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How can the arts improve health and wellbeing?
History & The Arts

How can the arts improve health and wellbeing?

...learned from a very young age, as well as affecting the blood pressure, heart rate, nervous system and digestion (Fancourt, 2017, p. 34). The arts have also been used to reduce pain, both short-term and chronic. Numerous studies, for example, have experimented with using music to improve recovery after surgical procedures, which reduced levels of pain and anxiety,...
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Understanding the realities of invisible disabilities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding the realities of invisible disabilities

...learning difficulties and mental health conditions. However, it is important to note that not everyone who meets the official definition, would identify themselves as disabled. There are also other terms used for invisible disabilities such as ‘hidden’ and ‘non-visible’; and for disabilities which are sometimes visible and sometime not, the term ‘dynamic’ can...
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Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?

...learning disabilities, for example. The ‘internalised presentation of autism’, which is prevalent across genders but appears to be more common in girls and women, can lead to delayed or inaccurate diagnosis, and lack of adequate support. If a young person is autistic and internalises their difficulties, they may appear very ‘calm and collected’ on the surface...
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The machine that is still changing the world
Science, Maths & Technology

The machine that is still changing the world

...learn from the automotive experience. Perhaps the most interesting development have been in service sectors such as healthcare where Toyota’s principles are being more widely adopted. In the US Thedacare use the lean tool of Jidoka to allow failing processes to be stopped before they do harm. Virginia Mason hospitals have their own production system based closely on...
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What is Law?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Law?

...Thank you very much, Caroline. The Development of Equity What is equity and how did it come about? Find out with our short animated video. Want to learn more? If you would like to find out more about studying law at the OU, visit the OU Law School website. If you are already registered as a student at the OU, you can find out more by visiting the Law Study Home website....
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Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design
Science, Maths & Technology

Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design

...learn and conform to than the constraints of a programming language. While constraints and standards in technology are the mother of creativity, in design they can often feel artificial and oppressive. Beyond that, within a collaboration, when Bob tries to argue for the merits of his design, unlike in the case of Alice’s code he cannot prove that it executes flawlessly,...
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Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition
Society, Politics & Law

Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition

...Learn The above critique of the British anti-slavery abolitionists may be helpful to us at this given moment for the following four reasons. It indicates that a focus on the critique of slavery is not the same as shining a light on the brutal harms of colonial power and the British Empire. If the ending of slavery was a means of providing new moral capital for the...
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Artificial intelligence
Digital & Computing

Artificial intelligence

...learn, communicate and teach each other. They can navigate their way around our world and be linked to extremely powerful computers that will give them a processing capacity well beyond that of humans. How did scientists develop the technology to produce AI machines? Mankind has always been fascinated by how the mind works and fascinated by the idea of creating...
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