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Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...multiple perspectives and reflecting on boundary judgements – relevant to any situation of professional interest appreciate the range of conceptual tools from key systems approaches for making strategy in changing situations craft some initial systems design with attention to both systemic desirability (thinking) and systematic feasibility (practice) in a situation of...
Cold isostatic pressing
Science, Maths & Technology

Cold isostatic pressing

...Multiple cavities can be used on dry-bag up to rates of production of 1500 parts h-1. Materials: All powders can be cold isostatically compacted, including ceramics such as alumina spark-plug shells and silicon nitride components. Tungsten powders are cold isostatic pressed (CIP) into a variety of shapes. High alloy ferrous billets are CIP before hot isostatic pressing...
Making connections in end-of-life conversations: essential tips for professionals
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making connections in end-of-life conversations: essential tips for professionals

...multiple factors; this article and animation offer guidance for health and social care professionals...Transcript It is widely accepted by health and social care professionals that clear, explicit and open communication is always the best, including in contexts about life-threatening illness, injury or at the end of life. But is open and explicit information always what...
The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...multiple sclerosis and in my research I actually interviewed several people with multiple sclerosis. Now what was so striking was that they all had completely different stories, and I soon realised that actually it was not possible to do a study on this is what the experience of multiple sclerosis is like. It was clear to me that I needed to focus in on the individuals...
What are premature babies telling us about antibiotic resistance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are premature babies telling us about antibiotic resistance?

...multiple medical problems, with symptoms of prematurity overlapping with other conditions like infection,” said co-author Barbara B. Warner, MD, a professor of pediatrics and neonatologist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. “The conventional wisdom has been antibiotics can’t hurt and they might help. But our new study demonstrates that wide-scale use of antibiotics...
COP26 Glasgow and questions of environmental and social justice
Society, Politics & Law

COP26 Glasgow and questions of environmental and social justice

...Multiple Deprivation (SIMD). In contrast, just over 5% of the Glasgow population live in the highest 10% (gcph.co.uk). Inequality means an unequal distribution of social resources including income, wealth, education, health and environmental surroundings. The poorest areas have experienced a more severe and faster rate of decline in local environmental quality than less...
From boom to bust: the AI winter
Digital & Computing

From boom to bust: the AI winter

...multiple perceptrons were close at hand. An excited New York Times wrote: The Navy revealed the embryo of an electronic computer today that it expects will be able to walk, talk, see, write, reproduce itself and be conscious of its existence. Later perceptrons will be able to recognize people and call out their names and instantly translated speech in one language to...
Prospecting for water on the Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

Prospecting for water on the Moon

...complete understanding must be built up from multiple complementary measurements made across various landing sites. [Prospecting for water on the Moon_F2] Diagram from NASA showing a spacecraft in search of water ice on the moon. This article was originally published in the Summer 2019 edition of The Geographer - the newsletter of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society....