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Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change

...data. Recent observations and re-analysis of data indicate that there are also uncertainties with the simple temperature measurements. RH: The University of East Anglia Scientist Phil Jones said, when asked about the pause, five years is far too soon to tell any trend whatsoever. If after ten years we're still in a pause then we'll start wondering where our models have...
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The case of Simone Biles and perceptions of athlete mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

The case of Simone Biles and perceptions of athlete mental health

...analysis of the Facebook narrative surrounding Biles’ withdrawal from four Facebook accounts – Simone Biles’ own profile, Fox News and CNN (American news outlets), and Bleacher Report (international news outlet specialising in sports and sports culture). A total of 87,714 user comments were collected from 29 posts covering the news and were analysed using the...
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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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Using sources: Considering breadth as well as depth
Education & Development

Using sources: Considering breadth as well as depth

...Data’, perhaps a scary concept? As organisations develop and utilize systems that can capture and store the huge quantity of [big] data it interacts with - often referred to as Customer relationship management (CRM) or Marketing information systems (MIS), so we have the ability increasingly to source valuable information from these systems. If you don’t have direct...
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The navigation apps that help the visually impaired
Society, Politics & Law

The navigation apps that help the visually impaired

...data that cities could use to make spaces better too – for instance, that same traffic data that helps you avoid a tailback might in future help planners to improve road and public transport networks. This link between cities, data and technology is known as the smart city. [An autonomous metro train on the M1 line arrives at DR Byen station in Copenhagen, Denmark] An...
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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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Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...data. This acknowledges that interpretation and analysis is about making a case which inevitably pivots on judgment...Week 4: Evaluating development interventions: 2 Debating the value of types of evidence for evaluation - In this section you will read two blogs written in 2013 by development practitioners. The first is by Rosalind Eyben and Chris Roche, who were with...
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Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change
Nature & Environment

Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change

...data Caring for our trees starts with raising awareness. In the UK and the Republic of Ireland, anyone can get involved in this activity. For my Open University study ‘Environment: responding to change’ (module SDT306), I took part in interactive learning and data collection through the citizen science project Treezilla, also known as the ‘monster map of trees’....
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