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Sleep: A doctor's advice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sleep: A doctor's advice

...work late will grab a meal just before bed; this can lead to them waking up feeling exhausted. Your body has to work away digesting and your blood sugar levels will be rising at a time when you should be winding down. 4. Reduce your caffeine intake This seems to be one of the harder tasks for many of my patients. My advice is to have no more than three cups of coffee in...
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Life after sport: giving back
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life after sport: giving back

...work, first of all acknowledging that athletes go through many phases in their career. When you are on the outside looking in it is not always easy to see it. Retirement is hard for athletes who have dedicated often many years of their childhood and life to the sport so for them to understand how what they have learnt is transferable is really important. Often there is...
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Succeed with maths: part 2 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...work through the course at your own pace, so if you have more time one week there is no problem with pushing on to complete another week's study. You can also take as long as you want to complete it. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional...
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What are nerve agents - and what do they do?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are nerve agents - and what do they do?

...work...[Members of the 93rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (WMD CST) scan a survey team member for nerve or blister agents with chemical detection equipment during a casualty evacuation drill. ] The US navy at Pearl Harbor holds a drill, including scanning a person for signs of chemical contamination The former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter...
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The Writer's Room: J.K. Rowling
History & The Arts

The Writer's Room: J.K. Rowling

...work in pursuit of supplementing the experience of reading with something more immediate, sensory, and experimental. What exactly then does the writer’s desk and chair ‘mean’? What is its value? Commercially, it has lent lustre to the hotel for sure, and doubtless the suite commands a premium price. Culturally, the writer’s desk typically stages the place and end...
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What is a confidence and supply government?
Society, Politics & Law

What is a confidence and supply government?

...working coalition with any single minor party. In such a scenario, a minority government could be formed and kept in office through what is known as a confidence-and-supply agreement with one or more of the minor parties. As the title suggests, a confidence-and-supply agreement has two distinct strands. By convention, in order to remain in office, a government must retain...
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What is a scientific model?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a scientific model?

...work in astronomy, Paul Donald explains their use in conservation science and hydrologist Nick Reynard talks about using models to simulate extreme weather events such as flooding. Question from Jim Hay: "I wonder if you could explain what a model is? The term is used so frequently on science programmes that I just let it slide past me but the fact is I don’t know what...
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Intimate not Intimidated: It's Time to Talk about Sex and Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Intimate not Intimidated: It's Time to Talk about Sex and Disability

...work harder for it. You know, it’s one of them ain’t it? It’s not all coming for free, you’ve got to work for it. TOM I think what helps us [unclear 0:04:09] our PAs having a sense of humour. CHARLOTTE Especially when we call them in and like I’m still sitting on your face and you’re suffocating and… TOM I think that accidental innuendos from PAs, make us...
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