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The author describes holistic approaches of artists to combat capitalism's extraction/exploitation-based economic system. She discusses Pauliina Feodoroff's redeployment of the tools of capitalism by securing land and regenerating its habitats, as well as the ecological commitments of the Het Nieuwe Instituut in the Netherlands. Focus is given on the work of TJ Shin questioning the drive survival and the research by Xavi L. Aguirre aimed at breaking the cycle of production and consumption.

A recent report from Purdue University discusses advances in prostate cancer research. The study focused on comparing gene expression profiles in different mouse models of prostate cancer, including the TRAMP transgenic model and its derived cell lines. The researchers used RNA sequencing to examine different levels of prostate cancer aggressiveness and identified gene signatures associated with aggressive tumor behavior and poor survival in human datasets. The study also revealed insights into shared pathways and therapeutic targets, and further analysis of immune cell landscapes in the models may contribute to improved patient outcomes. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses a study which examined how some people in Tibet, China, are able to live successfully at extreme elevations. The study conducted genetic analysis of human remains discovered at the 14,000-foot-high site of Chusang which demonstrated human survival some 7,000 years ago. The researchers found that many in Tibet have genetic characteristics that enable them to survive in elevated environments.

The article shares survival tips for new lawyers. These include embracing the process of learning skills, organizing work, asking for the deadline of a task and the kind of work product that must be produced, maintaining work-life balance, practicing work schedule awareness, finding a mentor, building a positive reputation, handling an antagonist, managing remote work, and starting business development early.

The article discusses Hurricane Katrina and why the way individuals remember the storm is essential for preparing for future disasters. A brief overview of the damage to New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina is presented, including the social impact on displaced African-Americans. Topics include the role of the media in the portrayal of conditions in New Orleans as an out-of-control place filled with violent criminal behavior by young, black males, the truth about the social breakdown in New Orleans, and a federal court case involving Roland Bourgeois Jr. which was part of an organized militia that harassed African-Americans. Also discussed is how telling the truth during a disaster is vital to a community's survival.

The article takes a look at the growing market for survivalists in the U.S. It notes key events that have shaped the U.S. survivalist movement including the Arab oil embargo in the 1970s, the 2001 terrorist attacks, and climate change. It cites that companies have exploited the fears that motivate survivalists through television shows like "Doomsday Preppers," and products like freeze-dried meats, 72-hour survival backpacks, and publications like "Offgrid" magazine.

The article discusses the study of Kenneth Hill, a psychologist at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, about the behavior of people when they are lost in the wild. His observations suggested that children under seven years of age have the highest survival rates since they do not form a mental map that may lead to counterproductive efforts to get reoriented. It mentions that based on the study of Rick Toman, director of search and rescue for the state of Massachusetts, autistic children are often fascinated by water.

Will we ever learn? We'd barely recovered from Enron and WorldCom before we faced the subprime mortgage meltdown and more scandals that shook our trust in businesspeople. Which raises the question: Do we trust too much? In this article, Stanford professor and social psychologist Kramer explores the reasons we trust so easily -- and, often, so unwisely. He explains that genetics and childhood learning make us predisposed to trust and that it's been a good survival mechanism. That said, our willingness to trust makes us vulnerable. Our sense of trust kicks in on remarkably simple cues, such as when people look like us or are part of our social group. We also rely on third parties to verify the character of others, sometimes to our detriment (as the victims of Bernard Madoff learned). Add in our illusions of invulnerability and our tendencies to see what we want to see and to overestimate our own judgment, and the bottom line is that we're often easily fooled. We need to develop tempered trust. For those who trust too much, that means reading cues better; for the distrustful, it means developing more receptive behaviors. Everyone should start with small acts of trust that encourage reciprocity and build up. Having a hedge against potential abuses also helps. Hollywood scriptwriters, for instance, register their treatments with the Writers Guild of America to prevent their ideas from being stolen by the executives they pitch. To attract the right relationships, people must strongly signal their own honesty, proactively allay concerns, and, if their trust is abused, retaliate. Trusting individuals in certain roles, which essentially means trusting the system that selects and trains them, also works but isn't foolproof. And don't count on due diligence alone for protection; constant vigilance is needed to make sure the landscape hasn't changed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on various theories that help to determine the method behind searching and movement patterns of man from the earliest times. Searching has always been crucial to human survival. Hunter-gatherers had to be good at searching to find food and water. Traditionally, scientists have assumed that ancient people moved from place to place in a random way. They based their models on a description of random movement borrowed from physics, called Brownian motion.

