1,704 search results

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...space. The various operations and mechanisms within the cycle are illustrated in Figure 2. [Described image] Figure 2 The hydrological cycle (volumes are in Tm3 = 1012 m3)...Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment: 2 Sources of pollution - To some extent a river is a self-renewing resource. If polluting discharges to a river are intermittent, the river is often able to return to a ......
Supporting and developing resilience in social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting and developing resilience in social work

...2: Carrying out home visits In this clip you will hear from Cassie about how she approaches going out to see a family. CASSIE: First of all, you walk into the house, and you want to know that it's an acceptable standard, that it's safe, as well. Or like, depending on the children's ages, you want to see safety gates. And if there are dogs and things, and cats, that the...
Brighton Pavilion
History & The Arts

Brighton Pavilion

...2 of the video. Transcript73.4KB PDF document Click below to view clip 3 of the video. Transcript79.9KB PDF document [Figure 1] Figure 1 Modern ground-floor plan of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Adapted from Jessica M.F. Rutherford, The Royal Pavilion, 1995, courtesy of the Royal Pavilion, Libraries and Museums, Brighton and Hove. Discussion I don't expect that our lists...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Am I ready to be an apprentice distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be an apprentice distance learner?

...2 Do I have the right skills for study? - [Described image] Having found the time to study it is important to review your study skills. Learning is a journey and apprentice distance learners need to draw on a range of skills to help them on their way. Activity 2 will support you in reflecting on your skills, taking stock, and discovering where you might need to develop...
Understanding service improvement in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding service improvement in healthcare

...2 Understanding ‘service’ - A ‘service’ can be thought of in different ways, for example as: Something contracted and exchanged for a reward: Healthcare unions emphasise the contractual nature of a service. Practitioners exchange skills and knowledge in return for rewards in the form of pay, status and related privileges. As a product: Healthcare systems may be...
The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms
History & The Arts

The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms

...exercise below. Click to view Looking for culture, identity and power (PDF) Exercise 2 Look at Plate 2 below, the image on the tombstone of a Roman soldier, Sextus Valerius Genialis, found at Cirencester in Gloucestershire and dated to the middle of the first century AD. Look at the figures of the soldier and the defeated barbarian in the main scene and relate them to what you have read in the essay. (To do ......
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...2 below) provides a picture of the landscape just prior to the Great Famine of the 1840s. What changes do you think might be seen by comparing the first edition with the second, which was produced later on in the nineteenth century? In some places you would find that settlements are greatly reduced in size but in others there seems little change: social scientists will...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...2), Gabriel Metsu (Figure 3), Jacob van Ruisdael (Figure 4) and Jan Steen (Figure 5) are now among the best-known and most admired possessions of major public collections. Unlike elaborate decorative schemes or complex mythological subjects, these comparatively small-scale paintings appear to require little prior knowledge on the part of the viewer. We have no difficulty...
Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs