"That has very much disrupted their efforts in Afghanistan and has caused them to be less effective in terms of their ability to pull off an attack in Kabul," Anderson added.
Children still have to pass the test, and those from wealthier backgrounds start to pull away in terms of their test scores and achievement, so that by the age of 11 there is already a gap.
"There's always a bit of doubt with overseas players in terms of being pulled by their associations but we aren't at that stage yet.
"The northern hubs, the Manchesters and the Leeds, are winning the argument at the moment in terms of the pull they've got from central government with HS2.
"The API we're creating — it's not an API in terms of you pull data from the user, the way it works with our certificate system is the data is pushed from the user to the app or whatever that's requesting the data… but think of it as an API — we will open that up for anybody to use in Q2 next year," he notes.
"In terms of its pull as a tourist destination, there are a lot of big assets it's still got".
Based on analytical simulation using a simple parallel-plate approximation, scaling guideline is derived in terms of pull-in, release voltage, pull-in time and release time.
Meanwhile acupuncturists' perception of deqi has been described in terms of a slight pull of the needle downwards into the tissue [ 4].
For sustainability reasons, a mixed program of short- and long-term research is recommended to keep a balance in terms of push and pull factors.
Explanations of healthcare utilisation across sectors that are couched in terms of push and pull factors assume that patients conduct rational cost-benefit analyses and weigh up the pros and cons of using private and public sector healthcare before making an informed decision.
