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The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...cared for when he or she is wounded. Narrator: If humanitarian law is to be respected, then every state must incorporate its content into its own law and military doctrine. Elizabeth Cubias: We started working in 1997 promoting knowledge of international humanitarian law and striving to ensure its implementation we want to prevent the errors and horrors committed in...
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...Health mandated reporting standards for use in emergency departments that measured the care and the time patients spent in the emergency department with timestamps and reporting requirements throughout the patient's journey? So the question I answered for my project or, rather, the project focus was literally looking at the threats coming from the external environment. And in the case of my project, it was a ......
Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...careful analysis of the core concepts, and ‘unpack’ or evaluate the arguments and claims made. Others go further, offering not only new ways of thinking about the core problems, but practical suggestions for policy-makers. For example, democratic ways of deciding on claims for secession. One reason this can be hard to think about all at once is that real world events,...
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...adult British population (age 19–65 years) MALE FEMALE Body dimension Mean/mm SD*/mm Mean/mm SD*/mm Stature 1740 70 1610 62 Eye height 1630 69 1505 61 Shoulder height 1425 66 1310 58 Elbow height 1090 52 1005 46 Sitting height 910 36 850 35 Sitting eye height 790 35 740 33 Sitting shoulder height 595 32 555 31 Sitting elbow height 245 31 235 29 Thigh thickness 160 15...
Ben Van Beurden - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Ben Van Beurden - Stories of Change

...care about this particular measure, so carbon leakage should be tackled. And then I think actually you will find that business is quite OK with it, they may not like that carbon leakage probably comes with regulation and taxation and everything else, but ultimately Roger, no matter how you put it, all the costs, all the extra burden, if you like, that you put on carbon in...
Three principles of a coaching approach
Money & Business

Three principles of a coaching approach

...careful observation, listening and behavioural response. You might try at some point just ‘tuning in’ to a colleague or friend in this way and notice how much easier it makes it to really listen to them and to build a comfortable relationship. You may initially feel this to be a little ‘unnatural’: in reality it is just a social skill, and we have all learned...
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...adults engage with science and research on social media?’, Social Media + Society, July-September 2018, 1-10, DOI: 10.1177/205630511879772 Reviewing. Although your dissertation must be all your own work, you can ask for help to review what you have written. How do you ask for help, then, while keeping the dissertation all your own work and avoiding plagiarism? Reviews...
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...adults begin to panic, speculating on the link between the string of deaths, one child, Hannah, is visited by the ghost of each of her school mates within hours of their passing, often before the death has even been announced. At its heart, The Raptures is a mystery, but one that brings rural Ireland uncannily to life through elements of magic realism. Carson takes the...