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Digital & Computing

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...division are evaluated first, then addition and subtraction. In the example given above, this would result in dividing 35 by 10 (giving 3.5) and then subtracting 3 from the result, giving an answer of 0.5. But maybe this wasn't what was intended? Maybe you had wanted to subtract 3 from 10 (giving 7) first and then divide 35 by this result, giving an answer of 5. To force...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...division process. To test this – and it had been suggested by other people but it had never been tested. So we decided to run a test on it. NARRATOR: The test equipment he assembled was a combination of electronics and a biological apparatus to grow cells in. Cells of this bacterium E. coli were being cultivated within an electric field. But instead of increased numbers...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Archive course extract: Attachment theory
Education & Development

Archive course extract: Attachment theory

...division of parental attention between them and their twin, hence the IWM is likely to contain an expectation that sometimes attention will be available and sometimes not. Thus, compared with the situation for a single child, the infant will probably be able to tolerate waiting for attention. The fact of low income in itself might only be relevant if it means that the...
Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist
Society, Politics & Law

Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist

...division between those on the ‘older’ and better contracts and those who were employed on the 1997 contract, which were considerably poorer in most respects. Old-timers like me were increasingly marginalised and BA bosses then closed their BA employed cabin crew bases at Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and Belfast airports, meaning cabin crew who worked from those...
Erzberger: Negotiating the Armistice for Germany
History & The Arts

Erzberger: Negotiating the Armistice for Germany

...division he thus helped to avert. Throughout his political career he fought for German democracy in the knowledge that doing so put his life in danger. His role in the events of November 1918 has been all but forgotten – and yet, he was instrumental in arranging the Armistice, convinced that it was the only way to stop the war and prevent further suffering in Germany....
Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One

...divisions that those who perpetrate hate crimes bring into prison with them in the first place. Prisons utilise and reinforce imbalanced and harmful power relations and are more likely to exacerbate hateful ideas rather than challenge or reverse them. Societies that tolerate inequalities or that refuse to fully recognise the rights and autonomy of all social members are...
Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change
Education & Development

Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change

...division of scientific labor using the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT)’. Quantitative science studies, 2(1), pp. 111–28. LERU (2019) Equality, diversity and inclusion at universities: The power of a systemic approach. League of European Research Universities. Available at: https://www.leru.org/files/LERU-EDI-paper_final.pdf Morley, L. (2014) ‘Lost leaders: Women...
Religion and Violence
History & The Arts

Religion and Violence

...divisions, individual Christian leaders, such as the Catholic Alec Reid and the Methodist Harold Good who oversaw the decommissioning of paramilitary arsenals, played crucial roles in the peace process. Contemporary Muslim leaders who advocate violence are liable to receive more exposure in the Western media than moderates such as Ahmed El-Tayeb, the influential Grand...