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Time to look again at HIV and relationships
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time to look again at HIV and relationships

...become more like a chronic condition than the fatal infection we’ve seen on our screens. [Map showing couples around the UK] Effective HIV treatment stops the virus from reproducing itself, meaning that today people diagnosed in the UK who start treatment soon after can expect to live as long as someone without the virus. Not only that, but when the levels of virus get...
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What is emotive language and why is it used?
History & The Arts

What is emotive language and why is it used?

...become the focus of discussion are irrelevant to the point being discussed. An ad hominem argument in the second sense is a legitimate demonstration of an opponent's inconsistency. This is a much rarer use of the term. An argument is ad hominem in this second sense if it involves turning the argument back on the opponent (sometimes known as the 'you too', or 'tu quoque',...
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The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care

...become central to the care and nursing process. This can mean putting the person’s needs, as they define them, above those identified as priorities by healthcare professionals. In the words of Bob Price, a nurse academic writing for the Nursing Standard in 2006, ‘the term person-centred care is used…to indicate a strong interest in the patient’s own experience of...
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The Odyssey: List of characters
History & The Arts

The Odyssey: List of characters

...become her husband. Penelope is the wife of Odysseus. She loyally awaits the return of her husband from Troy during his twenty-year absence (ten years laying siege to Troy and ten years on the journey home). Meanwhile 108 suitors are hoping to marry Penelope and take Odysseus’ place. Penelope pretends she cannot remarry until she has finished weaving a shroud for...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Volkswagen Scandal
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Volkswagen Scandal

...become the largest automaker in the world by sales. Now commentators and the public alike wonder not only how it can stay on top but how it will survive. Yet the case also raises serious questions about the future of corporate social responsibility and governance. In this episode of Bottom Line, industry and finance leaders discuss the implications of this event. As the...
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Investigating environmental futures through speculative design
Society, Politics & Law

Investigating environmental futures through speculative design

...become receptive to haptic and sonic signals from the sensors. Some of these signals lend themselves to interpretation, while others are indecipherable, reminding wearers that there is always more to know and care about in the changing environment, requiring constant reattunement and empathic work. Our prototype serves as an example of research that draws on design and...
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The housing crash and the man who saw it coming
Money & Business

The housing crash and the man who saw it coming

...becoming toppy, new home sales were also flattening out and also the price increases were slowing down. So it was clear that that was the tipping point for this housing bubble. And once a bubble goes into reverse and demand falls below supply, then prices start to move downward and then there is the unravelling of a boom and bubble into a bust and a crash. On why no-one...
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Terminal illness and wellbeing: supporting people in the workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Terminal illness and wellbeing: supporting people in the workplace

...become more appropriate. An example we have encountered is employers offering reduced baseline hours or project-based work to enable staff to take on tasks they feel capable of doing whilst also keeping connected with colleagues and social networks. There are also other benefits of flexible working such as reduced burnout. Communication and uncertainty: welcome an honest...
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