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Music and its media
History & The Arts

Music and its media

...de la Rue (c.1452–1518) (you will learn more about La Rue’s work later on). You can see the tenor and bass parts of the piece, as presented in the manuscript, in Figure 3. Activity 3 Now compare the images in Figures 3 and 4 of pages selected from each manuscript. How do these differ in their appearances? Are they decorated or do they just present the music? What...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Do people really behave in a rational way?
Money & Business

Do people really behave in a rational way?

...If economists' view of behaviour is to remain credible, it is time they examined this area. In the meantime, we are looking into another area where insights from behavioural science and psychology are ripe for consideration by economists: how choices are affected by your personality type. This article was originally published by The Conversation under a CC-BY-ND licence...
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Can you learn a language with an app?
Languages

Can you learn a language with an app?

...type of feedback – without links to grammar explanations – feedback in the app was very highly rated. Over 75% of participants consider it good or very good. Users were also very satisfied with the learning experience – more than 92% of respondents stated that the app had met or exceeded their expectations and 86% rated the app as very good or good. In fact, more...
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Toyota diffusion (TD)
Science, Maths & Technology

Toyota diffusion (TD)

...Type of tooling Life increase factor Life increase / cost increase Piercing punch (cold work steel) 5–10 2–8 Cold forging punch (HSS) 5–10 2.6–5.2 Carbide cold forging punch replaced by HSS with VC coating 1 5.6 Core pin for aluminium gravity diecasting using H series die 3–5 2.3–3.8 Hot forging dies 2–5 — Extrusion dies 2–15 — Steel powder compaction...
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Induction/flame hardening
Science, Maths & Technology

Induction/flame hardening

...types of induction machines: vacuum tube oscillator > 500 kHz spark gap oscillator 10–30 kHz motor generator 5–10 kHz Heat-up times can be controlled to within ±0.1 s and should be less than 20 s to prevent distortion and avoid post-treatment machining or grinding. Process can also be used for through hardening of small components. Tempering and/or stress relieving...
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Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works
Education & Development

Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works

...types. New initiatives, such as the International Certification of Evidence of Impact in Education, have begun to consolidate the different research approaches, standards and certifications related to evidence of EdTech impact globally. Ultimately, the goal is to make it easier for schools and parents to navigate the thousands of educational apps and online platforms...
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Are schools the best place for children to learn?
Education & Development

Are schools the best place for children to learn?

...types of behaviour, grades, particular bits of subject knowledge, certain skills, school identity). Consequently, many learners can be disabled by what schools offer and expect. [teacher telling off a chilld] Doing the everyday Research would suggest we should be doing it differently. The pedagogic approaches which have been shown to be effective are accessible for all...
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Doctor Who and human history
History & The Arts

Doctor Who and human history

...types of stories – science fiction adventures in the future or on alien worlds, and stories that placed the Doctor and his companions in the past. The show never quite alternated from one to the other, as originally intended. Nevertheless, in the era of the first Doctor, William Hartnell (1963-1966) just over a third of the broadcast stories (ten out of twenty-nine)...
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