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Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...et al. (2000) Environmental Physiology of Animals, Blackwell Publishers Ltd © Figure 5: Willmer, P. et al. (2000) Environmental Physiology of Animals, Blackwell Publishers Ltd Figure 5 The temperature at different sites within and outside the fur of a mammal adapted to arctic life. The temperature at the surface of the epidermis is close to that of deeper tissues below...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...et al., 2007). Can you suggest why MRI is potentially less harmful to patients than CT? Unlike X‑ray-based diagnostics such as CT, MRI does not expose patients to potentially harmful ionising radiation. A typical MRI scanner is shown in Figure 5. Figure 5 A clinical MRI instrument...Metals in medicine: 3.1 MRI in practice - It’s important to appreciate from the start...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...institutional setting. These changes may occur in everyday life away from school but can affect and shape children’s lives and well-being. Divorce would be an example of this sort of change...Developing and managing relationships: Learning outcomes - By completing this section and the associated quiz, you will: gain an insight into the importance of the attachment of...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
How to be a critical reader
Languages

How to be a critical reader

...et al. developed a form of computational model called a ‘connectionist network’. Answer Greer et al. developed a form of computational model called a connectionist network’. Select the answer for Question 1c here Fact Opinion a. Fact b. Opinion The correct answer is a. Question 4 Claude Shannon in 1938 showed how core aspects of reasoning could be implemented in...
Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...et al., 1982). Therefore, through your observations at your chosen organisational context, initial information screening, and general theory and literature search, you should be able to identify something that is currently poorly understood in your management practice. This gap could be of some value to your chosen organisation and could be converted into a defined...
Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring
Money & Business

Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring

...institutional life, especially in the wake of recent corporate scandals. As Vince (2011, p. 344) puts it, instructional designers now think that ‘passive approaches to learning reinforce passive approaches to managing’. So, if we want our leaders, managers and other employees to question wrongdoing, we need to encourage such questioning in the development programmes...
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...institutional stability. The extent of Burke’s alarm on this score in 1790 might seem exaggerated, because the anti-Christian phase of the Revolution was still in the future. However, to Burke, even the Civil Constitution of the Clergy went much too far because it subverted the traditional nature of the alliance between Church and State by making the former clearly...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Introducing the voluntary sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...et al., 2013, p. 306). In the context of the voluntary sector, voluntary organisations are often perceived to be particularly value-driven. Organisational values may be similar to the types of personal values you have explored so far this week such as helping others, showing compassion, making a difference and so on. They are usually expressed in a more collaborative way,...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs