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Too much of a good thing? Choice challenges in sustainable clothes shopping
Money & Business

Too much of a good thing? Choice challenges in sustainable clothes shopping

...communicating more extensive information through clearer labelling to allow consumers to understand how their purchases achieve real benefits in addressing the harms caused by the social, environmental and economic impacts of business. Enforcing standardized labelling across the textile and clothing sector might also generate a deeper understanding and greater amount of...
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Retrofitting older buildings to help mitigate the climate emergency
Nature & Environment

Retrofitting older buildings to help mitigate the climate emergency

...communities. Like all buildings, those with heritage value need to be retrofitted to dramatically reduce carbon emissions. Heritage buildings: the challenges and opportunities Heritage buildings often can’t be retrofitted using standard solutions. Their traditional construction requires different approaches to modern buildings, and the heritage values invested in these...
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Heaven: What might it be like?
History & The Arts

Heaven: What might it be like?

...but as a New Life Conception. London: Walter Scott. Zahab, M.A. (2007) ‘“I shall be waiting for you at the door of paradise”: the Pakistani martyrs of the Lashkar-e Taiba (Army of the Pure)’ in Rao, A., Bollig, M. and Böck, M. (eds) The Practice of War: Production, Reproduction and Communication of Armed Violence, New York and Oxford, Berghahn Books, pp. 133-158....
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Christmas at war: 1915 - A wish deferred
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1915 - A wish deferred

...community Christmas presents the hard task of showing cheerfulness and fortitude under very difficult circumstances. Bitter poverty has befallen many of the members, others have the greatest difficulty in making both ends meet, while few indeed find their business prospering. But Stock Exchange men have always been "sportsmen" in the best sense of that much-abused term....
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Why are black and white cats black and white? And why are there piebald horses?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why are black and white cats black and white? And why are there piebald horses?

...Communications, paint a different picture. We found that, if anything, cells in piebald animals migrate faster than in normal animals, but that they don’t divide as often. This means that there simply aren’t enough cells to pigment all the areas of the developing embryo. Chimaeric animals develop from a fusion of two early-stage embryos. If the original embryos would...
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Self-managed abortion in the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

Self-managed abortion in the UK

...communication about pain and other effects of the medications that might be experienced in the course of medical abortion. A key advantage of self-managed abortion is that it enables the person ending a pregnancy to do so in the privacy of their home. The women1 we spoke with in our study generally welcomed this option and talked positively about doing so. The study...
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Support for dyslexic language students through feedback
Education & Development

Support for dyslexic language students through feedback

...communicate with their students. For students with dyslexia this contact should be more personalized. It is important that teachers familiarise themselves with the general guidelines on marking the work of students with dyslexia provided by their institution. Specific guidelines for languages teachers are outlined below. First contact and motivation Teachers are advised...
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How to support neurodivergent mothers during pregnancy and birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to support neurodivergent mothers during pregnancy and birth

...Communication: Hearing the mother’s voice and wishes is key. Neurodiversity is a spectrum, and each mother’s needs will vary. Where possible, any information relayed to the mother should avoid jargon and provide information in multiple formats (such as written, visual, etc.) which may be more accessible. Sensory sensitivity: Some neurodivergent mothers may struggle...
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