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Meiosis and mitosis
Science, Maths & Technology

Meiosis and mitosis

...division called meiosis. This process is intimately linked to the life cycle of organisms that reproduce sexually...Meiosis and mitosis: 1.1 Chromosomes and the life cycle - Chromosomes are present in the cells of all eukaryotes. Their number varies enormously and is characteristic for each species. The parasitic worm Ascaris lumbricoides has only four chromosomes whereas...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...divisive issues. To spread responsibility for decision making, such that if there were problems at the implementation stage, responsibility would be shared between government and the public. To increase the authority of science and scientists, for example by explaining the importance of processes such as peer review and encouraging the public to adopt more ‘rational’...
Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...divisions, where each person, each of the twelve neighbour division into which the village was divided elected and held a ballot to elect a spokesperson and these twelve people became a kind of community council if you like who met with Owen to discuss village affairs and also to adjudicate in cases of dispute between neighbours. New Lanark: A New Moral World? - Part 1...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Discovering music through listening
History & The Arts

Discovering music through listening

...division of pulse into groups of 2, 3 or 4 beats. * Motif The shortest possible fragment of music that can be perceived structurally. * Movement A self-contained section of a larger piece of music such as a sonata or symphony. Movements are characterised by differing tempos and characters and in performance are separated from each other by a brief pause. * Pulse The beat...
Rights and justice in international relations
Society, Politics & Law

Rights and justice in international relations

...division of labour on the side of duties. For instance, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recognises that ‘it is governments that have the overarching duty to ensure a division of labour in the matter of positive duties, and one that is appropriate to their own societies and sufficient to ensure that the rights are effectively secured’...
Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...Division in 1999 (reproduced in Kates et al., 2005). [Definitions of sustainable development] U.S. National Research Council Figure 5 Definitions of sustainable development The ‘linked by’ section in Figure 5 refers to the different emphases in combining what is to be sustained with what is to be developed ranging from ‘sustain only’ or ‘develop mostly’ to...
Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside
Society, Politics & Law

Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside

...division of Labour in the British Shipbuilding Industry, 1880-1920, with special reference to Clydeside, PhD Thesis, University of Cambridge. iv. McKinlay Alan and Morris R. J. (eds) (1991)The ILP on Clydeside, 1890-1932: From Foundation to Disintegration. Manchester: Manchester University Press. (A series of essays covering the development of the ILP in Glasgow. The...
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...division at one pile to the reverse outcome of 20:80 – but also rapid.’ The experiments were varied to see whether a different outcome could be induced. Different species of ants were used with no difference. To eliminate possible differences in the food sources a single pile was used. Two separate bridges were set up at identical distances from the entrance to the...