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Traditional Ecological Knowledges: Learning from the past to inform the future
Nature & Environment

Traditional Ecological Knowledges: Learning from the past to inform the future

...energy, where you get your food, or how you recycle waste). Small changes in your daily lifestyle can have a big impact. After all, it will all come down to each and every one of us to do our bit, for a better world. Useful links Floodplain Meadows Partnership U116: Environment: journeys through a changing world Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous...
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Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change

...energy to avoid climate change, and the Lukewarmers are saying, ‘Well, maybe we don’t need to avoid that much of it. Maybe in fact some degree of warming will be beneficial for us, it’ll encourage the growth of plants, for instance, with the extra CO2.’ TE: It’s interesting. A lot of what we aim to do with climate change of course comes down to our values. Do we...
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An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...energy. [Described image] Figure 2.6 Smelting plant The cost of the electricity used to split the bond between aluminium and oxygen in alumina makes up somewhere between one and two fifths (20–40%) of the total cost of aluminium. In fact, Al smelting plants use so much power that they are usually sited right next to power stations, in order to reduce the loss of power...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...energies towards those things which matter most, rather than those which matter less. Cameron (2008) gives this advice: Direct your time appropriately i.e. towards the things which are most important. Direct your energy efficiently i.e. maximise your achievements for time and energy expended. Stop wasting time. (Cameron, 2008, p. 89) Long hours and intensification of work...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...energy of the sound is concentrated at certain frequencies of vibration. A plot of the energy of a sound against the frequency at which that energy occurs is called a spectrogram. A spectrogram for a flute's note is shown in Figure 3a. As you can see there are slim coloured bands, and black spaces in between. The coloured bands are the regions of the frequency spectrum...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Older carers, COVID-19 and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Older carers, COVID-19 and physical activity

...F.I, Katch V. L. (1996). “Exercise Physiology; Energy, Nutrition and Human Perfomance.” 4th Edition. Williams & Wilkins. Webb.E. (2020). “coronavirus risk for older people; the updated picture.” www.ageuk.org.uk Authors: Martin Penson, Jitka Vseteckova, Nichola Kentzer, Jo Horne, Mary Larkin, Alex Berry, Melinda Spencer, Abigail Methley, Phil Taverner, Martin Robb...
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Bridges and Buildings: The structures of the Industrial Revolution
History & The Arts

Bridges and Buildings: The structures of the Industrial Revolution

...energy resources, especially coal, and materials such as natural fibres and iron itself. One such bridge across the Dee at Chester, was made using cast iron beams. It cracked in the middle while a train was passing over, and the carriages fell into the tidal river below killing seven (Figure 4). Robert Stephenson claimed that the train hit the bridge and caused the...
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Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?

...energy for competition and coping with pressure all need to be incrementally developed through experience. After six years of full-time training, aged 27, following disappointment at both the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games, Edwards made the World Championships podium (bronze) having leapt 17.44 metres. Jumping a whole metre further seemed impossible at that time. Athletes...
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