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Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...statistics of word accents in the epics have shown that these were not distributed randomly; especially word-final accents accumulate in certain places, in a way that can only be explained as governed by melodic preferences. Patterns emerge that align melodic contours with metrical and grammatical units, even across verses. On the basis of these patterns and the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Why use literature reviews in health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why use literature reviews in health and social care?

...statistic of 40% of infant deaths being attributable to maternal smoking. The results also highlighted some key risk factors for maternal smoking, including relative deprivation, young maternal age and low educational attainment. I refined my search by adding: ‘effective interventions’ and excluded literature over five years old. This gave me a more useful range of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Succeed with maths: part 2 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...statistical problems today – it even appears in chemistry. It is known as ‘Pascal’s triangle’ after the French mathematician Blaise Pascal who studied the properties of this triangle. The first part of Pascal’s triangle is shown in Figure 2: [Pascal's triangle] Figure 2 Pascal's triangle You can continue the triangle indefinitely by following the pattern. So how...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Understanding mental capacity Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...Statistics about Dementia [Online]. Available at www.dementiastatistics.org/ statistics-about-dementia/ (Accessed 4 August 2017). Health and Social Care Information Centre (2017) Statistics on Alcohol, England, 2016. HSCIC and ONS. Available at https://www.gov.uk/ government/ statistics/ statistics-on-alcohol-england-2016 (Accessed 11 October 2017). NHS Digital (2016)...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...Statistics 2017/18 England and Wales. London: Youth Justice Board...Session 2: Youth justice in England and Wales: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Rod Earle. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Caring for adults
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for adults

...Statistics (2010), there are 1.5 million people in the UK caring for a relative or friend with a mental health problem or dementia. There is an increasing emphasis on the role of family caregivers in supporting recovery for people in mental distress. The course is of value to all carers. Carers for people with mental health problems can include people looking after a...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Introduction to Planetary Protection
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to Planetary Protection

...statistical risk of contamination is negligible. Reduction of contamination can occur in two ways: pre-launch in clean rooms, and during missions, using radiation exposure in the space environment...Introduction to Planetary Protection: 4.3.1 Pre-launch sterilisation - As you have already learned, bioburden reduction is considered from the beginning of a mission....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...Statistical Office of the European Communities. Pfeiffer, R. and Goffin, K. (2000) ‘Getting the big idea’, The Engineer, 4 February, pp. 22–3. Plender, J. (2001) ‘The limits of ingenuity: the supply of new financial instruments is diminishing, with potentially serious consequences for the world’s capital markets’, Financial Times, 17 May. Rogers, E. (2003)...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs