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Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...et al. (1997) Eckert Animal Physiology: Mechanisms and Adaptations, W. H. Freeman and Company © Figure 6: Adapted from Schmidt-Nielson (1975), Animal Physiology, Adaptation and Environment, Cambridge University Press and reprinted in Randall et al. (1997) Eckert Animal Physiology: Mechanisms and Adaptations, W. H. Freeman and Company Figure 6 Graph of basal metabolic...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...motivated enough to visit a hairdresser in anticipation of my visit. I compliment her appearance, and she pats her dyed, golden waves, thanking me for noticing. At 3am, we move to the light room, and entering is like being transported forward to midday. Bright sunlight streams in through the skylights overhead, falling on five armchairs, which are lined up against the...
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We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...motivate people undergoing rehabilitation) and social. In this last category, he says, “PARO encourages communication between people, and helps them to [interact with] others” – social mediation, to use the technical term. As Shibata points out, “PARO has many of the same effects as animal therapy. But some hospitals do not allow animals because of a lack of...
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Expert opinion: Origins of the First World War
History & The Arts

Expert opinion: Origins of the First World War

...motivations. I mean this is a man who had had a very substantial and quite a deep flirtation with National Socialism himself, who felt profoundly unhappy about that, unsettled by it and was determined to dedicate his adult life as an intellectual to decontaminating German history, to overcoming the horrific legacy of Nazi criminality – and that’s where I think the...
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Getting started with Italian 2
Languages

Getting started with Italian 2

...motivation – leisure, professional development or academic. It’s the one stop shop for engaging with languages, professional communication and intercultural dialogue. Our short courses allow us to be agile and responsive to the needs of learners who want to be part of a global society. We offer non-accredited short courses in a range of subjects including modern...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Information security
Science, Maths & Technology

Information security

...motivates the subject of information security...Information security: References - Amerding, T (2012) ‘The 15 worst data security breaches of the 21st Century’, CSO, 15 February [Online]. Available at www.csoonline.com/ article/ 2130877/ data-protection/ data-protection-the-15-worst-data-security-breaches-of-the-21st-century.html (Accessed 4 June 2016). Hunt, T....
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...et al (Judgment) IT-96-23 & IT -96923/1-T (22 February 2001). These are: ‘control of someone’s movement, control of physical environment, psychological control, measures taken to prevent or deter escape, force, threat of force or coercion, duration, assertion of exclusivity, subjection to cruel treatment and abuse, control of sexuality and forced labour’ (para. 77)....
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Capacity and demand management
Society, Politics & Law

Capacity and demand management

...et al., 2017) so when we look at decisions such as numbers of police needed we are missing most of the workload. Thirdly, it does not usually tell us when or where officers are needed. The next section looks at an alternative way of understanding patterns in crime...Capacity and demand management: 2 Crime pattern theory - Criminologists can look at why crimes occur and...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs