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The 69th edition of the prestigious pageant previously was canceled over the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Nguyen Tran Khanh Van from HCMC was announced as the winner of the 2019 Miss Universe Vietnam beauty contest. Born in 1995, she is 1.76 m tall with body measurements of 83-60-91cm. The beauty has been chosen to represent Vietnam at Miss Universe 2020. Khanh Van has recently joined a program titled "One Body Village", aiming at rescuing, restoring, and rebuilding lives of children affected by sexual abuse in Vietnam. She was also one of the ambassadors of the HCMC Ao Dai festival 2020. Launched in 1952, Miss Universe is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. This pageant is one of the most publicized beauty contests in the world. Singer Thuy Lam won Miss Universe Vietnam which was held for the first time in 2008. Pham Thi Huong, from the northern port city of Hai Phong was winner of the Miss Universe Vietnam 2015. H’Hen … [Read more...] about Khanh Van gets ready for Miss Universe 2020

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh developed a breathalyzer that can measure THC. TrivLive.com reports that a team from Pitt’s chemistry department and school of engineering developed the device that measures how much THC — the psychoactive compound of marijuana — is in someone’s breath. READ MORE: 'The Neighborhood Jewel': Community Fights To Save St. Philip School In Crafton From Closing The device uses carbon tubes 100,000 times smaller than a human hair to measure THC molecules as the user breathes into the device. READ MORE: Pa. Sen. Bob Casey Sponsors Bill To Protect Children From Falling Furniture The molecules bind to the nanotubes and cause a change that can be measured in their electrical properties, TribLive.com said. The device has been patented, though it has not been commercialized yet. MORE NEWS: Giant Eagle, Pittsburgh Steelers Hosting COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic At Heinz Field It took the team three years to … [Read more...] about University Of Pittsburgh Researchers Develop Breathalyzer For Marijuana

Source: Kay/Unsplash The absence of fathers in the lives of their children is not uncommon. David Blankenhorn (1995), author of Fatherless America , wrote, “The United States is becoming an increasingly fatherless society. A generation ago, an American child could reasonably expect to grow up with his father. Today, an American child can reasonably expect not to.” As this phenomenon continued to spiral, the '90s was a time ripe for hundreds of studies of this trend, which has continued. According to a 2019 U.S. Census Bureau study, nearly 16 million children—about 21%—live only with single mothers, compared to 8% in 1960. The question as to whether absent can be equated with uninvolved has been posed repeatedly over decades by researchers such as Vicky Phares at the University of South Florida and Valarie King and Paul Amato at Pennsylvania State University. It cannot. And yet a number of studies have indicated that nonresident fathers overwhelmingly tend not to engage … [Read more...] about The Effects of Absent Fathering on Children’s Well-Being

Source: Photo by Liz Fitch on Unsplash This post was co-authored by David Szwedo and Kristen Allen, a senior at James Madison University. Parents often have high hopes for how their children will turn out in adulthood, such as wanting them to be healthy, to feel satisfied with their career , and to have satisfying romantic relationships and strong friendships. But what factors help produce these outcomes as teens transition from adolescence to adulthood? Recent research suggests that a teen’s affect – especially positive affect – is one critical factor. What exactly is affect? Affect is the tendency to express positive or negative emotions, which in turn influences how we experience things and determine whether to judge a given situation as positive or negative. Affective responses to events typically happen automatically. Moreover, research suggests that a person’s affect is relatively stable over time, especially by the time one reaches adulthood. Affect is … [Read more...] about The Positive Effects of a Positive Affect

How to achieve calm in a state of panic. Source: Zoffness In the face of COVID-19, we’re seeing a viral spread of anxiety contagion . Panic is as contagious as any pathogen and is dangerous in its own right. Research shows that when we see people panicking – buying up all available water, for example – our brains respond with a similar anxiety spike. We’re built that way because it can be adaptive in certain situations. But it can also be maladaptive . Sustained anxiety is literally bad for your health: The more you panic, the less functional your immune system becomes. The science of anxiety is this: in the face of a real or perceived emergency, your sympathetic nervous system (SNS) kicks on, triggering the release of a stress hormone called cortisol . Over time, cortisol suppresses your immune system, causing a decrease in white blood cells – the cells that help you fight off viruses — putting you at greater risk of infection. The more you panic, the less able … [Read more...] about Anxiety Contagion: Tips for Relief