Reflects on the life of Palestinian leader, Yasir Arafat. A terrorist to Israelis and a would-be father of a nation to Palestinians. His rise from guerrilla leader to Novel Peace Prize laureate to his final years shunned as an international pariah; His rule which reduced Palestinian cities to rubble, destroyed the country's economy and killed many citizens; His image as a living symbol of a homeland; His ability to survive over the course of years hunted by Israel; Sharpness of his political instincts; His upbringing; His ability to repackage himself as needed; His inability to create a Palestinian nation.

Provides a list of survival tips for male African-Americans living in the United States. Social leeway that exists for twenty-first century black men that did not exist in centuries prior; Suggested tips, including playing the race card carefully, not expecting competence and hard work to get oneself recognition, and not taking one's anger out on innocent people; View that black men can escape the prisons of stereotypes and caricatures that previous generations could not because of this social leeway.

The article focuses on archaeological and genetic research which suggests that Homo sapiens' soft or emotional skills such as compassion, tolerance and the desire to make connections with others may have been their secret to survival through those climatic swings when other types of human died.

The article explores the lessons to be learned from lived experience of couch-surfing by homeless young people. Topics discussed include limitations on research on the challenges and risks of couch-surfing, the health effects associated with couch-surfing, a study being conducted by Brisbane Youth Service on couch-surfing by young people, and the stress of instability being experienced by these young people.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of preparing for and surviving the hurricanes such as the Hurricane Isaias in 2020 without having to evacuate their home.

He writes that "there is indeed good evidence that the same brain systems control survival behaviors in humans and other mammals, but that these are not the systems responsible for conscious feelings we experience when we engage in such behaviors." LeDoux is aware his argument runs counter to that of many animal experts like Frans de Waal and Jane Goodall, whose work underlines a connection between the emotions of non-human primates and us. Another example is blindsight, patients who don't see stimuli in a blind spot, yet perform behaviors that show the stimuli were perceptually registered by the brain. Some parts of the brain involved in conceptualizations of what emotions are have unique properties in the human brain. [Extracted from the article]

A personal narrative is presented which explores the children's experience after coming to U.S. as a refugee, mentions the impact of Syria's civil war to children life, and information on the challenges faced by children for their survival.

The article focuses on the cold weather that envelopes the U.S., which is considered to be the coldest in the 20th century. The authors state that the weather has reduced human problems into the basics of mere survival, as over 230 people had died from hypothermia, heart attacks and a variety of icy disasters, including the crash of a Boeing 737 into the waters of the Potomac river, which killed 78 people. Robert Case of the National Weather Service aptly describes the weather as a freak.

This article focuses on the survival of man on Earth. The author argues that man generally regards his tenancy on Earth as permanent and unassailable. He has, until quite recently, very extensively wasted the natural resources of Earth, with no thought for future generations at all. Many of the Earth's raw products are being used faster than they are being replaced. This shortsighted policy, so usual in man despite his intelligence, seems to persist as a result of the local and short-term points of view, he seems to have about everything. It follows then that man's natural and inevitable future lies in the further development and use of his brain, his ability to think. All indications suggest that if there is any universal plan for man it must involve that development of his thinking power. His survival demands it and his evolution up to now shows it to be his only superiority over other animals.

The article explains the significance of learning about one's ancestors to improve understanding and appreciation for them, including how they lived and survived, how to worship God, when to fight for a cause, and how they reacted in circumstances.

The article highlights the stories of people who have overcome adversity as survivors, based on stories told in the television series "People Icons: Heroes & Survivors." Notable people highlighted include Jessica McClure, known worldwide as Baby Jessica in 1987 when she fell down a well in Midland, Texas and it took days to rescue her, Austin Hatch who survived two small airplane crashes which killed family members, and Stephanie Decker who lost her legs while protecting her children when a F4 tornado hit her home in Henry, Indiana.

The article reports social news. English poet, essayist and critic Matthew Arnold, in his volume of "Mixed Essays," lately published, in speaking somewhere of some of the less creditable features of English civilization, alludes to the British theatre as "probably the most contemptible in Europe." The judgment is a harsh one, but lie would be a bold man who, looking round him at the condition of the London stage at the present moment, should attempt to gainsay it. There is probably no word in common use of such vague and indeterminate sense as the word "pessimist." Pessimism of some type is last becoming the confessed creed of those who experience the inevitable reaction of a precocious culture, or find themselves falling behind in the struggles of survival; of those whose superficial mental culture has left the heart untouched by all the great enthusiasms of humanity, and who have, perhaps unconsciously, adopted the maxim of the cynic, Dum ridel philosopitatur; of those who have been suddenly awakened to a realizing sense that their early ideals, standards, and creed have been lost without being replaced by others, that the present is all man is sure of, and that they are unfairly handicapped in the world's hunt for pleasure and money.

