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Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity
History & The Arts

Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity

...World Atlas of Languages Structures) and that languages are not neutral, both shaping people’s responses to them. Sayings and proverbs embody teachings, values and lessons distilled through time, within and across cultures. Some of them are widely shared, while others reflect specificities of a time and place. The Soundshapes experience culminated in the presentation of...
James Honeyborne - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

James Honeyborne - Earth in Vision

...World. He also directed a feature-length wildlife drama, Meerkats (2009). He is a keen scuba diver and photographer and has also made a series of documentaries with world champion freediver, Tanya Streeter. More recently, from 2009 - 2013 he was Series Producer for the BBC’s landmark series Africa which was narrated by Sir David Attenborough and aired in 2013....
Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief

...world to me. One friend gave me a tiny book called The Gift of Peace – Thoughts for a Peaceful World by Brahma Kumaris. Another gave me A Widow’s Journey by Gayle Roper Recently I have read A Gift for Grief by Louise Bates. Nowadays people who knew Alan before I did tell me things I didn’t know about him, which I enjoy learning. Grief, love and loss I still grieve....
The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911
Society, Politics & Law

The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911

...world. By 1911, the plant had expanded to employ over 12,000, around 3,000 of which were women. Census data from 1911 shows how the workforce was drawn, not only from Clydebank, but from all the adjacent communities along Clydeside, a factor that was to prove significant during the 1911 strike. In tune with its American roots, the Singer Company was aggressively hostile...
Introduction to differential equations
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to differential equations

...world problems. Section 4 introduces the integrating factor method for solving linear differential equations. The final two sections summarise and revise the methods introduced in the previous sections and describe various other approaches to finding solutions of first-order differential equations and to understanding the behaviour of the solutions...Differential...
Fatih Birol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Fatih Birol - Stories of Change

...World Energy Outlook publication. He is also the founder and chair of the IEA Energy Business Council, which provides a forum to enhance co-operation between decision-makers in the highest levels of government and industry. Dr. Birol’s selection as IEA Executive Director marked one of the rare occasions that the head of an international organisation has been selected...
The Life of Saint Patrick
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Patrick

...world, shone during many ages; and by the colonies of saints with which it peopled many foreign countries; for, under God, its inhabitants derived from their glorious apostle the streams of that eminent sanctity, by which they were long conspicuous to the whole world. St. Patrick was born in the decline of the fourth century; and as he informs us in his Confession, in a...
An overview of wound care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An overview of wound care

...world, European and national levels. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that: Infection prevention and control measures aim to ensure the protection of those who might be vulnerable to acquiring an infection both in the general community and while receiving care due to health problems, in a range of settings. The basic principle of infection prevention and control...