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Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...multiple layers of security,” says de Lecea, so if something isn’t working properly, there are systems that can step in and pick up the slack. In the case of the orexins, however, there appears to be little or no backup at all. So, manipulating this system produces the kind of clear-cut response that scientists can work with. “It is a brilliant model for...
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Article 15 mins
For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...multiple areas of the brain. But recent studies have started to yield some insights. The brain activity of people with depression looks different during sleep and wakefulness than that of healthy people. During the day, wake-promoting signals coming from the circadian system – our internal 24-hour biological clock – are thought to help us resist sleep, with these...
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Article 15 mins
Developing high trust work relationships
Money & Business

Developing high trust work relationships

...multiple relationships that are going on inside organisations, but also outside organisations. All of them rely on trust. Trust is crucial for HRM, because everything that HR does is about building that trusting relationship between the employee and the employer. The way in which you appraise people the way in which you pay people, the way in which you train people, the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course

...multiple ways of greeting, in Tamil there is just one way of greeting others. To greet someone in person or whilst on the telephone or internet, you would say ‘Vanakkam’ and, if meeting in person, you would say this with palms pressed against each other facing the person. The word ‘Vanakkam’ implies respecting the person who comes in front of another person. This...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Using Turnitin effectively: building integrity into your writing
Education & Development

Using Turnitin effectively: building integrity into your writing

...multiple students have submitted. The solution: try to use your own words and the three steps for easy paraphrasing (see Section 6 of course). Number 2 (highlighted in pink) is matched directly to the course materials, but it also contains words and phrases that are not easily paraphrased. This happens with nouns and names. The problem: this section is not quoted and is...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...multiple organisations from different sectors over an extended period of time. This is one of the key reasons that this course's authors and colleagues at the Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership argue that voluntary organisations need to move on from an individual, person-centred approach to leadership to develop boundary-crossing collaborative leadership practice...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Mathemateg bob dydd 2
Science, Maths & Technology

Mathemateg bob dydd 2

...multiplication times 100 divided by 35 Rydych yn dechrau trwy luosi’r rhif top yn y ffracsiwn â 100. Bydd y rhif gwaelod yn aros yr un peth: equation left hand side 21 postfix times multiplication 100 divided by 35 equals right hand side 2100 divided by 35 Nawr mae angen ichi ganslo’r ffracsiwn i lawr cymaint ag sy’n bosibl: 2100 divided by 35 ÷ top a gwaelod â 5...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...multiple opportunities to embed learning. * Bring your own device (BYOD) Staff and pupils use their own networked devices and apps/services on the school network. Devices may be produced and/or access supported in other ways. IT help should be available and teachers should be explicit about how they expect devices to be used for learning. * Educational Technology EdTech...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs