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Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity
Nature & Environment

Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity

...change from between several million people (Hutchison et al., 2006) prior to the colonisation to between 180,000 and 350,000 people today (Pinheiro, 2004). Causes include the spreading of European and African diseases - to which native people had no immunity - alcohol consumption, proxy wars, slavery, displacements and removal (Burnett, 2002; Hemming, 1978; Whitehead,...
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The Tulsa Race Massacre
Society, Politics & Law

The Tulsa Race Massacre

...change. A new public inquiry (which reported in 2001) was launched, corroborating the claim of state complicity with white supremacism. More recently the portrayal of the massacre in two HBO series – Watchmen, broadcast in late 2019, and Lovecraft Country, broadcast in 2020 – resulted in renewed national and international attention. There have been numerous...
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Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...change (43 BCE–17/18 CE). Rome was transforming from a republic into a new system – an empire – under the control of one man, the first Roman emperor, Augustus. Against this backdrop, it makes sense that the main thread of the Metamorphoses should not be the story of a brave hero or a great queen or the foundation of a city, but transformation itself. The poem is...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...changing voltage, but other properties can change in this way, such as current, power, pressure, and so on. [Described image] Figure 1 A sinusoidal signal A sinusoid is an example of a periodic signal. It repeats at regular time intervals. Any non-sinusoidal periodic signal can be regarded as a sum of sinusoids. A section of a periodic signal between two consecutive...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...change and evolve. If you're always coming up against the same obstacles or if you are focusing too much on one area at the expense of other areas, then you can reflect on that while you're doing your monthly reports. It's also very important to have regular reviews with your manager. Every company I've worked for always had some kind of performance-related review,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
What do we mean by digital health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we mean by digital health and social care?

...change’ while NICE (2019) outline quality standards requirements for the use of such technology, including information about how to evidence effectiveness and economic benefits (cost versus benefit). Figure 2 provides a summary of the different ‘levels’ and ‘purpose’ of digital technology. [The figure shows a table with four distinct sections. The top section...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Where a ban has been replaced by a bee
Languages

Where a ban has been replaced by a bee

...change these attitudes and to raise the status of the Spanish language in the US. Efforts like his are making a difference. The benefits of bilingual learning gained recognition in 1968 with the Bilingual Education Act. The federal legislation encouraged school districts to incorporate native language instruction for children with limited English-speaking ability. A 2010...
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Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics

...change or even a surname change. However, if the postcode, date of birth and surname are the same but the NI numbers are different, then you would look into this further. When performing a matching with such large data sets, you generate a number of categories that require further investigation due an incomplete matching. For each of these categories, you would take a...
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