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Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows
Nature & Environment

Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows

...system of channels and sluices. The time and trouble devoted to producing hay at that time illustrate how valuable the crop was. Only a handful of working water meadows still survive in England on the chalk streams of Hampshire, but similar vegetation exists on the wetlands of the Somerset Levels and the Norfolk Broads. [Photo of field with flowers] A water meadow in...
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How to manage the digital-related stress of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to manage the digital-related stress of technology

...system of accreditation for wellbeing apps in the UK, the NHS recently launched a test library for those they recommend. And ORCHA UK has compiled a searchable review of mental health apps that may be able to point you in the right direction. But if you want to know whether an app you find is any good… one of the best ways to find out is to do a little digging yourself....
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Does handing a company on to the children work?
Money & Business

Does handing a company on to the children work?

...systems that might fail to protect owners from devious CEOs — and also owner-managers preferences for being their own boss. If we accept family control is the necessary (or preferred) control structure for many firms, it is crucial to understand what may be the barriers to investment in better management practices within family firms. What can CEOs do? While...
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Reparations for slavery in Barbados
Education & Development

Reparations for slavery in Barbados

...system of chattel Slavery”. The Committee developed a 10-point plan, calling for: Full apology Repatriation Indigenous people’s development program Cultural institutions Public health crisis (action) Illiteracy eradication African knowledge program Psychological rehabilitation Technology transfer Debt cancellation The (brief) arguments For: Slavery created vast...
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Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?

...system. The result in all these cases is wounds that won’t heal. The process gets stuck permanently in the very first stage. White blood cells hang around the wound longer and in higher numbers, secreting chemicals that interfere with the growth of new cells. They also trigger production of a group of enzymes that break down the base layer of collagen upon which wound...
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Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...systems simultaneously,” says team member Alexis Hervais-Adelman. Two regions in the striatum, the evolutionarily ancient core of the brain, have emerged as key to this executive management task: the caudate nucleus and the putamen. Neuroscientists already know that these structures play a role in other complex tasks, including learning and the planning and execution of...
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Death and medicine: postponement and promise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Death and medicine: postponement and promise

...system of health care in the USA; nonetheless, it provides a vivid illustration of the tension between medical predictability, administrative efficiency and providing appropriate and suitable end-of-life care. A patient expected to die on time, but who suddenly begins to recover slightly or to linger – the short-term reprieve pattern – can cause problems for nurses,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...system called the ‘rock cycle’ and one of the main processes involved is plate tectonics. These two topics are what you’ll be studying for the rest of this week. All three sorts of rocks are continually being created, modified and destroyed by many different geological processes, operating at all scales of both length and time. This can be a single crystal grain...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs