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If Wannacry caused so much disruption, how come it raised so little money?
Digital & Computing

If Wannacry caused so much disruption, how come it raised so little money?

...statistic that Trend Micro found was that in one in five cases, even when the company paid the ransom, they were unable to recover their important files – indicating that the ransomware service is not quite as robust as it should be. If you ask many security professionals, the recent WannaCry ransomware was fairly easy to defend against, and was fairly unsophisticated....
Magical Modernity in a Muggle World? Witchcraft, Spirituality and Everyday Enchantment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Magical Modernity in a Muggle World? Witchcraft, Spirituality and Everyday Enchantment

...statistics to have wider economic, social and health implications. The NHS Trust Association’s website, designed for use by health service professionals, lists crystal healing, dowsing and flower therapy amongst the recommended complementary and alternative therapies available. Spiritual healing has been trialled in a major English hospital with positive outcomes for...
Left behind?
Society, Politics & Law

Left behind?

...statistic, a recent event reminded me of how left-handedness is still something we struggle to live with. Just look at the latest Apple watch launched in September 2014. After the launch, Apple was inundated with thousands of complaints from left-handed people saying the watch was designed for right-handed people. I am sure Bill Gates at Microsoft (see famous left-handers...
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Drivers and hand-held mobile phones: extending the ban won’t solve the problem – here’s why
Health, Sports & Psychology

Drivers and hand-held mobile phones: extending the ban won’t solve the problem – here’s why

...Statistically speaking, of course, this is highly unlikely. But this ‘self-enhancement bias’ gives drivers a rationale for believing their mobile phone use is safe, while condemning others for doing the same thing. Phone-using drivers justify their behaviour by claiming they are able to modify their mobile phone use dependent on the driving situation, such as limiting...
A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses
Health, Sports & Psychology

A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses

...RCN International Research Conference. Oxford, UK, 5-7 April 2017. Statista (2019) Global active usage penetration of leading social networks as of February 2019. Available at: www.statista.com/statistics/274773/global-penetration-of-selected-social-media-sites/ (Accessed 22 January 2020). Find out how secure your social media profiles are Discover more content like this...
60 Second Adventures in Artificial Intelligence
Digital & Computing

60 Second Adventures in Artificial Intelligence

...statistical sense, but humans are still needed to interpret those results appropriately. Once it has been properly trained, a specific AI can perform a specific task with superhuman speed and sometimes with superhuman accuracy. Unfortunately, the same AI can often fail miserably when presented with a similar, but not quite identical, task. In contrast, human beings...
Beyond the plate: Autism, food and sensory sensitivities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Beyond the plate: Autism, food and sensory sensitivities

...Statistical Manual in 2013. It’s important to note that ARFID isn’t diagnosed exclusively in autistic people, however the two can often co-occur. Some of ARFID’s characteristics are: low appetite or general disinterest in food avoidance of eating because of sensory processing differences weight loss nutritional deficiencies significant psycho-social implications –...
Capacity and demand management
Society, Politics & Law

Capacity and demand management

...statistics in England and Wales show the following most commonly reported crimes: [Described image] Figure 1 TCSEW estimated 3.1m theft offences in the last 12 months. (England and Wales, based on interviews conducted between May and December 2020.) Activity 1 Crime statistics Timing: Allow approximately 5 minutes How do these crime statistics help plan policing capacity?...
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