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A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West
OpenLearn Ireland

A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West

...based, mainly in Britain and America but also Germany and Japan. They were certainly drawn by the government incentives, but also by location relative to the EU and by ‘green labour’, a workforce with no prior industrial experience or skills. This ‘green’ labour existed largely because Ireland had not been industrialised in an earlier period. So labour, which had...
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Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!
Nature & Environment

Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!

...based upon the widely adopted CAVAT tool. But there will always remain other intangible values that we as individuals attach to trees around us. We don’t need to quantify the meaning of the local children’s favourite climbing tree, or an ancient oak in a village green to understand their value. Perhaps it is these values that should be the real reason that we do all...
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The machine that is still changing the world
Science, Maths & Technology

The machine that is still changing the world

...based mass production system to one of lean production. The impact of this study has been profound, leading to large scale changes in our understanding of how products and services can be produced more efficiently whilst better meeting customers’ needs. In the following 25 years manufacturing practices have continued to improve across the world and the ideas around lean...
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Rugby: A sport for sampling or specialisation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby: A sport for sampling or specialisation?

...based on statistical evidence that selection for elite training and specialisation would be more effective if delayed until after maturation, that period of maximum growth and change. In practice, almost all sports begin such selection rather earlier. So the RFU and the Regional Academies must continue to encourage both early engagement and late specialisation in the...
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What do Europe's new data rules mean for children online?
Education & Development

What do Europe's new data rules mean for children online?

...bases of processing data (i.e. when is consent required, and how frequently), and the practicalities of how a parent is to be identified and verified (i.e. linked to the right child). Most concerning, perhaps, is the question of how providers are even to know that a user is a child in the first place, so that child-appropriate protections can apply (age-verify every...
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Is Tinder changing the way the world dates?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Tinder changing the way the world dates?

...based profiles resembles a virtual stack of cards: Profiles are presented like playing cards, and the user can swipe left on the screen to ‘dislike’ or swipe right to ‘like’ a profile. These profiles are only shown once – swiping left to ‘dislike’ therefore eliminates these profiles from the ‘game’. Mutual right swipes result in a ‘match’ and only...
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The benefits of mindfulness and five common myths surrounding it
Health, Sports & Psychology

The benefits of mindfulness and five common myths surrounding it

...based intervention, people reported a reduction in their stress levels. People also experienced increased brain volume in parts of the brain responsible for learning, regulating emotion and compassion (hippocampus and prefrontal cortex), and a decrease in the part of the brain that responds to threat (amygdala). In practical terms this means mindfulness can assist us to...
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Sea level rise in Bangladesh
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Bangladesh

...based violence. They are also less likely to be able to access help (Oxfam, 2017). There are up to 20 million people from Bangladesh living illegally in India (IDMC, 2014). It is estimated that an average of 21.8 million people across the world were internally displaced by extreme weather events each year between 2008 and 2016 Taking action for the future There are many...
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