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How can digital books support children’s learning?
Education & Development

How can digital books support children’s learning?

...prompt question for the child that makes them reflect on the story content. An example of enhancements that are not helpful for story comprehension are mini-games that distract children and often overwhelm them. In a study where researchers analysed best-selling children’s e-books sold for the 0–8-year-olds age range in Hungary, Turkey, Greece and the Netherlands, a...
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Is there life on Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

Is there life on Mars?

...prompting the liquid water on the surface of the Red Planet to evaporate. You might wonder how we know this: if we watch attentively, we can see the incisions that water carved, like scars on the skin of the planet. These features are also covered with salts, such as chlorates and carbonates, and especially sulphates. These minerals originate when water and rocks interact...
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Melanoma: an emerging concern
Health, Sports & Psychology

Melanoma: an emerging concern

...emerging concern among all individuals, with increasing incidence rates and significant morbidity and mortality. Early detection, prompt treatment, and preventive measures are critical in managing melanoma. Continued research and public health efforts are needed to address the unique challenges posed by melanoma and to reduce the burden of this potentially deadly disease....
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Large language models - the chatty computer
Digital & Computing

Large language models - the chatty computer

...prompts from users by using the relationships calculated during the training process to construct a linguistically accurate response. Whilst LLMs are sometimes said to use statistics to ‘predict the next word’ in their response; in actuality the process is much more complex with multiple phrases in a response being generated alongside one another. LLMs lack any...
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Charles Dickens, Race and Colonialism
History & The Arts

Charles Dickens, Race and Colonialism

...prompted a long-overdue reappraisal of UK national history in forms of monumental commemoration, but should they also encourage us to reconsider our response to similarly monumental figures in our literary history? [Black Lives Matter Protest, Bristol, UK - the statue of Edward Colston, a slave trader, being thrown in the harbour] 7 June 2020, the Edward Colston statue...
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The physical impacts of ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

The physical impacts of ADHD

...prompts to remind me to check on my posture. Being able to move during the workday can also be very helpful. Headaches – sensory overload and/or forgetting to eat and drink enough throughout the day (both of which are linked to my ADHD) means that I am liable to get headaches. Working in spaces with lights, sounds and temperatures I cannot control, or needing to engage...
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A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses
Health, Sports & Psychology

A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses

...prompts and by making reference to relevant sources of evidence such as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) guidelines or legislation, make a decision about whether this is a professional breach. Use the activity below which will help you to explore the scenario in the context of Online Social Network (OSN). References Ryan, G.S., Jackson, J. and Cornock, M. (2019)...
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What is ‘woman’s work’?
Money & Business

What is ‘woman’s work’?

...experiences of work–family interface the chapter will also discuss the specific factors that affect the balance between work and life. Read the chapter: De Simone, S., & Priola, V. (2015). 24. What’s ‘woman’s work’? Work–family interface among women entrepreneurs in Italy. Handbook of Gendered Careers in Management: Getting In, Getting On, Getting Out, 390....
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