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The hidden world of everyday coding
Digital & Computing

The hidden world of everyday coding

...table.] We see bar codes every day, but have you ever thought about how they work? These black-and-white lines are actually a tiny piece of code that, when scanned, the product pulls the system information, for example the price, and it updates the stock level. It’s like a secret language between the basket and the computer. So next time you are at the supermarket...
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Introduction to polymers
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to polymers

...Table 1. Table 1 General-purpose and speciality rubbers: properties and uses RUBBER GENERAL PROPERTIES TYPICAL USES BR butadiene (polybutadiene) Special-purpose rubbers of density 0.93 Mg m−3. Good low-temperature properties and abrasion resistance. High resilience (low damping) and therefore low heat build-up at ordinary temperature. Poor resistance to oils and...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction
Digital & Computing

Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction

...Table 1. In these studies by the HSE Accident Prevention Advisory Unit (APAU), non-injury accidents are defined in wider terms than in earlier studies, and include all unintended events causing loss, even when there was no potential for causing personal injury. As Table 1 shows there are marked differences between types of organisation. This study also found that the...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Straight talking collides with cyclical preferences
Society, Politics & Law

Straight talking collides with cyclical preferences

...table that sets them. It would be like climbing out of a window but then refusing to move further than the ledge, in case the next step reveals a sharp drop instead of a marvellous escape route. If the UK is to gain anything from leaving, it must (to satisfy most Leavers) swing decisively away from Europe’s way of doing things. This makes a ‘soft’ approach worse...
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Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law
Science, Maths & Technology

Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law

...Table 1. i.The test charge sphere and sphere A are charged with 30 nC each. Sphere B is not present. ii.The three spheres are charged with 30 nC each. Sphere B is in its first position (see Figure 1). iii.The three spheres are charged with 30 nC each. Sphere B is in its second position (see Figure 1). Table 1 Calculated force on the test charge. SITUATION CALCULATED CAP F...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Ireland cycling history: whizzing in all directions
History & The Arts

Ireland cycling history: whizzing in all directions

...de France were held in Munster and Leinster, partly to mark the bicentenary of the 1798 Rebellion. One of the stages of the 1998 Tour was routed through Carrick-on-Suir, the home town of Sean Kelly, in recognition of that rider's achievements on the international racing stage in the 1980s, when, for several years, he was ranked as the world's best cyclist. The 1980s also...
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Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders
Languages

Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders

...de Jong in trying to understand how participants identify as ‘insiders’ or ‘outsiders’...[The word 'Outsiders' spray-painted on a wall] My research participants and I definitely had one thing in common: we managed to turn our disadvantage into an advantage. My imperfect German and newcomer status in Austria became an effective interview icebreaker. Their...
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Getting started on classical Latin
History & The Arts

Getting started on classical Latin

...Table 1 English words derived from Latin and from Latin through French WORDS FROM LATIN THROUGH FRENCH WORDS FROM LATIN treason tradition rage rabies ray radius poor pauper reason ration, ratio firm secure abridge abbreviate...Getting started on classical Latin: 2.3 The Renaissance to the modern era - The Renaissance in Europe, the Enlightenment in Britain, and the growth...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs