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The rural dimension – rundale in the West of Ireland

...physical factors, but as a result of wider social processes involving landlords, governments and the economic system. There are, of course, small farms all over the world, and in many parts of Europe and Britain as well as all over Ireland. In that sense, what we see in the West of Ireland is part of a widespread distribution of this system of agriculture. It is the...

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Society, Politics & Law

The Social and Discursive Construction of Disability

...physical, sensory, learning difficulties, mental health issues, chronic illness etc., but if given the right support and if society were more inclusive, the experience of disability would dissipate. Furthermore, disability is argued as a form of oppression, or socially imposed restriction. [Disabled People's Equality - art by Stephen Lee Hodgkins] Disabled People's...

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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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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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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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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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Science, Maths & Technology

Systems modelling

...physics, chemistry, engineering or a social science. Describe in words what the graphs in figures 1 and 2 below tell you, and comment on any features of the way that they are drawn, which you think are important. What does rate of change mean? Describe in words the following: y = 24x 2 + 2x - 3 Calculate [Figure 1] Figure 1 [Figure 2] Figure 2 Answer For the purposes of...

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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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The rural dimension – rundale in the West of Ireland