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Can we be categorised by our DNA?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can we be categorised by our DNA?

...et al. (2019) ‘Patterns of genetic differentiation and the footprints of historical migrations in the Iberian Peninsula’, Nature Communications 10(551). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08272-w Chacón-Duque, JC., Adhikari, K., Fuentes-Guajardo, M. et al. (2018) ‘Latin Americans show wide-spread Converso ancestry and imprint of local Native ancestry...
Reflective practice as self-care: recognising the mental health needs of sexual offence investigators
Society, Politics & Law

Reflective practice as self-care: recognising the mental health needs of sexual offence investigators

...et al., 2020). However, it is worth recognising that trauma in a policing context is not necessarily external to the organisation: high risk/high volume case load, lack of resources, inadequate training, internal investigations, competing demands, and so on are all contributing factors to C-PTSD in the high risk/high demand environment of serious sexual offence...
The story of a female postal worker
Society, Politics & Law

The story of a female postal worker

...temp which was a huge gamble as there were no guarantees the job would become permanent past the festive period despite assurances from her friend that Royal Mail keeps on all the workers it defines as ‘hard-working’. While my friend speaks positively about working for Royal Mail, she acknowledges that there was no assistance to help her with the online tests in...
Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing

...et al., 2024). The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to developments in social work writing. Findings from previous research into social work writing (Lillis et al., 2017) can help us consider the current opportunities and challenges that AI brings. Understanding the core elements of social work writing and how social workers learn to write...
David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...et left to resent such usage as this. The vehemence and explicitness of these and other attacks on Hume's character is at odds with the charity often extended to those who have recently died. Ten years later Smith expressed his amazement at the reaction to Hume's temperament before his death, and to his own description of it in the letter to Strahan: A single, and as I...
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Brazing
Science, Maths & Technology

Brazing

...temp. (˚C) Properties and uses Ni Cr P Powder, paste 0 - 0.1 960 Fills tight joints. Little alloying with parent material Ni Cr Si B Fe Powder, paste 0.03 - 0.3 1040 High strength joints in heavy steel sections Cu Zn Powder, paste, wire, shim 0 - 0.1 ≤1120 Fills tight joints Cu Ni Si Powder, paste, wire shim 0.03 - 0.2 1100 Good gap-filling. Used for tungsten...
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The distance between us
History & The Arts

The distance between us

...et al. (2014) describe a ‘meat paradox’: ‘Most people care about animals and do not want to see them harmed but engage in a diet that requires them to be killed and, usually, to suffer’ (2014, p.104). Loughnan et al. summarise recent research by arguing that the ‘meat paradox’ is resolved, or at least held in abeyance, by perceived differences between humans...
The drive to sustainability in Higher Education
Nature & Environment

The drive to sustainability in Higher Education

...et al. 2005; Roy et al. 2008) followed by the Jisc-funded SusTEACH research and development project – ‘Sustainability Tools for Environmental Appraisal of Carbon impacts of HE teaching models using ICTs’ that I was involved in (Caird et al. 2015a). The Factor 10 Visions and SusTEACH studies undertook an environmental audit of both distance-taught and campus-based HE...