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Section 2: Red Clydeside and Glasgow 1919: Setting the Context
Society, Politics & Law

Section 2: Red Clydeside and Glasgow 1919: Setting the Context

...Research Guide 2’ Glasgow and its surrounding environs might have been an important magnet drawing in people from far and wide, but like other growing cities across Britain at the time, it was ill-equipped to provide adequate shelter or to feed this rapidly growing population. The consequences of this continued to shape housing in the city throughout the twentieth...
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How COVID-19 challenges our notion of a good death
Health, Sports & Psychology

How COVID-19 challenges our notion of a good death

...research about end-of-life care in England over the last 10 years has indicated that this is both impossible and also undesirable, especially if people think their deaths should reflect a notion of their individuality. But there are certain cultural scripts for how we societally evaluate some deaths as being relatively good, and these can vary between cultures. And...
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The Material World: On Chesil Beach (getting closer to Titan)
Science, Maths & Technology

The Material World: On Chesil Beach (getting closer to Titan)

...Research Institute. "The equipment" is an aluminium contraption about two and a half metres high, of tripod shape with a horizontal arm that can drop a sensor from various heights. We are off to Chesil Beach, on the coast of Dorset. Why are two planetary scientists going to the Dorset coast? Obviously, because Chesil Beach is like the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest...
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Heart of a heartless world, soul of soulless conditions
History & The Arts

Heart of a heartless world, soul of soulless conditions

...research of The Open University Classical Studies Department. Buffy takes two vampire lovers during the seven seasons and in one episode very nearly succumbs to a traditional Dracula figure in a wonderfully worked out pastiche of Stoker. But where does the cultural trajectory of Greece and Rome come into the equation? [Madam Tussaud's wax figure of Buffy actress Sarah...
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Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam
Digital & Computing

Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam

...Cyber Security Centre (GCHQ) More about SamSam https://www.secureworks.com/research/samsam-ransomware-campaigns https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2016/03/samsam-ransomware.html?m=1 https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/01/samsam-evolution-continues-netting-over.html Atlanta’s spending to fix SamSam http://procurement.atlantaga.gov/awarded-emergency-procurements/...
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Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?
Languages

Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?

...research in the field of translation suggests that the earlier a child is exposed to diversity and difference, the more open-minded and tolerant he becomes. So, BBC, take note: much can depend on the choice of a name. Perhaps in the 1960s we did not know any better, but this 2016 remake has no excuses. After all, we wouldn't want this adaptation to be, in Ransome's own...
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Why is snow so hard to predict?
Nature & Environment

Why is snow so hard to predict?

...research to assess precisely what happened in this event, but, on the face of it, the National Weather Service forecast was actually pretty good. Yes, they were predicting a chance of very high snowfall, which failed to materialise so dramatically over New York City. But Long Island and other parts of the north-east were badly hit, as predicted. Snow problem Snow depth is...
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On the loss of a baby
Health, Sports & Psychology

On the loss of a baby

...research has demonstrated that men feel they have to be supportive and hide their grief and feel as though they may not receive support (Jones et al, 2019). Support from family and friends Family and friends may struggle to support grieving families because they don’t know what to say or do in response to parents’ distress. But talking about the baby and being able to...
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