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Why is scientific research part of emergency response?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is scientific research part of emergency response?

...changed clinical practice and been used for humanitarian advocacy”. Javid Abdelmoneim, chair of trustees at MSF-UK, gave me the example of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB). “We've done research that has resulted in reducing the regimen for MDR TB from two years to nine months, and having had that adopted by the WHO as a global standard.” Vickie Hawkins,...
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Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?
Languages

Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?

...changing? And what does debate around this tell us about the importance that’s accorded to spelling in society in general? Since the standardisation of the English language in the 18th century, and particularly since Samuel Johnson’s dictionary was published in 1755, incorrect spelling has carried a particular social stigma. Being able to spell is often seen as an...
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Ireland cycling history: whizzing in all directions
History & The Arts

Ireland cycling history: whizzing in all directions

...changed this. When William Hume of Belfast's Cruisers Cycling Club rode a pneumatic-tyred, chain-driven safety bicycle at the Queen's College sports on 18 May 1889, he was at first jeered by the onlookers and by other contestants, but Hume's easy victories over the Ordinary riders in the bicycle races signalled the beginning of a dramatic revolution in cycling in Ireland...
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Extending your learning with postgraduate skills
Education & Development

Extending your learning with postgraduate skills

...changes in thinking which can then drive changes in practice. This could be your practice if you work in one of these settings. It could be the practice of others, if you share what you are learning with professionals and volunteers in these settings, either in conversation or through more formal dissemination of what you have come to know. What you share could be...
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Methods in Motion: Emotionally sensing knowledge
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Emotionally sensing knowledge

...change of tone, silences, hesitations and abrupt changes in narrative. We held participatory feedback workshops with participants in Senegal following data analysis, an active dissemination approach which I found worked well in previous studies. Workshops enabled us to explore with participants the cultural nuances of recurrent phrases and emotional responses we found...
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Sand casting
Science, Maths & Technology

Sand casting

...changing the graphite into a less detrimental globular or spheroidal form. This is achieved by inoculating the melt, just before casting, with a small amount of magnesium. Because of their higher melting point, steels are not favoured as casting alloys. The second biggest group of casting alloys are the aluminium based alloys. Aluminium/silicon alloys are the most...
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English monsters
History & The Arts

English monsters

...change – change that brought prosperity to some but suffering to others. The dog was an emblem of what was wrong with things, as it is in King Lear when Lear is brought face to face with the ‘Poor naked wretches . . .’, those subjects he has ‘. . . ta'en / Too little care of . . .’. As unique as Shakespeare’s presentation of his theme is, as a dramatist he...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Sponsorship
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Sponsorship

...change. A primary reason businesses engage in sponsorship is to increase the value of their brand by associating it with something that already has mass social value. Being linked to what is popular or respected raises the profile and esteem of a company and its products. However, there are also public dangers to this strategy. Often a less than reputable product can...
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