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Your Health in Your Hands - PHBs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Your Health in Your Hands - PHBs

...Lizzie who has cerebral palsy. They manage their personal health budgets in tandem. Mathew breathes using a respirator and needs 24-hour care. Case study 1: Alzheimer's Disease In this case study we hear from Jonathan Fitzpatrick. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in his 50s. Now 68 after a short spell in a care home he lives at home in Oxfordshire with his wife Anna....
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How can we design for resilience?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can we design for resilience?

...circulated for house and garden use; wastewater is treated and circulated for irrigation. Nutrients enter the system as manures and mulches to grow food and organic material is circulated via composting. Solar energy The sun’s energy is captured to produce electricity for the house and electric vehicle; surplus is fed to the grid. Solar energy heats water and the...
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Article 5 mins
Think like a scientist
Science, Maths & Technology

Think like a scientist

...planet as you’ll see in this experiment. Yeast Experiment: measuring respiration in yeast This experiment uses a living organism to investigate the conditions under which life grows the best. Kiwi Fruit Experiment: Finding the DNA of a kiwi fruit Turn your kitchen into a CSI lab by using some common household chemicals to isolate the DNA in the cells of a kiwi fruit....
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Video 49 mins
The History of Money
Society, Politics & Law

The History of Money

...circulation, economists can't agree on what it is, and the enduring popularity of alternative or crypto-currencies shows rumbling discontent with the official version. These 10 short animations chart the evolution of money from stones and whale teeth to modern monetary policy and banking, and takes a hard look at money's role in economic crises... Early Money Where did...
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Video 14 mins
When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants
Society, Politics & Law

When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants

...circulated internationally on social media. Amid discussions of whether or not it was ethical to post, tweet, and share such a heart-wrenching image, The New York Times rightly noted that the powerful image has spurred international public attention to a crisis that has been ongoing for years. As Anne Barnard and Karam Shoumali noted: “Once again, it is not the sheer...
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Article 5 mins
Reaction injection moulding (RIM) and Reinforced reaction injection moulding (RRIM)
Science, Maths & Technology

Reaction injection moulding (RIM) and Reinforced reaction injection moulding (RRIM)

...circulated under a nitrogen blanket through the mixing head. Low molecular weight monomers polymerise in the mould. RRIM has reinforcement added to the monomer. [Diagram to illustrate the reaction injection moulding process (as per article)] Piston operation of the RIM mixing head: (a) in the closed position there is no contact between continuously circulating streams:...
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Confessions of an English Opium Eater
History & The Arts

Confessions of an English Opium Eater

...journey in Edinburgh, where he spent the final decades of his life, still extolling both the pains and pleasures caused by his beloved “Just, subtle and mighty opium”. Video: Circulation wars Video: Making it into print Adventures: Make your own confession and explore De Quincey's Edinburgh The Secret Life of Books - Find out more about the other books in the series....
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Article 5 mins
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Monsoon and its role on regulating global climate in the past
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Monsoon and its role on regulating global climate in the past

...circulation in the low-mid latitude, thereby monsoon, is clouded with uncertainty. One way to further our knowledge and understanding of monsoon responses under varying climatic conditions is by using historical records or reconstructions from core monsoon regions of past monsoon parameters such as wind strength, rainfall and runoff during the warm intervals, abrupt...
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Article 15 mins