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Relationships at work
Money & Business

Relationships at work

...determine their own schedules and boundaries. Susan Dominus investigates this issue in her article for the New York Times “Re-thinking the Work-Life Equation”. There is often a conception that people will use work to make up for dissatisfaction at home and vice-versa. Here, a successful career is thought to distract and to a degree replace the desire for a happy life....
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Life behind a mask
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life behind a mask

...has yet to be determined if wearing a face mask will be the ‘new normal’ and whether we will see anyone smile at each other in the supermarket any time soon. In any case, our facial expressions and eye contact need to adapt and change to reflect the times we are in. This article was originally published on the OU News website by Louise Hartje, and can be viewed here....
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What's next for British wages?
Money & Business

What's next for British wages?

...question the traditional relation of profit to pay. In contrast to giving employers free reign to determine how they allocate their profit, Corbyn has argued that they must share their dividends with workers in the form of higher pay and benefits. Jim Pickard examines this policy in his article Corbyn proposes link between dividends and fair pay in The Financial Times....
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CIAM (Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne)
History & The Arts

CIAM (Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne)

...determination of Modernist architects to promote and finesse their theories. For nearly thirty years the great questions of urban living, space, and belonging were discussed by CIAM members. The documents they produced, and the conclusions they reached, had a tremendous influence on the shape of cities and towns the world over. The organisation's founding declaration was...
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Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language teaching
Education & Development

Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language teaching

...determine and pursue their own learning objectives. In many instances the teacher can act as a guide and stimulator rather than explaining to and directing the student. ‘these tools can be used for much more than actual translation…’ To help students improve their learning with the help of online machine translation tools, it is important to show them that,...
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‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS
Society, Politics & Law

‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS

...determined to make their experiences more positive. A New Phase of NHS Migration, 2001 Although the NHS was still dependent on migration in 2001, recruitment processes had moved on. Whereas in the 1970s, Sofi was recruited directly by the NHS to train as a nurse, by 2000 the NHS required qualified nurses. However, recruitment of qualified staff from countries whose health...
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DNA Profiling
Science, Maths & Technology

DNA Profiling

...determines the physical characteristics of an individual. DNA profiling uses techniques that can reveal small variations in the sequence of nucleobases from one person to another. DNA profiling techniques have become a powerful resource for modern forensic science, and have even allowed old, unsolved cases to be reviewed with fresh evidence. When a person dies their DNA...
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How does the human body fight a viral infection?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does the human body fight a viral infection?

...determine the final outcome, in terms of recovery. In the early phase of a viral infection, a variety of immune defences helps to slow viral spread in order to buy time for the lymphocytes to proliferate. One of these defences is mediated by a group of signalling proteins called interferons (Figure 1). When a cell becomes infected by virus, the cell can recognise...
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