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Five smart technologies helping the visually impaired
Society, Politics & Law

Five smart technologies helping the visually impaired

...research is enabling the development of new potentially life-changing prototypes aimed at serving those with disabilities says, Dr Oliver Zanetti...Navigation Software There are a whole range of software packages emerging for smartphones which aim to help visually impaired people navigate. Blindsquare is the most widely used navigation app, which draws on listings data...
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Introduction to the Amazon System
Nature & Environment

Introduction to the Amazon System

...centre of the web.] At the centre of the Amazon system are its billions of trees. These trees generate the climate which allows the recycling of water, brought in as moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, to reach mountain tops many thousands of kilometres inland. They protect the fragile soils from the torrential tropical downpours, and provide food for the...
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About the stroop test
Education & Development

About the stroop test

...name the body of the animal. Research conducted using this task has found that children experience the same pattern of difficulties with the animal-stroop task that adults have with the coloured word Stroop task. To find out more about inhibitory control, you can read an extract from the Open University's Child Development course (ED209), executive functions in childhood....
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Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection (CELCIS) has produced guidance on Developing Practice for Care Records in Scotland. The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has a useful resource about social work recording. Research in Practice has a practice tool for completing social work chronologies on their website. Social Care Wales has created...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Immigration detention: what's the problem with privatisation?
Society, Politics & Law

Immigration detention: what's the problem with privatisation?

...Centres...[Misery as business cartoon, society matters] For many immigration activists, academic scholars, researchers and journalists, the treatment of people seeking asylum has been of grave concern for a long, long time. The increased criminalisation of this group is well documented, as is the adverse impact of inadequate welfare, destitution, no right to work, and...
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A focus on misogynoir – the anti-Black forms of misogyny that Black women experience
Education & Development

A focus on misogynoir – the anti-Black forms of misogyny that Black women experience

...centring and defensiveness were identified as prominent forms of misogynoir in scholarly literature. White centring is when white people make it about themselves, so they do not have to be uncomfortable or hold themselves accountable for their actions of harming, hurting or ignoring Black people or their feelings or actions towards them. Racial gaslighting is denying that...
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Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?

...centre, where they will be sterilised and have their ears clipped so they can be identified as having undergone the surgery. They will be vaccinated, then returned to their home on the streets. “What people need to understand,” says Vijay Kumar, manager of the CUPA centre, “is that the Animal Birth Control program is as much about human welfare as it is for dogs.”...
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Principles and practices of peace education
Education & Development

Principles and practices of peace education

...centre of the layered model of peace that you learnt about in Session 1. Some children will need particular help with their wellbeing, and for many there are wider family or structural issues, such as poverty, that impact upon them, but managing your own emotional state and being able to respond empathetically to others, is a foundation for building positive relationships...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs