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Training for speed and power in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for speed and power in sport and fitness

...multiple-effort event 75–85 3–5 Hypertrophy 67–85 6–12 3–6 30–90 seconds Muscular endurance ≤ 67 ≥ 12 2–3 ≤ 30 seconds Source: Sheppard and Triplett (2016) A single-effort event is where one maximum-power effort is required (i.e. shot put, high jump, power lifting). A multiple-effort event is one where repeated maximum-power efforts are required (i.e....
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Simple coding
Digital & Computing

Simple coding

...multiplication operator is the asterisk. Let’s further assume the tip is only automatically added for groups above 6 people. We need one more variable, to store the number of people in the group, and one new instruction to handle both cases: if the number of people is more than 6, the percentage is 10%, otherwise it’s 0%. Before I explain the code, let’s test it, to...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...Multiples of the metre FACTOR SYMBOL deca metre × 10 hecta metre × 100 kilo metre × 1000 km mega metre × 1 000 000 Mm giga metre × 1 000 000 000 Gm Of these only the kilometre is in common use. The prefixes shown in italic in the left column are common to all metric units to describe the multiplying factor to be applied to the base unit. By agreement, the Système...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...multiplication 10 super five times k times g times m postfix times s super negative two divided by four multiplication 10 super four postfix times k times g equals part 4 20 postfix times m postfix times s super negative two Equation label: Equation 2 Here you can see that the derived units of newtons (N) have been broken down into the fundamental units of kilograms (kg),...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope

...multiple twinning, in which a single crystal has many different domains (Figure 19c). Figure 19 (a) Example of crystal twinning, in which a twin plane separates two regions of a single crystal that are mirror images. The two regions are referred to as twin domains. (b) An example of simple twinning. (c) An example of multiple twinning. (d) Two crystals of orthoclase...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...multiplicity of stakeholders, current ways of doing things which are underpinned by values and norms and various institutions within the local and national context e.g. a stronger law-enforcement-based approach to environmental regulations. The issues you have thought about illustrate one of the first points to note when designing an intervention: it is essential to be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Understanding ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding ADHD

...multiple areas in a country is likely to be more reliable than a study with 100 participants from a single location. There could be practical reasons for the differences in the number or size of studies, such as the amount of funding available for research. Even where data are available from several countries, as is the case for ADHD, worldwide prevalence rates should be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty
Money & Business

Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty

...multiplication 0.29 right parenthesis plus left parenthesis 2.75 multiplication 0.54 right parenthesis plus left parenthesis 3.9 multiplication 0.17 right parenthesis equals 2.58 percent As a common sense test, note that the expected value is close to the overwhelmingly most probable (2.75%, with a probability of 0.54). Also, the expected value, being an average, must lie...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs