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Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list
Money & Business

Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list

...research at Aberdeen University Research Archive: Food Control - Consumer acceptability of interventions to reduce Campylobacter in the poultry food chain Is the European objection to chlorine-washed chicken a new thing? Not at all - in fact, the question of what happens to chickens has been an issue for the entire life of the single market. In 1998, the University of...
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Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015

...research provided an invaluable base especially for the Open University programmes in 1983 (Regan and Breathnach, 1981). Using a rural area in the West of Ireland also links the programmes directly to the next series in this collection, on Northeast Mayo. Southwest Donegal and Northeast Mayo are similar in many respects but the areas have experienced different forms of...
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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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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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