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60 Second Adventures in Artificial Intelligence
Digital & Computing

60 Second Adventures in Artificial Intelligence

...simple computations in a specific way to react appropriately to given inputs. By showing them thousands or millions of inputs that have known desired outputs they can learn how to predict the desired outcome for a similar but unseen input. Some AI systems might seem like magic, but they only work if they have millions of labelled inputs to learn from. Compare this with...
What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?
Money & Business

What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?

...simple model: A handful of very smart people sit together at least eight times a year and decide how to execute the country’s monetary policy. The implications are enormous. In the words of the Fed itself, decisions made in these meetings: “trigger a chain of events that affect other short-term interest rates, foreign exchange rates, long-term interest rates, the...
Introduction to algebra
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to algebra

...simple linear equations...This free course is an introduction to algebra which builds on the idea of using letters to represent numbers. Section 1 looks at finding, simplifying and using formulas and includes useful tips on learning algebra. Section 2 introduces some of the terminology used in algebra and techniques such as evaluating and checking equivalence of...
Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Discovering development management
Money & Business

Discovering development management

...CoDE) framework to selected cases of development management develop some initial judgements of ‘good’ development management...Discovering development management: 1 Starting your exploration - Copestake and Williams (2014, p. 149) state that: Development management is in reality less a form of intervention than a process of interaction and discovery. What they are...
Can rugby be made safer - and still be rugby?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rugby be made safer - and still be rugby?

...codes of rugby, which captivate audiences with player-on-player impacts. And from time to time, a tackle gone wrong results in serious injury, as we saw when Newcastle forward Alex McKinnon broke his spine after landing on his head. So, how big are the collisions in rugby? And how can we reduce the risk of injury from that force? [A rugby match in progress] Must a...
Want to achieve your goal? Try our Personal Best tool
Health, Sports & Psychology

Want to achieve your goal? Try our Personal Best tool

...simple measurable goal such as exercising 3 times a week, or saving £500 in 6 weeks. When you set your target, the tool will calculate what you have to accomplish each week in order to achieve it. You need to be able to quantify your goal making sure that it is specific, measurable, achievable and realistic within 6 weeks. Please bear in mind this is a simple tool so it...
5 quick tips to boost your wellbeing
Education & Development

5 quick tips to boost your wellbeing

...simple, and they have potential to become habit forming. These tips have worked for me and many others I've recommended them to. Plus, they link together, offering even more wellbeing benefits! Each suggestion is flexible, so I encourage you to experiment, tweak, and find the best version that suits you. So, onto my first top tip. 1 - Create an airlock [woman on a beach...
Introduction to the calculus of variations
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to the calculus of variations

...simple problem – finding the shortest distance between two points in a plane. The section also introduces the notions of a functional and of a stationary path. Section 2 describes basic problems that can be formulated in terms of functionals. Section 3 looks at partial and total derivatives. Section 4 contains a derivation of the Euler-Lagrange equation. In Section 5...