After the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018, psychology professor Paul Boxer and his colleagues reviewed research to see what could be learned from what they refer to as the "science of violence prevention." In ...
Social Sciences
Jun 2, 2022
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Childhood trauma affects 1 in 5 adults, with around 8.5 million people aged 18 to 74 years having experienced at least one form of child abuse before the age of 16 in the U.K. The response to this trauma is often ongoing ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 25, 2022
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COVID-19 has now claimed the lives of 1 million Americans—a grim milestone made worse by the fact that probably a third of those fatalities could have been avoided. Estimates suggest that more than 318,000 deaths from the ...
Political science
May 18, 2022
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Over the past three decades Ara Mirzaian has fitted braces for everyone from Paralympians to children with scoliosis. But Msituni was a patient like none other—a newborn giraffe.
Veterinary medicine
May 12, 2022
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Blast craters, denuded landscapes and burning oil wells. When we think of the relation between war and the landscape, we think of such destructive acts and toxic legacies. Through this lens, nature and the landscape are often ...
Political science
May 12, 2022
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Occupational therapy researchers find women living with and beyond breast cancer in Ireland are not aware of their employment entitlements and in response to findings have developed the occupational therapy-led "Work and ...
Economics & Business
May 11, 2022
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New research from Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas demonstrates that professional development with a focus on neuroscience equips teachers with the tools and confidence to reduce learning gaps in ...
Education
May 3, 2022
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Birmingham City Council is currently consulting on a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to prevent anti-abortion activists from standing outside an abortion clinic in Kings Norton.
Social Sciences
Apr 28, 2022
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Domestic abuse can involve one parent using a child as a weapon against the other parent, which harms the child in immense ways. My research has identified how these dynamics play out and examines the damage.
Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2022
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Over the past decade, the top end of sport has become saturated in data. Some of this is visible—such as match statistics, maximum speeds and distances covered—but a tremendous amount is invisible.
Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2022
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