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Can you put a figure on the humanitarian crisis?
Society, Politics & Law

Can you put a figure on the humanitarian crisis?

...migration. “A dog is for life, not just for Christmas”, proclaims the familiar car-bumper sticker. Accepting refugees and migrants into one’s country is not an analgesic against an ephemeral bout of remorse – and it should not be used by governments to temporarily appease their electorates.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The...
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What was the impact of 'Spanish flu' on the armistice?
History & The Arts

What was the impact of 'Spanish flu' on the armistice?

...migrating ducks and geese, and we now know that those animals, those birds carry these viruses.” Nowadays we know the flu was a bird virus, a strain called H1NI but what did they know about the epidemic 100 years ago when medicine wasn’t as advanced? Professor Oxford thinks the first indications think they had was in the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1916, in the great...
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How fertility rates affect population
Science, Maths & Technology

How fertility rates affect population

...You can also see the effects on population growth of high and low migration rates, as well making your own comparisons to test your assumptions and understanding of the models. How might a low fertility rate model compare with a high life expectancy model, for example, in terms of the overall predicted population profile for 2087? Read more articles like this...
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Understanding tax avoidance
Money & Business

Understanding tax avoidance

...migration and political instability. For this reason, it is far from a national problem. Consequently, there is a rising call for international organizations such as the United Nations to play a direct role in dealing with this issue. José Antonio Ocampo and Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona discuss this possibility in their article Tax avoidance by corporations is out of...
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Rathlin Island and Lough Neagh
OpenLearn Ireland

Rathlin Island and Lough Neagh

...migrate - some to the open sea and some in the rivers and lakes where they live. The Dollaghan, a genetically isolated trout was cut off from the sea after the last Ice Age and now migrates between Lough Neagh and the surrounding rivers. The Ballinderry hatchery works to protect and conserve stocks of this unique fish in the habitat to which it has adapted. Strangford...
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Toyota diffusion (TD)
Science, Maths & Technology

Toyota diffusion (TD)

...migration of carbon atoms from the substrate to the surface, where they combine with carbide-forming elements (V, Nb, Cr) in the molten salt bath, to produce a wear resistant carbide layer (3000–3600 Hᵥ). Salt bath [Images to demonstrate 'Toyota Diffusion (TD)' - see article ] Manufacture: Toyota diffusion (TD) process is carried out in a salt bath of borax and mixed...
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Four weird ideas people used to have about women’s periods
History & The Arts

Four weird ideas people used to have about women’s periods

...migrate to many other parts of the body (usually the pelvic region), can cause bleeding in response to hormonal stimulation. This can occur in unusual sites, such as the navel. So is this the explanation for the readiness of physicians in earlier eras to regard bleeding in women as “menstrual” regardless of its location? Perhaps, but as endometriosis in locations...
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Climate change's causes, effects and geographies of responsibility
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change's causes, effects and geographies of responsibility

...migrate altitudinally (uphill) and latitudinally (towards the poles) in search of cooler climes. And there is a growing recognition, including from the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), that millions of people are now moving home as environmental refugees in response to environmental changes such as drought, flooding and desertification (UNHCR 2016). The Earth will...
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