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Introducing vectors for engineering applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing vectors for engineering applications

...systems (such as combining forces) using vectors perform simple algebraic procedures using vectors...Introducing vectors for engineering applications: Background - It is common in engineering for physical phenomena to be represented as vector fields. A vector field is a mathematical representation of a system that describes how a quantity, such as a force, changes over an...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture
Languages

Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture

...system. Kyiv fell to the Mongolians in 1240. Since then, Ukraine has often been divided and conquered, but has maintained a strong sense of its own identity and fought determinedly for independence. For example, the Cossacks, who lived on the steppes of south-eastern Ukraine, fought against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which then controlled most of Ukraine, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
New York Minutes: What do the NY primaries tell us about the 2016 Presidential election?
Society, Politics & Law

New York Minutes: What do the NY primaries tell us about the 2016 Presidential election?

...think of Hillary Clinton, her service as Secretary of State and as a two-term U.S. Senator makes her as well qualified for the presidency as anyone in the race. Belatedly Sanders backtracked, declaring that “of course” Clinton was qualified for the Oval Office. But the damage had been done to his squeaky-clean image. Finally, on April 15 Sanders flew to the Vatican to...
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Article 5 mins
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Antarctic ice cliff instability and sea-level predictions
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Antarctic ice cliff instability and sea-level predictions

...think that “future sea level rise could be much lower than previously feared”. All these numbers are on top of other contributions to global sea level from e.g. Greenland and the expansion of the oceans when they become warmer. References Nature (2016) Contribution of Antarctica to past and future sea-level rise [Online]. Available at
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Article 10 mins
Brexit: On the vote in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: On the vote in Wales

...think long-term about our future. The result has usefully illuminated many of the stubborn problems that a post-Brexit Wales – whatever its constitutional status – must confront and tackle. As Richard Wyn Jones points out, the reality is that the Leave vote demonstrates the failures of devolution. Had the leave vote not happened, it may well have been possible to...
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Children and happiness
Education & Development

Children and happiness

...thinking that is associated with depression in both children and adults. Up until now we have been considering how life events and circumstances contribute to happiness. However it is important to keep in mind that a large part, perhaps even more than half, is dictated by genetic factors. For example, studies have found that siblings who were raised in different families...
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Article 10 mins
Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal
Education & Development

Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal

...think and talk about what they are reading, I believe we need to re-assert the potency of the personal in reading. Personal emotional responses include care, concern, sympathy, sadness, excitement, exhilaration, fear, boredom, anger and indifference, to name but a few. Our responses motivate us as readers to persevere and to read on, or to exercise our rights as readers...
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Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part I socio-economic and transport access inequalities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part I socio-economic and transport access inequalities

...think creatively about getting more people out and about. The Trust also host MK Health Walks in their parks, which is a weekly rolling programme of walks around the city to boost participants’ physical, mental and social wellbeing. These are really popular and there are places and routes to suit everyone. Most local authorities will have a similar programme if you...
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Article 5 mins