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What should we watch out for as Trump meets Xi?
Society, Politics & Law

What should we watch out for as Trump meets Xi?

...analysis of international currencies and may choose to place that label on China. While the Chinese would likely simply ignore such a designation, it would require the U.S. to take some form of punitive action if negotiations with China did not resolve the dispute. But, of course, this may be small beer compared with the more pressing geopolitical issues that will be in...
Better regulation or austerity politics? Undoing social protection
Society, Politics & Law

Better regulation or austerity politics? Undoing social protection

...analysis – in the three spheres of social protection at issue here, the vast bulk of enforcement occurs at this level. Meanwhile, this is also the place where funding for regulation and enforcement has been reduced the most. Thus, from 2009/2010, local government funding from Westminster came under pressure. Indeed, of all the cuts to Government departments between...
Sea level rise in London, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in London, UK

...analysis of the effects of climate change is considered very important in government policymaking but this is difficult because there inevitably there is a range of predictions in sea level rise (Humphreys, 2019b). Therefore, the Thames Estuary 2100 plan considers all climate change scenarios (Gov.UK, 2020) and builds in the uncertainties. # References Carbon Brief...
Brexit and health care professionals
Health, Sports & Psychology

Brexit and health care professionals

...analysis identifies four categories, the effects of leaving the EU will not be so clearly divided in daily experiences of health care practice. Four key areas that need consideration in the light of Brexit are: Education of health care professionals Regulation of health care professionals Recognition of health care professional qualifications Recruiting of EU trained...
The Silver Bridge Disaster: Stresses and strains
Science, Maths & Technology

The Silver Bridge Disaster: Stresses and strains

...analysis that we received about the failure, and that’s the one we promote and talk about here at the museum. Narrator Most of the material that was recovered from the scene has long gone but the museum did save at least a sample of an eyebar assembly; albeit one that has been cleaned and painted to look like new. Pete Lewis This is a typical eyebar joint from the...
Number theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Number theory

...analysis and see how some of the ideas are applied to cryptography and fractals. Number theory consists of material from M303 Book A, Chapters 1 and 2 and has four sections in total. You should set aside about four hours to study each of the sections; the main content though is in sections 2, 3 and 4, so you may want to spend a bit longer on these three sections. The...
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Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?

...analysis, conditioning in the gym and making wise travel arrangements. While in the arena, optimising the warm-up, saving energy for competition and coping with pressure all need to be incrementally developed through experience. After six years of full-time training, aged 27, following disappointment at both the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games, Edwards made the World...
Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?
History & The Arts

Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?

...analysis’. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Review, 15, pp. 180–98. Nettle, D. (2005) ‘What happens in Hamlet? Exploring the psychological foundations of drama’. In J. Gottschall and D. Sloan Wilson (eds), The Literary Animal (pp. 56–75). Evanston, Il: Northwestern University Press. Schonfeld, Z. (2013) Now We Have Proof Reading Literary Fiction...