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Research suggests people with forms of earlyonset Parkinsons disease may benefit from boosting niacin in diet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/research-suggests-people-with-forms-of-early-onset-parkinson2019s-disease-may-benefit-from-boosting-niacin-in-diet
People with certain forms of early-onset Parkinson’s disease may benefit from boosting the amount of niacin in their diet, according to new research from our University. Niacin, or Vitamin B3, is found in a variety of foods, including nuts and meat.
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Researchers to explore workplace regulations on vaping
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/researchers-to-explore-workplace-regulations-on-vaping
Researchers from our University will be examining the difficulties of regulating e-cigarettes and if heavy regulations could be encouraging users to move back to combustible tobacco as part of a new project funded by Cancer Research UK.
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New research highlights how environment plays key role in changing movement behaviour of animals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/new-research-highlights-how-environment-plays-key-role-in-changing-movement-behaviour-of-animals
Researchers from our Department of Mathematics have developed a theory which explains how small animals, such as bats, insects and birds, adjust their movement behaviour based on cues within their environment.
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Research committed to moving away from toxic chemotherapy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/research-committed-to-moving-away-from-2018toxic2019-chemotherapy
As Leicester prepares to host its event on Thursday 24 September as part of cancer survivor Rik Basra’s ‘Pass It On’ campaign, academics will showcase their research and explain what they are doing to pave the way for new leukaemia treatments in the future.
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LeCTIS Seminar Series 2018-19
https://le.ac.uk/translation-interpreting-studies/events/lectis-seminar-series-2018-19
See the programme for the LeCTIS Seminar Series for the 2018-19 academic year.
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Cybersecurity UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/29/cybersecurity-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2019 Recently the UK government revealed research on the most hacked passwords. You can download the top 100,000 from the National Cyber research centre.
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More on overtime
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/more-on-overtime/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 How much overtime do British workers do? The Office for National Statistics has Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) .
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20 years of the National Minimum Wage
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/20-years-of-the-national-minimum-wage/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 20 years of the National Minimum Wage – what has been the impact? On 1 April 1999 the National Minimum Wage (NMW) was introduced in the UK – a £3.
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Galaxy Radio to host 69 hour broadcast in aid of Leicester Marrow
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/galaxy-radio-to-host-69-hour-broadcast-in-aid-of-leicester-marrow
This week, Galaxy Radio will be hosting their ninth 69-hour broadcast in aid of Leicester Marrow – part of UK blood cancer charity, Anthony Nolan.
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World Digital Preservation Day 2023: making digital preservation greener
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/11/02/world-digital-preservation-day-2023-making-digital-preservation-greener/
Posted by vholmes in Library and Learning Services on November 2, 2023 Logo for World Digital Preservation Day, 2 November 2023 The theme for WPDP2023 (2 November) is Digital Preservation: A Concerted Effort . This post is a write-up of an online talk to celebrate the day.