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How might COVID-19 affect cancer patients at different stages of their disease?
Science, Maths & Technology

How might COVID-19 affect cancer patients at different stages of their disease?

...type of test as often as possible and this is likely to depend on the number of people in need of a specific test in a determined area. Patients are advised to speak to their GP to understand any modifications to their treatment plan. It is possible that tests will be rescheduled if the clinician thinks this is the safer option. Will the coronavirus outbreak delay and/or...
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Selling Empire: Film
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Film

...types and their ordinary work as the drama, rather than using professional actors. It reflected Grierson’s vision of the documentary as the creative treatment of actuality, and as having a wider social role. When the EMB closed in 1933, key personnel were absorbed into the General Post Office film unit under John Grierson, and later still into the Crown Film Unit. The...
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Breaking bad: The science of flatulence
Health, Sports & Psychology

Breaking bad: The science of flatulence

...type 2 diabetes and slow the progression of impaired glucose tolerance toward this disease. It was originally isolated froma bacterium residing in Kenya, and works by inhibiting an enzyme found in your intestine called alpha glucosidase. This slows the release of glucose from larger carbohydrates (e.g. starches), reducing the amount that is absorbed into the blood. It...
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Workshops on gender diversity – helping us move from insults to inclusion.
Health, Sports & Psychology

Workshops on gender diversity – helping us move from insults to inclusion.

...types of educational interventions are sometimes referred to as “Trans 101” or “Introduction to Gender Identity” workshops. In general they offer a broad overview of gender identity and expression and offer resources for those who may need them. While we know that these kinds of trainings have been going on for decades across the world, to date we are unaware of...
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The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer
Money & Business

The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer

...types of business practices that promote more socially and/or environmentally responsible trade, but more specifically ethical trading means taking responsibility for the labour and human rights practices within the supply chain. Faced with these challenges most companies have now developed and implement Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies and ethical trading...
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Making sense of sudden mass deaths
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of sudden mass deaths

...type of tension which is often played out in the process of memorialisation. Social scientists would caution against generalisations which, at least, are unhelpful and, at worst, harmful. Evidence on social behaviour following other mass death events suggests that some people need the support of others while, in contrast, for some the experience of such loss can be...
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The navigation apps that help the visually impaired
Society, Politics & Law

The navigation apps that help the visually impaired

...types of spaces too, the sound is subtly different in an enclosed area compared to an open one. [Visually impaired person using mobile phone] A growing number of specialist navigation apps are available for the visually impaired Cautious optimism Our findings on how smart technologies might help visually impaired people navigate the city reflect our broader impressions of...
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Why is the iPhone X a thousand-dollar gamble?
Money & Business

Why is the iPhone X a thousand-dollar gamble?

...type of screen, and includes face recognition and “animojies”. These are features that will find their way to more affordable iPhone models in subsequent releases. As I have argued elsewhere, while Apple’s strategy for the broad market is one of differentiation, internally it is striving for the lowest cost possible, and has delivered impressive efficiency levels....
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