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United Nations Day
Society, Politics & Law

United Nations Day

...public holiday. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: This year again, we saw the United Nations come together on armed conflict, human rights, the environment and many other issues. We continue to show what collective action can do. We can do even more. In a world that is more connected, we must be more united. On United Nations Day, let us pledge to live up to our founding...
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Darwin and Evolution
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin and Evolution

...publication of On The Origin Of Species. This album introduces Darwin's great revelation: that species change and adapt according to their environment. Apparently diverse specimens and fossils reveal surprising results, such as the common ancestry of the hippopotamus and the dolphin, whose evolutionary paths diverged when their habitats changed. Research on sparrows show...
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Impossible Peace 2: Introduction
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Introduction

...publication builds on our previous work -‘Impossible Peace’. Our focus now is the period 2005/10, and what happened after the IRA decision to end its armed campaign at 4pm on Thursday, July 28th 2005...[Impossible Peace 2: Dismantling the wars collection trailer] Click here to download the video transcript (docx) A World of War -power, ego and little leadership [Photo...
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What is shareholder activism?
Money & Business

What is shareholder activism?

...Public interventions of activist shareholders in publicly traded companies attract considerable press coverage for their often aggressive and controversial actions to change a company’s governance or operations. Activist investors, such as Carl Icahn or Bill Ackman, use their equity stake in a company to either influence the running of a business directly or put public...
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Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact
Science, Maths & Technology

Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact

...public, on these diseases. What causes rare diseases? Most rare diseases (thought to be around 80%) have an inheritable genetic origin. These include HD and CF, mentioned above, and also a group of rare diseases collectively called Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses (NCLs). The NCLs include CLN3 disease (the juvenile onset form of the NCLs), which we are researching at The...
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Pum ffaith ryfeddol am ryw a'r pandemig
Society, Politics & Law

Pum ffaith ryfeddol am ryw a'r pandemig

...Quasi-Representative Survey (Natsal-COVID), Lancet https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3862586 Arafat SMY, Kar SK. Sex During Pandemic: Panic Buying of Sex Toys During COVID-19 Lockdown. Journal of Psychosexual Health. 2021;3(2):175-177. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352192866_Sex_During_Pandemic_Panic_Buying_of_Sex_Toys_During_COVID-19_Lockdown...
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Time management and study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time management and study

...Health Foundation website. You can also read about wellbeing strategies which may support your self-care routine. If you need further support and advice regarding your mental health, including stress around your studies or Burn Out, you can get information from support for you and your mental health. Acknowledgements This article was written by The Open University in...
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Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?

...public of his skill. Cyborgian implantation activities take place outside the clinic or hospital, as a sort of parallel to standardised medical experimentation. There is a keen desire to win over public support, which might explain the mob of journalists at the Dusseldorf event, who almost outnumbered the public. Österlund is clear: “We’re not going to work on sick...
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