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The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction

...analysis in low- and middle-income countries’. PLOS Medicine, 18(9):e1003698. Roelen, K., Devereux, S., Abdulai, A-G., Martorano, B., Palermo, T. and Ragno, P.L. (2017) How to make ‘cash plus’ work: linking cash transfers to services and sectors. Office of Research Innocenti Working Paper WP-2017-10. Florence: UNICEF Office of Research. Roelen, K. and Devereux, S....
Mathemateg bob dydd 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Mathemateg bob dydd 1

...data. Bydd digonedd o enghreifftiau i’ch helpu i symud ymlaen, ynghyd â chyfleoedd i ymarfer eich dealltwriaeth...Ydych chi erioed wedi sylwi pa mor aml mae angen sgiliau mathemateg arnoch yn eich bywyd bob dydd? Mae’r cwrs hwn, sydd am ddim, yn gyflwyniad i Sgiliau Hanfodol Lefel 1 mewn mathemateg. Mae wedi ei ddylunio i’ch ysbrydoli chi i wella’ch sgiliau...
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Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing

...at various limitations and caveats, such as how DTC genetic testing compares to genetic testing ordered by your doctor, why DTC genetic tests may be less accurate for people of non-European ancestry, and what you should know about data privacy. Visit our YouTube playlist to watch more videos from the GRACE project, or visit our website to find out more about the project....
What is a transformation process? The one minute guide
Money & Business

What is a transformation process? The one minute guide

...data to use Putting information into a different format, or to a different use - reading a gas meter, or compiling a spreadsheet. This is also a service. [How transformation works] Making people better, or fitter Changing people's physical or mental states - health services or massage chairs. This is another type of service. This article is adapted from material for The...
What kind of Democrat are you?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What kind of Democrat are you?

...agree or disagree politically. About the i-Attune interactive The i-Attune interactive tool is designed for you, the public. Any data you provide is completely anonymous, ensuring your individual entries on the interactive and overall privacy is protected. The tool is simple, accessible, and built to up-skill you in political literacy and finding your democratic voice....
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...analysis of the 1975 General Household Survey data by McNabb (1987), reports wage equations for professional and semi-skilled manual workers. Table 7: Occupational wage equations SEMI-SKILLED MANUAL PROFESSIONAL Intercept −0.054 2.89 Schooling 0.047* 0.007 Experience 0.077* 0.034* Experience2 −0.011* −0.0006* log Weeks 1.79* 1.10* R^2 0.556 0.500 Sample size 254 796...
How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?

...data can tell us whether there was an explosion, but not whether that explosion was caused by a nuclear warhead or conventional explosives. For final confirmation that an explosion was nuclear, we have to rely on radionuclide monitoring, or experiments at the test site itself. Similarly, we cannot explicitly differentiate between a nuclear fission bomb and a thermonuclear...
30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’
Money & Business

30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’

...data on Britain’s small business sector. Its reports have tracked sector developments for three decades. The Open University Business School has hosted the Quarterly Survey since 1989 – the same year it launched its MBA programme, which has provided a strong foundation for many individuals establishing their own small businesses and who have become part of the...