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Raising awareness and support for men
Health, Sports & Psychology

Raising awareness and support for men

...thinking about getting involved in a community initiative that supports men. These can be found below. If you are keen to raise awareness of some of the challenges men face and about raising the profile of positive male role models as part of International Men’s Day then you can find out more here. Organisations that can help CALM has a web page if you are concerned...
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Why do volcanoes erupt?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do volcanoes erupt?

...think what this is? The dispersal of the umbrella cloud is controlled by the wind. When there is a wind, the umbrella region is blown off to one side so tephra is deposited asymmetrically. When the thickness of an airfall deposit is contoured, the pattern is consistent with the wind direction during the eruption. Vulcanian eruptions [Vulcano, a volcanic island in the Med...
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What are your chances during a zombie apocalypse?
Digital & Computing

What are your chances during a zombie apocalypse?

...thinking about large-scale epidemics across countries, it misses the effects you see with smaller numbers of people, from a few dozen to a few thousand. This is the territory of most zombie-based stories, so we need a different tool to understand what happens in these situations. As a computer scientist, my first thought was to create a virtual world filled with people...
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Stress and Burnout in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and Burnout in Aviation

...think with commercial pilots, particularly when this stressor is a frequent occurrence. Recent research by Venus and Holtforth (2022) suggest that chronic stress appears to be linked to psychophysiological wear and tear, and is associated with higher levels of fatigue, more sleep disturbances and more impaired mental health. Life Events and Daily Hassles The Life Events...
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What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology

...thinking ahead all the time of expected and unexpected possibilities. This enhancement of sensory processing, focus and visual attention can increase epinephrine levels, heart rate, and decrease cortisol levels. This demonstrates that flying can sometimes replicate the results associated with exercise and the reduction of stress levels (Owton, 2022; Vaughn et al., 2021)....
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Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete
Health, Sports & Psychology

Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete

...thinks and behaves, and the opportunities they are presented with. Admittedly, social factors such as cost, local provision and proximity to amenities are relevant but these decisions are informed by the parents’ own attitudes and beliefs. Expectancy Value Model (Eccles et al., 1983; Eccles, 1993) states that if parents perceive sport to be important, they will provide...
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What Human Rights Day means to me
Society, Politics & Law

What Human Rights Day means to me

...think about the climate that led to the development of UDHRs and the current debates on migration and race among others. The International Human Rights Day is relevant today. We need to hold institutions dealing with asylum claims and other migration-related applications accountable. Without a doubt, one of the biggest scandals in the UK in 2018 was the Windrush...
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Finding women in Greek literature
History & The Arts

Finding women in Greek literature

...think about how we might approach reading an ancient literary source as evidence. First, we must read each text as a literary work looking at its internal dynamics: factors such as language, narrative voice and characterisation come in here – as does the concept of focalisation: what does the author dwell on in his or her narrative and what does he or she leave out? The...
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