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8 Jul 2014: Highlights of the Festival of Ideas include the following:. Leading economist Ha-Joon Chang discusses the idea that economics is a science and addresses the failures in economics thinking that he ... Professor Margot Light and Glen Rangwala, lecturer on

12 Jun 2014: We now know that ultrasound actually performs very well compared with screening tests used in other areas of medicine. ... When we have refined our screening test, a next step may be large-scale trials of screening.

26 Aug 2014: Meng, who is doing a PhD in Asian & Middle East Studies at the University of Cambridge, says the Japanese press have tended to focus on the negative and depicted the relationship ... Most then return to China and cannot reapply. However, if they pass a

14 Oct 2014: Arif has been working on issues relating to education and development for several years since finishing an undergraduate and masters programme in economics. ... However, after some time working in development, he soon felt that the problems the poor

3 Jun 2014: We now know that ultrasound actually performs very well compared with screening tests used in other areas of medicine. ... When we have refined our screening test, a next step may be large-scale trials of screening.

16 Oct 2014: The researchers believe that a combination of such tests could help improve accuracy in the prognosis for a patient. ... used in isolation, combined with other tests it could help in the clinical assessment of patients.

10 Feb 2014: A global trend to legislate for immigration restriction began in the middle decades of the 19th century. ... For others, a moral and political principle of freedom of movement accompanied this more expedient economic rationale.

10 Apr 2014: cells. He will talk about his pioneering work on cloning. Other speakers include Dr Ha-Joon Chang on economics, classicist Professor Paul Cartledge on after Thermopylae, Dame Barbara Stocking, former chief ... Professor Richard Evans, president of

20 Aug 2014: The research, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, used data drawn from the Avon Longitudinal Survey of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), a study of 13,998 births in the

17 Apr 2014: This is because wealthy cash crop farmers have the resources to weather difficult economic periods, says Kennedy, without falling into debt and ruin. ... A large proportion of these rural inhabitants have not benefited from the economic growth of the

24 Jun 2014: Forensic engineering showed that once our test building reached a certain height the wood at the bottom began to crush. ... This technology could be used to construct polymer-modified wooden beams that are stronger at the ends for better connections, and

10 Oct 2014: Therefore, OCD is not just a personal issue; it is also an economic problem for society. ... To test this, I will give the games you played in the fictional psychology lab to teenagers with OCD.

13 Feb 2014: It needs highly able people at all levels and in all areas to inspire, stretch, encourage, test, disagree with and support one another in order for the institution to continue to

14 Oct 2014: Whether or not banks and their staff deserve this reputation, in the post-crash economic winter there are few, if any, professions and institutions as universally reviled. ... A web-based interactive module will enable prospective clients to test whether

7 Apr 2014: Many used their linguistic talents to work as archivists and copyists of Middle Eastern manuscripts. ... From the Middle Ages, archives were established by political or religious institutions, whose officials aimed to preserve the authority of those

2 Jul 2014: The model is based on the recorded pattern of positive and negative tests and uses the known movement of cattle around the country. ... The researchers did not consider the practicalities or economics of implementing control measures.

7 May 2014: Though of earlier origin, exchanges on which these futures could be traded became well established in the US Midwest and coastal cities by the middle of the 19th century. ... This devastating period of economic meltdown caused untold hardship to millions

21 Oct 2014: Outbreaks can cause significant economic losses – in UK hospitals alone, the cost of treating outbreaks is estimated at over £100 million a year, and foodborne outbreaks in the US lead to ... The next steps will be to test whether this drug is safe

10 Jul 2014: being conscious of any middle class strivings even though their house and their desire to pay for their son’s education certainly indicate an intention to get some of the good ... the ‘classes of the mind’ – into their interactions and how these

11 Feb 2014: By contrast, females on average had higher density in the left frontal pole, and larger volumes in the right frontal pole, inferior and middle frontal gyri, pars triangularis, planum temporale/parietal

10 Apr 2014: Many are now middle-class professionals who equate eating at a top restaurant to buying a ticket to a rock festival or the opera – in other words, an experience worth paying ... In part, the study suggests the evolution has been hindered by a shortage

18 Feb 2014: The finding could fundamentally alter our understanding of risk as, up until now, almost every model in finance and economics – even those used by banks and central banks – rested on the ... In the latest study they combined field work with lab work,

24 Jan 2014: A group of young people blocking the pavement were more likely to be said to be behaving anti-socially than a group of middle aged women with pushchairs who were also

9 Jun 2014: large number of individuals who lived or worked within walking distance of his rooms in Middle Temple. ... It is thought that Courten’s museum opened its doors for the first time in 1684 at Middle Temple.

29 Jan 2014: The burden incurred by TBI provides a strong medical, social and economic imperative to motivate this concerted effort.

4 Jul 2014: Humans with neurodegenerative diseases are diagnosed by a number of neurological tests, both psychological (to test mental capacity) and physiological, such as EEG and MRI, to measure extent of brain damage. ... The BUAV report describes tests in a

11 Nov 2014: Many of the original artists – and even performers still today – came from areas of high social and economic deprivation and this is often reflected in their lyrics, for example The Message