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What does Brexit mean for imports and exports?
Money & Business

What does Brexit mean for imports and exports?

...health-related controls, remain unclear, too. An extended period of uncertainty about rules and procedures, as well as the necessary supporting systems, is inevitable. This will be further compounded by the fact that putting the systems that support trade and customs in place, tends to take years, rather than months. Last but not least, there will be resourcing issues for...
How long will you live if you stop eating and drinking?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How long will you live if you stop eating and drinking?

...health considerations and, most importantly, the presence or absence of dehydration. I would add that body composition would also likely play a key role; for the same body weight, the individual with a greater percentage of body fat has a greater on-board storage of calories. Also, a lower muscle mass would generally be associated with reduced caloric consumption. This by...
Why is Donald Trump a challenge for translators?
Languages

Why is Donald Trump a challenge for translators?

...health”. Translators are very much divided when it comes to whether Trump’s controversial rhetoric should be translated warts and all, or toned down and rendered respectable. Indeed, while some believe that his inflammatory language should be neutralised and the style smoothed out, others are convinced that translators should translate Trump exactly as he speaks....
LGBTQ youth and homelessness: We can all make a difference
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQ youth and homelessness: We can all make a difference

...health. LGBTQ youth cannot easily leave toxic social environments, including a challenging school and/or home context, due to for instance their financial dependence on their families. Although a disproportionately large percentage of LGBTQ youth do ‘run away’ from home, as evidence by the population-based research that has established that LGBTQ youth are at a...
Investment casting
Science, Maths & Technology

Investment casting

...health hazards associated with the process. The “block mould process” is often a more economical process for light castings. Moulds consist of several hundred small components, and are centrifugally cast. Materials: Almost all metals and alloys can be investment cast, but the process is best suited to those materials that are difficult to die cast, forge or machine....
Le Corbusier
History & The Arts

Le Corbusier

...the architect of post-war housing failure ignores the deep concern for human comfort and health that underpinned his work. The Modernist architects
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Calculating your carbon footprint
Nature & Environment

Calculating your carbon footprint

...health services, etc. From this perspective the producers of goods and services within each country are mainly responsible for that country’s emissions, while individuals and households are responsible for only a relatively small percentage of the total. The consumption perspective, on the other hand, considers that the purpose of a modern economy is to provide...
If Wannacry caused so much disruption, how come it raised so little money?
Digital & Computing

If Wannacry caused so much disruption, how come it raised so little money?

...health service of an advanced economy such as the UK would run its critical infrastructure on such an unsafe, antiquated system. But perhaps the most striking aspect of this recent attack is how unsuccessful it has been in terms of generating a ransom. As well as the NHS in the UK, it hit French car manufacturer Renault, US delivery service FedEx, Russia’s interior...