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Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?
Digital & Computing

Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?

...solid technical skills, but that’s only one, albeit important, aspect of a competent global cybersecurity workforce. In fact, changing our approach to cybersecurity means changing our mindset. Effective cybersecurity depends not just on technical fixes done by programmers but an appreciation that it is a shared responsibility of all users. Analyse information rationally...
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How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...solid nourishment, indeed, which can be drawn from each of those two plants, is not altogether in proportion to their weight, on account of the watery nature of potatoes. Allowing, however, half the weight of this root to go to water, a very large allowance, such an acre of potatoes will still produce six thousand weight of solid nourishment, three times the quantity...
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Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...liquidity risk crisis. As knowledge of the credit losses spread, those lending money in the wholesale markets became increasingly reluctant to provide funds to those they believed to be exposed to the sub-prime credit losses. Additionally, they began to exercise more general caution about the credit quality of the organisations they lent to. The consequences of this shift...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Personality: A user guide
Health, Sports & Psychology

Personality: A user guide

...solid, whilst Derek stays in one that seems unlikely for most of his life. Erica loves walking and landscape paintings, whilst Fran likes abstract art, punk rock and bungee jumping. In all of these cases, we feel that it cannot be just the situation which is producing the differences in behaviour. Something about the way the person is ‘wired up’ seems to be at work,...
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My teaching experience on 'Are our kids tough enough? Chinese school'
Languages

My teaching experience on 'Are our kids tough enough? Chinese school'

...liquid. “Are you having a cup of tea in the science laboratory, Joshua?” “No Miss Yang.” he replied, with one of his size 10 feet placed on the top of those thick tissues he had laid on the floor. “Where is the cup?” I asked. “What cup? I haven’t got a cup.” he said to me. I looked around and found the cup was inside the sink next to him. I picked it up,...
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What is Planetary Protection?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is Planetary Protection?

...liquid water), as are missions to Europa (a moon of Jupiter) and Enceladus (a moon of Saturn) that are known to have oceans beneath their icy surfaces. Planetary Protection for the future Planetary Protection is facing several new challenges. As access to space by the private sector increases, Planetary Protection requirements still need to be upheld. It is the legal (and...
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Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...sang from the printed notation for demonstration purposes. Example 3: How Veena Sahasrabuddhe sang the same phrase in performance, without reference to the notation. Activity 4 Compare the notations in Examples 1 and 2 (above). How you would describe the relationship between the printed version and version sung from it? What does this suggest about the status of notation...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Managing motherhood and sports participation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing motherhood and sports participation

...solid support network that permits them the space and time to engage in their sport. Partners and spouses typically share the childcare and household duties, provide emotional support, and are understanding of sport as a part of the women’s lives. Often the partner or spouse also holds strong values regarding the importance of sport, which contributes towards their...
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