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Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact
Science, Maths & Technology

Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact

...classed as rare diseases, despite being far more well known. How many rare diseases are known? At the time of writing, around 7,000 rare diseases have been described. Over 80% of those affect less than 1 in 1 million people (so they are very rare). However, new rare diseases are constantly being described, so this number is continuously increasing. In the UK, around 3.5...
Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage
Society, Politics & Law

Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage

...de Jong on the intersections of identity and citizenship with economic history and language...[Plant by Laura Malacart] Sara: What were the sources of inspiration for developing your current installation for the Who Are We? Project? What discoveries did you make in the process that have found a place in your artistic intervention? Laura: I addressed the question in Who...
Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?

...variable in this equation. The assurance of support at the finish line reduces the adaptive value of pain during the challenge – in a sense, the cost of deploying the body’s own protective mechanisms during the race is offset by the benefit of support, help and recovery received from others after the race. Images of spent Olympians crumpling helplessly into the arms...
How juror bias can be tackled to ensure fairer trials
Society, Politics & Law

How juror bias can be tackled to ensure fairer trials

...variables can have an impact on the verdict reached by a juror. For instance, factors such as race, gender and the socioeconomic status of the defendant can all have a biasing effect on decision-making. However, what if the actual process of making a decision is inherently biased? And that demographic differences relating to individuals involved in the case only...
How Bitcoin works
Digital & Computing

How Bitcoin works

...variable handling fee for converting between Bitcoins and other currencies. There are many Bitcoin exchanges, some of which have been trading for a number of years and some have excellent reputations. However, Bitcoin exchanges present some risk to users, a 2013 study of 40 exchanges found that nearly half closed during the study, most taking all of their users’ money...
Would you want your child to become an interpreter?
Languages

Would you want your child to become an interpreter?

...class parents primarily for instrumental purposes, their status as the “other” languages spoken by “other” people – immigrant Australians from non-Anglophone backgrounds – suggests that the status of language workers is perhaps determined by the status of LOTEs as well as the people and communities who they serve. Examining the status of language workers is,...
Methods in Motion: With the mothers of Munich & Birmingham
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: With the mothers of Munich & Birmingham

...classed, and gendered ideologies of motherhood. A key aim of the research was to find methods that do not assume the importance of migration and the urban in people’s everyday lives. Rather, I leave it to the research participants to determine what is important to them. One of the methods involved asking participants to respond visually to the question: how is it for...
Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language teaching
Education & Development

Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language teaching

...class and used to analyse mistakes and other linguistic features. They can help students to understanding complex texts and original sources. Learners can employ translation tools to further their understanding of the target language as well as cultural aspects. Teachers can show learners how to employ machine translation tools to ‘play’ with their target language....