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Electronic applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Electronic applications

...concept of the Fourier series to non-periodic signals. It allows us to estimate the spectrum of a signal and perform a frequency analysis. * frequency response The response of a system (e.g. a filter) when we input sine waves at different frequencies (but equal amplitude). It tells us how the system will modify the spectrum of any input signal we feed to the system. *...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...concept to pin down. Video 3 Hunting behaviour of dolphins Answer You may have noted the following points: Strategy and tactics: the dolphins identify a suitable target (a shoal of fish) and plan ahead (edging the shoal close to the bank or the surface of the water). Teamwork and cooperation: working together to achieve a common goal. The use of communication to...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
An introduction to social work law
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to social work law

...concepts: rights and responsibilities partnership accountability empowerment and anti-oppressive practice respecting diversity and responding appropriately to difference. Social work values are core to practice. The following sections and activities will help you to start thinking about what these values mean for social work practice...An introduction to social work law:...
Introduction to adolescent mental health Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...concept of health describe how people’s understandings about mental health have changed over time outline the UK mental health policy developments that affect families...Session 1: ‘A crisis in context’: 1 Adolescent mental health in context - Statistics can be baffling if they are presented without their full context as understanding this can help us understand...
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...concept formation, a more diversified set of mental abilities.’ Although the Peal/Lambert study has, in its turn, been shown to have flaws, it set the tone for much of the research that followed, which has consistently shown the relationship between bilingualism and children’s cognitive development in a positive light. Recent research has aimed to define this...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
An introduction to exoplanets Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to exoplanets

...concepts of mass, volume and density, and how to calculate values of these using appropriate units. You should now be able to: describe what is meant by a terrestrial planet and a giant planet, and the differences between these two planet types understand the scale of the Solar System and use the astronomical unit to measure it classify the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...concepts of the course. In Session 1 there was an introduction to the idea of reading critically, looking for the gap, what writers did not say as well as how they presented their ideas. Was this an important idea to understand? Have you noticed whether your understanding of the concepts, practices, themes and issues of prison history have changed since you started the...
Introduction to complex analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to complex analysis

...concept of partial differentiation for real functions of two real variables, and use it to establish a relationship between complex differentiation and real differentiation. This relationship sometimes enables us to differentiate a complex function using real derivatives. Indeed, at the end of the section, this approach will be used to show that the complex exponential...