Prostitution has been described as “the world’s oldest profession,” but as a historical phenomenon it took many forms. In Finland, trade in sexual services was not a separate and distinct social problem in its own right before the mid-nineteenth century, as all sex between unmarried men an...
China's Belt and Road initiative will connect many countries and promote exchanges between different cultures, religions, and civilizations, said Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, UN high representative for the Alliance of Civilization. Unique Pharaonic funerary garden unearthed in Egypt's Luxor An almost 4...
{South Sudan,Mobile phones}, language = {eng}, number = {2}, pages = {323--337}, publisher = {Intellect}, title = {The mobile phone and society in South Sudan: A critical historical-anthropological approach}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jams.9.2.323\\\_1}, volume = {9...
According to research by Spengler et al. (2014), the mobile Steppe Society herders at Tasbas and Begash were also directly involved in the transmission of information concerning domestic plants and animals from their points of origin into Inner Asia during the early third millennium BC. Evidence ...
At thesametime,lives areembeddedin relationshipswithpeople;theydo notevolve individuallywithinstructures.The interconnectednessof lives,particularlythoselinkedacrossgenerationsby bondsof kinship,is well describedthrough theconceptof“linked lives,”whichis thecore of lifecourseanalysis(Bengtson et al. 2005)....
Sexual minority men in the USA identify with such labels as gay, bisexual, pansexual, and queer and are stigmatized by dominant social norms governing both sexuality and gender (e.g., Hunt et al.,2016). But as members of a society with a long history of racism, misogyny, classism, and...
Supervised models use historical data where each user is labeled as suspect or non-suspect and try to find patterns in phone call data records that distinguish between those who were historically selected as suspects and non-suspects. Khan et al. [85] used CDR data of various suspects and vic...
Danks et al. [27] note that 1.5 min is a maximum for a standing audience at a screen and that the length should be indicated to avoid visitors’ discomfort and attention drifting away. On the other hand, additional music, images, video and sound effects should only be used when they ...
From well-established biennials to inaugural gatherings, including theWorld Architecture Festival 2025,Desert X Al Ula, and theCOP Climate Conference, the 2025 calendar highlights themes such assustainability,heritage, andcommunity. These events underscore architecture's unique ability to shape a better ...
Initial research has found that problematic smartphone usage is negatively correlated with various conceptions of well-being, including subjective well-being (e.g. Chan, 2018; Chen & Li, 2017; David et al., 2018; Hughes & Burke, 2018; Kumcagiz & Gündüz, 2016; Li et al., 2015; Park ...