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‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...writing (2008), at least 1000 people are known to have died, while the final death figure may never be known. The estimated costs of damage range from US$100bn to US$200bn (Gotham, 2007, p. 81). [Figure 2 Map showing extent of flooding in New Orleans, 11 September 2005] Copyright © Greater New Orleans Community Data Center http://www.gnocdc.org © Copyright © Greater...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...writing better regulation that is a bit more commercial. Within financial services especially, we've seen recent regulation that actually can be used to commercially make firms more efficient. So if we take GDPR as an example, on the face of it, it's a really annoying piece of regulation, because you now have to think about privacy and the way that you organise your data,...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Understanding water quality
Nature & Environment

Understanding water quality

...write down the dissolved substances it contains, with their concentrations (EU regulations require bottled waters to give this on their labels). b.Compare your list with the EU drinking water standards in Table 4. Does your bottled water exceed the EU guide values or maximum acceptable concentrations for any dissolved substance in drinking water? Answer Table 4b...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...write a summary of no more than 200 words based on the material that you have just read, or simply try to build a list of all the terms and definitions that you believe inform your understanding of a relationship between equity and capitalism. Once you have written a summary or compiled a list you can simply cut and paste the text into a word cloud creator: TagCrowd...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...writes: I will say at the outset that I think R v T is an inept judicial opinion that creates bad law. The opinion went awry because the justices who wrote it misunderstood a key aspect of the evidence they were evaluating. The justices sought to achieve laudable goals, but their misunderstanding of basic principles of inductive logic, and particularly Bayes’ theorem,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...Write down the mammalian features evident in monotremes. Is their egg-laying habit similar in all ways to that displayed by reptiles? Answer Both echidnas and the platypus have fur – though in the former, some of the hairs are thickened in the form of spines. Both animals produce milk – they have mammary glands, though well-defined nipples are not evident. Immature...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Can renewable energy sources power the world? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Can renewable energy sources power the world?

...writing, the world’s technical hydro potential is estimated to be about 16 000 TWh y−1, (two-fifths of the above total resource) though the International Energy Agency estimates it at 14 600 TWh y−1(IEA, 2016). This latter figure is equivalent to an installed capacity of around 3 700 GW, approximately three times the current figure. But how much hydroelectricity is...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...Write your answers in the boxes provided in the last column. Then click on ‘Reveal feedback’ to see the answers. The first box has been filled in for you. Table 1 Viral infections VIRUS DISEASE ACUTE OR LATENT/CHRONIC INFECTION SARS-CoV2 COVID-19 Acute Rubella virus German measles Ebola virus Ebola Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs