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Five tips for relaxing during difficult times
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five tips for relaxing during difficult times

...health services, here are five tips that I believe will help in terms of relaxing. 1: Remember it is different strokes for different folks… [A zero to ten gauge registering at ten - isolated on a white background] Firstly, there is no one relaxation technique that will work effectively for everyone. That is why facilitated relaxation sessions often begin with a...
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Influential women scientists in chemistry
Science, Maths & Technology

Influential women scientists in chemistry

...health. Here are just six key players...The contribution of women as scientists in the areas of chemistry, the environment and health are hugely significant and far-reaching. Here are just a few examples which illustrate the breadth of their previous and continuing contributions. 1: Marie Curie [portrait of Marie Curie] Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize...
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Veganuary: can it make a positive difference?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Veganuary: can it make a positive difference?

...health’ (Veganuary 2024 campaign report). Veganuary’s mission also appears to align with the motivations of participants: in 2022, 44% of Veganuary participants cited ‘animals’, 21% ‘personal health’ and 19% ‘the environment’ as their main motivation. For Bryant, the biggest Veganuary motivation being ‘animals’ is significant, as evidence suggests that...
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National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840
History & The Arts

National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840

...public support, most notably from the Volunteers, groups of local militia organised for home defence during the American Revolutionary War (1775–83). The red coat that Grattan is wearing in the painting in Figure 2 was a distinguishing feature of the Volunteer uniform. You can also make out other MPs and observers, both male and female, wearing the uniform or colours of...
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Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2

...Health Commission on children’s pain, calls for parents/carers to be involved in decisions relating to pain management in their infants and children, so that their views and values are considered. Parent participants in Simons and Plowright Pepper’s study (2024) described hospitalisation as ‘stressful, bewildering, quite frustrating’ and that often ‘parents can...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide
Money & Business

What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide

...public relations, mailroom, cafeteria and so on. These are the Support staff. What is the Operating Core? Finally, at the bottom of the organisation, is the Operating Core. These are the people who do the basic work of producing the products or delivering the services. Mintzberg’s generic organisational model also illustrates an important principle of organisation...
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Spray diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Spray diagrams

...the particular arrangement meets with your objective. If you are stuck or lose the thread, start again with a new central theme and create a new, perhaps subsidiary, diagram. Don’t clutter up the original. You could perhaps just leave things for a while to give you time for some fresh thinking. References Buzan, A. (1974) Use your head, London, UK, BBC Publications....
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Negotiating trade deals
Money & Business

Negotiating trade deals

...public eye by political and economic elites. Further, their conditions are negotiated without democratic scrutiny or accountability. Just as worrying, these deals are reached by unelected figures, further putting into question their ability to be publicly debated and influenced. Alvaro Guzman Bastida discusses these concerns in his article for Al Jazeera America...
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