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Why is childbirth a medical procedure?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is childbirth a medical procedure?

...research evidence that exists demonstrates that, for a healthy woman with a normal pregnancy, a planned home birth is as safe as a hospital birth (BirthChoiceUK, 2005). In spite of this research evidence, not everybody agrees, and many health care professionals insist on claiming that a medicalised hospital birth is still the safest option. Defensive medicine There has...
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iSpot: Your place to share nature
Nature & Environment

iSpot: Your place to share nature

...research it builds species identification skills and contributes to biological data recording in the UK and globally. iSpot is a network of tens of thousands of nature observers, both experts and novices, who have posted over 800,000 observations, with 1.6 million images, identifying over 30,000 species. Some of the images supplied by iSpot users are displayed on this...
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What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?
Society, Politics & Law

What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?

...Research, 18(1), pp. 26–36. Ellis, W. and Dietz, W. (2017) ‘A New Framework for Addressing Adverse Childhood and Community Experiences: The Building Community Resilience (BCR) Model, Academic Paediatrics, 17, pp. 586–93. Fallot, R. D. and Harris, M. (2009) ‘Creating Cultures of Trauma-Informed Care (CCTIC): A self-assessment and planning protocol’. Available at:...
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Concussion in football: Is it time to get ahead of the game?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Concussion in football: Is it time to get ahead of the game?

...research are in place. However, there are serious concerns about how effectively the protocols are being followed in practice. It was reported by the media that during a Premier League match, Arsenal defender David Luiz played on until half time despite sustaining a head injury following a traumatic head clash with Wolves striker Raul Jimenez. This calls into question...
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On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!
Society, Politics & Law

On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!

...research income are taken into account, the figure is closer to £161 million a week. So the £350 million figure is an invention or just a lie. But the £161 million is still a significant amount the UK could use on healthcare if we leave the EU. Except it couldn’t. Non-member countries in Europe who want to trade with the EU’s single market, Like Switzerland and...
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Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change
Nature & Environment

Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change

...Research note: Examining the association between tree canopy, parks and crime in Chicago’, Landscape and urban planning, 170, pp. 309–313, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.07.012 Taylor, M.S. et al. (2015) ‘Research note: Urban street tree density and antidepressant prescription rates—A cross-sectional study in London, UK’, Landscape and urban...
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Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
History & The Arts

Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion

...research project, Decolonising Religious Studies. We first interviewed the Associate Lecturers teaching on A227: Exploring Religion, focusing on their impressions of the curriculum and the difficulties that their students reported. Next, we carried out a survey of all students of A227 in June/July 2021 and held three focus group interviews with nine students in total. We...
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The evolution of sports medicine over the last 50 Years: From the wet sponge to holistic care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The evolution of sports medicine over the last 50 Years: From the wet sponge to holistic care

...research in sports medicine and sport and exercise science has allowed training and sports medicine practices to develop, and the modern-day sports medicine professional has a wealth of treatment options and modalities to choose from – far more than were previously available. The advances are too numerous to discuss in detail in this article but treatments such as...
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