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Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...systems. For instance, during the fifteenth century, African people such as the Wolof, Mende, Mandingo and Yoruba ethnic groups used hairstyles as means to carry messages or as status symbols, such as denoting age, religion, social rank and marital status. One of the unique features of African textured hair is its ability to be sculpted and moulded into various shapes and...
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...system intended to influence events and/or consequences. The term may refer to single activities but often refers to sets of activities organized within a project, program, or instrument. We use the term “development intervention” or simply “intervention” to refer to the activities of a project, program, or instrument in the field of international development....
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...system. Nitrites combine with haemoglobin in the bloodstream, preventing it from carrying out its normal function of combining with oxygen and carrying it around the body. This can result in a serious, though rare, condition called methaemoglobinaemia (‘blue baby syndrome’), which can be fatal (Skipton and Hay, 1998). Ingestion of nitrate and nitrite by people with a...
What is a metal?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a metal?

...system. At high temperatures (such as under a flame), electrons in the metal atoms will absorb heat energy and be promoted to higher energy levels. [Described image] Figure 7 (a) An electron jump from shell n = 2 to n = 3 is shown by the red arrow. (b) The electron jumps to a higher electron shell further away from the nucleus. Note that energy levels are not evenly...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Leadership: external context and culture
Education & Development

Leadership: external context and culture

...system. So in fact, every principle of-- I think there are 360 schools in Singapore. So there are 360 principals, which is another big difference with the UK-- the comparison of size, of course. Every principal in Singapore is a government officer. So they have a very clear duty to fall in line with government policy on education. They're provided with a very big, thick...
Understanding service improvement in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding service improvement in healthcare

...systems may be conceived of as a product, a whole package of skills, know-how, problem solving, needs meeting, priority-determining activity, one that people feel passionate about (hence recurring debates on any changes to the way in which the service is conceived or delivered). National health services in countries like Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden and the United...
Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...system. Digital Badges – this information is provided by HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory), a global community working to transform how we learn, and particularly making use of technology...Introduction and guidance: How to get a badge - To gain the Strategic planning for online learning: A whole school approach digital badge,...
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...system of human rights protection in relation to modern slavery, but also encourage an appreciation of the influence of International Human Rights Law on the development of the domestic system of human rights protection...This free course, Modern slavery, is designed to develop an understanding of the international system of human rights protection in relation to modern...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs