Emotions have been at the forefront of philosophers’ and theoreticians’ curiosities for millennia. A great deal of influential research has described how emotions are defined, generated, and regulated, and many theoretical models have further described the processes underlying the maintenance of&...

Despite sustained investment in gender-equity initiatives, hierarchies of authority, legitimacy and reward remain entrenched in higher education. This paper synthesises two staff surveys conducted in Athena Swan-accredited institutions in the United Kingdom and SAGE Athena Swan-accredited institutions in A...

This chapter provides a non-comprehensive overview of the research methods used in cross-cultural studies of children. We present a collage of case studies and methods summaries that outline common practices and explore their theoretical, ethical, and practical implications. ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasing public health emergency, driven largely by the overuse and misuse of antibiotics. Among multidrug-resistant pathogens, Acinetobacter baumannii is a major clinical concern due to its ability to survive in hospital environments. Recent studies...

This opening chapter outlines this book’s agenda: to promote a comprehensive, culturally informed approach to studying childhood, and to critically examine the predominance of western centric methodologies in developmental research. By integrating insights from evolutionary, anthropological, and psychological&#...

The aim of the study was to explore the effects of divorce on the international human rights of women in Qatar, with a particular focus on domestic abuse. The critical perspective was utilised under both the socio-legal and doctrinal analyses. The critical perspective was info...

Background: Cognitive reserve (CR) is thought to buffer against the clinical manifestation of dementia, preserving cognitive function despite accumulating pathology. However, less is known about how CR relates to the capacity to independently perform activities of daily living (ADL), parti...

Background Ghana continues to face persistent maldistribution of doctors between rural and urban areas. This thesis evaluates the Early Study Leave with Pay policy, introduced in August 2016 to incentivise rural service through earlier access to study leave with continued salary, and&#...

This Special Section of International Psychogeriatrics contains five papers relating to unhealthy aging. Four are epidemiological and seek to identify factors that predict poor health, frailty, mortality and loneliness. The fifth describes the initial stages of the development of an intervention&...