Violence in Biological News

The Evolution of Human Aggression: Feb. 25-27 conference

... on conflict and reconciliation among great apes, violence and warfare, hormones and human aggression, and ... of how current research might be used to reduce violence in our own and other communities." 200 Years ... Lessons for Modern Conflicts "Curbing human violence is one of the great challenges humanity faces in ...

National scientific meeting on child mental health at Kentucky

... University of Kentucky Center for the Study of violence Against Children (CSVAC) will host national ... to Social Practice: Translational Research on violence Against Children." The two-day event, being held ... includes the unveiling of research findings on violence against children that will be published in an ...

Domestic violence associated with chronic malnutrition in women and children in India

... study exploring the link between domestic violence and chronic malnutrition, researchers from the ... experiencing multiple incidents of domestic violence in the previous year are more likely to be anemic ... "This is strong evidence that domestic violence is linked with malnutrition among both mothers ...

Climate change could drive vast human migrations

... find themselves locked into a downward spiral of ecological degradation, towards the bottom of which social safety nets collapse, while tensions and violence rise," said a statement from CARE. "In this all-too plausible scenario, large populations would be forced to migrate as a matter of immediate ...

Bullies have harassed 14 percent of workers over past 6 months

... information from you, which has affected your performance" to the most serious, "you have felt sexually harassed" or "you have been threatened with violence or physical abuse". From the data obtained, the researchers tell SINC that 14% of the respondents have confirmed having suffered situations of ...

Exercise helps overweight children reduce anger expression

... made the difference. Extra attention from adults and time away from usual routines that could include disagreements with siblings and watching violence on television definitely could have a psychological impact. "With a psychological outcome like cognition or anger control, positive interaction with ...

Advice to the new administration: UM foreign and domestic policy guide

... Force can be used to convince armed groups to remain within the process, but it cannot substitute for genuine resolution of the conflicts that led to violence in the first placeOur first priority should be finding a way of reconciling parties to the conflict, not identifying enemies to defeat. This means ...

UCSB study finds physical strength, fighting ability revealed in human faces

... also point out that neither men nor women fare as well in assessing women's strength. This is entirely expected because, ancestrally, inflicting violence was mostly the province of men. "The next step is to isolate what it is in the face that indicates upper body strength," said Sell. He suggests ...

Despite 'peacenik' reputation, bonobos hunt and eat other primates too

... male-dominance is associated with physical violence, hunting, and meat consumption. By inference, the lack of male dominance and physical violence is often used to explain the relative absence of hunting and meat eating in bonobos. Our observations suggest that, in contrast to previous ...

Starfish strike at coral kingdom

... team also saw first-hand evidence of recent blast-fishing which, according to locals, accompanied the break down of law and order following communal violence in Halmahera between 2000-2003. At the same time many reef lagoons have been mined of their corals for use in construction. This is clearly a ...

Starfish outbreak threatens corals

... extremely destructive fishing practice that uses explosives. According to locals this accompanied a break down of law and order following communal violence in 2000-2003. During the same time many reef lagoons were mined of their corals for use in construction, an activity encouraged by the Indonesian ...

University of Minnesota releases first ever comprehensive report of the health of college students

... surveyed is low with 6.8 percent reporting they had used illicit drugs. On the Twin Cities campus, 7.1 percent report using illicit drugs. Sexual violence More than one in five or 22.4 percent of female students report experiencing a sexual assault in their lifetime with 6.8 percent reporting having ...

Humans and monkeys share Machiavellian intelligence

... Machiavelli suggested political leaders use during the Renaissance. Alpha males, who rule the 50 or so macaques in the troop, use threats and violence to hold on to the safest sleeping places, the best food, and access to the females in the group with whom they want to have sex. Like human ...

Primate behavior explained by computer 'agents'

... can show that the despotic agents do better in the conditions we find despotic macaques in the wild. The same holds for egalitarian macaques The violence and lack of reconciliation in despotic groups comes down to the fact that they dont like living on top of each other. This creates more space ...

Aggression-related gene weakens brain's impulse control circuits

... A version of a gene previously linked to impulsive violence appears to weaken brain circuits that regulate impulses, emotional memory ... previous studies had linked increased serotonin during development with violence and the L version of MAO-A. For example, a 2002 study* by NIMH-funded ...

Anticipation plays a powerful role in human memory, brain study finds

... Psychologists have long known that memories of disturbing emotional events - such as an act of violence or the unexpected death of a loved one - are more vivid and deeply imprinted in the brain than mundane recollections of everyday matters. Probing ...

New HIV statistics indicate increasing toll of AIDS on African American community

... capacity-building investments in the organizations that serve them is critical. Efforts to address homophobia and related stigma, discrimination and violence ?all of which increase HIV risk among black MSM ?are also needed. Reduce impact of incarceration as driver of new HIV infections. ?AIDS cases ...

Coral reefs are increasingly vulnerable to angry oceans

... the world when the weather churns the oceans in the years to come, according to a new model that relies on engineering principles. The increasing violence of storms associated with global climate change, as well as future tsunamis, will have major effects on coral reefs, according to a paper published ...

Stormy days ahead for coral reefs

... The increasing violence of storms under global climate change will have major effects on coral reefs ?and has important implications for their future management. A ...

Prenatal exposure to famine increases risk of schizophrenia

... suggesting a link between fetal nutritional deficiency and schizophrenia, according to a study in the August 3 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on violence and human rights. Schizophrenia is a common form of severe mental illness characterized by thought disorder, hallucinations, and delusions, as well ...

Progress on HIV/AIDS significant but insufficient

... measures to combat discrimination against people with AIDS, to draw up special programmes for women and girls, and to enhance efforts to eliminate violence against women and educate men and boys. Prevention was reaffirmed as the pillar in combating AIDS in another round-table discussion, but coverage ...

AIDS expert says global strategy needed to combat feminization of HIV/AIDS

... cultural factors as their relative lack of power in sexual relationships, widespread poverty, policies that deny women an education and tolerance of violence against women. The excessive biological vulnerability to HIV among young women, is believed to be due to an immature genital whose mucosal lining ...

Leprosy microbes lead scientists to immune discovery

... around the world. Programs and projects range from the molecular biology of AIDS vaccines to the epidemiology of cancer; from risk analysis to violence prevention; from maternal and children's health to quality of care measurement; from health care management to international health and human rights. ...