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Medicines and personalisation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Medicines and personalisation

...changes associated with ageing and polypharmacy increase the risk of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and worsening of chronic conditions. For example, reflex tachycardia is a mechanism to increase heart rate and blood pressure when changing from a sitting to standing position. This is blunted in older people which means that drugs that lower blood pressure – whether that...
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Article 5 mins
Discovering development management
Money & Business

Discovering development management

...change in the context of conflicts of goals, values and interests … a process or an activity that can take place anywhere, not just in developing countries. (1996, p. 106)...Discovering development management: 3 A conceptual framework - Thomas’s definition of development management as ‘the management of intervention in the process of social change in the context of...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...changes in cognition following brief induced periods of stress. After years of study, O’Connor found something about suicidal minds that surprised him. It’s called social perfectionism. And it might help us understand why men kill themselves in such numbers. [A man runs on a treadmill] At 22, Drummond married his brown-eyed girlfriend Livvy. Eighteen months later he...
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Article 15 mins
Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour
Digital & Computing

Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour

...climate of security threat both domestically and internationally. Update: On November 19th, Telegram announced the intention of blocking channels carrying Isis propaganda How social media shaped our understanding of the Paris attacks Arnaud Mercier writes: As with so many disasters and tragedies that strike in the 21st century, social media – an area of open expression...
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Article 10 mins
From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK
Society, Politics & Law

From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK

...climate of ‘Hard Brexit’ as exemplified in recent statements by the Prime Minister which refuse to guarantee the rights of EU citizens living in the UK. While all EU citizens living in the UK have to face an uncertain future, those BME Europeans, who arrived in the country post-2011 are more likely to be threatened. As we have found in our study, they are mostly in...
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Article 5 mins
What is a Professional Doctorate?
Education & Development

What is a Professional Doctorate?

...change within their professional areas. The programmes promote the creation and interpretation of new professional knowledge and practice, thus contributing to the development of new ideas, methods or approaches. Your professional identity as a doctoral student involves being a person who conducts research, produces a thesis and participates in other learning activities...
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Parent and guardians: Your questions answered
Education & Development

Parent and guardians: Your questions answered

...changing step. Alexandra offers tips to encourage new students to integrate into the university community, from joining social media support groups, accessing additional support and selecting the right student halls. Tips for belonging and community One of the biggest concerns for parents and guardians is whether their young person will feel a sense of belonging when they...
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Video 5 mins
Life through a lens
History & The Arts

Life through a lens

...changed their view of the world through lenses, we see further and closer thanks to the power of this wonderful invention, could you imagine life without lenses?...You might be reading this now with your prescription glasses on: two lenses custom-made just for you. If you have perfect vision, you probably carry a tiny lens with you all the time in the form of your camera...
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Activity 10 mins