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The Role of Mathematics in Education

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Finance and Economics: The Art of Numbers In the realms of finance and economics, mathematics is the brush with which professionals paint the picture of the market’s future. Mathematics: The Language of Computer Science Theoretical Foundations At the heart of computer science lies a rich tapestry of mathematical concepts.

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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However, Dr Emil Temnyalov , an economist at the University of Technology Sydney in Australia, highlights the effects of socio-economic influences on these scores. While these are the areas of economics commonly in the news, the field is so much broader than this. Stock markets, unemployment, inflation and recession?

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How can we make future places healthier spaces?

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This project is investigating how computing, the internet of things and data science can generate information that people can use to make their future places healthier. DATA SCIENCE – encompasses preparing data for analysis, including cleansing, aggregating and manipulating the data to perform advanced data analysis.

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Modelling minds: can computers mimic human intelligence?

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This relies on the capacity for cognitive control — the ability to take an instruction (or internal intention) and use it to override a strongly learnt association or instinctive reflex to achieve a different goal (e.g., naming the colour or not worsening the inflammation causing the itch).

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How can we modernise power distribution systems to limit the effects of extreme weather?

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Dr Anamika Dubey is an assistant professor with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University in the USA. As both the global demand for energy and the frequency of extreme weather events increase, the number of power outages, their economic costs and their human impacts will continue to grow.

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Dental discoveries: How is dental research improving oral health?

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SDT states that a person’s motivation is influenced by their autonomy (sense of ownership) over, competence (sense of achievement) in and relatedness (sense of connection) with their actions. I also enjoyed reading, especially thriller fiction novels and newspapers, and I developed a strong interest in economics.