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Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology

...world smartphone use. PloS one, 10(10), e0139004. Appel, H., Gerlach, A. L., & Crusius, J. (2016). The interplay between Facebook use, social comparison, envy, and depression. Current Opinion in Psychology, 9, 44-49. Chang, A. M., Aeschbach, D., Duffy, J. F., & Czeisler, C. A. (2015). Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects sleep, circadian timing, and...
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Digital carbon footprints and remote working
Nature & Environment

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

...world that seems somewhat underplayed, especially when Scope 2 requires companies to consider the energy used by their customers in using their products or services. While there are calls for the scope guidance to be updated, many companies are already opting for a more integrous forward-thinking approach, accounting for work-from-home (WFH) remote energy consumption...
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The Amygdala Hijack: Stress Response in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Amygdala Hijack: Stress Response in Aviation

...world. Dismukes, Goldsmith and Kochan (2015) outline the stressful situations pilots are exposed to: Emergencies and other threatening situations require pilots to execute infrequently practiced procedures correctly and to use their skills and judgment to select an appropriate course of action, often under high workload, time pressure, and ambiguous indications, all of...
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Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK
Education & Development

Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK

...World Could Teach America about Policing’, The Atlantic, 10 June. Available at: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/06/america-police-violence-germany-georgia-britain/612820/ (Accessed: 10 December 2020). United States Congressional Research Service (2017) Public Trust and Law Enforcement: A Discussion for Policymakers. Available at:
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Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period
History & The Arts

Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period

...world. Thus, opening possibilities for a purer and more objective view of how civilised societies were constructed and how individuals were valued in them. The African contribution to the United Kingdom remains present in the contemporary consciousness and lived experience. Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus (Roman emperor from 193 to 211 AD) and his son Emperor Caracalla...
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A brief history of Harlem
Society, Politics & Law

A brief history of Harlem

...world. Other writers focus on the advantages accruing to the middle class households who are able to buy relatively cheap housing and do it up to their own tastes, leaving in their wake a revitalised neighborhood of particular production and consumption patterns - the cappuccino café society - of a bourgeois bohemia. For others, gentrification is cast as the best way to...
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Impossible Peace 2: Tea for two
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Tea for two

...world want to see the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. Notwithstanding these difficulties our decisions have been taken to advance our republican and democratic objectives, including our goal of a united Ireland. We believe there is now an alternative way to achieve this and to end British rule in our country. It is the responsibility of all Volunteers to...
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Why teach art?
Education & Development

Why teach art?

...world situates us and defines who we are. Consider the three following non-linguistic signs. [Figure 1] Figure 1 Three non linguistic signs Respectively, these signify a commercial brand, a road sign and a major piece of commemorative architecture (and tourist attraction!). Even while respecting varying cultural norms it might be argued that these are immediately...
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