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Is sleep the secret of success?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is sleep the secret of success?

...accounts of sleep, or a lack of it, having a detrimental effect on sporting performance. Whilst the purpose of sleep is not fully understood it is generally accepted that it is required to facilitate recovery and preparation for functioning (both physiological and cognitive) in the next waking period (Fullagar et al., 2015; Halson, 2014). Therefore the sleep an athlete...
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A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses
Health, Sports & Psychology

A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses

...accountability as described in Caulfield (2005) – professional, ethical, legal and employer – and allows you to decide, using evidence, if online incidents and behaviours require escalation. By evidence, this means professional guidance, policy, procedure or legislation, for example. The image below outlines, in order, what is meant by the 3Cs – clarity, context and...
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US Election 2016: A last week reading list
Society, Politics & Law

US Election 2016: A last week reading list

...account has been suspended on multiple occasions, with the social network giant thinking her name a fake. She sent Facebook officials her driver's license some years ago but her account was again subsequently blocked. Today, in fact, she goes by "Hill Clinton." "Facebook, if you're listening, I want my name back," she says. Read the full article at CNN: The Donald Trump...
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A brief history of sex education
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of sex education

...accounts of lessons on the reproductive systems of rabbits, or the pollination of flowering plants, suggest that much school sex education in the UK in the 1950s and ‘60s, was carried out through the descriptions, though not the observations, of the reproductive habits of plants and non-human animals. It seems likely that boys, especially if educated in the public...
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What Human Rights Day means to me
Society, Politics & Law

What Human Rights Day means to me

...account for their actions concerning human rights abuse, although this often happens too late after their human rights abuses took place. The International Human Rights Day is relevant today. We need to hold institutions dealing with asylum claims and other migration-related applications accountable. There is resistance to human rights; indeed I have been reminded in my...
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The Valentine's rose trade story in a dozen roses
Nature & Environment

The Valentine's rose trade story in a dozen roses

...account for over half of all global imports. AI is being used for precision farming and streamlining complex international supply chains. Import values are rising rapidly in non-traditional markets such as Brazil, Georgia and Moldova. Consumers are increasingly prioritising Fairtrade, organic options, and lower carbon footprints. As opposed to production in South America...
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52 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

52 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...account you must be over the age of 13). Why do we give out content for free? The queen told us to! It’s written in our Royal Charter ‘Advancement and dissemination of learning and knowledge… to promote the general wellbeing of the community’. 13.6 million people visited our website last year – that’s more than the number of people who visited the UK’s most...
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53 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

53 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...account you must be over the age of 13). Why do we give out content for free? The queen told us to! It’s written in our Royal Charter ‘Advancement and dissemination of learning and knowledge… to promote the general wellbeing of the community’. 13.6 million people visited our website last year – that’s more than the number of people who visited the UK’s most...
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