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The US Presedential Election 2016: The first GOP debate
Society, Politics & Law

The US Presedential Election 2016: The first GOP debate

...course in African American politics and a course called “New Black Political Leadership.” She is the author of The New Black Politician: Cory Booker, Newark and Post-Racial America. [The Conversation] Lisa Garcia Bedolla is Associate Professor in Social and Cultural Studies at University of California, Berkeley. Andra Gillespie is Associate Professor, Political...
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FGM clinical pathways in Northern Ireland
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM clinical pathways in Northern Ireland

...course. ...Responsive and person-centred referral systems as well as clearly defined clinical pathways to well-coordinated services are crucial to meet the health and wellbeing needs of survivors of female genital mutilation (FGM) across the life course (WHO, 2016). This article focuses contextually on Northern Ireland (NI) as a devolved UK region. Northern Ireland has...
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FGM: Mental Health impact and CBT
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM: Mental Health impact and CBT

...course. Targeted trauma informed mental health services including cognitive behavioural therapy are essential for improving FGM survivors’ wellbeing...Background to FGM‑related mental health problems Female genital mutilation (FGM) can cause significant lifelong emotional and psychological distress, particularly with Type 2 and Type 3 FGM (Abdalla and Galea, 2019)....
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Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Mongolia a good place to die?

...course there. Hundreds of doctors and nurses have now been through the training programme, according to Odontuya – helping to build a nationwide network and reservoir of skills. She has also built the foundations of a similar international community through her own efforts to educate herself in palliative care. It began in 2001, when she studied palliative medicine in...
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Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more
History & The Arts

Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more

...opened as the largest ship canal in the world. The canal engineers [Cogs, winches and other machinery powering a canal lock] The early canal builders struggled with the rugged terrain of England's Pennine hills. Creating a network of canals in this landscape was an uphill challenge - sometimes literally! But connecting the powerhouses of Yorkshire and Lancashire was a...
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Is English squeezing out local languages in Uganda?
Languages

Is English squeezing out local languages in Uganda?

...opens doors to urban life. But it has also been repeatedly turned down as the potential national language. According to speakers of other languages, the strong ethno-linguistic identity displayed by its primary speakers has acted as a turn off. Secondly, naming Luganda the national language would be viewed as favouring the Baganda. So what’s the solution? Uganda is not...
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Are old voting machines a threat to democracy?
Science, Maths & Technology

Are old voting machines a threat to democracy?

...open source software and commercial off-the-shelf hardware to make systems that are more agile – making it possible to replace parts here and there, instead of replacing an entire voting system at the first signs of degradation. While such advances will help us in future years, they will not resolve today’s crisis. There is no escaping the immediate need to plan and...
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Why Bernie Sanders could determine the shape of America for years to come
Society, Politics & Law

Why Bernie Sanders could determine the shape of America for years to come

...open to render them irrelevant for the foreseeable future. State legislatures and governors determine voting rules and federal boundaries. With a Supreme Court upholding effective voting restrictions and boundary gerrymandering, let alone taking a conservative position on the plethora of social and environmental issues that come before it, America will be firmly taken...
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