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CSI: Current research into the impact of bias on crime scene forensics is limited – but psychology can help
Health, Sports & Psychology

CSI: Current research into the impact of bias on crime scene forensics is limited – but psychology can help

...profiling | Dan Krane | TEDxDayton] It is difficult for psychologists in the UK to make recommendations about the effects of context on forensic examiners because the research to date has been fairly limited, particularly in the the way it has been conducted. For example, some studies had a very small sample size. Some lacked a control group. In others, accuracy was not...
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Will burnt food give you cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will burnt food give you cancer?

...style of cooking, ever since cooking was invented. Acrylamide is formed in reactions between the natural amino-acid asparagine and some (naturally-occurring) carbohydrates. You don’t find acrylamide in uncooked or boiled food. Dairy, meat or fish products are much less likely to contain acrylamide. It doesn’t matter whether the food is “organic” or not, it’s the...
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How Trump's 'fire and fury' threatens to destabilise the Asian Pacific region
Society, Politics & Law

How Trump's 'fire and fury' threatens to destabilise the Asian Pacific region

...style and flair to international crises. Trump wants to sort things out personally. This often means he is prepared to ignore the advice of the highly trained diplomats who have been working on this issue for decades. This kind of highly personalised, ad-hoc diplomacy may be exciting and play well for a domestic audience keen to see their leader as someone to be reckoned...
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Methods in Motion: Politics is awash with large emotions... isn't it?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Politics is awash with large emotions... isn't it?

...style of political argument in the large and noisy Clarke family suggest that feelings often ran high and that many relatives were sometimes neither rational nor reasonable. It may be that the language in which politics was analysed and reported was much cooler, and the question of emotion was not seen as relevant. But that is not the same as the absence of emotion, more...
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Why are black and white cats black and white? And why are there piebald horses?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why are black and white cats black and white? And why are there piebald horses?

...style coats. Cats with skin and fur marked by white patches in this way are known as “bicolour" or “piebald”. Piebaldism is also common in a range of domestic and farm animals including dogs, cows and pigs, deer, horses and appears more rarely in humans. It is caused by a mutation in a gene called “KIT”. [Black and white cat] The world's most beautiful cat....
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Medicine in ancient Greece and Rome
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Medicine in ancient Greece and Rome

...style in their treatment of ailments. Diet, or regimen – in the broad sense of the whole lifestyle – was the first resort. Individuals were advised on how to live in order to remain healthy. Training for the army and athletic competition (such as the Olympics) similarly focused on regulation of food and drink, exercise, bathing and massage. In line with this...
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Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...et al., 2009). Of these, depression and anxiety (or a mix of the two, called ‘mixed anxiety and depression’ or MAD) were by far the most common, as Figure 1 shows. Note that the term prevalence is a scientific term that refers to the number of people experiencing a disorder or illness at a particular time. [Described image] Figure 1 Prevalence rates in England in 2007...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Drug development process: combating pain
Science, Maths & Technology

Drug development process: combating pain

...profile. From such work a ‘tool’ molecule may arise. This is a term sometimes used to describe a compound with demonstrable activity, which can be used to establish mechanism or prove the concept of a particular target being efficacious in animal models – but without the necessary overall profile to be considered good enough to be a candidate. To produce good drug...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs