Risk management as a social defence against anxiety

Anxiety as a barrier to risk management.

A social-network defence against whitewashing

We provide a defence against whitewashing for trust assessment mechanisms (TAM) by using an underlying social network in MAS and P2P. Since interaction requests are routed through the social network, routers can block requests from portions of the network known for whitewashing. Furthermore, by limiting feedback spread to the interaction routers, the trust assessment can be done without queryin...

Autophagy as a defence against intracellular pathogens.

Autophagy is a membrane trafficking pathway that results in the formation of autophagosomes which deliver portions of the cytosol to lysosomes for degradation. When autophagosomes engulf intracellular pathogens, the pathway is called 'xenophagy' because it leads to the removal of foreign material. Autophagy is activated during infection by Toll-like receptors that recognize pathogen-associated ...

Social Resilience as a Protection Against COVID-19 Outbreak

Disasters whether natural or man-made occur from time to time and are accompanied by financial and human casualties. Their harmful effects are sometimes immense mostly on the poor, the illiterate, and marginalized people. This condition may be worsened when the governments have no financial support for the poor to save their lives.

Musical performance anxiety as a form of social anxiety?

The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between social anxiety and musical performance anxiety (MPA). Previous literature has reported mixed results concerning correlations between social anxiety and MPA. To better describe overlapping and unique features in comparison with social anxiety disorder may introduce new options for treatment. The aim of the current study was...