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It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round
Society, Politics & Law

It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round

...de Kirchner at a fever pitch, Argentina is suddenly facing its first ever presidential runoff. Against all predictions, the provisional results from the first round show the ruling Victory Front (VF) candidate Daniel Scioli with a tight lead of 36.78%, followed by the Cambiemos (Let’s Change) coalition with 34.40%. Former Kirchner ally Sergio Massa of A New Alternative...
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Article 5 mins
Software development for enterprise systems
Digital & Computing

Software development for enterprise systems

...class, so the middle compartment contains all the variables that constitute the current representation of the class; such variables are called attributes. Figure 6 shows two class definitions. These represent all possible employees and all possible user interface windows within a system, respectively. The left-hand diagram shows the common structure of the Employee...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Getting started with SPSS
Society, Politics & Law

Getting started with SPSS

...variables enter basic data into SPSS carry out a statistical analysis that can test hypotheses...Getting started with SPSS: 1 The SPSS statistics tutorial - This online tutorial is designed to help you familiarise yourself with the software package SPSS and learn about basic statistics. You will need to follow the instructions within each activity in the sequence...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
What is the Hawthorne Effect? The one-minute guide
Money & Business

What is the Hawthorne Effect? The one-minute guide

...variables".] In the 1920s, workers at the Hawthorne Works in Chicago were observed to be more productive in better-lit conditions. The initial conclusion was that paying more attention to working conditions would improve how well workers performed. In the 50s Landsberger suggested that the study failed to account for how people modify their behaviour when being observed....
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Simple Coding - Summary
Digital & Computing

Simple Coding - Summary

...variables and assignment (=) to store and update data arithmetic operators (+, -, *) simple data types (strings and numbers, both integers and floating point) data structures (lists) sequence (one instruction per line) iteration (for and while loops) selection (if-else and if-elif-elif-...-else), comparisons (>, <, ==, !=, >=, <=) functions (len and sum for lists, int and...
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Activity 5 mins
Intermediate French: Holiday plans
Languages

Intermediate French: Holiday plans

...de Valérie n'est pas aussi enthousiaste qu'elle. Il écrit à un de ses collègues de bureau. Les mots ou expressions qui manquent dans le texte de sa carte postale sont donnés avec l'illustration de ce qui se passe à la plage pour vous aider. Cher Marc, Ce sont nos derniers jours de vacances. Valérie et les enfants sont tristes, mais ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982
Society, Politics & Law

‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982

...Labour and Working Class History (84), 2013. Tomlinson, J. ‘De-industrialization Not Decline: A New Meta-narrative for Post-war British History’ pp. 76–99 in Twentieth Century British History (27:1), 2016. Tomlinson, J. and Gibbs, E. ‘Planning the new industrial nation: Scotland, 1931 to 1979’, pp. 584–606 in Contemporary British History (30), 2016....
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Article 10 mins
Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon
Languages

Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon

...des mots? Faites une liste. Answer The words and phrases you recognised probably include: salle de classe, temporaires, toilettes, handicapés, distributeur, souvenirs, téléphone, cafétéria. You could now check the words that you didn't recognise in your dictionary. Words that are similar in English and French Sometimes words look alike in French and English, though...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs