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Infants under 12 months most at risk of physical abuse
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/infants-under-12-months-most-at-risk-of-physical-abuse
Research co-authored by a Professor from our University has found infants under the age of 12 months are most at risk of serious physical abuse. The large study of severely injured children is published online in Emergency Medicine Journal.
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Event in Trinidad and Tobago celebrates world-class academic success
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/event-in-trinidad-and-tobago-celebrates-world-class-academic-success
A celebration of success at the highest level of international education is to be marked in Port of Spain, Trinidad on the afternoon of Saturday 25 April, coinciding with 50 years of Media and Communication degrees from the University of Leicester.
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Music is in the genes University staff to play at charity gig
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/music-is-in-the-genes-university-staff-to-play-at-charity-gig
Staff from the Department of Genetics will be performing at a charity gig in aid of Parkinson’s UK. The Histones, who formed last year to celebrate the department’s 50th anniversary, will be appearing at the Shed in Leicester on Friday 26 June.
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Society and Crisis Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluations of Societal WellBeing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/society-and-crisis-quantitative-and-qualitative-evaluations-of-societal-well-being
The Department of Sociology hosted a one day symposium on 4 June focused on measuring societal well-being during current recession.
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Lecture to discuss development of radiotherapy cancer treatment - from the film age to the space age
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/lecture-to-showcase-radiotherapy-cancer-treatment-from-the-film-age-to-the-space-age
Our University is to host a free public lecture on how imaging has transformed radiotherapy cancer treatment - from the film age to the space age.
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Finance and physics to provide insight into markets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/finance-and-physics-to-provide-insight-into-markets
A new network of researchers led by our University aims to bring together the disparate fields of physics and finance to provide unique insights into financial markets.
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Sessions to prevent Type 2 diabetes and improve knowledge of condition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/sessions-to-prevent-type-2-diabetes
Free fitness and healthy eating workshops will be staged in Leicester over the next five months for people from minority ethnic communities as part of a county-wide health campaign.
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Engineering students produce portable 3D printer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/engineering-students-produce-portable-3d-printer
A team of fourth year engineering students has produced a functional portable 3D printer which has enabled them to print various objects including a set of cutlery and a set of teeth.
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International seminar tackles the construction of gender sexuality and warfare in history art and literature
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/international-seminar-tackles-the-construction-of-gender-sexuality-and-warfare-in-history-art-and-literature
Do questions of gender and sexuality play a significant part in the way wars are waged, mediated and understood? This month, academics from across the world will visit Leicester to explore this question.
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New research compares diet and exercise in controlling diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-research-compares-diet-and-exercise-in-controlling-diabetes
Exercise is being pitted against diet in a straight contest to find out which results in better diabetes control and the effect on heart function as part of a new study.