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Messaging apps – managing relationships at a distance
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Messaging apps – managing relationships at a distance

...research with mobile messaging users, I’ve explored how this happens in practice. For example, on a Monday morning shortly before Christmas 2021, project participant Hannah receives a message at 7:29am while she is still sleeping from her old friend Hazel. [whatsapp message, saying lovely to see you last night, mentions a gift wrapped partcel from Selfridges on its...
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The importance of alternative household arrangements
Society, Politics & Law

The importance of alternative household arrangements

...research has suggested, we may also need to expand out 'family' to encompass our relationships with companion animals and the objects with which we share our lives. Shared living situations also complicate what is meant by home. As people move from place to place to find the people who share their values, or with whom they can live most easily, home may be more about the...
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Should human conditions be classed as illnesses?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should human conditions be classed as illnesses?

...research makes to human health and well-being. However, even before its release the DSM-5 came under attack from certain health professionals and service users. The critics can broadly be divided into two camps: those who are opposed to mental health problems being classed as medical disorders and those who feel that there is a role for psychiatric diagnosis, but fear...
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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

...research into consumer attitudes towards social labelling suggests that people often feel confused rather than informed when faced with what is often well intentioned garment labelling. Part of the problem is the proliferation of social and eco-labels people encounter when they shop. The Eco Label Index lists 460 eco-labels in 197 countries, and 25 industry sectors. There...
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Systems in action: Pea canning case study
Money & Business

Systems in action: Pea canning case study

...research and development, based on the type of market analysis required to identify these, was beyond the scope of existing resources of the company either in people or in funds. Conclusion The changed texture of the environment was not recognised by an able but traditional management until it was too late. They failed entirely to appreciate that a number of outside...
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How have the Conservatives overtaken Labour for the British Indian vote?
Society, Politics & Law

How have the Conservatives overtaken Labour for the British Indian vote?

...Research from 2010 also showed the fertility rate within the British Indian community fell below the UK average. And according to the 2011 census, only 31% of Indian women aged 16-64 were economically inactive. When combining the realities of greater occupational advancement, low fertility rates and relatively high female economic activity, the archetypal British Indian...
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Design from the inside
Science, Maths & Technology

Design from the inside

...research is exploring the relationship between the geometry of the patterns and the resulting mechanical behaviour, measured according to Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio, see Figure 2. We plot this behaviour on rotational graphs to explore how it changes according to the direction of applied force. [Figure 2: Comparing mechanical properties of honeycombs based on...
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Siblings in the scrum: long history of brothers makes rugby a family affair
Society, Politics & Law

Siblings in the scrum: long history of brothers makes rugby a family affair

...research that family influences a players’ introduction and experience of the sport in a variety of ways – from taking up the game to sibling rivalry driving performance. Being an England fan I was already aware of the two sets of brothers in the England squad – Billy and Mako Vunipola and the brothers Ben and Tom Youngs (whose father Nick was a former England...
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