The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington recently issued projections for longevity by country in 2050. Among the top 20 for living to a ripe old age are rich ones like Switzerland and Singapore. East Asia is also represented by South Korea and Japan, long...
" signs a reminder that in a part of the world as densely populated as this, you sometimes need to shout in order to be heard. We wound around camel carts driven by men in brightly colored turbans, herds of hardy-looking sheep and goats, and tractors carrying loads of hay so prepostero...
However, the results from the densely populated areas, i.e. eastern, southern, and central China still provide reasonable evidence to shed light on the varied impact of the socio-cultural factors on the older generation's risk response in different regions. 4. Results 4.1. Descriptive and ...
Useful propagation in the VHF bands is essentially limited to line-of-sight in small geographic regions. Propagation in short wave, on the other hand, can go almost anywhere in the world due to multiple reflections in the ionosphere. For countries that are densely populated and have small ...
so-called “Five Eyes” nations and they are well-known for all being former British colonies. To the surprise of many, according to the American Community Survey conducted by the United States Census Bureau, the largest self-reported ancestry is actually German with an estimated size of ...
So then why was 1997 such a magic number? Well, that was the year another financial crisis began, this time in Asia. Most of the money that had come in was from South Korea, which saw the U.S. as a “flight to safety.” Because L.A. had a large Korean community, many Koreans...
So, the post-90s grew up listening to music from all over the world, and now, they have the purchasing power to drive the demand for live performances of all shapes and sizes. However, is the industry ready to supply the new type of concert-goer? We have to keep in mind that the ...
Prices are pretty good. A family room with breakfast cost us under $50 in San Salvador. As with all of Central and South America, it’s not cheap, if you want cheap go to Asia and Eastern Europe, but El Salvador is nowhere near as expensive as some South American countries. ...
New York is the capital of the coronavirus pandemic, with around 110,000 confirmed cases and 10,000 confirmed deaths citywide, and perhaps the same number across its suburbs. There must be many reasons why this is so; one possibility that people have rai
It is taken for granted in the west that some children have greater ability at particular subjects than others. Not so in Singapore, where diligence is prized over talent. Tim Oates, who was in charge of a review of England’s national curriculum in 2010-2013 and is now director of resear...