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The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future
Science, Maths & Technology

The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future

...changing the formulation of the material to use more renewable and biodegradable resources, or to include an active function to the material that extends the shelf-life of foodstuffs. Traditional packaging seeks to provide a barrier to the external environment, whereas active materials delay food spoilage by reducing harmful agents such as microbes and oxygen....
Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list
Science, Maths & Technology

Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list

...change trending topics after investigation into bias claims It appears that the solution to potential human bias has been to dump the human input altogether, and leave the picking of trending to computers. All hail the mighty algorithm. Only trouble is... the machine turns out to not be anywhere near as good as people at curating. NiemanLab's Jospeh Lichterman is...
A journey through two Englands
History & The Arts

A journey through two Englands

...changed since they used to see the pack-horses and hear the tinkling of their bells on this very highway. In those days there were pocket boroughs, a Birmingham unrepresented in Parliament and compelled to make strong representations out of it, unrepealed corn-laws, three-and-sixpenny letters, a brawny and many-breeding pauperism, and other departed evils; but there were...
Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis
Society, Politics & Law

Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis

...change their motivation vis-à-vis Greece. I represented a small, suffering nation in its sixth straight year of deep recession. Bluffing with our people’s fate would be irresponsible. So I did not. Instead, we outlined that which we thought was a reasonable position, consistent with our creditors’ own interests. And then we stood our ground. When the troika pushed us...
Straen a phryder yn yr oes ddigidol: Ochr dywyll technoleg
Health, Sports & Psychology

Straen a phryder yn yr oes ddigidol: Ochr dywyll technoleg

...Chang, A. M., Aeschbach, D., Duffy, J. F., & Czeisler, C. A. (2015). Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects sleep, circadian timing, and next-morning alertness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(4), 1232-1237. Cheever, N. A., Rosen, L. D., Carrier, L. M., & Chavez, A. (2014). Out of sight is not out of mind: The impact of restricting...
Supporting South Asian young adult carers: A guide for social workers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting South Asian young adult carers: A guide for social workers

...change as they move into adulthood. The purpose of this assessment is to plan ahead so that the right support plan can be put in place when the young person becomes 18. However, a transition assessment should be undertaken when it is most appropriate for the young person, which could be when they are 18 or older (Gov. UK, 2022). The timing of this assessment is therefore...
Introducing ICT systems
Digital & Computing

Introducing ICT systems

...changed once it has been stored, so if you run out of space you can delete some files to make room or, if you want to edit a file, you can make the necessary changes and then save it again. At the time of writing, a medium-priced computer has a storage capacity of up to 100 GB. A floppy disk can store about 1.44 MB, but this type of storage has largely been replaced by...
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury

...changing the way you move, if it changes your mechanic of how you land, how you run, how you walk, you have to get that checked out before it becomes much more problematic. Dr. David Wang The big factor is usually training. Once you’ve gotten to the Olympics, you’ve put in the time, you’re there for a few weeks, there we tend to see more acute injuries. The overuse...