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2 Nov 2016: Victoria Bateman is an economic historian at Cambridge, and a Fellow at the Legatum Institute think tank. ... Wednesday 19th October. As well as holding the Montague Burton Chair at Cambridge, Coen Teulings is a Professor of Economics at the University

2 Feb 2016: When they analysed blood samples in a test tube, it refused to coagulate. ... 12. A. 13 Research Horizons. was this a painful illness, it had grave economic consequences.

15 Jan 2016: and graduate) in every discipline, enabling them to make positive social and economic contributions to society. ... would be impossible to implement because identification must be established for the purposes of admissions tests and interviews.

19 Sep 2016: In economics and finance most models analyse conscious reasoning and are based on psychology. ... These tasks test how accurately a person, when at rest, can count their heartbeats.

20 May 2016: 5 Research Horizons. Green goldA unique facility will test ways of turning algae into fuel and food. ... The Department is in the process of recruiting 400 patients for a randomised controlled trial to test this technology.

28 Jan 2016: Economic incentives can be tailored to increase yields and prevent destruction of wildlife, with payments conditional on conservation. ... Improved farming practices can have a knock-on economic as well as environmental impact.

19 Oct 2016: the activities of Flo6x8, members remain committed to flamenco as a political weapon against continued social and economic inequalities in Spain. ... Medical science tends to prioritise trials and particular types of evidence, whereas engineering does

23 May 2016: Comparisons between the three groups were performed in two stages and the socio-economic status, language proficiency and general intelligence of all children taking part were factored into the analyses. ... That is, if presented with “three, nine, five

17 Feb 2016: These areas of finance are increasingly becoming part of our everyday economic life. ... As the sector grows and matures it is sure to face challenges - investors will be keen to see returns, and another financial crisis would certainly test the

12 Apr 2016: He drew attention to the responsibility the University has to the local region, the country, Europe, and the world, and emphasised the contribution that it makes to economic growth and wellbeing. ... A test exercise for the Silver Team will be carried

9 Mar 2016: This isn’t because they lack the knowledge, skills or willingness to make healthy decisions, but because of the influence of our social and economic circumstances in shaping food choices. ... The test will be whether the government is prepared to take

6 Oct 2016: Recently developed computerised tests, such as EMOTICOM, which assesses a range of cognitive functions, will also make it easier to combine state-of-the-art neuroscience techniques with objective measurement of ... This piece is co-published with the

27 Apr 2016: The distance between languages and dialects does not make much of a difference according to our tests and findings. ... Comparisons between the three groups were performed in two stages and the socio-economic status, language proficiency, and general

15 Jan 2016: Search. Search. University of Cambridge at the World Economic Forum 2016. ... The World Economic Forum is an independent international organisation engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry

14 Mar 2016: economic analysis of Shakespeare’s plays might tell us about character and how the human is represented.

17 Oct 2016: Sonia Delesalle-Stolper, UK and Ireland correspondent of Libération. Larry Elliott, economics editor, The Guardian. ... Conor Gearty, Barrister and Professor of Human Rights law, London School of Economics.

15 Jun 2016: Nicholas Hytner was knighted in 2010. Nicholas Serota read Economics then History of Art at Christ’s College, of which he is now an Honorary Fellow, and later completed an MA

16 Mar 2016: economic history.

10 Oct 2016: Professor Hart is currently the Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics at Harvard University. ... Image. Oliver Hart and the Faculty of Economics at Cambridge. Credit: Nobelprize.org.

7 Apr 2016: He was the highest-scoring student in the Physics Aptitude test for Oxford where he won a first.

12 May 2016: Search. Search. Ageing affects test-taking, not language, study shows. Research. Ageing affects test-taking, not language, study shows..

15 Mar 2016: disease. Such tests are controversial – knowing that an individual carries these variants does not mean that individual will develop the disease; however, proponents argue that if an individual knows that he ... In the early 2000s, several companies

23 Sep 2016: The Festival plays host to a series of panel discussions, including one on global economic uncertainty with economists Ha-Joon Chang and Victoria Bateman from the University of Cambridge, Vicky Pryce, ... former Joint Head of the United Kingdom's

5 Apr 2016: If we are able to use diagnostic tests to determine whether individuals who do not show symptoms are susceptible or are instead infected but not showing symptoms, we’ll be in ... Since the reliability of diagnostic tests affects the extent to which

25 Jul 2016: The Home Office has launched the pilot in order to test the benefits of a differentiated approach to the student visa system, to help ensure UK universities can maintain a highly ... The evaluation will test the aims of the pilot and will report interim

17 Oct 2016: Search. Search. Researchers road-test powerful method for studying singlet fission. Research. ... Researchers road-test powerful method for studying singlet fission..

