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Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...artificially ordered’ state (2004, p. 158). There is a further way to consider conscience in this context: that individualised justice derived from an observance of one’s conscience also corresponds with the individualising basis of capitalism – in spite of Fox’s enthusiasm for that part of equity that provides individual justice alongside social justice. That...
Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...intelligence community for the ancient world that provided assistance in making plans for the future. Typically, they are associated with Apollo who, among other things, was considered the god of prophecy. One such oracle was this one at Delphi, where the chief priestess of Apollo (who was sometimes known as the Pythia) would answer questions about the future, as if the...
Introduction to finite element analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to finite element analysis

...intelligent mathematicians and scientists, it can only answer the questions asked of it. So, as the saying goes, ask a stupid question. The frothy solution Current CAD [computer-aided design] vendors are now selling suites which have cut-down versions of FEA engines integrated with computer-aided design software. The notion is to allow ordinary rank-and-file designers to...
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...artificial, forming a connected or complex whole. Artificial objects or appliances arranged or organised for some special purpose, as pulleys or other pieces of mechanism, columns or other details of architecture, canals, railway lines, telegraphs, etc. The prevailing political, economic, or social order, especially regarded as oppressive; the Establishment; any...
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...artificial limbs. The list of modern goods that rely on the products of the petrochemical industry is almost endless - that is why the small fraction of a barrel of oil used for petrochemicals is so valuable...Living without oil: 5 Is the oil running out? - We usually find oil in new places with old ideas. Sometimes, also, we find oil in an old place with a new idea, but...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The poetry of Sorley MacLean
History & The Arts

The poetry of Sorley MacLean

...artificial, wouldn't it? IAIN CRICHTON SMITH Oh yes, yes, yes, yes. Interview with Sorley MacLean - Part 2 Click 'play' to listen to the interview with Sorley MacLean (Part 3, 9 minutes). SORLEY MACLEAN GLAC A' BHAIS Thubhairt Nasach air choireigin gun tug am Furair air ais do fhir na Gearmailte 'a' choir agus an sonas bas fhaotainn anns an arich'. 'Na shuldhe marbh an...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...artificial and target driven ways of allocating resources to universities and universities competing with each other. We can use some of the interest in those agendas to open the university to my agendas, to social justice agendas, to collaborative work with communities, to communities making demands of universities and using university resources and expertise in ways...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
A tour of the cell
Science, Maths & Technology

A tour of the cell

...artificially prepared solution, which has pH and salt concentrations that mimic the internal environment of the cell) and disrupted, for example by detergents or ultrasound, or by homogenisation, many of the organelles such as nuclei, mitochondria and Golgi apparatus (Figure 1a and b) remain intact. The homogenisation apparatus consists of a tube with a tightly fitted...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs