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Why has Sweden tightened its borders?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has Sweden tightened its borders?

...public. At least as important, however, are purely practical and economic considerations. The current asylum situation is unprecedented, even comparable to the Balkan crisis in the 1990s. In 2015 Sweden received a total of 160,000 asylum seekers. This was the highest ever number for a single year. In fact, it was almost twice the previous high of 84,000 in 1992. Over the...
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The Problem with Pink
History & The Arts

The Problem with Pink

...novel, The Wanderer (1814), for example, the heroine is horrified to be given a pink dress to wear to play in a concert, when all of the other young women performing are in white. Professional black is a more likely option than virginal white nowadays for a public engagement, but pink remains a risky choice if you want people actually to listen to you. Try a FREE...
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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

...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 public awareness of responsible business and consumption than seems to currently exist....
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I-SPY: Find out more about the research on Internet infidelity
Health, Sports & Psychology

I-SPY: Find out more about the research on Internet infidelity

...public and counsellors at a time when there are growing opportunities to participate in activity online which could lead to infidelity. - Dr Andreas Vossler: http://www.open.ac.uk/people/av2585 - Dr Naomi Moller: http://www.open.ac.uk/people/nm8578 Find out more about infidelity research Try a FREE course on some of the themes related to infidelity Take it further with...
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Retrofitting older buildings to help mitigate the climate emergency
Nature & Environment

Retrofitting older buildings to help mitigate the climate emergency

...public. There is a clear need for increased policy action and support from the government for the retrofit of our existing buildings. We all, however, have a responsibility to take action to reduce our personal carbon emissions. There are actions that everyone can take to improve the performance of their buildings and do their bit to help save the planet. These types of...
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Heaven: What might it be like?
History & The Arts

Heaven: What might it be like?

...Publications. Tolstly, Leo (1894) The Kingdom of God is Within You: or Christianity not as a Mystical Doctrine, 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:...
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The meaning of home in later life
Health, Sports & Psychology

The meaning of home in later life

...public and private lives that impacts on well-being. The digital aspect, using portable technology, may be another home base: not location-specific, but transferrable between places. Home in later life Does the meaning of home change in later life? The concept of home is mostly seen as positive and supportive. The opposite view can report a place of isolation, abuse and...
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Big data and bioinformatics: Powerful tools for decoding DNA
Science, Maths & Technology

Big data and bioinformatics: Powerful tools for decoding DNA

...publically available online tools to identify these variants and determine whether there are genes or non-coding regions of DNA underlying multiple pathways or processes in cancers. Some of these tools are built into databases directly, to help scientist carry out such analyses. Tools such as R and R’s Bioconductor are programs that allow users to analyse data of DNA...
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