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Sustainability at Christmas: Considering single use items, traditional plastics and bioplastics
Science, Maths & Technology

Sustainability at Christmas: Considering single use items, traditional plastics and bioplastics

...research into the conservation of bioplastics is crucial not only to improve their durability for use but also to ensure that bioplastic objects in museum collections are protected from degradation (Pye, 2016). This highlights an important aspect of sustainability for some items, namely balancing the eco-friendliness of materials with their preservation needs. As you...
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The Amygdala Hijack: Stress Response in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Amygdala Hijack: Stress Response in Aviation

...researchers have since developed this idea to include a multitude of responses, such as a freeze response (Barlow, 2002) which may occur in some threatening situations. Surprise and startle responses can occur in reaction to a sudden, intense, and unexpected stimulus. It is important to understand before proceeding, however, that not all unexpected stimuli may lead to a...
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Five ways you can tell if your child is ‘normal’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways you can tell if your child is ‘normal’

...researcher with an interest in child and adolescent mental health, I would encourage parents and caregivers to think about the psychological aspects of child development – and how we can have rather limited views on what constitutes ‘normal’ or healthy emotional and social development. For instance, in terms of gender role expectations, does it really matter if a...
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Should we read John Locke today?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we read John Locke today?

...Second Treatise of Government," in Two Treatises of Government, ed. Peter Laslett (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003 [1689]). US Declaration of Independence, 1776. Article 3 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. Find out more Slavery Law and Power, is a research database set up by Holly Brewer with informative chapters on this broad area....
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Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period
History & The Arts

Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period

...research on the contributions of Black people before and during the Tudor period. Transcript Encounters with historical events in genres that function as discursive actions within particular social, political and cultural frameworks influence how people engage with the past in which identities are created and sustained. Historical knowledge has the power to influence how...
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Film as a Historical Source
Health, Sports & Psychology

Film as a Historical Source

...Research Film History: Academic Info: Film History [Contains links to many journals and other online resources] Online library catalogue for the University of Berkeley World Wide Web Virtual Library: Film History Index Digital History: Hollywood's America Photography and history: Robert Leggat's Home Page: A History of Photography Midley History of Photography: R. Derek...
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Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...research has shown that a ‘correct’ articulation of 'th' may be of the mark of a native speaker, but is unimportant in Global English. On the other hand, the distinction between short and long vowels (eg the difference between 'sit' and 'seat') remains crucial to intelligibility. Second, there are pragmatic strategies used by any skilled cross-cultural communicator...
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Owen's Law: the case for written allergen information in every food business
Health, Sports & Psychology

Owen's Law: the case for written allergen information in every food business

...Research from Imperial College London highlights an important and often misunderstood reality. Deaths from food-induced anaphylaxis in the UK are rare — estimated at fewer than 10 per year — and have decreased over time. This is sometimes cited as evidence that the current system is working. It is not the whole picture. Over the same period, hospital admissions for...
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