This article shows how successful youth suicides and attempted suicides in the south of Sri Lanka are utilised as tools against an oppressive and limiting kinship structure. The majority of youth suicides in southern Sri Lanka appear to be aimed at disempowering close kin and publicly challenge the moral authority of the kin network, resulting in cleavages in the local distribution of power and status. The forms of suicide imbue the victim's family with shame, thus questioning and challenging the 'boundedness' of the family unit. Using three contrasting case studies involving a domestic argument between a young man and his spouse, a young couple from rival families, and a young woman in a post-tsunami camp, this fi eldwork-based research illustrates how youth suicides bring to the fore internal tensions in the family.

The increased availability of Wi-Fi and Internet coverage, coupled with the widespread use of Smartphones and tablet computers has facilitated the quick and efficient transfer of information through digital media, as well as the structured organisation of information into third-party apps. This paper focuses specifically on the use of a First Aid App in emergency situations, including large-scale critical events. We provide a comparative analysis of user engagement with a first aid app across nine culturally diverse countries. Due to the reported lack of reliable information provided by first aid and emergency apps generally, we analyse how organisational reputation affects user engagement with the app and provide a comparative analysis of user engagement during crises across countries with varying levels of risk. We determine that the key motivations influencing app uptake are largely dependent on users' risk awareness and the local reputation of the app provider. We illustrate how such apps may contribute valuable insights into user behaviour during critical events across varying contexts of risk that can help fine tune user requirements for health and emergency apps across different risk contexts

Ware, A., editor. 2014: Development in Difficult Sociopolitical Contexts: Fragile, Failed, Pariah. Rethinking International Development Series. Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. XIX + 334 pp. £81 (cloth). ISBN: 978–1-137–34762–6.

Scientists have been arguing for a long time if there are particles faster than the speed of light or not. Those who denied the existence of particles faster than light speed always refer to Lorentz equation. This equation deals with particles in only four dimensions. In this paper, we show what would happen if we add one more dimension to this equation to make it deals with five dimensions instead of four. The addition of this fifth dimension will greatly help us understand the state of particles before, near, at, and above the speed of light.

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