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Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
History & The Arts

Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period

...data in tables to construct arguments, and summarise historiographical review articles...Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period: 1 Modernism - It is worth spending a moment now to untangle some of the terms that will be used explicitly in this course and that you will regularly encounter in readings on interwar society. First, ‘modernisation’, which is a...
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The 'what now Wednesday' after the Super Tuesday before
Society, Politics & Law

The 'what now Wednesday' after the Super Tuesday before

...data from early contests in Iowa, Nevada and South Carolina, my colleagues and I at CIRCLE observed two trends in youth voting. First, young voters were overwhelmingly supporting Senator Bernie Sanders, and voting in high – but not record – numbers. On the other hand, Republican youth were coming out in record numbers but not rallying around just one candidate. As...
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US Election 2016: A last week reading list
Society, Politics & Law

US Election 2016: A last week reading list

...data are too limited to prove that at this stage. But we do argue that streaming television benefits from a social media logic in a media ecosystem where recommendations, popularity and sharing determine user experiences. People who use communication technologies, namely social media, in this way tend to consistently participate more in civic and political activities....
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Florida just wants it over
Society, Politics & Law

Florida just wants it over

...data, Republicans had “a razor thin ballot advantage of 1,833 over Democrats”. In yet another indication of the inscrutability of the outcome, the same paper has endorsed Clinton for president, Democratic candidates for the US and Florida Senates, and a purple slate of Republican and Democrats for the US House of Representatives and local Florida offices. Florida...
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Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?
History & The Arts

Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?

...data, political conservatism strongly predicted negative attitudes toward transgender people and lower support for policies that benefit transgender people. However, exposure to two or more transgender storylines cut the strength of this link in half. That is, politically conservative viewers who saw multiple shows featuring transgender characters had more positive...
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Is Donald Trump ignoring the lessons of Deepwater Horizon?
Nature & Environment

Is Donald Trump ignoring the lessons of Deepwater Horizon?

...data and photograph a dead dolphin that stranded along the Port Fourchon Louisiana coastline in July 2012 following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill The Trump Administration is proposing to ease regulations that were adopted to make offshore oil and gas drilling operations safer after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. This event was the worst oil spill in U.S....
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Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer
Science, Maths & Technology

Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer

...data recovery in a computer crash at a time when it was very difficult and laborious to identify and fix errors (Ceruzzi 2016). Her work was crucial as it turned out: just minutes before touchdown of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969, a documentation error resulted in computer overload. Hamilton’s software recognised the error situation and rejected extraneous tasks to...
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Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity

...data-and-information/publications/statistical/statistics-on-obesity-physical-activity-and-diet/statistics-on-obesity-physical-activity-and-diet-england-2019 Forrest CB, Bevans KB, Riley AW, Crespo R, Louis TA. Health and school outcomes during children's transition into adolescence. J Adolesc Health. 2013;52(2):186-194. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.06.019 Fararouei M,...
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