Research on globalization

This is a big deal! It means that all those years of turmoil do, actually, result in emotional regulation skills. The researchers hypothesize that some of the improvement is because older adults are more oriented toward well-being, and wanting to feel their best each day. … [Read more...] about Duke researchers say people ages 20-45 are less emotionally stable and more prone to temptation

* British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was remaining in isolation with mild symptoms, seven days after he was confirmed to be infected. Britain's health minister said the curve of deaths could peak on Easter Sunday. Queen Elizabeth will make an extremely rare address to the nation on Sunday. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus pandemic | Latest on the spread of COVID-19 around the world

Global online music streaming subscriptions grew 32 percent YoY reaching 358 million subscriptions in 2019, according to research firm Counterpoint. The growth was driven by the availability of exclusive content like podcasts, originals which attracted people and eventually turned them to subscribers. Further, promotional activities like price cuts in subscriptions in emerging markets bundled offers from telcos added to the growth. … [Read more...] about Music streaming services grew 32 percent, Spotify topped the charts in 2019: Report

First up in early November will be an in-store 3-D printing pilot which, combined with RFID tagging, will help people choosing a new sofa. The new interactive in-store sofa studio will enable customers to select from a range of 3-D printed sofa models to get a better idea of what an item will look like, then place it on a “smart table” which detects the RFID tag to show the sofa on a computer screen. Once a selected fabric swatch is placed alongside on the smart table, a mock-up will be shown changing color as the customer picks different fabrics, John Lewis’s innovation manager John Vary explains. … [Read more...] about How 4 Retailers Are Using Digital And Mobile To Create A More Seamless Shopping Experience

India spends less than 2 percent of its GDP on healthcare. The WHO states that the ideal doctor to population ratio should be 1:1000. According to the National Health Profile 2019, India has a doctor-population ratio of 1:1457. For those living in rural areas, this ratio plummets to 1:10926. Further, as the Centre for Policy Research’s Yamini Aiyar pointed out on 22 March “doctors in rural primary health centres see barely eight to 10 patients a day.” With the number of active COVID-19 cases in India growing rapidly, the pressure that this is going to put on an already understaffed system is unprecedented. … [Read more...] about COVID-19 | Importance of street-level bureaucracy to fight the pandemic