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Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...c. Around 44% The correct answer is a. a. Yes, but 84% of people were wrong. 200 years ago, these economic activities made up much more than 5%, but that is not true today (World Bank, 2021). Poor countries won’t get rich from such exports. Makes you think, right? Select the answer for Question 1b here 2. What share of countries in the world have laws against sexual...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Electronic applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Electronic applications

...c) band-pass filter; (d) band-stop (notch) filter Notice that each of the four types of filter has a name summarising what it does. For example, the low-pass filter (Figure 5(a)) passes all frequencies below the cut-off frequency f sub c and blocks all frequencies above it. In all the filters, a frequency band where the signal is passed is called a passband, and a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Understanding your customers
Money & Business

Understanding your customers

...c. Customers are increasingly difficult to please The correct answer is a. Select the answer for Question 1b here How is marketing now regarded? A departmental activity A frontline business attitude for all employees Something to be delegated to an external agency a. A departmental activity b. A frontline business attitude for all employees c. Something to be delegated to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...Laing. In The Divided Self (1960), Laing identified conflictual family relationships as the cause of schizophrenia. In the cases he examined, he discovered that children who ‘interiorised’ the conflict between parents were more likely to experience mental illness in their subsequent lives. Furthermore, it is worthwhile considering for a moment how Laing came to fix...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...c.329–379), ‘the honour given to the icon passes to the prototype’ (Acheimastou-Potamianou, 1987, p. 37). As Saint Basil lived before Iconoclasm, his phrase was used as a defence of icons first by John of Damascus (c.675–c.749) to highlight that the icon is the ‘visual aid’ to worship, not the object of worship (Evans, 2004, p. 459). It was, therefore,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Everyday maths 2
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2

...C = pi x d, or pi d. Pi, or this symbol (which is the Greek letter used to represent it), is a constant number that is around the value of 3.142. It's a number that goes on for ever, so you tend to shorten it to the more manageable number of 3.14 or 3.142. In technical terms, pi is the number you get if you divide a circle's circumference by its diameter, and it's the...
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Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era: debates and lessons learned
Society, Politics & Law

Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era: debates and lessons learned

...C., 2021, Fiscal policy shocks and international spillovers, European Economic Review, Volume 141, January 2022. Ilori, A., (2020) Fiscal Policy and Financial Constraints: An Estimated DSGE Model of the UK Economy. Obst, T., Onaran., Ö, Nikolaidi, M. 2020, ‘The effects of income distribution and fiscal policy on aggregate demand, investment and the budget balance: the...
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Creep feed grinding
Science, Maths & Technology

Creep feed grinding

...c) The shoe method of coolant application. [Images to demonstrate 'Creep feed grinding' - see article ] Heat flux at burn in simulated grinding tests with shoe and jet methods of coolant application. Wheel: WA 60/80 F P2 V; Wheel speed: 20 m s -1; coolant:synthetic, 1:60 dilution in water. [Images to demonstrate 'Creep feed grinding' - see article ] Manufacture: An...
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