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Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...et al. (2015, p. 78). As you can see, cadaver dogs are generally quite accurate, but not all the time. Table 1 Cadaver dog response rate DOG’S RESPONSE SCENT ACTUALLY PRESENT SCENT ACTUALLY ABSENT Woof! A body! 224 11 No body 4 115 Here, the number 11 represents a false positive, and 4 represents a false negative. In this next activity, you will be given a chance to try...
Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...double chins, reduce waists, neaten figures and make those adjustments necessary to satisfy the concerns of both photographer and sitter. A certain amount of retouching would be undertaken as a matter of course, such as the removal of blemishes or freckles. The issuing of proof prints before the final order gave customers the opportunity to suggest any adjustments they...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...double helix) in which each pair of chemical bases in the strand can be thought of as a rung in the ladder. It consists of pairs of chemical bases called adenine (A), cystosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T). The bases (which in Figure 19 are colour-coded) can only be paired according to the rules: A to T, and C to G. A ‘rung’ or pair of bases (e.g. A–T) is called...
Numbers, units and arithmetic
Science, Maths & Technology

Numbers, units and arithmetic

...double 19, a single 20 and a treble 17, what is the new target score? Answer The player scores 2 × 19, 20 and 3 × 17, which gives 38 + 20 + 51 = 109. 301 − 109 gives a new target score of 192. Activity 35 Are the following statements true or false? (a) When carrying out an addition and a multiplication, such as 2 + 3 × 4, it doesn’t matter whether you do the...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Engineering: The challenge of temperature
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The challenge of temperature

...doubling the change of temperature, say up ten degrees rather than up five degrees, will change the property by a factor of two or so (twice as big a change or half as small a change). Accelerating changes are modelled in terms of the fraction of the particles that have much higher than average thermal energy. During an accelerating change (of a property with temperature)...
Understanding mental capacity Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...sang that then? DAISY [VOCALISING] Just a little happiness. INTERVIEWER Quite simply, the system needed to be Don. DAISY Happiness. DON Yes. All right, dear. INTERVIEWER I had been looking throughout the industry to see if I could find anywhere that was providing care that really managed to make residents feel alive and happy. I'd heard about a home in Warwickshire that...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...circulation of power. Yet the other source provides a rather different picture. He’s still the regal figure seated on a throne, but that throne is on top of a pyre that is about to be set on fire! There’s a story here about the downfall of a king in spite of all his wealth. Moreover, it is a story well known enough to make sense to a Greek audience from as far apart...
Entrepreneuriaeth Gwledig yng Nghymru
Money & Business

Entrepreneuriaeth Gwledig yng Nghymru

...et al. (1998), mae'r cwsmer yn cael tair lefel o fantais o'r cynnyrch: manteision craidd y cynnyrch manteision gwirioneddol y cynnyrch manteision estynedig y cynnyrch. [Y ddelwedd a ddisgrifir] Ffigur 16 Tair lefel o fanteision cynnyrch, Dibb et al. (1998) Yr un manteision craidd sydd i gynnyrch pob cystadleuydd. Mae'r manteision gwirioneddol ac estynedig yn cynnwys y...