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What is Blockchain?
Digital & Computing

What is Blockchain?

...article to find the answers...A blockchain is a publicly shared immutable ledger, an append-only log of transactions that uses crypto-currency techniques to minimise any security risk. As shown in Figure 1, transactions are contained in blocks that are linked together through a series of hash pointers. Any tampering of a block can be detected since the hash pointer to it...
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Should the NHS have been better prepared for the cyber-highwaymen?
Science, Maths & Technology

Should the NHS have been better prepared for the cyber-highwaymen?

...been infected. Modern anti-virus software and up-to-date operating systems can only do so much. It is therefore vital to invest more in cyber-security training for all staff working with sensitive information. This attack proves that the UK’s cybers-ecurity policy needs further work. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Are NHS-recommended mental health apps actually doing any good?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are NHS-recommended mental health apps actually doing any good?

...articles studying their effectiveness. This pattern of high availability and a low evidence base can also be seen in apps for treating bipolar disorder, bulimia nervosa and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But the real problem is with the apps that come with a seal of approval from a world-leading healthcare system. Accreditation by the NHS gives apps an appearance...
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Working mothers in Scotland's railways
Society, Politics & Law

Working mothers in Scotland's railways

...article. Conditions for the working mothers of Scotrail have changed dramatically from 1989 to the current day. These changes and experiences will be explored through conversations with three working railway mothers. Background In the 1980s, women were largely expected to stay at home to look after their children, so working while having a family was challenging. There...
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Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...10 November 2022). UCU Glasgow (2020) ‘The Realities of Casualisation at the University of Glasgow’. Available at: https://ucuglasgow.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/ucu-glasgow-anti-casualisation-report.pdf (Accessed: 10 November 2022). UCU website (n.d.) ‘UCU Rising FAQs’. Available at: https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/12469/FAQs (Accessed: 10 November 2022)....
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Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993

...article includes interviews by Stella Rooney with women who either worked for Timex or were members of the Timex Support Group at the time of the dispute in 1993. Pamela Malone worked at the Timex Dundee Harrison Road Plant for eight years. In her interview with Stella she looks back at her time there and reveals how much it meant to her. [Pamela Malone]“I started...
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The July Crisis: A chronology
History & The Arts

The July Crisis: A chronology

...articles where you can read in more detail. 28 June 1914 The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo in Bosnia. 5-6 July Austro-Hungarian envoy Count Hoyos travels to Berlin to establish level of German support for Austrian action against Serbia. Kaiser Wilhelm II and Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg encourage Austrian action and Germany...
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Change in the West of Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Change in the West of Ireland

...articles asking 'How can unique and distinctive regions, like the West of Ireland, retain the qualities that make them unique while continuing to modernise and interact with the wider world?'...Welcome to the Introduction to the Change in the West of Ireland collection. Explore the articles in this collection . Introduction: Uniqueness, interdependence, uneven development...
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