The article offers information on some strange phenomena held around the world, as of October 2016, including rescue of a fisherman who survived two months adrift in the open skiff by eating seagulls; and arrest of Emmanuel Solomon Ssemakula claiming to be Jesus Christ.

Predictor variables (or covariates) are frequently used in a capture–recapture analysis when estimating demographic quantities such as population size or survival probabilities. If these predictor variables are measured with error and subsequently used in the analysis, then estimates of the model parameters may be biased. Several approaches have been proposed to account for error-in-variables in capture–recapture models, however these methods generally assume the population is closed; hence quantities of interest for open populations such as the survival probabilities do not appear in the likelihood. To account for measurement error in environmental time-varying covariates for open population capture–recapture data, the well-known Cormack–Jolly–Seber model and two statistical methods are considered: (1) simulation–extrapolation; and (2) regression calibration, as well as a new method which accounts for correlation (arising from measurement error) between the survival and capture probabilities. Several simulation studies are conducted to examine the method performances, and a case study is presented which uses capture–recapture data on the Little Penguin Eudyptula minor and sea-surface temperature data as an environmental covariate to model their survival and capture probabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the factors that must be considered by every employer when training workers for active shooter simulation program. The exercise is the considered the most effective way to prepare for a real-life scenario, which mimic the stress and chaos of an actual event and reinforce the principles of survival taught in active shooter training programs.

The author reflects on how cold weather brings about pleasure of chores, the warmth of cats, and a ski trek. He mentions that cold presents several challenges such as ensuring that animals have access to water. The author also reveals need of survival instinct in deep cold like extension of the visual and auditory clarity.

The article looks into the political attitude, qualities and character of former U.S. President Donald Trump that are not evident to the public. It presents journalist Maggie Haberman's description of Trump as someone who is smarter than his critics and possessed a survival instinct. It highlights Trump's convictions that damaging information was a means of leverage and that foreign affairs and domestic politics could not be managed through bilateral transactions and tactical improvisation.

The article offers the author's insights on survival of boaters, with particular focus on the action taken by the crew of Mar Mostro yacht during the Puma Ocean Racing in the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race, and features skipper Tim Kent and rescuer Gabe Pulliam.

The article explores the life of Logan Parker as a true forager in North Carolina. Topics discussed include Parker's construction of his own straw bale home, his eating of wild food, and reasons why he loves to forage which include nutritional benefits, rising food costs and disease treatment using wild plants. Also mentioned are tips for foraging which include becoming familiar with weeds, herbs and trees, learning to identify poisonous plants and never collecting plants from polluted areas.

The article focuses on sheep and human survival techniques, particularly when they lost sight of the herd. Among the techniques discussed by the author include sheep survival through the protection of the shepherd, sheep survival by living in a herd, and human survival through living in a community.

The article presents the author's views on situational awareness and provides suggestions on how to survive in an emergency situation using four steps of the OODA Loop, the decision cycle of observing, orienting, deciding, and action.

The article focuses on the survival and recovery of Lauren Huxley who was allegedly attacked by Robert Farmer on November 9, 2005 into her family home in Northmead in Sydney, New South Wales. Topics include Huxley's medical condition after being attacked in which the medical specialists say that she had a minimal chance of full recovery when she was brought to the hospital, the strength and determination shown by Huxley after the attack, and Huxley's acceptance to what happen to her.

An interview with author Norman Finkelstein is presented. He shares the survival of his parents from the Nazi death camps and personal moral outrage against racism, war, and injustice. He stresses the controversial topics such as economic inequality and climate change. He discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a solution for nonviolent resistance.

The article presents the author's conversation with Canadian sailor and offshore voyager Art Munneke, who talked about his ordeal at sea during a storm that cost him his boat. Munneke narrated his difficult passage from New Zealand to Tahiti mounted by his failure to check the weather for more evasive action from the violent waves. Munneke had been luckily rescued and learned a good lesson to check the weather everyday.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of witnessing and surviving a fire.

