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The Arts Past and Present: Ireland
History & The Arts

The Arts Past and Present: Ireland

...architectural heritage How Ireland's built heritage is being rapidly reshaped. Rebuilding after the rebellion How the new government abandoned certain buildings but chose to preserve others after the rebellion and the civil war. Ancient heritage How the Irish free state restored ancient sites to consciously reconnect with a more glorious past. Nineteenth century romantic...
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How are insect wings helping replace antibiotics?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How are insect wings helping replace antibiotics?

...architecture rather than depending on antibiotics, is exciting.” “The current practice for treating implant-related infection is aggressive debridement, hardware removal and extended antibiotic treatment. However, these are expensive and often result in further complications. If taken to a clinical level, this [the current research] would prove to be useful in...
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Social housing and working class heritage
History & The Arts

Social housing and working class heritage

...Architecture and Cultural History at the University of Greenwich. This material forms part of The Open University Course AD281 Understanding global heritage... Social housing and working class heritage An introduction to this album. Social housing: winners and losers Iconic status or demolition? Social housing estates have had widely differing fates - which way will it go...
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Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures
Languages

Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures

...architectural designs, for example, the “Hundertwasserhaus” (Kegelgasse 36-38, Löwengasse 41-43), but he also designed book illustrations and even the number plates for Austrian cars. His style is organic, imitating nature, and colourful. In his architecture, he used ecological principles and tried to maximise contact with nature in a city. He was also actively...
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Software development for enterprise systems
Digital & Computing

Software development for enterprise systems

...architecture in early iterations. A UP project is organised into four major phases: Inception – this is where the business case is developed, together with an idea of the scope of the system and a rough estimate of the effort required. Elaboration – this is where the core of the system is developed in an iterative fashion. In this phase, all major risks are addressed...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Brighton Pavilion
History & The Arts

Brighton Pavilion

...architecture, the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, designed and redesigned over the course of some 30 years to the specifications of the Prince of Wales, afterwards Prince Regent and eventually King George IV (1762–1830; reigned 1820–30). The Pavilion as we now know it in its final state was the result of a collaboration between the architect Sir John Nash (1752–1835),...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
How the stove changed the kitchen
Society, Politics & Law

How the stove changed the kitchen

...architectural and housing historians Roderick Lawrence and Martin Daunton, these changes had taken place before the First World War when the gas stove was installed in the scullery. The placing of the stove in the scullery, which was traditionally used for washing dishes, meant that what we called a kitchen or living-room/living-kitchen ceased to be a space for cooking....
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International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour
Society, Politics & Law

International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour

...architecture and has come to be closely tied to British identity. Skilfully linking the NHS with Britishness was a winning strategy for Leave campaigners. Commonwealth countries and the (Inter)National Health Service Migrant doctors from Europe, especially Jews who moved due to rising anti-Semitism in parts of Europe, had always formed a part of the medical profession in...
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