Energy has long been viewed as an essential ingredient in meeting man's basic needs and in stimulating and supporting economic growth and the standard of living, so much so that often a nation identifies its wellbeing with its gargantuan and growing need for energy. Statistical data on energy consumption of the world in recent years [1] show that world consumption has increased by about 50% in ...

BACKGROUND Mental wellbeing, conceptualised as positive affect, life satisfaction and realisation of needs that contribute to psychological growth, captures more than the absence of mental ill health. Several nations now aim to monitor and improve mental wellbeing. Whilst many studies document associations between adverse childhood experiences and mental disorders in adulthood, possible links b...

By respecting nature’s limits and investing in nature’s wealth, we can protect and enhance the environment’s ability to sustain human wellbeing. But how humans interact with nature is intimately tied to how we interact with each other. Those who are relatively powerful and wealthy typically gain disproportionate benefits from the economic activities that degrade the environment, while those who...

The dramatic social and demographic changes that have occurred in developed nations over the past several decades have lead to significant changes in the circumstances in which families are raising young children, and in the conditions that young children experience as they group up. In parallel with these social and demographic changes, there is evidence of worsening health and developmental o...

This study established the influence of gender-based abuse on women’s economic wellbeing and participation in public life. A total of two-hundred and fifty married women from Abeokuta metropolis constituted the sample for the study. Their ages ranged from 25 years to 49 years with a mean age of 37 years and standard deviation of 8.48. The two instruments used were author-constructed questionnai...

Social capital refers to trust, norms, and social networks. One of the most important features of social capital is its claimed capacity of promoting economic well-being. Theorists have assumed that any such effects vary according to the nature of different types of social capital. Using longitudinal data from a nationally representative dataset, this study investigates the differentiated effec...

Recent Advances in the Economics of Individual Subjective Well-Being Over the last decades, empirical research on subjective well-being in the social sciences has provided a major new stimulus to the discourse on individual happiness. Recently this research has also been linked to economics where reported subjective wellbeing is often taken as a proxy measure for individual welfare. In our revi...

Barbering (incessant grooming) is an abnormal behavior causing alopecia and commonly affects various strains of laboratory mice, including C57BL/6J. Barbering-induced alopecia is a potential symptom of brain impairment and can indicate a stressful environment. We compared alopecia prevalence and severity in mice housed in enriched or standard cages. Providing an enriched environment delayed the...

Given current demographic and health trends, and their economic implications, home healthcare technology has become a fertile area for research and development. Motivated by the need for a radical reform of healthcare provision, SPHERE is a large-scale Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration that aims to develop home sensor systems to monitor people’s health and wellbeing in the home. This pap...

The problems of old age pose an unprecedented challenge to health professionals. The potential of preventive health care to contribute to the wellbeing of the elderly, to result in economic savings due to caring for a less disabled population, and to provide a more humane, less technological approach to medical care, has aroused considerable interest. Health maintenance of the elderly, neverthe...