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Enhancement, disability and the riddle of the relevant circumstances
The welfarist account of enhancement and disability holds enhanced and disabled states on a spectrum: the former are biological or psychological states that increase the chances of a person leading a good life in the ...
Deletion of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 from forebrain neurons delays infertility and onset of hypothalamic leptin resistance in response to a high fat and high sucrose diet
The cellular processes that cause high fat and sugar diet-induced infertility are poorly understood, but may involve up-regulation of suppressor of cytokine signalling (SOCS-3) proteins which leads to hypothalamic leptin ...
Cracking open death: death conversations in primary care
INTRODUCTION: Research supports talking about death outside the end-of-life context. Benefits include allaying death anxiety to increased engagement in health promotion interventions. Nonetheless, the focus on death ...
Students' reflections on the relationships between safe learning environments, learning challenge and positive experiences of learning in a simulated GP clinic.
Learning environments are a significant determinant of student behaviour,
achievement and satisfaction. In this article we use students’ reflective essays to identify
key features of the learning environment that contributed ...
What protects against pre-diabetes progressing to diabetes? Observational study of integrated health and social data
Aims
To examine the incidence of type 2 diabetes in people with newly diagnosed prediabetes and the factors that protect against this progression.
Methods
The study population was 14,043 adults with pre-diabetes ...
Professional identity and the adoption of learning management systems
Universities implement Learning Management Systems (LMSs) with the aspiration of improving educational practice. However, LMS adoption by academics within universities vary and frequently falls short of institutional ...
Understanding academics’ adoption of learning technologies: A systematic review
Learning technologies are implemented in higher education institutions to enhance teaching and meet external challenges and demands. The adoption of the technologies by academics, however, frequently falls short of ...
