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How do microplastics make their way into our food?
Nature & Environment

How do microplastics make their way into our food?

...care products and industrial pellets, while secondary microplastics arise from the breakdown of plastic bottles, bags, and packaging materials. How do microplastics end up in our food? Microplastics find their way into the food chain through a complex web of pathways. While microplastics' presence in the oceans is well known, their infiltration into another crucial...
Charles Dickens and the dinosaurs
History & The Arts

Charles Dickens and the dinosaurs

...careful attentions of the reader”. Dawson reflects on Dickens’s success as a serial publisher and novelist, but he might have enriched his comments by bringing either Robert Patten’s “Publishing in Parts” or David Vincent’s “Dickens’s Reading Public” into the discussion (see Palgrave Advances in Charles Dickens Studies 2006). Patten examines the cultural...
The OU meets Pink Floyd
History & The Arts

The OU meets Pink Floyd

...care to mention? NICK No, I’m certainly not going to. END OF INTERVIEW Image acknowledgements for the audio stills 00:00 - 00:09: Image of Nick Mason - copyright of the BBC. 00:10 - 00:19: Close of man drumming - creative commons by stocksnap on pixabay.com. 00:20 - 00:34: Drums and microphones - creative commons by tonischerrenberg on pixabay.com. 00:35 - 00:45: Close...
Reducing digital carbon footprint through responsible procurement
Nature & Environment

Reducing digital carbon footprint through responsible procurement

...care, cause significant long-term harm to humans, the environment and biodiversity. From a human health perspective, these noxious emissions cause birth and growth defects including lung, cardiovascular, and even DNA damage. It is crucial that our purchasing decisions include strategies and commitments that ensure technology is dealt with carefully and deliberately at the...
What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?

...care first-hand (from an insider perspective), they are unlikely to know and properly understand the role and responsibilities and will draw from their (inaccurate) schema (from an outsider perspective). This means that they use false stereotypes to inform perceptions and decision-making. This cycle is perpetuated through false stereotypes of nursing seen in the media, by...
The physical impacts of ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

The physical impacts of ADHD

...care of regular trip or bump hazards. Sore muscles and joints – as either super active and needing to move a lot or being stuck in an awkward position for hours as I’ve not recognised the passage of time, my muscles and joints are rarely in the ‘ergonomic’ position we’re supposed to adopt in the workplace. Daily stretching helps, but years of physical therapy...
Beyond the plate: Autism, food and sensory sensitivities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Beyond the plate: Autism, food and sensory sensitivities

...and eating difficulties, we need to be mindful of and avoid simplistic explanations that imply the autistic child is in some way defiantly resisting trying new food – this would be inaccurate and simplistic. We need to recognise that this is likely to be a profoundly distressing experience for them on a sensory level, and one that requires careful support planning....
Racial inequities in health: The impact of COVID-19 in Wales and beyond
Health, Sports & Psychology

Racial inequities in health: The impact of COVID-19 in Wales and beyond

...Care Sciences at the University of South Wales. Since joining USW in 2002, she has led teams of researchers and collaborated with colleagues across the UK on a wide range of studies and scholarly activities, a key aspect of which has been to draw out the voices of people from marginalised, migrant and minority ethnic population groups. A sociologist by training, Dr...