Social Science
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The satisfaction levels among a hospital’s staff are closely associated with the standard of healthcare it provides, say a team of doctors from Imperial College London. Research shows that infirmaries in England with lower mortality rates were likely to have members of staff satisfied with the standard of care they offer.
Companies could save millions of pounds in the event that they followed 18 key success factors for outsourcing products and processes, in keeping with researchers at Portsmouth Business School.
Arts and humanities
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The editors of the world’s only surviving copy of a 165-year-old Chartist hymn book has been identified. Researcher Mike Sanders from the University of Manchester says the hymn books were designed in an produce a normal hymn book for the Chartist movement.
An archaeological team at Kingston University has unearthed secrets of London’s Victorian past, including a clay smoking pipe and Neolithic flint.
Science and technology
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Scientists from the University of Southampton have identified the molecular system which could help develop potential treatments for conditions inclusive of Alzheimer’s disease.
The commonest genetic reason for Parkinson’s is not just liable for the condition’s distinctive movement problems but might also affect vision, per researchers on the University of York.
And finally
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Research by scientists at Anglia Ruskin University has shown that the presence of exotic, non-native trees and shrubs is having a negative impact on blue tit and great tit populations in British parks. Their research found that blue tits and great tits have more difficulty raising chicks in a person-made environment similar to the Botanic Garden.
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