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Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...et al. (1997) Eckert Animal Physiology: Mechanisms and Adaptations, W. H. Freeman and Company © Figure 6: Adapted from Schmidt-Nielson (1975), Animal Physiology, Adaptation and Environment, Cambridge University Press and reprinted in Randall et al. (1997) Eckert Animal Physiology: Mechanisms and Adaptations, W. H. Freeman and Company Figure 6 Graph of basal metabolic...
Supporting physical development in early childhood
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting physical development in early childhood

...et cetera, really important, and really important throughout childhood. Not only actually for physical development but for children's mental and emotional health as well. Learning to play, learning to be outside with other children, all really important things for the happy, healthy childhood that we want our children to have. And, of course, conversely, if children...
Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
History & The Arts

Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period

...et al., 2003, p. 85; Pugh, 2009, p. 229). On the surface, these statistics suggest that, if anything, the cinema craze slowed down during the interwar years. But what they don’t tell us is that cinema construction had changed: in 1912 the average cinema had 600 seats; by the late 1920s and 1930s, new cinemas with 2–3,000 seats were being built. We might expect that...
Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?

...institution. “I respect what they’re doing very much. It’s their call, but I think a lot of them have contributed greatly to the field and have contributed significantly to what we’ve done. We’ve been able to benefit from the experiences they’ve reported on,” he says. “There’s no point going down an alley of work where someone else has already been and...
For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...Institute. Unlike Benedetti, Stewart only keeps patients awake for one night: “I couldn’t see a lot of people agreeing to stay in hospital for three nights, and it also requires a lot of nursing and resources,” he says. Instead, he uses something called sleep phase advance, where on the days after a night of sleep deprivation, the time the patient goes to sleep and...
Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture
History & The Arts

Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture

...institutional ‘religion’. This interview helps us understand how activism, protest and/or political activities can be shaped, motivated and energised by diverse religious or spiritual ideas and traditions. Precisely because it is not always easy to distinguish between culture and religion – or between religion and politics – it may be helpful to reflect further...
Using Turnitin effectively: building integrity into your writing
Education & Development

Using Turnitin effectively: building integrity into your writing

...institutions to scan submitted student assessments against a database of internet sources, published works, and previously submitted student papers. It can also be used to help you check your writing before you hand in your assignments. When you upload your work to the Turnitin draft link on your assessment tab, it creates a report (see Figure 1) that shows where your...
Investigating psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating psychology

...institutions. Select the answer for Question 1b here Social constructionism is a form of sociological determinism. True False a. True b. False The correct answer is b. Answer Social constructionism suggests that people make active choices rather than behaving in a way that is determined by social context. Select the answer for Question 1c here Social constructionism would...
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