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When words escape control: Tourette syndrome and slurs
Education & Development

When words escape control: Tourette syndrome and slurs

...phrases or swearing. According to Tourettes Action, only 10–30% of those with Tourette’s will have swear-related tics, known as Coprolalia. Coprolalia is thought to occur due to faulty inhibition in the brain, and words which are taboo or obscene, which we normally suppress, might be more likely to be expressed. Despite these being the least common tics, they are the...
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Article 5 mins
Diabetes care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Diabetes care

...Eye examination A patient with Type 2 diabetes has his retinas examined. Foot examination A Type 2 diabetes patient has his feet checked. Measuring blood pressure A patient with Type 1 diabetes has his blood pressure measured. Meeting the diabetes care team Kerri gets interviewed about her job. Taking a blood sample A type 2 diabetes patient has a blood sample taken....
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Driven to drink?
Society, Politics & Law

Driven to drink?

...phrase associated with the Prime Minister) is being squeezed by the Big State. A recent study made in the USA adds to the explanations for the weakness of voluntary associations, democracy and what has been term ‘social capital’ by arguing that the enforcement of stricter drink-drive legislation is a cause of the decline. This sounds like a cautionary tale of the...
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Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...des Beaux-Arts de Bel As a posthumous portrait of a civilian, David's The Death of Marat is a very different type of image from Gros's Bonaparte at Arcole, which serves to promote the military career of a man who was not only very much alive but even (so the image suggests) invincible. Nevertheless, the contrast between the two paintings can help to elucidate the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
How does JK Rowling use Latin and other classical languages in Harry Potter?
History & The Arts

How does JK Rowling use Latin and other classical languages in Harry Potter?

...phrase in their texts of Cicero or Virgil, Ovid or Juvenal; but ardent readers of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series will know exactly what it means. ‘Never tickle a sleeping dragon’ is the translation of the motto that Rowling devised for the Hogwarts school crest: a useful and practical piece of advice for aspiring wizards, she explained. School mottoes –...
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Further uses of genetic testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Further uses of genetic testing

...phrase ‘genetic testing’, you may think about its medical uses, such as diagnosing genetic conditions. But genetic testing isn’t limited to the medical field. In this video, we look at some other important uses of genetic testing that you might not know about. Each of us has a unique set of DNA. Scientists can analyse it to make something called a DNA profile. This...
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Machine translation in language learning and teaching
Languages

Machine translation in language learning and teaching

...de trous dans ses études. German: Sie sagt: „Es gibt einen Unterschied“. Spanish: La recuerdo bien. Estaba en la Plaza, embarazoda de mi primer Hiba de 6 messe, Juan Pablo...Session 1: Reflecting on machine translation and language learning: 3 The benefits and limitations of OMT for language learning and teaching - Using OMT for language learning and teaching has...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?
Languages

Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?

...de la vida y del mundo. Al desaparecer, se pierde la cosmovisión y cosmogonía única de cada pueblo, perdiéndose una parte importante de la humanidad. The indigenous languages encompass a unique vision of life and of the world. Their disappearance would imply a loss of the unique world view and existence of each community; an important part of humanity. In this sense,...
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