2 Dec 2016: Scholars will study Public Policy, Economics & Business, and International Studies, and spend a year immersed in an international community of thinkers, innovators and senior leaders in business, politics and society.

13 Oct 2016: Search. Search. Fruit fly model of deadly brain diseases could lead to blood test for vCJD. ... Research. Fruit fly model of deadly brain diseases could lead to blood test for vCJD..

14 Apr 2016: Over time, Government support changed from provision of test facilities and investment support, through joint company financing, to production subsidies and turbine replacement incentives.

27 Jun 2016: Research. Diabetes sniffer dogs? ‘Scent’ of hypos could aid development of new tests.. ... Blood sugar sniffer dogs? ‘Scent’ of hypos could aid development of new tests.

4 Jan 2016: Harvey McGrath, co-chair of the £2 billion fundraising campaign for the University and Colleges of Cambridge, was also knighted in the New Year’s honours list ‘for services to economic

28 Oct 2016: economic phenomena they choose to measure are all dictated by the fact that economics is a discipline dominated by men. ... This affects inequality and lowers incentives for businesses to invest. Unfortunately, the gender problem in economics has meant

28 Apr 2016: Everything was very practical. I got the chance to test people's blood pressure and do a cardiac examination which was very fun.

7 Jun 2016: 1990s. Although their decline has slowed, they still lag behind the national average in terms of economic growth. ... The same goes here – you need a diverse economic structure to withstand shocks to the system.”.

7 Oct 2016: economic and cultural strengths mean that the UK will continue to attract business and investment from across the world even once we have left the EU.

1 Jul 2016: However, to be extractable in an economic way, they need to be concentrated into veins or sediments.” It’s the identification of these concentrations that is critical for the future security ... This collection contains specimens of minerals and

13 May 2016: Turning to her fellow squad members she asked: “Did I pass the test?”.

24 May 2016: The findings are included in a new report, The Value of Languages, published by the University of Cambridge this week, after wide-ranging consultation with

1 Nov 2016: The arguments for language-learning after Brexit aren’t simply economic. A few years after Florio’s words were written, two men – the glassmaker Marcantonio Bassano and the weaver Valentine Wood –

23 Jun 2016: Except for Rwanda, Ethiopia is the only African country whose economic growth has been consistently high for more than a decade without relying on a natural resource boom. ... Additionally, government provision of transport and energy has been crucial.

9 May 2016: The adjoining Dyson Centre for Engineering Design enables students to express their creative talents and test their engineering skills using high-tech and diverse machining and prototyping equipment.

15 Jun 2016: These stocks are often considered to be low-risk, because they typically generate high dividends for investors and used to be only moderately affected during periods of economic turmoil. ... The more indebted the firm is, they suggest, the less robust

2 Dec 2016: continuation of those existing policies, which have reduced welfare spending overall in the name of economic austerity. ... Overall, it facilitated the most sustained period of rising economic prosperity in the nation’s history,” the authors observe.

1 Nov 2016: Professor Spiegelhalter has other examples of the use of evidence in medical stories in his sight: “Take, for instance, the recent media stories about a new test for Down’s syndrome

1 Nov 2016: Our research now shows that investing in elephant conservation is actually smart economic policy for many African countries,” said Dr. ... Dr. Brendan Fisher, an economist at University of Vermont’s Gund Institute for Ecological Economics.

5 Sep 2016: Type 1 diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in children; around one in 4,000 children under 14 years of age is diagnosed with the disease each

1 Oct 2016: Global Development Council, Chief Economic Advisor for Allianz, and writes regularly for Bloomberg, the Financial Times and Project Syndicate. ... Dr El-Erian is honorary fellow and alumnus of Queens’ (Economics, 1977), a board member of Cambridge

15 Jun 2016: In two of the tests she conducted, grackles showed they were able to problem solve. ... The second, more complex challenge, was a problem-solving test called Aesop’s Fable.

26 Oct 2016: It is amplified by the ‘Africa Rising’ narrative, and by the resoluteness of African growth in the face of an economic downturn.

2 May 2016: Sudden oak death – caused by Phytophthora ramorum, a fungus-like pathogen related to potato blight – has killed millions of trees over hundreds of square