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Can computers be therapists?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can computers be therapists?

...2009) Depression in Adults: The Treatment and Management of Depression in Adults. London: NICE. STASIAK, K. FLEMING, T. LUCASSEN, M.F.G. SHEPHERD, M.J. WHITTAKER, R. & MERRY, S.N. (2015). Computer-Based and Online Therapy for Depression and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 25. p. 1-11. Learn more about mental health...
Telegram brief history. Stop
Digital & Computing

Telegram brief history. Stop

...managed to send messages via insulated electrical wires. However, the American Samuel Morse is commonly regarded as ushering in the era of the telegram by sending his famous message 'WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT' down electrical wires from Washington to Baltimore in 1844. Within 20 years, the east and west coasts of the US were connected. By 1902, submarine cables encircled the...
Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?

...Manage existing illnesses - other health conditions such as type 2 diabetes can increase the risk of dementia. Reduce stress - don't forget to breathe when you feel stressed and take up a calming activity such as yoga or meditation. Be sociable - make a date with friends, volunteer or join a new activity club and keep in contact over social media. Learn more about healthy...
Current conversations about ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Current conversations about ageing

...manage it. None of these podcasts give neat answers. They're researchers thinking out loud, together, about work that often stays in academic papers. Whose version of ageing well? What does it mean to age well? In this podcast the researchers discuss what we can do to help ourselves to age well and what may make this more challenging for us. Transcript. What does home...
Eutrophication
Nature & Environment

Eutrophication

...managed....Eutrophication: Introduction - Eutrophication describes the biological effects of an increase in the concentration of nutrients. The collective term ‘nutrients’ refers to those elements that are essential for primary production by plants or other photosynthetic organisms. Eutrophication is most often caused by increases in the availability of nitrogen and...
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Death on the tracks: A 19th century train crash
History & The Arts

Death on the tracks: A 19th century train crash

...manager; Mr Farmer, deputy-manager of the London and Brighton Railway; and Mr Faithful, solicitor, with several other officials, were in attendance during the inquiry. Joseph Boardman was the first witness called. He said that he was an engine driver on the London and Brighton railway. He knew the deceased, who was his fireman. On the 27th of August, at about a quarter...
The research and modelling of COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

The research and modelling of COVID-19

...Management & Quantitative Techniques Area at the Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIM-Indore). He has a PhD in Statistics from North Carolina State University and worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center before joining IIM-Indore. His primary research interests include Bayesian inference, high-dimensional models and...
Football culture: the use of banners
Health, Sports & Psychology

Football culture: the use of banners

...manager. [A banner reading 'Diego Costa the Guv'nor' with an image of Diego Costa. ] When we see the banners not as individual artefacts but as part of a broader, collective tapestry, we can see that they document not only the history of the clubs but also of the times they were created in and the social, cultural and political contexts that led to their creation –...