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Why sportspeople convicted of violence against women forfeit their right to be 'stars'
Society, Politics & Law

Why sportspeople convicted of violence against women forfeit their right to be 'stars'

...physical consequences of these crimes. Her argument was that whilst she believes in rehabilitation, she does not believe that it is right to put Evans back into exactly the same very privileged position where young boys and girls look up to him. As it happens, Evans has not played professional football since being released on licence in October 2014 and is appealing his...
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An exploration of ‘doing’ ethics in design practice
Science, Maths & Technology

An exploration of ‘doing’ ethics in design practice

...physical sense, of course. Instead, I look at where ethics appears in the day‑to‑day reality of design work. Who’s doing ethics? How are they doing it? At what point? Using what tools? And how do these decisions fit within the structures of organisations, rules and regulations, and power dynamics? Ethics isn’t just about big philosophical debates. It’s also...
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Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman
History & The Arts

Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman

...physical and spiritual well-being. By the time the funding for her post ended, Betty was so deeply involved that she continued working with people on the many projects that were taking shape. Associations were formed for the different West Indian island groups. These led to the formation of an influential umbrella group, the West Indian Organisations Coordinating...
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From intuition to inference: how experts inform Bayesian models
Science, Maths & Technology

From intuition to inference: how experts inform Bayesian models

...physical patterns and constraints. Even when experts cannot provide precise numerical answers, they can often describe what values are realistic and what outcomes are unlikely. If such knowledge is ignored, it does not disappear – it simply remains informal and unexamined. From expert opinion to a statistical prior A central challenge in Bayesian modelling is...
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Reflections on the Northern Ireland Economy 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on the Northern Ireland Economy 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement

...physical and human form with deficiencies in education that explain low productivity. The NI economy being locked in a kind of underdevelopment trap that is an important element in explaining the persistence of weak economic performance linked to productivity. Figure 2 shows the continuing productivity challenge since the GFA in relation to the rest of UK. [Productivity,...
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Who was Mary Magdalene?
History & The Arts

Who was Mary Magdalene?

...physical condition these women may have been social outcasts, which could explain why they followed Jesus after some kind of healing experience, embracing his message of hope, and acceptance. 2. Was Mary a reformed prostitute? [Conversion of the Magdalene (The Penitent Mary Magdalene) by Artemisia Gentileschi] Luke, one of the Gospel writers, tells a story about a sex...
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The values of Bond: What 007 tells us about changing attitudes to sexual harassment
History & The Arts

The values of Bond: What 007 tells us about changing attitudes to sexual harassment

...physical and sartorial appearance does not mean she is simply the passive recipient of the male gaze and masculine control. In fact, it points to the female body as the bone of contention within the “office battle of the sexes”. When a new Moneypenny (Samantha Bond) appears in GoldenEye in 1995, wearing a black evening dress, to Brabazon, “her clothes … signify a...
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Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?

...physical spotting and supporting’ which they suggested ‘AI would not be effective at’. AI applications in trampolining are currently used for explaining and classifying performance as the technology to prescribe solutions and suggest performance adaptations is still under development. To gather information needed by an AI system to make decisions, monitoring devices...
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