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Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players

...system, society is forced to confront the complexity of gender. Has this change resulted in even stricter or more rigid classification, for example in sport, where physical traits are often used to determine eligibility? Rather than broadening the understanding of gender to allow for a more inclusive spectrum, certain systems may have inadvertently reinforced narrow,...
The sharing economy
Society, Politics & Law

The sharing economy

...systems and alternative currencies) and non-market economies (household flows, gift giving and exchanges, gleaning and gathering). It was these alternative market and non-market transactions, enhanced and mediated by digital platforms that were seen as drivers towards those social and environmental benefits mentioned at the outset. The subversion of broader social and...
Immigration detention: what's the problem with privatisation?
Society, Politics & Law

Immigration detention: what's the problem with privatisation?

...system itself highly problematic. However, the one aspect of the asylum process which has drawn most attention recently is that of immigration detention, perhaps the most widely recognised area of contention in the British asylum system. While the plethora of in-depth research on this area can be found elsewhere (see Border Criminologies), it is worth saying that around...
Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment

...system – and a lack has been associated with low mood, cognitive decline and poor comprehension. The role of probiotics – the beneficial live bacteria in your digestive system – in improving mental health has also been explored by psychiatrists and nutritionists, who found that taking them daily was associated with a significant reduction in depression and anxiety....
Can yoga help us achieve sustainable development goals?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can yoga help us achieve sustainable development goals?

...system. Yogic exercises and breathing techniques have proven beneficial in reducing stress in Australian schools; promoting well-being and employment of young people in Africa; helping to alleviate childhood trauma for girls in the US juvenile justice system. The benefits of yoga for personal health and wellbeing have been observed in different settings and among...
Sleep: A doctor's advice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sleep: A doctor's advice

...system and even after three hours of the level dropping, your nervous system remains aroused - and so affects the quality of your sleep. This is why you may wake up feeling quite tired despite sleeping for 12 hours after a heavy night! 6. Quit smoking Obviously quitting entirely is very hard, but the health benefits are huge. I have known patients who have a cigarette...
‘Lydios logos’: the story of Croesus
History & The Arts

‘Lydios logos’: the story of Croesus

...system for recording dates. See, for example, Thucydides, 'The Peloponnesian War', Book 2, Ch. 2: “The 30 years' truce which was entered into after the conquest of Euboea lasted 14 years. In the 15th, the 48th year of the priestess-ship of Chrysis at Argos, in the Ephorate of Aenesias at Sparta, in the last month but two of the Archonship of Pythodorus at Athens, and...
Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs
Society, Politics & Law

Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs

...system of recruitment and selection of MPs and their management when elected. The basis for competence-based trust Brexit and its painful unfolding over the last two years have many examples of politicians’ displays of an astounding lack of competence amongst top politicians. Since Tory party politicians lead the Brexit negotiations, the examples here sway towards...