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A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses
Health, Sports & Psychology

A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses

...study from Introducing health and social care A nurse had been working with a patient who had a chronic venous leg ulcer for several years. All options of treatment that the medical staff were aware of had been tried and the ulcer was not improving. They discussed this with the patient and explained that there might be other dressings or treatments available, suggesting...
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What is Critical Race Theory?
Education & Development

What is Critical Race Theory?

...Studies in the US (see Bell, 1992 and Crenshaw, 1995) to examine how national legislation expanding civil rights in the US post-Civil Rights Era (1950s and 1960s) did little to improve the material and social lives of Black Americans and other non-White racial and ethnic groups, as well as slow or limited change in social and economic conditions for the LGBTQI communities...
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Ethnicity as a Learning Tool
Education & Development

Ethnicity as a Learning Tool

...studying on her bed] A good learning experience is influenced by a racialised learning environment in which diversity is celebrated and difference is acknowledged. However, a learning environment is not always immune from racially driven learning dialogues as is evident in recent black lives matter mass events in the UK universities (for instance at The Open University in...
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Why do we feel happier in the spring?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do we feel happier in the spring?

...studies have shown that physical activity can help to improve our self-esteem, cognitive function (memory, decision making, etc.), mood, and quality of life (Mahindru et al., 2023). All of which help to make us feel happier. So, there are many interconnected factors which explain why we feel happier, more energetic and sociable in spring, many of which are related to the...
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A very brief history of AI
Digital & Computing

A very brief history of AI

...study is to proceed on the basis of the conjecture that every aspect of learning or any other feature of intelligence can in principle be so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it. An attempt will be made to find how to make machines use language, form abstractions and concepts, solve kinds of problems now reserved for humans, and improve...
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Ten top tips for writing a novel
History & The Arts

Ten top tips for writing a novel

...Studying creative writing is very useful – but don’t allow yourself to be a slave to someone else’s technique. There is no right or wrong way to write a novel, and you have yet to discover the method that works for you. This relates to your working methods and the way you use your time. You might be a plotter or a splurger, a night writer or a creative lark who...
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Sounds of environmental change
Society, Politics & Law

Sounds of environmental change

...sounds, then, is that all sorts of sounds can powerfully convey the effects of environmental change on vulnerable landscapes like beaches. Further reading and references The audios in this article were recorded by audioBoom, as part of the British Library and National Trust’s Sounds of our Shores project. The Open University module DD103 studies soundscapes in week 23....
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Navigating Black Irish identity in the music of Phil Lynott
Health, Sports & Psychology

Navigating Black Irish identity in the music of Phil Lynott

...Boy and I Don’t Know My Place”: Phil Lynott and the Black Atlantic’, Rock Music Studies, 9(1), pp. 94–113. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/19401159.2021.1935726. Smyth, G. (2005) Noisy Island: A Short History of Irish Popular Music. Cork: Cork University Press. Thompson, G. (2016) Cowboy Song: The Authorised Biography of Philip Lynott. London: Constable....
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