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Rich pictures
Science, Maths & Technology

Rich pictures

...study... Diagram guidelines Purpose Rich pictures were originally developed as part of Peter Checkland’s Soft Systems Methodology (Checkland, 1981; Checkland and Scholes, 1990; Checkland and Poulter, 2020). Their purpose is to gather in one place, on one sheet of paper, all the data about a complex messy situation that you have collected. Using pictures or drawings is...
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Book, comic and animation - What is the fear collection?
Science, Maths & Technology

Book, comic and animation - What is the fear collection?

...studying it meant looking at how it emerged and what it did up close and personal. The book also changed in the writing. What began as an academic account changed to a mixture of academic text and autobiography! But, in March 2017 I had accomplished my task and my book: Formations of Terror was published. [project fear comic cover] Project Fear comic books The book was...
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Northern Ireland’s dance to the music of time of Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Northern Ireland’s dance to the music of time of Brexit

...study suggested that the loss from the various post-Brexit trade deals could be between 2.5% for just remaining in SEM; 8% for a Free Trade Agreement; and, 12% for No Deal. Consequently, NI is likely to suffer the biggest impact from Brexit that would also undermines the scale and scope of cross-border co-operation in what is a de facto an All-Ireland Single Market. The...
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What is polonium - and why is it so dangerous?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is polonium - and why is it so dangerous?

...study. It is particularly hard to look for the remains of 210Po contamination once a significant amount of time has passed. Measurement of ratios of stable breakdown products of the various isotopes of polonium could give some insight into if poisoning has occurred, but this depends on the initial composition of the polonium sample and it is susceptible to
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Honour thy vulnerable witnesses
Health, Sports & Psychology

Honour thy vulnerable witnesses

...Studies have shown that people with ASD can act as reliable witnesses, but they may be more reliant on prompts and cues to help them accurately recall faces and events. There is evidence to suggest that there is added benefit in allowing eyewitnesses with ASD to create their own visual cues to support recall of faces and events. Therefore, understanding their abilities in...
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How large is the UK alternative finance sector?
Money & Business

How large is the UK alternative finance sector?

...study, up by 500% to £12 million. Real estate is the single most popular sector: in 2014/2015 the most popular sector for online alternative finance investments and loans was real estate, with the combined debt and equity-based funding for this sector reaching £700m in 2015. The equity market is growing fast: the second fastest growing area of the alternative finance...
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What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?
Science, Maths & Technology

What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?

...to increase even faster). The effects of mercury pollution will be global; because mercury can be dispersed as a vapour it can be deposited anywhere in the world. This article is adapted from course materials produced by The Open University for the course Introducing health sciences: a case study approach. Discover more about Health Sciences with The Open University....
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Scotland’s ‘not proven’ verdict helps juries communicate their belief of guilt when lack of evidence fails to convict
Society, Politics & Law

Scotland’s ‘not proven’ verdict helps juries communicate their belief of guilt when lack of evidence fails to convict

...study of its kind for ten years, aimed to establish just that. The third way The not proven verdict is to be found only in Scotland. Unlike the Anglo-American system, Scotland has three verdicts: guilty, not guilty and not proven. The confusion over the not proven verdict relates to the fact that Scottish law has not defined what the not proven verdict means, and it has...
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