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The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it
Society, Politics & Law

The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it

...change. For those who wanted to see progress in the political realm, merely condemning the violence could only take shared political aspirations so far. The idea of condemnation, by the late 1970s, would be joined by a desire on the part of many Irish Americans for an intervention, a role for the United States of America bringing an end to conflict while creating...
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Diary of a Mars operations day
Science, Maths & Technology

Diary of a Mars operations day

...changes to each other and develop a hierarchy of what is most important – always keeping an eye on the strategic guidance we have from the long-term planner. Once we have settled on the best option, we let the engineers know what our preferred target for the APXS investigation is. They will then use their tools to make sure the rover arm can approach safely. [individual...
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Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...changes to enhance learning note any points about brain development that are particularly pertinent to you and your setting...Play, learning and the brain: 3 Are there any problems with adopting brain-based approaches to education? - It is apparent that there is a great deal of overlap between what is termed BBE (brain-based education) and what has been considered...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Death and medicine: postponement and promise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Death and medicine: postponement and promise

...change is significant. For example, even when the physician’s cues imply that the patient is doomed, as when he stops blood transfusions, the nurses may still not be absolutely sure that the implied prediction is accurate. They may not lower their levels of alertness or reduce their effort to save the patient. (Glaser and Strauss, 1965, p. 23) This resonated with one...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
An introduction to electronics
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to electronics

...change equal in impact to the last 20 000 years. PHIL PICTON Electronics is behind this rapid pace of change. It powers computers that allow us to design, communicate and investigate. ARMANDO MARINO The internet can connect us to friends and relatives anywhere on the planet. JEFF JOHNSON Computer-aided design processes have advanced many fields of engineering. TIM...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Data and processes in computing
Digital & Computing

Data and processes in computing

...changes each time an item is scanned or entered, and so we refer to till5 as a variable. We call the data stored in the variable till5 at any moment in time the state of till5. Each time that the data stored by till5 changes, we say that the state of till5 has changed. You do not need to know anything about how the computer's electronic memory actually works. These...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...changes in the balance of neurotransmitters in areas that help to regulate mood, and it restores normal activity in emotion-processing areas of the brain, strengthening connections between them. And as Benedetti and his team discovered, if wake therapy kick-starts a sluggish circadian rhythm, lithium and light therapy seem to help maintain it. Lithium has been used as a...
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Investigating psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating psychology

...changed over time appreciate the conceptual and contextual issues on the development of psychology. To start the course, go to Session 1...Introduction and guidance: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Rose Capdevila. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs