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For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...writing, which she’d like to pick up again, and inviting me to stay with her in Sicily. How could something as simple as staying awake overnight bring about such a transformation? Unpicking the mechanism isn’t straightforward: we still don’t fully understand the nature of depression or the function of sleep, both of which involve multiple areas of the brain. But...
An introduction to visualising development data
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to visualising development data

...write”, or create, charts came from middle school years. Somehow, we just “know” how to read most charts, or make sense of them, even if they are new to us, don’t we? For example, how would you read the chart shown below? [A bar chart showing comparison of world bank indicator values] This sort of chart is known as a bar chart. Each bar relates to a different...
Developing high trust work relationships
Money & Business

Developing high trust work relationships

...write some notes in the box below. If you have difficulty differentiating the different bars on the bar chart, please see the further description below. . Further description The figure comprises a set of statements numbered from 1 to 12. You are required to provide an answer for each statement for your view of both your ‘line manager’ and ‘senior management’ by...
Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course

...writing is from left to right, in horizontal lines. The alphabet was originally written on palm fronds. As a result, the letters are made up mainly of curved strokes which would not have ripped the fronds. Table 1 The 12 Tamil vowels அ a எ e ஆ aa ஏ ee இ i ஐ ai ஈ ii ஒ o உ u ஓ oo ஊ uu ஔ au Table 2 The 18 Tamil consonants, with the Grantha letters...
Information security
Science, Maths & Technology

Information security

...writing, the blog WordPress.com boasts of having over 400 million people viewing more than 22.3 billion pages each month! According to the Pew Research Center (2012), over 91,000 podcasts were produced in 2011 alone. Finding the most relevant resources from all of these is a difficult task and one that will get more difficult as the number of blogs and podcasts increases....
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Could we control our climate? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...Write your own haiku about one or more of these statement extracts in the response box below. It is easier than you might think, and can be quite addictive! Discussion Haiku 1 (based on extracts 3 and 4): Ocean life moving Nature’s calendar shifting When will the change end? Haiku 2 (based on extracts 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 10): From fish to forest Coral, conifer and krill...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to public leadership
Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

...writing down a variety of things that they told me that they thought was important.. And as I listened to them talk and learned from them over the years, I began writing down a variety of things that they told me that they thought was important. And I was listening to my colleagues talk about what help they thought they could give to public managers. And so in the end, I...
Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables

...writing report about these matters, it would be good statistical practice to include the counts of cases and deaths somewhere, even if not in the same table as that including the rates. Do you agree that Table 2.7 conforms to all of the four guidelines given at the beginning of this section? After you have produced a table for yourself, it is always a good idea to check...