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The Times Law 100 2012
Professors Dame Hazel Genn and Philippe Sands (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Laws) make the Times Law 100.
Drugs proven to ease labour pain better than alternative cures
This review clearly shows that many methods of pain relief in labour are not well researched, says Professor Peter Brocklehurst (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute for Women's Health).
Such a standpoint on Syria is naive
The letter on Syria signed by Paddy Ashdown and others represents a standpoint of, at best, naivety and one that is diametrically opposed to that of Kofi Annan, for all their emphatic professions to the contrary, says Dr Hugh Goodacre (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Economics).
Little beasts play a big role in war on disease
"We work on mouse models of motor neurone disease. Because it is a complex disease, we cannot possibly understand what is going on by simply doing computer modelling," says Professor Elizabeth Fisher (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Neurodegenerative Diseases).
Arthritis drug 'key to heart disease'
Two international genetic studies by researchers at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê (led by Dr Daniel Swerdlow, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Genetic Epidemiology) and Cambridge University suggest that anti-inflammatory drugs currently used to treat rheumatoid arthritis could help combat heart disease. Read:
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There is arguments that lower voices have more information there, but it's also true that over the last forty years women in the west have lowered their voice, says Professor Sophie Scott (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience).
Boxing styles UK vs. US
Dr Kasia Boddy (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê English Language & Literature) discusses how anxieties about the pre-war balance of power turn into a debate on the pros and cons of English versus American styles of boxing.
Ten years, $900m, one verdict: Does the ICC cost too much?
"The costs of the Lubanga trial and the ICC as a whole are small compared to the global aid budget, and completely irrelevant as compared with defence spending," says Professor Philippe Sands (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Laws).
Team looks for fibre-optic cables to transmit more info
Scientists led by Professor Polina Bayvel (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Electronic & Electrical Engineering) are attempting to increase the amount of information that can be transmitted in fibre-optic cables to meet increasing demand.
The ticking time bomb inside those who survive
Dr James Thompson (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Psychology & Language Sciences) talks about post-traumatic stress disorder in soldiers, and explains that other factors such as alcohol and substance abuse can play a part too.