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  2. A-level (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    The O grade was equivalent to a GCE Ordinary Level pass which indicated a performance equivalent to the lowest pass grade at Ordinary Level.. Over time, the validity of this system was questioned because, rather than reflecting a standard, norm referencing simply maintained a specific proportion of candidates at each grade, which in small cohorts was subject to statistical fluctuations in ...

  3. Jeremy Bentham - Wikipedia

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    After unsuccessful attempts to interest the authorities in Ireland and revolutionary France, [36] he started trying to persuade the prime minister, William Pitt, to revive an earlier abandoned scheme for a National Penitentiary in England, this time to be built as a panopticon. He was eventually successful in winning over Pitt and his advisors ...

  4. Oganesson - Wikipedia

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    From 1 October 2015 to 6 April 2016, the Dubna team performed a similar experiment with 48 Ca projectiles aimed at a mixed-isotope californium target containing 249 Cf, 250 Cf, and 251 Cf, with the aim of producing the heavier oganesson isotopes 295 Og and 296 Og. Two beam energies at 252 MeV and 258 MeV were used.

  5. University of Cambridge - Wikipedia

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    The largest department is Cambridge University Press & Assessment, which has £1 billion of annual revenue and reaches 100 million learners. [13] All of the colleges are self-governing institutions within the university, managing their own personnel and policies, and all students are required to have a college affiliation within the university.

  6. Double-slit experiment - Wikipedia

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    For example, if two slits are separated by 0.5 mm (d), and are illuminated with a 0.6 μm wavelength laser (λ), then at a distance of 1 m (z), the spacing of the fringes will be 1.2 mm. If the width of the slits b is appreciable compared to the wavelength, the Fraunhofer diffraction equation is needed to determine the intensity of the ...

  7. Layla Moran - Wikipedia

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    Layla Michelle Moran (/ m ə ˈ r æ n / mə-RAN; born 12 September 1982) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She has served as the Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee since September 2024, and has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford West and Abingdon since 2017.

  8. Aristotle - Wikipedia

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    Aristotle [A] (Attic Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης, romanized: Aristotélēs; [B] 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts.

  9. Mark Thomson (physicist) - Wikipedia

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    Since 2000, Thomson has worked at the University of Cambridge as a Lecturer (2000 - 2004), Reader (2004 - 2008) and Professor of Experimental Particle Physics (2008–present). [7] From 2015 - 2018, Thomson was the co-leader and co-spokesperson for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment in the United States. [8]