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  Interesting article by Melanie Jameson on the issue of Visual Stress and the varying approaches to remediation.  Which one can we believe when all claim to hold the key to …

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I speak about a race of real children, not too wise or too good, but bounded up and down by love and hate, oh may their early joys be nature …

Smart Foundation kids were annual entrants to the National Bike Building Competition in National Youthbike.

Digital “media overload” or “cognitive overload” resulting in brain fog and reduced capacity to concentrate, stay alert or focused on the task in hand without getting frustrated by increased error …

In recent years headlines claiming that sitting is the new smoking have caused alarm among desk based workers especially in light of suggestions that regular exercise is not enough to …

Since 2016, an investigative journalist in France has been on a mission to show students how they’re duped, teaching them how to tell true from false online.

Keeping your network, school data, teachers and learners safe is a complex task, fraught with dangers. A specialist IT partner is ideally placed to keep abreast of the latest security …

  QuickScan and QuickScreen – Two OnLine dyslexia tools. QuickScan is an online questionnaire which provides an insight into learning modalities and other aspects of study skills as well as …

Symptoms usually begin to appear after extended computer use, reading, straining your eyes in dim lighting, or during activities that involve prolonged visual tasks. The most common reason for strained …

With the popularity of smartphones and tablets, we now have more exposure to the computer screen than we ever had before. This increase in screen time comes with an increase …

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Night light is a feature that reduces the amount of blue light at night time, and it displays warmer colors that can help to reduce eye strain and help you …

Do we really need to sleep? Dr. Thomas Neylan looks at intrinsic sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and insomnia and what to do if they affect you. Dr. Elissaios …

LRC Releases New Circadian Stimulus Calculator The new calculator has greater functionality to aid lighting designers in the selection of light sources and light levels for “circadian-effective light exposure in …

Please note, we cannot provide any warranty that these methods work, but one thing seems to be sure – it hasn’t got easier in Windows 10 to make these kinds …

A BBC “HowTo” guide for changing your screen colours.These guides explain how you can change the text and background colours in your operating system (Windows, Mac or Linux) and browser …

A cross-sectional study was conducted among medical and engineering college students of a University situated in the suburban area of Chennai. Students who used computer in the month preceding the …

Although asthenopia is a frequent and relevant clinical problem in childhood, with potential consequences for learning, the scarcity of studies about the prevalence and clinical impact of asthenopia hinders the …

You’re disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily …

Hooray – the time has come the Walrus said for many things and eye-strain (Asthenopia) Computer Vision Syndrome or Screen Fatigue as a disability which has, for far to long, …

Three-quarters (78 percent) of thriving employees in the UK, those who feel fulfilled personally and professionally, say their company has a strong sense of purpose. To find purpose, employees crave …

Stress-inducing situations are one of the biggest reasons for why employees are unable to go to work, according to research. A survey of 500 HRs by Group Risk Development (GRiD) …

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Is crime a matter of genetics? Even the researchers note that with “positive learning experiences” the exacerbating stress related negative affect on their personalities could be minimalised breaking the foreseeable …

When working across multiple regions in a global environment, safety managers will want to understand the key regulations related to MSDs so as not to fall foul of the compliance …

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Characteristics of 21st Century Classrooms include accessible technology and accessible instructional materials that transform learning for every student. In Fayette County Georgia the system incorporates various classroom technologies and an …