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Poetry prescription
History & The Arts

Poetry prescription

...interface with the text 'Poetry Prescription prescribes a poem to suit your mind. What's on your mind?' embedded in the image. ] Find a poem to suit your mood Acknowledgements ‘What if this road’ by Sheenagh Pugh, from Id’s Hospit (Seren, 1997) From ‘Drysalter’ by Michael Symmons Roberts. Published by Vintage. Reprinted by permission of the Random House Group...
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Are you a design creative?
Science, Maths & Technology

Are you a design creative?

...interface, a garment). In other words, designers were not anymore just ‘the makers’ but became the domain experts that would specify the properties of commodities to be manufactured or produced through the use of technology. The practice of designers continued to transform and in the second part of the 20th century new forms of design started to emerge. These new...
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Globalisation and health
Society, Politics & Law

Globalisation and health

...interface How globalisation destroys borders creating a mutually interdependent world. Players in global health The players in global health, from international organisations to private individuals. Politics of global health: players Global health is a very complex issue, with a variety of local and international bodies vying for control. Politics of global health: issues...
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An introduction to web applications architecture
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

...interfaces by which the system is composed; behaviour as specified in collaboration among those elements; composition of these structural and behavioural elements into larger subsystems; and an architectural style that guides this organization. Software architecture also involves functionality, usability, resilience, performance, reuse, comprehensibility, economic and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Friction welding
Science, Maths & Technology

Friction welding

...interface has dropped below the plastic level. Friction welding cycles [Images to demonstrate 'Friction welding' - see article] Manufacture: An alternative to manual metal and gas metal arc welding, electron beam and laser welding. Capable of joining similar and dissimilar ferrous, non-ferrous and polymeric materials with the minimum of preparation, no consumables and no...
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Approaches to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

Approaches to software development

...interface represents the software system. No matter what functionality is contained in the software, it cannot be used to its full potential if that interface is difficult to use. We expect a software system to be usable – otherwise the user is hindered in their use of the software to carry out tasks. We expect a software system to be reliable, in that errors are...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
How our brain changes as we grow old: the Blood Brain Barrier breakdown
Science, Maths & Technology

How our brain changes as we grow old: the Blood Brain Barrier breakdown

...interface conformed by several specialised cell types that separates nervous system from circulatory system that transports blood around the brain, mainly conformed by very small blood vessels called microvessels (fig 1). The BBB acts as a gatekeeper to regulate what molecules and compounds travel from the blood into the brain tissue. Therefore, the BBB is highly...
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Software development for enterprise systems
Digital & Computing

Software development for enterprise systems

...interfaces or databases. This course only provides one piece in a much larger picture. While this course is of an introductory nature, it will also expose you to current thinking in software development. It assumes you have some understanding of software development, but not necessarily any prior knowledge of the object-oriented approach, its principles and techniques....
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs