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Emotion: an introductory picture
History & The Arts

Emotion: an introductory picture

...becomes unrecognisable. At the very least, it might be thought that the concept of demonic possession implies control by an external agent. If so, schizophrenia is just not the right sort of thing to be demonic possession. In the same way, if someone offers an answer to the ‘what is…’ question, we can ask whether they have offered an account of what emotion is, or...
Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink

...become more and more prevalent in Spain, many families still do part of their weekly and daily shopping in smaller local shops. Bread, for example, is something that Spaniards buy daily in the many panaderías that can be found in every town and city. Cakes and pastries, which were traditionally sold in pastelerías, are now commonly sold in panaderías too. Many people...
Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...become high risk through poor performance). Commodities include gold, energy, minerals, etc., and infrastructure includes housing, railways, windfarms and motorways...Asset allocation in investment: 4.2 Changing asset allocation over time - Activity 5 changes in benchmark asset classes over time Timing: Allow around 30 minutes for this activity. Check the FTSE/ WMA...
Англійська у світі сьогодні
Languages

Англійська у світі сьогодні

...ou that e schulden not ete of ech tre of paradis. Як ви могли помітити, обидва ці уривки є перекладами одного і того ж розділу Біблії, а саме Буття, розділ 3, вірш 1. Середньоанглійська версія набагато ближча до сучасної
Intermediate Italian: describing people
Languages

Intermediate Italian: describing people

...students taking part in an online lesson describe themselves to the rest of the class. Match each person's name to the appropriate lettered drawing, according to the description given. Ascoltate l’audio e abbinate ciascuna persona al disegno corrispondente. [Described image] Figure 4 Listen to the descriptions of these five people. 1 Mi chiamo Guido. Sono magro e...
Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...students. This is Lance Armstrong who used Machine Learning to analyse the kind of data he kept of himself. As you know, he is a machine – and he was quite mathematical and analytical in his training so that he could really hone his skills. Machine learning Wing gives the example of basketball coaches who use machine learning to find out which skills distinguish good...
Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty
Money & Business

Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty

...becomes a decision node because we made the decision now. And then, coming right back to the beginning, you can see which initial branch gives you the highest expected value. Video 4 A second worked example on decision trees Discussion To summarise, you can use decision trees to break down a decision into a series of events that involve the decision-maker making a...
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...become denser than its surroundings if it were raised. This situation is indeed stable, unless the temperature falls by more than about 10 °C per kilometre for unsaturated air. Only if the temperature falls with height even more rapidly than 10 °C per kilometre, would any rising air still be warmer than its surroundings, even after cooling, and continue to rise. In that...
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