of government? It is decades of extensive historical revisionism and a complex disinformation network with roots in the administration of former president Rodrigo Duterte that have placed the Marcos family back into the presidential office.
Global inflation rates over the past year have been higher than they have been since 2012; similarly, inflation percentages in the United States (US), the United Kingdom (UK), and the European Union (EU) since the start of the second quarter have been staggering. In the US, the UK, and the EU, the primary driver of the recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) elevation, in the US, and the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) in Europe, is the rising cost of energy and consumer commodities. The rising cost of consumer commodities, especially food, housing, and petroleum products has struck the world into a tumultuous spiral, causing the cost of living to rise to a level not seen since the 1980s, resulting in the global experience of all three types of inflation. Typically, only one form of inflation is seen; however, this reversion to a 1980s economy is the result of many factors and is relatively uncommon. This spiral has fueled riots and protests across Europe, causing protestors and legislators alike to demand monetary reform.
From the ancient stone and bronze ages to the present-day silicon age, materials have defined eras of human civilization. Breakthroughs in materials can completely disrupt current technology and accelerate economic growth. For example, the development of the abundant resource of silicon has accelerated communications, energy storage and computation speeds. In today’s rapidly changing world, there is a need for more advanced materials to keep up with the demands for more efficient devices and for finding solutions to issues like climate change. It’s no wonder why scientists are racing to synthesize the next superstar material.
A large amount of descriptive research of the Scandinavian and Nordic languages has been for the consumption of linguists and historians. When reconstructing or representing ancient and deceased languages, linguists rely on the so-called daughter languages, or languages that descend from the theoretical proto-language, to comparatively piece back the grammar – this method is indeed referred to as the comparative method. In use as well are archaeological gatherings – in the case of Old Norse this may be present in runes. Synthesizing this information is how linguists work to piece together what ancestral languages may have sounded like and what their grammatical inventory may have consisted of. Thus the purpose of this article is to present an accessible introduction to these languages, their grammar, and the issues that their speakers face. Further, this is the first in a series of linguistic studies and language families.
Over the past few decades, extensive research has analysed the personality construct of alexithymia, due to its strong connections with a multitude of physical and psychological disorders (Luminet et al., 2004). However, the association between alexithymia and the cold-blooded personality has rarely been investigated due to its underrated importance in the medical field. The present article is the first to gather and explain the main neurological, psychosomatic, and physical links between alexithymia and the cold-blooded personality, intending to propose a novel, possible path toward the understanding of highly common physical and psychological disorders associated with both alexithymia and the cold-blooded personality.
Wood has been a valued material in construction for centuries. We build our homes and furniture using this naturally available resource, its presence often evoking feelings of nostalgia and comfort. As versatile and lightweight as it is, wood has never been seen as a high-performance material since it’s relatively soft compared to metals. Recently however, there has been a growing interest in new processing methods that may elevate the performance of wood even further.
What is a language if not a living, expanding, reflective collection of moods, literature, poems, and the human capacity for sharing knowledge across stars made of verbs and nouns? In his groundbreaking Tamil: A Biography, David Shulman asserts that Tamil is more than a jumble of grammar: We can, nevertheless, agree that the Tamil language and its particular themes, images, and traditions informed and in many ways shaped an extraordinarily long-lived, heterogeneous, and richly elaborated culture or series of cultures along with the political and social orders that emerged out of those cultural matrices
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), colloquially known as depression, has plagued millions of people over the course of time, and research suggests that between 30-35% of depression cases meet the criteria to be deemed treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Despite the relatively low figure representing treatment resistance, a lot of the population experiencing depression maintains a low response rate to treatment in general. The established difficulty in treating so many cases of depression has created room for masses of research to be done regarding effective second-line remedies, and recently, the FDA has allowed depression treatment and research with drugs such as ketamine.
