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Weighing up the reliability of expert criminal evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Weighing up the reliability of expert criminal evidence

...analysis (from any discipline) is the report and the words it contains to communicate their conclusions. As reported elsewhere, phrases such as ‘is consistent with’, ‘likely’ are problematic, yet remain in common use in courts. A study involving 500 participants in a variety of forensic disciplines found ‘questionable communication practices’ were common and...
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What are the challenges and opportunities of urban artificial intelligence and robotics?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are the challenges and opportunities of urban artificial intelligence and robotics?

...data hubs have been installed in many cities under the auspices of ‘smart city’ developments. However, while it is tempting to think that AI is the next step in a data-based socio-technical trajectory embodied in smart city initiatives, AIs are quite different to smart city developments and raise particular challenges requiring planning and governance responses....
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Article 5 mins
Smart Cities in the Making: Learning from Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

Smart Cities in the Making: Learning from Milton Keynes

...data to improve their management and create new ways of living...A smart city uses digital data to improve the way that it's managed, and to support new opportunities or ways of life. In the following video, Professor Gillian Rose introduces research into how data and smart technologies are being combined with governance, policy and culture, and how this is producing the...
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Video 10 mins
A focus on misogynoir – the anti-Black forms of misogyny that Black women experience
Education & Development

A focus on misogynoir – the anti-Black forms of misogyny that Black women experience

...analysis reveals that racial gaslighting appears to be a big issue for the women in our case studies and a substantial number of their supporters. The hashtag #BelieveBlackWomen was a theme across all of the case studies. This is related to tone policing in that if one ignores the existence of racial injustice, one may also disregard the resulting rage. It is also related...
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Fake news during COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news during COVID-19

...data. In addition, many papers being published now in scientific journals are opinion or regurgitation pieces that bring little insight or have a low novelty content. It seems that a lot of authors are trying to get a COVID-19 paper out, even if they have not worked on the topic themselves. Kaustubh: You have been a vocal critic about the French study on chloroquine, both...
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Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!
Nature & Environment

Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!

...data for monitoring reflects issues with land ownership, (many trees are privately owned and therefore not routinely monitored), and inconsistent data collection methods used by tree officers employed by local authorities. Furthermore, many local authorities do not have comprehensive tree inventories and only a tiny fraction of the inventories that do exist are...
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An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...data following a list of instructions that have been programmed into it. Input devices are used to input data into a computer. Many of the earliest computers read their input from paper tape adapted from existing ticker tape technology. Figure 2 shows such a computer, Colossus 10. [This is a black-and-white photograph of the Colossus 10.] Figure 2 Colossus 10 in Block H...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Festival of Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Festival of Psychology

...analysis will highlight how the role played by the adult ‘other,’ coupled with a sometimes-hostile sociocultural context, can exaggerate tensions or facilitate interactions in the parent-child relationship. The young people’s views and experiences illuminate how they navigate these complexities. Online Interventions for the Treatment of Movement Symptoms in...
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Video 2 hrs