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Living in a globalised world
Society, Politics & Law

Living in a globalised world

...Research into migrant workers' conditions of employment shows great inequality. Water scarcity The uncertain future of clean water facilities for the people of Juarez, Mexico. Re-using waste water How nearby El Paso, on the other side of the border to Juarez, has built a new waste-water treatment facility. Dividing up the Rio Grande The tense relations between Mexicans...
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The secret history of teenage bedrooms
Education & Development

The secret history of teenage bedrooms

...researched youth culture and private space in the United Kingdom, to what extent do the young people in your study regard their bedrooms or speak about their bedrooms as extensions of themselves, the idea this is me, this is where I am? Sian Lincoln: Yeah I mean I think Jason’s sort of example of arriving back to his home and seeing that his room has quite significantly...
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How can you turn desert into farmland?
Nature & Environment

How can you turn desert into farmland?

...researchers inflicted simulated drought impacts on wheat and grasslands in a test area in the United Kingdom. They looked at carbon and nitrogen cycling effects and found that the grasslands’ fungal-based soils were better at coping with drought impacts. But once the drought stress ended, the bacteria-based soils with wheat regained their function quicker. The Loess...
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Influence of temperament
Education & Development

Influence of temperament

...research studies with this goodness of fit orientation is that of Lerner and colleagues: The ‘goodness of fit’ concept emphasizes the need to consider both the characteristics of individuality of the person and the demands of the social environment, as indexed for instance by expectations or attitudes of key significant others with whom the person interacts (e.g....
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UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers' rights lag behind
Money & Business

UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers' rights lag behind

...research point to an average monthly wage of £584 and a weekly household income of £229 (and these figures are likely to overstate actual wages and incomes across the local industry). Evidence we collected suggests that the underpaid wage sum for the East Midlands alone amounts to £1 million per week. In other words, underpaid wages constitute 20% of the approximate...
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What's the problem with the government's plans for our schools?
Education & Development

What's the problem with the government's plans for our schools?

...research projects have highlighted. Yet as the boundaries between public and private become increasingly blurred, this planning becomes ever more complex. Reforms of the English school system that have intensified since 2010 have produced a hybrid system of accountability in which numerous bodies compete and collaborate to provide educational governance. These reforms...
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Despite sanctions, North Korea's nuclear programme is enjoying success. How?
Society, Politics & Law

Despite sanctions, North Korea's nuclear programme is enjoying success. How?

...research on how states illegally obtain missile technologies and my experience conducting outreach related to U.N. sanctions give me some insight into the methods North Korea used to make illicit procurements and the limitations in using technology-based sanctions to prevent them. Technology-based sanctions In 2006 – following North Korea’s first nuclear test – the...
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How network science can unravel Al Capone's criminal associates
Science, Maths & Technology

How network science can unravel Al Capone's criminal associates

...research which studies the social relationships of organized crime in Chicago in the 1920s, Chris M. Smith and Andrew V. Papachristos were able to take advantage ofthe availability of thousands of notes and documents on Al Capone’s criminal network. By applying network analysis to the criminal relationships in Capone’s gangs they find that multiplexity – when two...
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