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Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...adult British population (age 19–65 years) MALE FEMALE Body dimension Mean/mm SD*/mm Mean/mm SD*/mm Stature 1740 70 1610 62 Eye height 1630 69 1505 61 Shoulder height 1425 66 1310 58 Elbow height 1090 52 1005 46 Sitting height 910 36 850 35 Sitting eye height 790 35 740 33 Sitting shoulder height 595 32 555 31 Sitting elbow height 245 31 235 29 Thigh thickness 160 15...
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...de facto standard. However, document management software has to be capable of accepting many different types of file, produced by a variety of applications. This complicated the technical design of the package enormously. Third, as suggested earlier, drafting and design processes, at a detailed level at least, are well denned. Engineering drawings are pretty much standard...
Meiosis and mitosis
Science, Maths & Technology

Meiosis and mitosis

...adult by digesting and metabolising food and drink. The parents in each case pass to their progeny, or offspring, the information and specification for building cells from materials around them. This information lies in the genetic material, or DNA, which is found in the chromosomes within the nucleus and which is transmitted from generation to generation. Chromosomes can...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Applying your community engagement skills
Society, Politics & Law

Applying your community engagement skills

...adult criminality. False True a. False b. True The correct answer is a. Select the answer for Question 1c here Police have a crucial role to play when it comes to helping children and young people find alternative pathways. True False a. True b. False The correct answer is a. Select the answer for Question 1d here Consultations have very little impact on children. True...
Introduction to operations management
Money & Business

Introduction to operations management

...Adults, I feel like, can take care of themselves. They will be able to see for themselves. But children should be protected. And you tell them, you know, what you honestly think. It’s gradually picking up. I’m getting a few. Generally, by this time I have all of Easter all of Memorial Day. And I have probably half. A lot of them just found other places to go, and...
Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...de Fermat, about a problem connected with a dice game is now considered a seminal moment in this development. The problem in question, known as the ‘problem of points’, concerns the fair division of stakes should a dice game be interrupted before a player has won. [This is a composite of two portraits, of the mathematicians Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat.] Figure...
Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...adult typically spends 25.3 hours online per week – that’s over a day a week online! In addition, adults now estimate they spend more time online when they are out and about, and rather than using a computer, around one in ten adults say they only use a smartphone to go online. So, if you do spend time online, it’s worth taking steps to ensure your own personal...
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...de los Arcos, B., Farrow, R., Perryman, L.A., Pitt, R. and Weller, M. (2014) ‘OER Evidence Report 2013–2014’, OER Research Hub [online], http://oro.open.ac.uk/ 41866/ (accessed 1 July 2019). Downes, S. (2001) ‘Learning objects: resources for distance education worldwide’, IRRODL, vol. 2, no. 1 [online], http://www.irrodl.org/ index.php/ irrodl/ article/ view/...
Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs