There's emotional contagion that takes place in human populations.

And, in fact, emotional contagion can be broader still.

And in humans, of course, we can study that with yawn contagion.

Also, we know that people who have a lot of yawn contagion are highly empathic.

People who have problems with empathy, such as autistic children, they don't have yawn contagion.

Fortunately, there is no evidence of transmission, but we may not be so lucky in the future.

On the Y axis is the cumulative instances of contagion, and on the X axis is the time.

That actually is the true nature of the distribution of humor when you don't have the contagion of humor.

Of the various topics addressed , particular mention should be made of the exposure of banks to cross border contagion risks .

Because of its relatively poor capacity for transmission, HIV 2 is largely confined to West Africa.

Source ECB . Note An increase ( decrease ) indicates a depreciation ( appreciation ) of the currency .

And, not only do they protect the people who sleep under them, but they have these great contagion benefits.

In the first few months of 1998 the drachma came under pressure owing to contagion from the Asian crisis .

At the same time , a more integrated financial system increases the scope for spillover effects and contagion across borders .

Regular hand washing appears to be effective in reducing the transmission of cold viruses, especially among children.

Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin drafted the act for the Targowica Confederation, referring to the constitution as the contagion of democratic ideas .

If half of a community sleeps under a net, the other half also benefits because the contagion of the disease spread.

It is spread through the air when people who have an active TB infection cough, sneeze, or otherwise transmit respiratory fluids through the air.

If another person then eats or drinks food or water that has been contaminated with feces containing the cyst, that person will also become infected with the amoeba.

Martin continued to transport the sick to the convent until the provincial superior, alarmed by the contagion threatening the friars, forbade him to continue to do so.

A growing centralisation of intra group liquidity management has also been observed , which has clear advantages in terms of the efficiency of internal capital flows , but can also result in higher intra group and cross border contagion risks .

The cause of transmission remains unknown in 20 of cases however, many of these are believed to be accounted for by IDU.

And we see this when lovers walk down the street, when a crowd in Egypt or Tunisia gets caught up in an emotional contagion, the deep interpenetration.

Financial contagion effects on Brazil decreased significantly in the last quarter of 2001 , even though conditions in Argentina continued to deteriorate .

Societies should be willing to go out and subsidize the net, give them for free, or, for that matter, pay people to use them because of those contagion benefits.

So yawn contagion that you're probably all familiar with and maybe you're going to start yawning soon now is something that we share with other animals.

A similar assessment can be made as regards Turkey , where financial instability , while remaining a concern , did not result in widespread contagion to other countries .

These instruments could also increase contagion risks to banks from insurance companies , as well as exposing banks to significant legal and operational risks .

This decreased the risk from one in 200 units to between one in 10,000 to one in 10,000,000 per unit of blood.

During the first 2.5 months of an HIV infection a person's infectiousness is twelve times higher due to this high viral load.

Moreover, a contagion of social and economic breakdown would spread worldwide via computer networks and digital wildfire literally at the speed of light.

Contagion Folkloric vampirism has been associated with clusters of deaths from unidentifiable or mysterious illnesses, usually within the same family or the same small community.

The amalgamation of infrastructures for large value payments and the restructuring of interbank activities have already altered the traditional channels for contagion at the liquid end of the market . Page 7 of 10

Infectious areas of the genitals, especially when symptoms are present, may not be covered by a condom, and as a result, some diseases like HPV and herpes may be transmitted by direct contact.

Twenty five and a quarter years ago I read a newspaper article which said that one day syringes would be one of the major causes of the spread of AIDS, the transmission of AIDS.

functioning assumes an ability to implement , swiftly and efficiently , co ordination mechanisms aimed at dealing with the cross border implications of financial crises and at preventing contagion .

One possible explanation is that, because people are indoors more often during the winter, they are in close contact more often, and this promotes transmission from person to person.

In particular , systemic risks arising either from the malfunctioning of payment and clearing systems or from the contagion effects of a failure of a participant in the system should be minimised .

With the federal government raising roughly two thirds of all tax revenues, there is no question about the Treasury s ability to provide the financial backstop needed to prevent contagion.

Following Pacheco's formula, called MC² change enhanced by contamination and context , the pupils must grab hold of the reality of the place where they live and seek solutions for the issues that they confront

HIV has a peak three to six weeks after infection and therefore, having more than one partner in the same month is much more dangerous for HIV than others.

Contagion among newborn babies, once running at around 70,000 per year, have been cut by some 63 , and the lives of millions of HIV AIDS sufferers have been prolonged.

The combination of financial contagion from Europe, which has already led to a severe credit crunch, and a sudden flood of low priced imports from China leaves the Romney administration in a bind.

While the contagion effect of the Brazilian crisis in the area has been limited thus far , the overall macroeconomic situation in the region has suffered from the increased aversion of foreign investors to investing in emerging market economies .

During February 1999 , however , long term bond yields in the euro area edged upwards , primarily reflecting a spillover from the United States . Nonetheless , during the month the differential between euro area and US long term interest rates widened further .