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Anaesthesia is the deliberate use of medicines to prevent pain and distress during surgery, investigations or other medical procedures. It can involve loss of sensation in one small area, n... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot PlayStation is a video game brand owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It includes home consoles, handheld consoles, online services, controllers, accessories, first-party studios and r... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the Sony business behind the PlayStation brand. It develops and publishes games, operates PlayStation services, manages PlayStation hardware strategy and oversees PlayS... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Social Media Influencer A social media influencer is a person or account that can affect an audience's opinions, attention or purchasing decisions through content on platforms such as YouTube, TikTok,... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Bread is a baked food made mainly from flour or meal and water. It may be leavened, as in most sandwich loaves and sourdoughs, or unleavened, as in many flatbreads. Bread is one of th... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Colonial era The colonial era usually refers to the period in which European states built overseas empires through settlement, conquest, trade monopolies, military force and political contro... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Tower of London The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, Eng... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Baking is a method of cooking food with dry heat, usually in an oven. It is used for bread, cakes, biscuits, pies, pastries, casseroles and many other foods. Baking is both a practical... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Human Rights are rights and freedoms that belong to people because they are human. They are usually described as universal, inherent and inalienable. The idea is that basic dignity does not... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a United Nations declaration adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 1948. It sets out 30 articles describing basic ri... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) is a United Nations human rights treaty. It was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 16 December 196... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot United Nations Human Rights Office The United Nations Human Rights Office, formally the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), is the leading United Nations body for human rights... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Parliamentary democracy is a form of democratic government in which the executive depends on the confidence of a parliament. Citizens elect representatives, the legislature makes law and scrutinises go... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot House of Lords The House of Lords is the upper chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It works alongside the elected House of Commons to examine legislation, scrutinise government an... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Prime Minister The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of His Majesty's Government. The office is central to the UK constitution, but many of its powers come from convention rathe... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Defamation Law in the United Kingdom covers civil claims about published statements that damage a person's or organisation's reputation. It sits between two competing interests: protection of reputation and freedom... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Crimebodge was the name of a UK police-accountability website and YouTube channel associated with Rob Warner. The project focused on police powers, complaints, civil liberties and practica... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot West Yorkshire Police alt=The official West Yorkshire Police logo.|thumb|The official West Yorkshire Police logo. West Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force for the county of West Yorkshir... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Auditors are people who film or document public officials, police officers, public buildings or publicly visible activity to test accountability, transparency and compliance with the law... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Police Auditing is the practice of filming, observing and documenting police officers, police buildings or other public officials, usually to test how public bodies respond to recording and pub... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 The Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament dealing with criminal justice, sentencing, court procedure, prisons, judicial review and related m... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Exceptional Hardship is a term used in England and Wales in the context of totting-up driving disqualification. It can allow a court to reduce or avoid the usual minimum driving ban where a driver r... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Common Law is law developed through court decisions, legal reasoning and precedent. It is one of the main foundations of the legal systems of England and Wales and many other jurisdictions... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Housing Act 1988 The Housing Act 1988 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament that reshaped private renting in England and Wales. It created the modern assured tenancy framework and, for many year... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Potassium is a chemical element with the symbol K and atomic number 19. It is an alkali metal and, in the body, an essential electrolyte. Elemental potassium is highly reactive and is not... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Magnesium is a chemical element with the symbol Mg and atomic number 12. It is a lightweight alkaline earth metal and an essential mineral for living organisms. In materials science, magn... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Manganese is a chemical element with the symbol Mn and atomic number 25. It is a hard, brittle, silvery-grey transition metal. In nature it is usually found in minerals rather than as the... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Steel is an alloy based mainly on iron with a controlled amount of carbon and, often, small amounts of other elements. It is one of the world's most important engineering materials be... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Python Programming Language Python is a high-level programming language used for scripting, web development, data analysis, scientific computing, education, automation and application development. It is kn... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., usually known as AMD, is a semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California. It designs processors, graphics products, adaptive computing dev... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot PowerShell is a command-line shell, scripting language and automation framework from Microsoft. It is used for system administration, cloud management, deployment work, diagnostics and rep... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot YouTube is an online video platform owned by Google. It is used for video hosting, livestreaming, music, education, entertainment, news, commentary, short-form video, community posts an... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Dexamethasone is a corticosteroid medicine. It reduces inflammation and suppresses immune activity. It is used in many settings, including severe allergy, asthma or croup, inflammatory diseas... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Paracetamol is a common painkiller and fever-reducing medicine. It is used for headaches, toothache, muscle pain, period pain, cold and flu symptoms, and many other short-term pains. In som... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Gluten Sensitivity , often called non-coeliac gluten sensitivity, describes symptoms that improve when gluten-containing foods are removed and return when they are reintroduced, after coeliac dise... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot ACOX1 is the gene that provides instructions for making peroxisomal straight-chain acyl-CoA oxidase, an enzyme involved in breaking down very-long-chain fatty acids inside peroxisomes... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Pneumonia is inflammation and infection of the lungs. It usually affects the small air sacs where oxygen passes into the blood, causing them to fill with fluid or pus. Pneumonia can be mi... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Dermatitis herpetiformis is an intensely itchy blistering skin condition linked to gluten sensitivity and coeliac disease. It is not caused by the herpes virus. The name refers to the clustered appearan... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Sjögren's Syndrome is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system attacks glands that produce moisture, especially the tear and saliva glands. The main symptoms are dry eyes and a dry mouth... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Wheat Allergy is an immune reaction to proteins in wheat. It is a food allergy and is different from coeliac disease and non-coeliac gluten sensitivity. A wheat allergy can cause rapid allerg... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Ophthalmology is the medical and surgical specialty concerned with the eye, the visual system and diseases that can affect sight. Ophthalmologists are medically qualified doctors who diagnose... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Sickle Cell Disease is a group of inherited blood conditions that affect haemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. The best-known form is sickle cell anaemia. In sickle cell... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Kidney stones are hard deposits that form inside the kidneys from substances in urine. They can be tiny and pass without being noticed, or large enough to block part of the urinary tract and... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Insomnia is difficulty getting to sleep, staying asleep, waking too early, or sleeping in a way that does not feel refreshing. It becomes clinically important when it causes daytime prob... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Food Allergies are immune reactions to food. They happen when the immune system reacts to a food protein as if it were harmful. Reactions can be mild, but some food allergies can cause anaphyl... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Food Intolerances are reactions in which a food or food component repeatedly causes symptoms, usually without the immediate IgE-mediated immune reaction seen in many food allergies. They can stil... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Type 2 Diabetes is a long-term condition in which blood glucose levels become too high because the body does not use insulin effectively, does not make enough insulin, or both. It is the most c... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Gestational Diabetes is high blood glucose first recognised during pregnancy. It happens when the body cannot make enough insulin to meet the extra demands of pregnancy. It usually improves after th... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Attacks on Emergency Workers are assaults, threats or obstructive acts directed at people carrying out emergency-service or closely related public functions. In England and Wales, the main specific offence... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot Defence of Life is the use of force to protect oneself or another person from death or serious injury. In England and Wales it sits within the wider law of self-defence, defence of another, pre... Wiki page Updated by LocalRoot