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The devil is in the (complex) detail
Health, Sports & Psychology

The devil is in the (complex) detail

...multiple partners, with the UK wanting to retain some level of access to the “children” such as agreements on trade, crime, security, nuclear energy, farming, science, and many more. The sheer complexity and speed of Brexit is likely to have further psychological effects that make it different from normal political issues. Psychologists have shown that when faced with...
What would it take to save British Home Stores?
Money & Business

What would it take to save British Home Stores?

...multiple times. Perhaps most notably Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia Group paid £200m for BHS in 2000 before selling it for £1 in 2015 to City investment vehicle Retail Acquisitions. As a recognised retail mogul whose other brands include Topshop, Burton and Evans, even Green couldn’t turn BHS around. And he certainly wasn’t the first to fail: long before his...
Weighing up the reliability of expert criminal evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Weighing up the reliability of expert criminal evidence

...multiple expert reports and concluded digital forensics relied on ‘strength of support’ style conclusions that were one-sided and relied on only 1 hypothesis. Crucial information for assessing the credibility was often absent or poorly presented. There was also a lack of descriptions for the validity or reliability of methods used. Even within the realm of standards...
Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)

...multiplication or division please refer to the relevant number section in Everyday maths 1. If you want more practice with your maths skills, please contact your local college to discuss the options available. By the end of this session you will be able to: use the four operations to solve problems in context understand rounding and look at different ways of doing this...
Everyday maths 2 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Wales)

...multiplication and division skills. Let’s begin by looking at converting currencies...Session 2: Units of measure: 2.1 Converting currencies - Often when you are abroad, or buying something from the internet from another country, the price will be given in a different currency. You’ll want to be able to work out how much the item costs in your own currency so that you...
Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Oliver Sacks: "You are in the hands of a master storyteller"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "You are in the hands of a master storyteller"

...multiple metastases in the liver. Nine years ago it was discovered that I had a rare tumor of the eye, an ocular melanoma. The radiation and lasering to remove the tumor ultimately left me blind in that eye. But though ocular melanomas metastasize in perhaps 50 percent of cases, given the particulars of my own case, the likelihood was much smaller. I am among the unlucky...
Electrochemical Machining (ECM)
Science, Maths & Technology

Electrochemical Machining (ECM)

...multiple hole formation. Automatic deburring and rounding of corners due to higher current densities at edges and corners. Operates at 5–30 V d.c. and current densities of 10–500 A cm- 2 (50–40,000 A). Removal rate approximately 1.64 cm3 min- 1 (1000 A) – 1, irrespective of material. The higher the current density, the faster the cutting rate and the better the...
Year of the Ox: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Ox: Chinese New Year

...multiple meanings. Let us first look at how it is written, its sound and meanings, and then a clever pun and few common expressions... [Chinese new year 2021 - papercut Ox] 1: Learn how to write this character In its written form, a Chinese character is constructed with a series of strokes. ‘Ox’ (牛) is a very easy character to write, with just four strokes: 1st strok...