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No place like home: Prisons and homelessness
Society, Politics & Law

No place like home: Prisons and homelessness

...health. For many homeless people, life in prison is likely to exacerbate already existing personal troubles and health problems and does very little to address the existential crises generated by being without a home in wider society. Home is a place of intimacy, familiarity and meaning. It is a place of openness and is essential to the foundation, development and...
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Can the NHS solve its bullying problem?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can the NHS solve its bullying problem?

...health and social care, where bullying exists we generally don’t challenge it. Common survival strategies include withdrawing from colleagues or striking up alliances with people who offer us protection. This can include establishing gang-like ways of working, such as blaming and excluding people with different views or ways of working. Gangs, unlike functioning teams,...
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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
How did Trump win the White House?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Trump win the White House?

...public eye for over 30 years, which meant that he entered the race with nearly 100 percent name recognition. Trump’s longstanding status as a celebrity enabled him to garner relentless media attention from the moment he entered the race. One study found that by May 2016 Trump had received the equivalent of US$3 billion in free advertising from the media coverage his...
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