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  2. Physioeconomics - Wikipedia

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    Physioeconomics (or physio-economics) is an extension of experimental economics research that collects physiological parameters in addition to recording behavior. These measures can include skin conductance , blood pressure and the pulse of the subject.

  3. Dislocated worker funding - Wikipedia

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    Dislocated worker funding is typically used to help workers in events of mass employment loss. A dislocated or displaced worker is defined as an individual who has been laid off or received notice of a potential layoff and has very little chance of finding employment in their current occupation when attempting to return to the workforce. [1]

  4. Psychophysiological economics - Wikipedia

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    Psychophysiological economics differs from behavioral economics by focusing on direct measures of physiological change and observational data, in addition to attitudinal measurement. Psychophysiological economics also differs from functional magnetic resonance imaging , which is typically applied exclusively to the study of brain activity.

  5. 2021–2023 inflation surge - Wikipedia

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    Many countries saw their highest inflation rates in decades. It has been attributed to various causes, including pandemic-related economic dislocation, supply chain disruptions, the fiscal and monetary stimulus provided in 2020 and 2021 by governments and central banks around the world in response to the pandemic, and price gouging.

  6. Regional economics - Wikipedia

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    Regional economics is a sub-discipline of economics and is often regarded as one of the fields of the social sciences.It addresses the economic aspect of the regional problems that are spatially analyzable so that theoretical or policy implications can be the derived with respect to regions whose geographical scope ranges from local to global areas.

  7. Development-induced displacement - Wikipedia

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    Development-induced displacement and resettlement (DIDR) occurs when people are forced to leave their homes in a development-driven form of forced migration.Historically, it has been associated with the construction of dams for hydroelectric power and irrigation, but it can also result from various development projects such as mining, agriculture, the creation of military installations ...

  8. Sociophysiology - Wikipedia

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    That is, the "physiology of reactive phenomena caused by the mutual excitations of individuals of the same species" (Waxweiler 1906: 62). [ 3 ] The interdisciplinary nature of sociophysiology largely entails a "synthesis of psychophysiology and social interaction " (Adler 2002: 884) such that a "socio-psycho-biological study" (Mauss 1936: 386 ...

  9. Human musculoskeletal system - Wikipedia

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    Ligaments connect the ends of bones together in order to form a joint. Most ligaments limit dislocation, or prevent certain movements that may cause breaks. Since they are only elastic they increasingly lengthen when under pressure. When this occurs the ligament may be susceptible to break resulting in an unstable joint.