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An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...variable number of bytes (up to 6) to encode characters in use across the world. However, in order to maintain backward compatibility, the original 127 ASCII codes are preserved in UTF-8. In the next section, you will look at numbers...Session 4: Representing data and instructions inside a computer: 6 Representing numbers in binary - Now looking at the encoding for...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...class. RENEE I also think about the future. What's going to happen if they want to go university? Where would I find that surplus of money to pay for them? TYRONE I would like to be a lawyer. What I would like to do is give people advice about house rents and all their problems. RENEE My dreams for my children, the foremost is for them to be happy, to be comfortable, have...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Coaching neurodivergent athletes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching neurodivergent athletes

...class degree in medical sciences. It does come with a lot of trauma. And it’s what I was saying before, with social interaction being a lot of effort. It’s not just the fact that you need to work harder to do the social interaction. It’s also wrapped up in a whole load of past instances in that person’s life, where they’ve misread the situation. They thought...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...De-nol®) peptic ulcer Ti oxide sunblock V complex diabetes Fe Na2[Fe(CN)5(NO)].2H2O hypertension Cu histidine complex Menkes disease Zn oxide sunblock oxide with 0.5% Fe2O3 (calamine lotion) antimicrobial agent Y 90Y complex bone and liver cancer Zr Zr(IV) glycinate antiperspirant Ru Ru(III) complex cancer parasitic disease Ag silver sulfadiazine burns Ag/Hg amalgam...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...class adult golf events? The principle to apply here is whether elite adult performance before puberty is possible. Junior golfers, to the best of our knowledge, have not won adult major events, but in girl’s gymnastics this has occurred (and this success is discussed later in this session). Those working in sports such as professional football, gymnastics, figure...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Recording music and sound
History & The Arts

Recording music and sound

...class, as well as where they lived, but a common thread that runs through the list above is that on many occasions music was created by people meeting together – at church, school or the local public house for example. Almost all of the music was live, with just the possibility of hearing a mechanical instrument such as a barrel organ. Of course, music was not...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...classed as endocrine disruptors, i.e. they interfere with the synthesis, secretion, transport and binding, action, or elimination of natural hormones in the body that are responsible for the maintenance of homeostasis, reproduction, development and/or behaviour (Burkhardt-Holm, 2010). Most endocrine disruptors are synthetic compounds (e.g. plasticisers such as bisphenol...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...class of dark matter particles, which includes the neutralino. Often abbreviated to WIMPs. * white dwarf A stellar-mass compact object, with a mass below the Chandrasekhar mass (1.4 solar masses) supported against gravitational collapse by the degeneracy pressure of electrons. White dwarfs are the final products of the evolution of low-mass stars, after thermonuclear...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs