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Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...Multiple places of work The meaning of work itself has long been contested and such contestation applies to the notion of a ‘workplace’ too. The dominant representations of work and workplace in our society remain, despite long-term criticisms powerful and necessitate being approached in a critically informed way. For the majority of women workers, ‘work’ takes...
Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...multiple OFDM subchannels enables efficient use of communications channels in mobile communications, broadband and wifi...Exploring communications technology: 1 Signals and modulation - Modern communication, whether by smart phone, computer networks, or broadcast TV and radio, presents many challenges. There is generally a demand for faster broadband, faster mobile data,...
Should the EU give up on 'ever closer' union?
Society, Politics & Law

Should the EU give up on 'ever closer' union?

...multiple crises affecting the EU, non-euro or Schengen members are not necessarily eager to join the first-class Europe, while the risk of EU disintegration after Brexit has increased and Eurosceptic movements are on the rise all over the EU. If unity on the European project is lacking and differentiated integration is showing its shortcomings, it is high time for the EU...
An introduction to electronics
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to electronics

...multiples of their standard unit using SI prefixes, which make it easier to read values at a glance. Some of these are listed in Table 2. Table 2 Common prefixes for SI units PREFIX SYMBOL MULTIPLE OF STANDARD UNIT EXAMPLE micro µ one millionth 10−6 microamp, µA milli m one thousandth 10−3 millivolt, mV kilo k one thousand 103 kilo-ohm, kΩ mega M one million 106...
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Methods in Motion: How do researchers know?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: How do researchers know?

...multiple layers of the setting, what hopes and fears for that new mother lodged in the researcher during interviews. Alongside three interviews, in six out of a sample of 20 mothers, researchers trained in psychoanalytic observation visited mothers at home every week for over a year. They did not ask questions but observed and paid attention to their affective responses...
Physical vapour deposition (PVD)
Science, Maths & Technology

Physical vapour deposition (PVD)

...multiple layers can be deposited, and unlike CVD the surface must be chemically clean to ensure good adhesion. Coatings usually have a low porosity. Despite the wide variety of materials that can be deposited, main industrial interest has centred on the coating of machine tools (particularly twist drills) and forming dies with TiN, which can give hardnesses in excess of...
Methods in Motion: Acknowledging the active participant
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Acknowledging the active participant

...multiple known situations it evokes, such as job recruitment, medical consultations or market surveys. Each sets up different expectations about the amount of talking involved, the obligation to provide answers, the degree of distance or informality. A minimally briefed participant may be confused about the appropriate style for the research interview, or even its...
Recycling: Putting consumers to work
Society, Politics & Law

Recycling: Putting consumers to work

...multiple bags, boxes and bins, whilst others place all their recyclables into one bag/bin. When the consumer sorts their waste into different fractions, this can be delivered to a reprocessing plant and local authorities generally receive good returns on the sale of this source-separated material. Comingled, or mixed, recyclables, on the other hand, need to be sorted into...