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Intuitive eating: a new relationship with food, or another fad diet?
OpenLearn Ireland

Intuitive eating: a new relationship with food, or another fad diet?

...et al., 2009), the attentional blink paradigm (Piech, Pastorino & Zald, 2010) and dot probe tasks (Placanica, Faunce & Soames Job, 2002), to test what people focus on have found that people’s attention is biased toward food stimuli when they are calorie deprived. Moreover, brain imaging studies have found increased activity in areas relevant for attention when calorie...
Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)
Money & Business

Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)

...et al. (2008) a survey across five continents with several projects or programmes based in each is described. This research is interesting because it builds on the recognition that the sponsor can be crucial to the success of a project, and it investigated the role of the sponsor and the connection between the sponsor and governance of projects. Crawford et al. make a...
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...et al., 1998). Why are such offences not reported? The same survey produced the following results (note, respondents could give more than one reason for not reporting a crime, so the total exceeds 100 per cent): 44 per cent of victims felt that the incident was not sufficiently serious; 33 per cent claimed that the police would not be able to do much about it; 22 per cent...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...motivating factor to the patient. Weight loss is not a simple procedure for most people and requires a dogged determination on behalf of the dieter to stick to the desired regime. People losing weight need support and encouragement to adapt to their recommended dietary and behavioural changes. The motivation for women to lose weight is often their own physical appearance,...
Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more
History & The Arts

Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more

...motivation to ‘make things work’ at all odds. The hills of the Pennines were a 2000ft high problem, and the hives of industry in Yorkshire and Lancashire needed to be connected – but how? Two different engineering solutions presented themselves. Benjamin Outram’s plan was on the face of it rather simple: build a tunnel. He was consulting engineer for the...
Was Alcibiades the Athenian Donald Trump?
History & The Arts

Was Alcibiades the Athenian Donald Trump?

...motivated wholly by self-interest. He claimed that the only reason Alcibiades was supporting the expedition was that he wanted to profit from it financially and enhance his prestige. Alcibiades, he claimed, didn’t care a jot for the state. Nicias was expecting that sage counsel would prevail. How wrong he was. Alcibiades responded by attacking Nicias for trying to...
Making a difference: Janet Cassidy's life as a union representative
Society, Politics & Law

Making a difference: Janet Cassidy's life as a union representative

...motivates her. She continues to campaign on maternity rights, menopause policies and disability rights among many other important issues affecting women’s lives at work. She has inspired so many women, myself included, to get involved and fight for those who aren’t able to. References, sources and links National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (2018)...
iSpot: Your place to share nature
Nature & Environment

iSpot: Your place to share nature

...motivates and rewards, awarding badges for contributions. Personalise and Learn: participate in citizen science challenges; create, develop and filter your own learning journey through projects, quizzes, online ID keys and courses. [iSpot ipad and materials collage] As a curator of biodiversity species data, the impact of iSpot is extensive; from being essential to the...