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How can acceptance and commitment therapy help carers in challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can acceptance and commitment therapy help carers in challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic?

...energy into fighting them, resisting them, running from them or getting overwhelmed, we invest our energy into the things and people that really matter to us. This allows a much better quality of life, even when the external stressors haven’t gone away (such as living with a chronic health condition, or where external events cause us anxiety). 5: Noticing our thinking A...
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How to read a rock
Science, Maths & Technology

How to read a rock

...energy of what they are being transported in is pretty constant. Grains vary between being 1mm and 10cm in size. A ‘poorly sorted’ texture indicates the energy of what they are being transported in varies in time and space – sometimes it can move big heavy grains, other times only smaller grains. Environment of deposition. Sandy beach material that has been...
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Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...energy expenditure will 'make the minimum demand on the meagre pasture around her and she has a fertile dormant egg within her womb ready to start its development just as soon as conditions improve'...Studying mammals: A winning design: 4 Milk production (lactation) - In this section, you are presented with a fairly complex diagram, Figure 1. The first thing to do when...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...energy, crucial when the computer is battery powered such as a laptop of mobile phone. Saving energy is also important for the environment. At the end of this course in considering the future of computing you will look at green computing.) Any electrical signal where the number of possible values that can be used is limited is known as a digital signal. If the number of...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Relationships at work
Money & Business

Relationships at work

...energy into their domestic relationship. However, recent research found that a healthy relationship can actually contribute to one’s professional success – as it provides the stable emotional foundation to concentrate on their career goals. The Harvard Business Review examines this finding in its article “Why You Spend More Hours at Work When Your Relationship Is...
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The devil is in the (complex) detail
Health, Sports & Psychology

The devil is in the (complex) detail

...energy, farming, science, and many more. The sheer complexity and speed of Brexit is likely to have further psychological effects that make it different from normal political issues. Psychologists have shown that when faced with overwhelming information load, such as high complexity and abstract information, along with situational constraints on being able to evaluate...
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Injection moulding
Science, Maths & Technology

Injection moulding

...energy efficient. Due to the high capital cost of machines and dies, the process is only suitable for long production runs. Materials: Thermopolymers are the most commonly used materials although the process is being increasingly used on thermosets (such as polyesters and melamines), rubbers, reinforced polymers (glass and carbon fibre) and to produce both structural and...
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Climate change in the global South: Bangladesh and Senegal
Nature & Environment

Climate change in the global South: Bangladesh and Senegal

...energy industry and motor transport. The countries of the tropics will be among the first to be affected. Already, there is evidence that tropical countries are beginning to suffer declining agricultural productivity through the drying of soils. Bangladesh has long suffered from extreme weather, but there is evidence that the situation is worsening. The Intergovernmental...
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Article 10 mins