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The house (‘pansi ghor’): a classic object of human resilience to environmental disasters?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/house
Read the article "The house (‘pansi ghor’): a classic object of human resilience to environmental disasters?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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‘Pivotal’ study finds benefits of reduced calorie diet for pregnant women with gestational diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/reduced-calorie-diet-pregnant-women-gestational-diabetes
New research from the University of Leicester has found following a reduced calorie diet during the third trimester of pregnancy is safe and beneficial for pregnant women with a body mass index (BMI) of over 25 kg/m2 who have gestational diabetes.
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Researchers solve space riddle of planetary rings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/researchers-solve-space-riddle-of-planetary-rings
An international team of scientists, including Professor Nikolai Brilliantov from the Department of Mathematics, has solved an age-old scientific riddle by discovering that planetary rings, such as those orbiting Saturn, have a universally similar particle distribution.
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Protecting sex workers
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/sex-workers
In considering sex work, police and health practitioners have focused on ‘the street’ as the main location for sex workers. However, in the 21st century the sex industry has changed enormously, and today most commercial sex work happens online.
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Study finds tuberculosis changes liver metabolism and could promote diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/tuberculosis
Scientists from the University of Leicester have discovered that tuberculosis disrupts glucose metabolism in the body
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The End of Antiquity
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ah3702
Module code: AH3702 The sixth century AD was a period of great upheaval and transformation, at the centre of which was the emperor Justinian (527-565 CE).
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The End of Antiquity
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ah3702
Module code: AH3702 The sixth century AD was a period of great upheaval and transformation, at the centre of which was the emperor Justinian (527-565 CE).
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The End of Antiquity
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/ah3702
Module code: AH3702 The sixth century AD was a period of great upheaval and transformation, at the centre of which was the emperor Justinian (527-565 CE).
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Mars Science Laboratory Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 29
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/page/29/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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World Food Day (16th October)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/18/world-food-day-16th-october/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2019 See the FAO official website for details of this year’s theme on healthy diet.