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The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...techniques of economics are used and impact on our everyday lives. You will look at the issue of flooding, a problem with a long history but becoming increasingly important globally because of the impact of climate change. Using economic theory, you will explore why market forces alone typically cannot resolve the problems associated with flooding, creating a rationale...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Exploring books for children: words and pictures
History & The Arts

Exploring books for children: words and pictures

...technique of engraving was also being used, printed using rolling presses, especially for the frontispieces of books displayed in shop windows to attract passersby. By the mid nineteenth century, illustrations of children’s books are often numerous and richly coloured. Production techniques developed further, and the market grew. Adventure stories aimed at boys and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground

...techniques used to describe it are just the same as those introduced in AA314_1 which analyse the foreground. Before you begin, you may wish to revise the ideas that were introduced in AA314_1, especially familiarising yourself with the terms analytical notation, arpeggiation, background, consonance, consonant skip, diminution, dissonance, foreground, middleground,...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics

...technique of estimating the relationship of one variable with another) of average daily infection rate against total reported cases per 1000 people, for 149 local authorities around the UK, on 8th April 2020. [Graph of total report cases and average daily infection rate for COVID-19] The analysis also tested whether characteristics of the locality are correlated (whether...
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Article 10 mins
Killed by Agatha Christie: Strychnine and the detective novel
History & The Arts

Killed by Agatha Christie: Strychnine and the detective novel

...techniques. Let us focus instead about another celebrated Christie characteristic: she also was obsessed with poisons. They were her weapon of choice, so much so that a University of Texas pharmacology professor even wrote a book on the subject, titled The Poisonous Pen of Agatha Christie , a survey of the 30 odd poison murders in the mystery novelist’s 66 books. The...
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Article 5 mins
Working as a researcher | Developing research and study skills
Education & Development

Working as a researcher | Developing research and study skills

...techniques will you need to develop further in the next year? Have you considered how long your data analysis might take and whether your proposed approach is feasible? Academic writing What others said: One of the things about [having been] a journalist is that you have just got to write. … I just get started and [know] it will be fine, it will take shape. [EdD...
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Article 2 mins
An expert’s take on AI
Digital & Computing

An expert’s take on AI

...techniques that aim to reproduce the intelligence that we see in animals and people inside machines, particularly computers. Q: How does AI work? A: There’s no single way in which AI works – it’s a range of technologies. The simplest perhaps are expert systems which are rule-based, and you have a whole load of rules which can be thought of as ‘if this is true or...
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Article 5 mins
Leaving no stone unturned in the pursuit of female athletic performance
Health, Sports & Psychology

Leaving no stone unturned in the pursuit of female athletic performance

...technique and may increase her injury risk. 40% of female athletes... suffer with stress incontinence due to poor pelvic floor function. The cause for urinary incontinence in female athletes is still unclear. It could be related to the significant and sudden intra-abdominal pressure increases, especially during high-impact activities such as running and jumping, or may be...
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Article 15 mins