MIL-OSI Global: Boeing 737 MAX: after two fatal crashes, an expert explains the issues
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Guy Gratton, Visiting professor, Cranfield University The Boeing 737 is the most produced commercial aeroplane in history: over 10,000 have been built since it first flew in 1967, with thousands more on order. Even the UK’s Royal Air Force is to put them into service as the P8a […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Global: Global Oil Sector – Equinor awarding contract for subsea production system for Johan Sverdrup phase 2
Source: Equinor On behalf of the Johan Sverdrup licence, Equinor is awarding a contract for constructing and installing the subsea production system for project phase 2 to TechnipFMC. The production system consists of five templates and a total of 18 X-mas trees with associated components. Plans call for the Johan Sverdrup field to start […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: The meaning of Haka for Christchurch
Source: University of Waikato Internationally, Haka is most frequently seen when the All Blacks take to the rugby field, and it is sometimes perceived only as a ‘war dance’. But the Christchurch terrorist attack has shown the world the haka performed in a different way: to grieve, to show love and support, to show resilience. […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Young female athletes: the Pill is not the answer
Source: University of Waikato Dr Stacy Sims and colleagues are set to bust some of the myths about young women and sports. She is involved in the third Female Athlete Health Symposium – HPSNZ being organized by the University of Waikato in collaboration with High Performance Sport NZ, happening in Auckland in April. The focus […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Global: Young, Canadian and Jewish: The shift from religious to cultural identity
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Robert Brym, SD Clark Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto “Jewish” used to be considered a religious category. However, for many Jews, that is changing. Increasingly, people who live outside of Israel and identify as Jewish think of themselves as members of an ethnic or cultural group. For […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Global: Tick, tock: The countdown to peak tick season is here
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Rosa da Silva, Assistant Professor, McMaster University With spring comes glorious sunshine, warmer weather — and ticks. Ticks and some insect pests can carry bacteria, viruses and parasites that may cause disease in humans. One in particular, the blacklegged deer tick Ixodes scapularis, is well-known for its ability […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Global: Having one mental health disorder increases your risks of getting another
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Christine Bear, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Fellow of the Munk School of Global Journalism, University of Toronto New studies reveal that most psychiatric illnesses are related to one another. Tracing these connections, like the mapping of a river system, promises to help define the main cause of these […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Global: Trump and Pence turning back progress on access to birth control and a woman’s right to choose
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Melissa Haussman, Professor of Political Science, Carleton University Last month, the U.S. administration officially announced its intention to block federal family planning funds for organizations that provide abortion referrals. President Donald Trump and his anti-choice Vice-President Mike Pence first presented the idea last spring. If successful, it would […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Global: Federal budget: Most government programs fail, but there are strategies for success
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Andrew Graham, Professor, Queen’s University, Ontario In its federal budget, Canada’s Liberal government announced plans to create a Canadian Drug Agency to reduce the costs of drugs for Canadians and to expand a program to create 40,000 work placements for students within five years, among other initiatives. But […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Global: Global Conferences – Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education to Support Innosocium National Social Projects Contest
Source: Roscongress Foundation The Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education will support the Innosocium National Social Projects Contest, which is being implemented on the Roscongress Foundation’s social platform. The main objective of the contest is to draw young people’s attention to pressing socially significant issues, search for new communication ideas to solve social problems, identify […]
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