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Understanding Identity
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Identity

...course DD100, An introduction to the social sciences: understanding social change... Understanding Identity A short introduction to this album Identity - what is it? Definitions of identity, the existence of personal and social identity and the way in which concepts of identity have changed. Formation of Identity Identities are formed by society and by individuals....
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Imperial Rome and Ostia
History & The Arts

Imperial Rome and Ostia

...course AT308 Cities and technology: from Babylon to Singapore... Imperial Rome and Ostia A brief introduction to the album. The construction of Imperial Rome A large scale model shows us how Imperial Rome once looked and we also learn some of its fascinating history. Aqueducts in Rome A look at how aqueducts were a great engineering achievement in Imperial Rome. The...
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When is the best time to buy plane tickets?
Money & Business

When is the best time to buy plane tickets?

...course, no company wants to discount its product more than it has to. Hence, the airlines face two somewhat contradictory goals: to maximize revenue by flying full planes and to sell as many full-fare seats as possible. This a process known in the industry as yield or revenue management. Airlines and their bucket lists Here is how yield management works. For each flight...
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What actually happens if Britain leaves the EU?
Society, Politics & Law

What actually happens if Britain leaves the EU?

...course the UK might sign new deals. The terms are unknowable, however, and the expectation must be that they will be worse than those the EU has, for simple reasons of market scale. One of the arguments put forward for Brexit is that EU membership precludes the UK signing its own FTAs. This is correct but there is an obvious reason. If it were allowed for the UK then it...
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Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?

...course, healthcare professionals and their co-workers’ scope of practice, their technical gadgetry and medicinal substances are provided within an organisational structure. Each of these three elements is heavily regulated in the UK to ensure that, mostly, healthcare is controlled, efficient and above all safe. Of course this is not always the case. The Report of the...
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Averages
Science, Maths & Technology

Averages

...course, 2. What happens if a new colleague joins us, and the new colleague has 3 children? Well, now the total number of children is 11, and the mean number of children per person is 11 divided by 5, which comes to 2.2. Now none of us actually has 2.2 children, and of course it’s not possible for any individual to have 2.2 children; but that doesn’t matter. The mean...
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War enthusiasm
History & The Arts

War enthusiasm

...course, there was a crucial difference between the British army and those from the continent: Britain’s was a volunteer army, not one made up of conscripts, and it could be argued that the huge numbers of volunteers that rushed forward in the first weeks of the war indicate the extent of war enthusiasm in Britain. Between 4 August and 12 September, more than 478,000 men...
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Rock Clocks
Science, Maths & Technology

Rock Clocks

...course it cannot go back right to the formation of Earth, because the young Earth was hot and most of the outer part was probably molten, but even so this is a vast period of time. [The Earth. Image: NASA] How do we know how old the rocks are? We can think of geological time in 2 ways: relative and absolute. Relative time disregards years and only considers whether one...
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