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Animals at the extremes: the desert environment
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: the desert environment

...data as showing that HSTF genes in lizards are not induced by heat shock. Western analysis using antibodies to human Hsp70 showed that levels of cellular Hsp70 are higher in both desert species than in Lacerta (Figure 44b). Earlier work had measured a three- to fivefold higher Hsp70 content in desert species than in L. vivipara kept at T a 25°C. Comparison of Lacerta...
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People, automobiles and statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

People, automobiles and statistics

...data was obtained the sex of the participants from whom the data were obtained four columns of figures describing the mean, standard deviation and the 5th and 95th percentiles the source of the survey – this turns out to be vital since some of the data is taken from quite narrow sections of the population. The main part of the handbook, which is section 7, uses this...
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The awarding gap at The Open University
Education & Development

The awarding gap at The Open University

...data on the awarding gap by Higher Education Institutions (HEI) (Singh, 2009). Participation in HE from BME students increased indirectly due to the widening participation agenda (Dearing Report, 1997, cited in Singh, 2009; Kennedy, 1997), but not every student benefitted equally (UUK/NUS, 2019). The National Union of Students (NUS) first highlighted the issue in 2011 in...
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Treezilla
Society, Politics & Law

Treezilla

...data-rich platform on which a wide range of citizen science investigations can be built". Treezilla is one of many applications available with The OpenScience Laboratory. It was initiated by researchers, scientists & educators and encourages people to participate through an online platform and research & learning. Treezilla is national in orientation and concerned with...
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Selling Empire: The Empire Marketing Board
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: The Empire Marketing Board

...analysis, including into how to improve the quality, storage and distribution of British and colonial produce. It was set up with the Secretary of State for the Colonies (then Leopold Amery) as its Chairman, with a civil servant (Stephen Tallents, Sir Stephen from 1932) as its Secretary. But it also employed people from the media, advertising and commercial world more...
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Anghydraddoldebau hiliol mewn iechyd: Effaith COVID-19 yng Nghymru a thu hwnt
Health, Sports & Psychology

Anghydraddoldebau hiliol mewn iechyd: Effaith COVID-19 yng Nghymru a thu hwnt

...analysis of national surveillance data using Onomap, a name-based ethnicity classification tool. BMJ Open. 2021 Awst 18;11(8):e048335. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34408047/ Karl Murray (2020) The impact of COVID-19 on BAME Community and Voluntary Sector Organisations in Wales: Innovation, Resilience and Sustainability Saltus, R (2020) Holding on to the gains:...
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Can quotas make gender equality happen in politics? Lessons from business
Society, Politics & Law

Can quotas make gender equality happen in politics? Lessons from business

...analysis of a data we’ve collected using interviews on Labour’s use of all-women shortlists points towards some optimistic but also some depressing conclusions. The positive: gender equality advocates have won a series of pitched battles to get all-women selections for the safest parliamentary seats. These have sometimes been bitter, with an early setback in the Welsh...
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Information blackout at the Council of Europe?
Nature & Environment

Information blackout at the Council of Europe?

...data protection and the fight against cybercrime. Such broad and critical activity comes with a deep responsibility, not least to be transparent in its operations to Europe’s citizens. Moreover, as the Council of Europe itself has repeatedly emphasised, enabling access as of right to archived records of consultation and decision-making constitutes a core and essential...
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