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Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...et al. (2015, p. 78). As you can see, cadaver dogs are generally quite accurate, but not all the time. Table 1 Cadaver dog response rate DOG’S RESPONSE SCENT ACTUALLY PRESENT SCENT ACTUALLY ABSENT Woof! A body! 224 11 No body 4 115 Here, the number 11 represents a false positive, and 4 represents a false negative. In this next activity, you will be given a chance to try...
Entrepreneuriaeth Gwledig yng Nghymru
Money & Business

Entrepreneuriaeth Gwledig yng Nghymru

...et al. (1998), mae'r cwsmer yn cael tair lefel o fantais o'r cynnyrch: manteision craidd y cynnyrch manteision gwirioneddol y cynnyrch manteision estynedig y cynnyrch. [Y ddelwedd a ddisgrifir] Ffigur 16 Tair lefel o fanteision cynnyrch, Dibb et al. (1998) Yr un manteision craidd sydd i gynnyrch pob cystadleuydd. Mae'r manteision gwirioneddol ac estynedig yn cynnwys y...
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...et de voir á ce que l’article soit libre de tout vice ou défectuosité pouvant nuire á la santé. Il s’agissait en l’occurrence de la consommation d’une bouteille de soda contenant un escargot. The case report is in French because, whilst Quebec is in Canada, the only official language is French. This is the translated text: The court thinks it worth mentioning...
Managing complexity: a systems approach
Society, Politics & Law

Managing complexity: a systems approach

...et al. (1985) described the complexity of what they regarded as a real or physical system as arising from the interaction of: the number of elements comprising the system, for example, the number of chips on a circuit board; the attributes of the specified elements of the system, for example, the degree of proficiency of musicians in an orchestra; the number of...
Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...et al., 1992, pp. 290–1) Chaudhry-Lawton et al. (1992) go on to describe some troubleshooting techniques to avoid problems arising from mismanagement of external boundaries. Team members need to have and use knowledge of changing situations and pressures both inside and outside the team. These may be related to social, environmental, financial or business changes that...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...et al struggling to deal with a spike in remote tools thanks to coronavirus’ and ‘We analysed electricity demand and found coronavirus has turned weekdays into weekends’. Until we are able to revise the course to include this future research, you may want to search for more articles on ‘green computing’ to bring yourself up to date with this important topic....
Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...et al. (2012) suggest that: A legally compliant age assessment carried out to professional standards will serve the interests of both the young person and the assessing local authority, not least because of the possibility of a challenge to a decision through judicial review with all that this potentially entails for the parties concerned. It is important therefore to...
Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...et al., 2017). Psychological and neuroscientific studies, based on scientific, positivistic premises, also have a role to play in generating understandings about children’s development and learning (Goswami, 2006; Bruer, 2016; Juvonen and Gross, 2005). This leads to the question as to how these contributions to knowledge can be recognised in a post-positivist world of...