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Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list

...wellbeing effect of the Olympic Games on local residents during the hosting of the Games. The effects do not last very long, however, and the Games show no effect on subjective wellbeing a year later. The host with the most. But not for long.” Read at LSE: The Olympics made us happy, but was it worth it? Covering the games For those seeking to cover the Olympics, the...
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Are you a secret hoarder?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are you a secret hoarder?

...mental disorder – Compulsive Hoarding, as it is called – was first recognised in 2013 as having distinct symptoms in psychiatry's standard guidebook The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. In extreme cases the hoarder accumulates and refuses to discard to the extent ordinary activities, such as eating and sleeping, are interfered with as every...
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Hospital: Dementia patients
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hospital: Dementia patients

...health care needs - which might not be best suited to time spent at A&E...Carl & Patricia 75-year-old Carl's dementia has dramatically worsened and his family take him to A&E after he becomes aggressive at home. Patricia, his wife of 25 years, looks after him without the help of carers, but is reaching breaking point. Carl is admitted to the hospital's specially designed...
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Islam in the West
History & The Arts

Islam in the West

...health professionals. This material is taken from The Open University Course AD252 Islam in the West: the Politics of Co-existence... Islam in the West A short introduction to this album. Relating to wider society through inter-faith relations A look at the spiritual aspects of Sufism and the role of Islam in society. Puritanical Influences A discussion on why puritanical...
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Open Mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Open Mathematics

...health and safety requirements. The five video tracks in this album follow the work of railway employees as they monitor and develop the service to suit passenger demand and ensure safety systems are in place. The material forms part of the course MU120 Open Mathematics... Open Mathematics A short introduction to this album. Running Trains Safely Steam trains in the...
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The jury: Why we need to learn more about their collective decision-making processes.
Society, Politics & Law

The jury: Why we need to learn more about their collective decision-making processes.

...Mental Health Act 1983 (The Juries Act, 1974). Additionally, a jury is not used in every criminal case but they are used in the most serious of cases when a defendant enters a plea of not guilty, e.g. murder (Gordon, 2015). The idea behind using juries is that an accused person is tried by a representative sample of their peers and therefore they receive a fair trial...
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Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay

...mental health issues while developing new teaching materials and methods. At the same time, they juggled family and other commitments (often simultaneously). The one-off payment was therefore seen by many lecturers as a slap in the face, an insult. [A group of lecturers picketing outside Edinburgh college]EIS FELA strikers on picket line duty, Edinburgh College, May 2022...
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57 genders (and none for me?) - Part One
Society, Politics & Law

57 genders (and none for me?) - Part One

...mental health problems and suicide in these groups. As somebody who identifies outside the gender binary myself, I can feel this shift. Of course I shouldn’t need a big social networking service to tell me that I’m legitimate, but it does make a palpable difference to how I feel right now writing this post. Increasing numbers of people find that the gender dichotomy...
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