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Is norovirus an economic threat?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is norovirus an economic threat?

...resources to preventing, controlling, and treating norovirus? Just counting the number of norovirus cases, the deaths, or the number of hospitalizations caused by norovirus doesn’t tell the whole story. Better understanding the economic impact of norovirus begins to give you a better view. Diseases do not have to be deadly or last long in a patient to have substantial...
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Systems in action: Pea canning case study
Money & Business

Systems in action: Pea canning case study

...resources of the company either in people or in funds. Conclusion The changed texture of the environment was not recognised by an able but traditional management until it was too late. They failed entirely to appreciate that a number of outside events were becoming connected with each other in a way that was leading up to irreversible general change. Their first reaction...
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?

...waste: Transcript What will the oceans look like in another 50 years? That all depends on the actions we take right now. References UN (2017) Factsheet: People and Oceans [Online]. Available at https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Ocean-fact-sheet-package.pdf (Accessed 2019). Like oceans? Take it further Free resources: Free courses:...
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The meaning of home in later life
Health, Sports & Psychology

The meaning of home in later life

...resources, skills and recognition of ageing needs by the retail market. Second, where an older person’s social network is variable they may need support from nonfamilial carers. For some ‘living at home’ can be central to maintaining levels of autonomy which may have to be delegated to someone else whether in a personal home or by moving to a care home. Here, the...
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Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...education using advice and guidance (such as the 5 A DAY campaign you have already explored). The next activity will involve you finding information about a current health campaign aimed at families. Activity 4: Browsing the Change4Life website Timing: Allow about 15 minutes Browse the Change4Life website by clicking on the link to find some tips (aim for five) for...
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Is Brexit going to unseat English as the lingua franca?
Languages

Is Brexit going to unseat English as the lingua franca?

...education and higher learning in universities across Europe and beyond. Persian provides another example: after Iran fell to the Arab invasion, Persian became the language of the army that spread Islam into Central and South East Asia, and was then taken up by Turks, Mongols and, in fact, all Muslim rulers of the region as the administrative language of their realms....
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What happened to Rio 2016's leftover food?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happened to Rio 2016's leftover food?

...educated guesses as to how much food and ingredients to have on hand to make nourishing meals. Inevitably there’s going to be a surplus, whether it’s cases of bruised fruit and vegetables, or leftover palettes of potatoes and rice. [Massimo Bottura] Massimo Bottura Now an international group of chefs and anti-hunger activists calling themselves RefettoRio Gastromotiva...
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How did a natural disaster take us closer to Brexit?
Languages

How did a natural disaster take us closer to Brexit?

...educate us in an uninterested way. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the worst industrial disaster in US history and 4.9 million barrel crude were released into the environment. In addition to the huge immediate damage, long-term effects are as yet unknown but are likely to include oil remaining in the food chain for generations to come. The...
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