Why did COVID-19 hit some countries harder than others? While this question is usually
answered based on demographics (eg, population age), health policy (eg, quarantine), or …

Introduction This study investigates the effectiveness of using an educational comic book to
facilitate the intergenerational transfer of knowledge and intentions concerning dynamite …

Dockless shared bicycles have become a popular mode of transportation for city dwellers in
China. Despite its convenience, the dockless feature also creates new challenges, as users …

Does hateful rhetoric appeal to supporters of President Trump? Prior studies link sexism,
racism, Islamophobia, anti-immigrant sentiment, and intolerant forms of Christianity to …

The face is one of the foremost widely physical attributes used in biometrics systems for
human identification. Biometric authentication has gained a lot of interest and attention …

Axelrod model is an opinion dynamics model such that each agent on a two-dimensional
lattice has a finite number of possible opinions. The model is not realistic as all agents will …

It has been largely assumed that to influence how people behave, it was necessary and
sufficient to change their personal attitudes and beliefs (Fishbein & Ajzen, 1975). In this …

When individuals see the world differently, the divide between their subjective construals
manifests in differential neural responses. Research on neural polarization has found that …

Accessible high-quality weather data is important in enabling renewable energy and climate-
based research in Africa, and across the world. However, caution must be extended to open …

Partisan animosity has been growing in the US and around the world over the past few
decades, fueling efforts by researchers and practitioners to help heal the divide. Many …