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An introduction to web applications architecture
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

...change. In Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 4, A Pattern Language for Distributed Computing, Buschmann et al. (2007) cite the following quote from Booch (2007, p. 214) which emphasises that design and architecture cannot be divorced from one another: All architecture is design but not all design is architecture. Architecture represents the significant design...
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

...changes that have occurred. Note that the virtual microscope tool will work in all modern browsers on desktop computers, laptops and tablet devices. However, we recommend completing the course on a desktop computer or laptop for better viewing of the sections and to enable integration of microscopy with the course text, images and video in separate windows...Week 1:...
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...climatic factors that vary in both time and 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...
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. Principles of social justice, human rights, collective responsibility and respect for diversities are central to social work. Underpinned by theories of social work, social sciences, humanities and indigenous knowledge, social work engages people and structures to address life...
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...changed the way we live. The internet has opened up new ways in which we can gain access to information and services. As recently as the late 1990s, certain information and services were only available during office hours. Now, we can access that same information any time, day or night, without leaving our homes. This has also changed the way we shop, pay bills, the way...
Speeches and speech-making
History & The Arts

Speeches and speech-making

...changed it was the advent of democracy, where suddenly the elite had to reach out beyond their own in order to try and change people’s minds. The modern age in rhetoric really begins with an address that lasted only two minutes in 1863 at Gettysburg. Presenter Abraham Lincoln delivered the famous Gettysburg Address during the American Civil War in 1863. It stands out...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...changing, the way I dress, the way I feel, the way I act. I can go outside not being afraid anymore, and I don't think those bad feelings are coming back. And if it weren't for Dr. Miranda and that, I would still be at home with the covers pulled over my head, if I were still alive at all. I asked the Lord to send me an angel, and he heard my prayers.' I was really moved...
Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...changing the theories with which you started. Those changed theories will then inform what you do next (see Figure 1). You can go round the cycle as often as you like. Each time you do, your ideas about systems will be more powerful, and your practice in working with them will be more effective. [Figure 1: A diagram adapted from Kolb (1984) to show the interaction of...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs