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Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?

...become longer term and less pressing. There could be a tendency to become lazy and develop a ‘who cares’ attitude. Burnout in the future is a real problem with a compressed schedule being a feature of sport over the next couple of years. Burnout is also linked to the increased stress and anxiety that athletes may be currently experiencing. What can athletes be doing?...
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Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer
Society, Politics & Law

Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer

...become centred around what kind of relationalities we can build with people who are fleeing and whose journeys are full of risks because of the restrictions of national borders and immigration regulations. From this perspective, Alia’s journey through the tunnel, which we as audience can sense through the camera, becomes a way of reflecting on how to build such...
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World must avert flood of climate refugees - Climate News Network
Nature & Environment

World must avert flood of climate refugees - Climate News Network

...become more common.”“If governments do not act, then wars over land and resources − which is what the second Iraq war was − will become more common.” As long ago as 2003, a report prepared for the US Department of Defense warned that global climate change is more likely to result in sudden, cataclysmic environmental events than a gradual and manageable rise in...
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?

...become more acidic, glaciers and ice sheets to melt. Waste from our industry and general lifestyle now pollutes the oceans with chemicals, plastics, radioactivity and more. So what changes can we expect to see in our oceans in the next 50 years? How fast is sea level rising? Sea level has varied over long timescales and is affected by many factors related to the shape of...
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Methods in Motion: Getting on your bike, and looking for answers
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Getting on your bike, and looking for answers

...becoming the way that I move between them in a structured manner. Focusing on the process of applying the methodology required me to really think about whether the assumptions in the literature make any sense in the practical situation - and if not, why not? Of course, such an iterative process of building theoretical, empirical and methodological expertise is not the...
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The meaning of home in later life
Health, Sports & Psychology

The meaning of home in later life

...become more pronounced as people get older. Only a small percentage live in retirement or extra care housing with those living in care homes being predominantly in their 80s or 90s (Age UK, 2016). Innovative cohousing or intergenerational housing is still a minority experience that could be developed. Maintaining and recreating home? So, how can home be maintained or...
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Why cancer cells go to sleep: the mystery of cancer dormancy
Science, Maths & Technology

Why cancer cells go to sleep: the mystery of cancer dormancy

...become resistant to the attacks of the immune system. So it is important to learn how to detect dormant cancer cells, and how to kill them. Detecting dormant cells is not easy, though. Dormant tumours are often small and don’t produce symptoms, so patients are often unaware of them and conventional diagnostic tools are unable to “see” them. Also, dormant cancer...
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Pharmacotherapy while ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Pharmacotherapy while ageing

...OU & Parks Trust YouTube Channel. Resources Vseteckova J (2020) Ageing Well Public Talk Series https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/health/the-ageing-well-public-talks Vseteckova J (2020) How to age well, while self-isolating https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/how-age-well-while-self-isolating Vseteckova J, (2020) ANIMATION -...
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