Which African countries are flourishing? Scientists have a new way of measuring well-being: What does it mean to live a good life? Psychologists and social scientists have been focusing on a new idea called flourishing – a sense of well-being that goes beyond just happiness or success. It’s about your whole life being good, including …
8 ideas for measuring your open source software usage: 8 ideas for measuring your open source software usage Georg Link Fri, 12/02/2022 – 03:00 Those of us who support open source project communities are often asked about usage metrics — a lot. The goal of these metrics is usually to demonstrate the software’s importance as …
COP27: how measuring attitudes to climate change could speed up the global response: Forest fire in Spain, July 2022. Shutterstock/francisco alfonseca Fires and heatwaves in Europe, North America Australia, Asia and the UK brought devastation to many in 2022. But as well as harming lives and land, they may also have destroyed any lingering doubts …
How measuring emissions in real time can help cities achieve net zero: Glasgow, home to the UN climate conference COP26, has experienced rising post-pandemic pollution. Ian Dick/Flickr, CC BY-SA Like many cities across the world, Glasgow – host to the UN climate conference COP26 – has a target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions …
Refugee aid should be about achieving self-reliance: how we’re measuring it: Anwar Albrnaoy, a refugee from Nigeria, works at the Baeckerei Berger bakery in Germany thanks to a government initiative. Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images Each year, millions of people are forced to flee their homes because of conflict. They often seek initial sanctuary in a neighbouring …
Alzheimer’s disease: measuring brain waves could diagnose dementia early – new study: The author and a trial participant using Fastball. University of Bath, Author provided Our visual memory system has a phenomenally large capacity. Flick through the image gallery on your phone, or fast forward through a previously watched movie, and notice how the briefly …
Doctors only started measuring body temperature 200 years ago – here’s why: Dony Wardhana/Unsplash, FAL Over the past year, fever thermometers have become omnipresent. Body temperature is taken in front of shops, at airports, even before visiting a museum – often with ultra-modern devices. So-called fever cameras or fever scanners can determine the body temperature …
A culture specific health measuring instrument for a common joint problem: Shutterstock Osteoarthritis is the most common joint problem all over the world. It most often affects middle aged to elderly people but most are older than 60 years. It affects all joints, particularly the weight bearing joints like the hip and knee. In Nigeria, …
How we’re measuring air quality in Kampala – and why it works for African cities: AirQo monitoring system on a 'boda boda'. Makerere University In Uganda, even though air pollution is a big challenge in parts of the country, there is hardly any air quality monitoring. Engineer Bainomugisha – along with other scientists at AirQo, …
Stop measuring obesity with a ruler: we’ve discovered a far better predictor of health: Many rugby players are overweight, as defined by their BMI. Roger Sedres/Shutterstock.com For over a century, we have relied on a simplistic measure to determine if someone is a “healthy” weight or not. This is the body mass index (BMI) – …
Measuring the economic impact of cyclones in Madagascar: Cyclone Ava caused hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage in Madagascar. deruneinholbare/Flickr Madagascar, Africa’s largest island, is naturally prone to cyclones. Earlier this year it was hit by one named Ava – a category three cyclone that killed at least 50 people, displaced over 50,000 …
An open source toolkit for measuring project health: I’ve always had a nagging question about open source projects: How does one determine a project’s success/failure? Does “success” or “failure” get detemined by code commits and gut feel? Or is that some other way? read more: Opensource.com harishpillay Supporting Open Source. Have you tried: Sailing in …