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The benefits of coconut oil on Parkinson’s disease

Coconut oil is rich in medium-chain saturated fatty acids (MCFAs), which are easily digested and metabolized by the liver into ketones. Ketones are an alternative source of energy for the brain, which is beneficial for people with Parkinson’s disease, who have a disturbance in brain energy metabolism. Studies have shown …

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Fully Funded UKRI PhD Scholarship: TRUE: Trust in User-generated Evidence

Funding providers: UKRI Frontier Research grant Project start date: 1 October 2023 (Enrolment open from mid-September) Project description:  TRUE is a five-year research project originally selected for funding by the European Research Council, which is funded by a UKRI Frontier Research grant [no. EP/X016021/1]. Through an innovative interdisciplinary methodology combining legal analysis of …

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PhD Studentship: Additive Manufacture of Optical Fibre Preforms – University of Southampton

Project Title:  Additive Manufacture of Optical Fibre Preforms Optical fibre is the pinnacle of silica glass technology and has revolutionized worldwide communication. This PhD project looks at the next Chapter of optical fibre fabrication through use and development of ‘melt-pool’ Additive Manufacture (AM). Benefits of AM is well acknowledged, including reduced …

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