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Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...T-STATISTIC VARIABLE T-STATISTIC Intercept 0.595 11.70 0.521 14.43 Potential experience 0.246 6.56 0.044 1.52 Education: CSE(s) 0.101 3.84 0.083 3.66 ‘O’ level(s) 0.203 8.23 0.116 5.28 ‘A’ level(s) 0.316 7.96 0.210 4.74 Degree 0.509 21.01 0.508 21.63 Other 0.099 1.60 0.062 0.58 R^2 0.249 0.224 Source: Wright and Ermisch, 1991, p. 516 On examining the two wage...
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...t Equation label: (Equation 11) where u sub map is the wind speed, c sub alt is the altitude coefficient, c sub dir is the direction coefficient, c sub e is the exposure coefficient and c sub e comma cap t is a town location coefficient. Equation 11 is basically the equation for dynamic pressure in air of density rho = 1.225 kg m−3 i.e. equation sequence part 1 cap p...
Why did millions march against Trump?
Society, Politics & Law

Why did millions march against Trump?

...T-shirts), there was a wealth of handmade signs at the marches. As expected, a slew that referenced phrases the president-elect had said noting, for example, “this pussy grabs back.” Yet there was also a range of other signs ranging from simple text to complicated storyboards (see below). Across sites, we also saw many differences: including which types of...
Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people
Society, Politics & Law

Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people

...Harare, The Open University and University College London, United Kingdom. Southwick S. M, Douglas-Palumberi H, Pietrzak R. H. Resilience. In: Friedman M. J, Resick P. A, Keane T. M, editors. Handbook of PTSD: Science and practice. 2nd ed. New York: Guilford Press; 2014. pp. 590–606. World Development Report (2017) http://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/wdr2017 pp.195....
Sea level rise in Tuvalu, South Pacific
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Tuvalu, South Pacific

...T. (2017) Future of the Sea: Current and Future Impacts of Sea Level Rise in the UK, FORESIGHT, Government Office for Science https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/663885/Future_of_the_sea_-_sea_level_rise.pdf Accessed 25th January 2020 Humphreys, D. (2019) ‘Climate Change: an introduction to a heated debate’,...
Where do we get the help that really counts?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Where do we get the help that really counts?

...T., Farrell, M., Jenkins, R. and Lewis, G. (2000) ‘The reluctance to seek help for neurotic disorders.’ Journal of Mental Health 9, 3, 319-327 Open University (2011) ‘Mental healthcare services survey: the results.’ http://www.open.edu/openlearn/body-mind/mental-healthcare-services-survey-the-results Perry, B., and Pescosolido, B. (2010) ‘Functional specificity...
Interdisciplinary Learning – getting the most out of multi-subject degrees
Education & Development

Interdisciplinary Learning – getting the most out of multi-subject degrees

...Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1996. Kuhn, T. The structure of scientific revolutions, Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 1996 Max-Neef, Manfred A. Foundations of transdisciplinarity, Ecological Economics, 53 (2005) 5-16 Figure 1. Terminology associated with studying more than one subject (Source: Helen Cooke, Open University)...
How FMRI works
Health, Sports & Psychology

How FMRI works

...T), about 50,000 times greater than the Earth’s field. The magnetic field inside the scanner affects the magnetic nuclei of atoms. Normally atomic nuclei are randomly oriented but under the influence of a magnetic field the nuclei become aligned with the direction of the field. The stronger the field the greater the degree of alignment. When pointing in the same...
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