Homology [4] is a central concept of comparative and evolutionary biology, referring to the presence of the same bodily parts (e.g., morphological structures) in different species. The existence of homologies is explained by common ancestry, and according to modern definitions of homology, two structures in different species are homologous if they are derived from the same structure in the comm...

Drugs, opium in particular, have undergone a historical metamorphosis in the past few years. What once passed for the "history of opium" were some scattered references to Homer and nepenthe, Shakespeare and "drowsy mandragora", with the Chinese opium wars thrown in for good measure. There were no studies of drug use and the development of control policy in either Britain or the USA. Issues such...

Homology [4] is a central concept of comparative and evolutionary biology, referring to the presence of the same bodily parts (e.g., morphological structures) in different species. The existence of homologies is explained by common ancestry, and according to modern definitions of homology, two structures in different species are homologous if they are derived from the same structure in the comm...

Helen Thomas depends heavily (and uncritically) on Bryan Turner's sociological theory of human sociocultural life (pages 12-17, 20-24, 28-30, 53, 62, 94, 166, 217) and Bourdieu's theory of habitus (pages 20, 51,56-8, 87, 117-18, 150, 165, 171, 206, 226). She thus shoulders the ontological burdens of Turner's and Bourdieu's work, and, she evidently approves of Sheets-Johnstone's phenomenological...

The following winning essay was submitted in 2009 by a UK higher education student for an essay writing competition sponsored by the LearnHigher Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) network. The set title was 'What is the point of referencing?', and there was a maximum word limit of 1,500 words. There is a tutor commentary on the points made by the student to the left of the ess...