The article discusses the impact of several factors to the survival behavior of the humanity including war, disease and natural disasters. It highlights the prevalence of Spanish flu during the World War I which affect the civilians of the war. It also cites the work-in-progress of the researchers for the catastrophe.

The article looks at the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) of 1912, headed by Australian explorer Douglas Mawson. It says Mawson's aim was to explore a wide area of the Antarctica continent. It recounts the loss of part of the crew in a crevasse and describes how Mawson survived, including eating the meat of some of the sled dogs who died en route.

The article explores the accident of Australian climber Lucky Chance, born Toby Benham, and the impact of the incident on his life. It mentions that he suffers from a fractured jaw, broken pelvis, and a traumatic brain injury following a mountainside crash in France for his base jumping. It notes that he is seen living in limbo since the crash. It also emphasizes his efforts in rebuilding his body and life after by setting up a gym, relearning to walk, and repairing his finances. INSET: SURVIVE IT!.

The article presents a speech by author and editor Craig Biddle delivered at various college campuses in which he discusses the ideas expressed in the novel "Atlas Shrugged," by Ayn Rand in 1957, Rand's philosophy of objectivism which highlights the nature of reality, man's knowledge, and ways of survival, and the morality of egoism.

The article offers information on how people of a small village in Kenya live along lions. It states that living along the cows make the villagers pay through the cattle. It mentions that the villagers poisons the dead cow so that the lions eat it and are not able to enter the village. It highlights that the conflict has been devastating for lions.

The article presents the triumphs of five women against tragedies that test their lives during the Christmas season. It mentions the case of survival of Alyssa Phillips when she surpassed large-cell neuroendocrine cervical cancer. It cites the case how woman from Pasadena, California has celebrated Christmas despite unstable personal finances while another story that stresses the need to trust to instincts is also emphasized.

The article explores how people can learn about wild food foraging in the U.S. The Wild Food Summit, which is annually held in Minnesota, offers workshops on wild food and foraging. Great Lakes Lifeways Institute Natural Resources Director Barb Barton helps facilitate local rice camps as part of the Native Wild Rice Coalition. Steve Brill's book "Shoots and Greens of Early Spring in Northeastern North America" offers information on wild edibles.

The article focuses on the introduction of the Judaic studies in China, wherein the Jewish culture has become a popular topic in the Chinese society and academia. It states that Xu Xin, professor and president of the China Judaic Studies Association is the central figure in Judaic studies in China. Furthermore, it notes that the Chinese people have seen the Jewish culture as a model of survival, as well as a way to understand and remember their past.

The article offers the author insights on being lost or stranded in a remote area. The author said that the bush skills are no longer imbibed by people living in the urban area and the probability of missing persons will continue. He mentions top bush craft tips including, the 6 Ps refers to prior preparation prevents piss poor performance, knowledge and a survival kit. He also suggests, books such as "The WA Police Bushcraft and Survival Guide Aid to Survival," and "Alive and Kickin'."

Introduction:A perception exists in aerospace that a brief interruption in a 100% oxygen prebreathe (PB) by breathing air has a substantial decompression sickness (DCS) consequence. The consequences of an air break during PB on the subsequent hypobaric DCS outcomes were evaluated. The hypothesis was that asymmetrical and not symmetrical nitrogen (N2) kinetics was best to model the distribution of subsequent DCS survival times after PBs that included air breaks. Methods: DCS survival times from 95 controls for a 60-mm PB prior to 2- or 4-h expo- sures to 4.37 psia (9144 m; 30,000 ft) were analyzed along with 3 ex- perimental conditions: 10-mm air break (N = 40), 20-mm air break (N = 40), or 60-mim air break (N = 32) 30 mm into the PB followed by 30 mm of PB. Ascent rate was 1524 m min-1 and all 207 exposures included light exercise at 4.37 psia. Various computations of decompres- sion dose were evaluated; either the difference or ratio of P1N2 and P2, where P1N2 was computed tissue N2 pressure to account for the PB and P2 was altitude pressure. Results: Survival times were described with an accelerated log logistic model with asymmetrical N2 kinetics defining P1N2 - P2 as best decompression dose. Exponential N2 uptake during the air break was described with a 10-mim half time and N2 elimination during PB with a 60-mm half time. Conclusion: A simple conclusion about compensation for air break is not possible because the duration and location of a break in a PB is variable. The resulting survival model is used to compute additional PB time to compensate for an air break in PB within the range of tested conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]