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Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...become so adversely affected as a result of the war that peace negotiations were opened. The experienced diplomat Giovanni Dario travelled to Constantinople charged with acceding to as many demands as were necessary to preserve Venetian trade in the region. The terms of the treaty concluded on 25 January 1479 were harsh for Venice, including financial reparations for the...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...become common to distinguish between qualitative and quantitative approaches, some researchers argue the need for combining these two types of method, and there are those who challenge the distinction itself. For example, they argue that it obscures both the considerable diversity that exists under each heading and also important overlaps. These are certainly vital points...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...becomes a lot louder if she really is wanting something. Say, if she is hungry, her meow will be a lot louder than if she just wants some attention. I think, I’m not sure, but I think she might be feeling fear almost. Am I going to get this or aren’t I? SIMON My evidence is purely anecdotal from my observations. It’s very obvious you can see happiness in dogs, and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...become a mass movement in Germany and surrounding states by 1900, although it was much less popular in Britain. The quest for a healthy diet was closely linked with other movements – such as unorthodox medicine and feminism, whose supporters argued that overly elaborate diets tied women to the kitchen (Meyer-Renschhausen and Wirz, 1999). Even ordinary foodstuffs were...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...becomes all the more marked when we observe that the iconographic method is deeply rooted in the humanist tradition of classical learning. The motto ‘to instruct and delight’ derives from the Latin docere et delectare and the sentiment it embodies can be traced back to the declaration by the Roman poet Horace (65 BCE–8 CE): Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...become obvious that mere incremental changes to the existing fossil fuel-based technology would not produce the large reductions in national CO2 emissions required to meet a policy of Net Zero emissions by 2050. In 2020, the UK government announced that the sale of new cars and vans powered solely by petrol or diesel fuel would be phased out by 2030...Transport and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Richard Tol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Richard Tol - Stories of Change

...becomes a summary of a summary, and that is then further summarised by journalists like yourself into a few headlines. So essentially, a 10,000 page report reflecting … RH: Or 120 words for a morning Radio 4 bulletin piece, for instance. RT: Exactly, exactly. So we have a literature that's perhaps measured ... RH: I hope you have sympathy for us . RT:...
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Retail marketing
Money & Business

Retail marketing

...become out of date and inferior to those of the competition, so companies must update products with features that customers value or completely replace the product. Market leadership can change as new products are developed that give greater benefits than old ones. For example, the Sony Walkman was the market leader in portable music players. Following its launch, the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs