2,077 search results
The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...based on an offender’s emotional response to a situation that provokes anger, leading to a desire to cause harm to the victim) (Canter and Youngs, 2009; Youngs, Ioannou and Eagles, 2016). Similarly in an online environment, some forms of crime seem to principally be for financial gain (e.g. ransomware attacks, online identity theft), whereas others may be carried out...
View course The psychology of cybercrime
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Why are tiger moths making people unwell - and what can we do about it?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are tiger moths making people unwell - and what can we do about it?

...based test kit will address this problem when used for detection of Tiger moth disease in all Aster hospitals in India, says Varma. “We will also present our data to health authorities in Kerala and at the central government so that they can take steps to control Tiger moth lepidopterism with the help of our diagnostic kit,” he says. A. caricae is found in the...
View article Why are tiger moths making people unwell - and what can we do about it?
Article 5 mins
How are Ethiopian coffee growers responding to climate change?
Science, Maths & Technology

How are Ethiopian coffee growers responding to climate change?

...based on computer modelling and simulations. “We determined coffee-preferred climate (niche) using a huge amount of data collected on the ground, including historic observations, overlaid on climate maps,” explains Moat. They projected this niche into the future using climate models and scenarios, which revealed that all the models were in general agreement. They then...
View article How are Ethiopian coffee growers responding to climate change?
Article 5 mins
Using data visualisation to track climate change
Nature & Environment

Using data visualisation to track climate change

...based African Technology Policy Studies Network, tells SciDev.Net that the tool could improve transparency and enhance climate change negotiations. “This tool is important for Africa because it provides vital information that is essential to inform decisions on climate change. A major challenge for Africa has been the lack of climate information database which details...
View video Using data visualisation to track climate change
Video 5 mins
‘Citizen sensing’ and new forms of environmental monitoring
Society, Politics & Law

‘Citizen sensing’ and new forms of environmental monitoring

...based in the United States. Instead of promoting the device as a complete technology, Public Lab encourages users to build their own equipment through, for example, adding new circuit boards and utilising plastic bottles as enclosures for sensors. It is hoped that this will keep the technology affordable and allow a ‘community of users’ to form around Riffle and...
View article ‘Citizen sensing’ and new forms of environmental monitoring
Article 10 mins
How many different types of smile are there?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How many different types of smile are there?

...based on his study of 100 people: The “Mona Lisa”, where the corners of the mouth go up and outwards and the upper teeth are exposed. The dominant muscle action is from the zygomaticus major. About two-thirds of people studied smile this way. The “canine” smile, where the canine teeth are exposed. The dominant muscle action is from the levator labii superioris. 31...
View article How many different types of smile are there?
Article 5 mins
Methods in Motion: An emerging politics of Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: An emerging politics of Brexit

...based Open University seminar series, which is funded by the British Psychological Society (BPS). The seminars explore how citizenship is reconfigured in the era of Brexit using insights from social psychology and other social sciences. In a previous contribution to the MiM blog, I considered the value of developing a social psychology of citizenship. In that post, I...
View article Methods in Motion: An emerging politics of Brexit
Article 5 mins
Metal Spinning / Flow Turning
Science, Maths & Technology

Metal Spinning / Flow Turning

...bases, with a cycle time of 25 s per component. Can be used as a manual batch or prototype process, with low tooling costs. Adequate lubrication is required, such as beeswax, tallow or soap. The thicker, the harder and the larger the diameter of the blank, the slower the spinning speed will be, e.g. thin copper foil (25 mm in diameter) 2500 rev min – 1. 5 mm thick brass...
View article Metal Spinning / Flow Turning
Article 5 mins