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Designing interactive systems for dogs
Digital & Computing

Designing interactive systems for dogs

...physical and psychological characteristics in mind, which is why designing interactive systems from a user-centred perspective is so important, particularly for professional dogs such as assistance dogs. User-centred design means that an interactive technology is designed ‘around’ a particular user group in order to best support them in their activities. In...
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Cultural differences in mental health?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cultural differences in mental health?

...physical tests available, the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders depends on assessing what the person concerned says and does, or on what other people report about an individual who is causing them concern. There are at least two aspects of this process that can be problematic in relation to cultural differences. Firstly, the diagnostic manuals that are used tend to be...
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How old is a mountain range?
Science, Maths & Technology

How old is a mountain range?

...physical changes, due to being buried 10s of kilometres beneath the surface. At great depths beneath the mountain range, extremely high pressures and temperatures can cause new minerals to crystallise and grow. We can establish when some of these minerals grew using geochronology. When any minerals of zircon and monazite, within the metamorphic rocks, incorporate...
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Is Mental Health ‘All in the Mind’?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is Mental Health ‘All in the Mind’?

...physical pathology of the brain (Burns, 2006). One early indication that mental health problems could have a social origin arose from the work of the 19th Century sociologist Emile Durkheim (1971). He found that the risk of suicide was much greater in certain types of society than others, and that events such as economic crises would lead to an increase in the suicide...
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Percy Shelley: Polemicist
History & The Arts

Percy Shelley: Polemicist

...physical artifact had meant that only a few privileged people could access the full content—a scandalous situation in his view. What about the pamphlet itself? The Poetical Essay consists of a prose introduction along with a 172 line poem followed by accompanying notes. The nature of the work is clear: it’s a reasoned and passionate response to the perceived ills and...
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Grief during COVID-19: supporting our colleagues to return to work and thrive following loss
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief during COVID-19: supporting our colleagues to return to work and thrive following loss

...physically present either at time of death or at a funeral service after the death. Individuals may feel guilt and remorse about unwittingly infecting the deceased if they were a health worker or a family member who had been unwell. Family members are left in a liminal state, having been informed of the death, until they are advised of the decision regarding disposal of...
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Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women
Society, Politics & Law

Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women

...physical environment, react to, or are seen by others, are all interactions experienced by and through our bodies. For some bodies, often through their perceived differences which are read on the body, the ways they are seen can be through a lens which is clouded with stereotypes or misconceptions. [A wooden model doll] It is the reacting to and being seen by others which...
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Commemorating Lord Byron on the streets of London
Languages

Commemorating Lord Byron on the streets of London

...physical environment in which we live, so perhaps, the contention was, we can get a better understanding of the historical figure by standing in their literal footsteps. [Lord Byron’s Birthplace Plaque: Honors Lord Byron’s birth in Westminster, featuring an inspirational quote.]A commemorative plaque honouring Lord Byron, one of the greatest British poets, born on 22...
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