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IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...determined how fast the news could get from one place to another? What determined how much information you could get about an event? What determined how many people could find out about an event? How far could news travel? Discussion For the most part, news would have travelled with people, so the answer to all of the questions about the spread of news is linked with...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Scottish courts and the law Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...determined in accordance with Scots law, but it has been a matter of agreement between the experienced counsel who argued this case, and it appears to be the basis of the judgments of the learned judges of the Court of Session, that for the purposes of determining this problem the law of Scotland and the law of England are the same. [. . .] The liability for negligence,...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...determine the temperature of things so hot or cold (e.g. a kiln or liquid nitrogen, respectively) that we cannot possibly sense these directly without severe harm to ourselves. Likewise, humans have invented many devices to amplify their muscle power. For example, a hydraulic lift can perform hundreds of times the amount of work that a human or an animal can, thus helping...
Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...determinants of health (Dahlgren and Whitehead, 1993, in Dahlgren and Whitehead, 2007). Women frequently have limited control over the many sociocultural factors that affect their health and wellbeing. Therefore, the social model of health lends itself to campaigns arguing for social justice and better working and living conditions. In addition, the biomedical model...
Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...determined by the overall matter-energy density of the Universe – if the matter-energy density is higher than some critical value, space is positively curved; if the matter-energy density is lower than this critical value, space is negatively curved. Perhaps reassuringly, observations of the CMB fluctuations indicate that the large-scale geometry of the Universe is...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Investigating psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating psychology

...determinism. True False a. True b. False The correct answer is b. Answer Social constructionism suggests that people make active choices rather than behaving in a way that is determined by social context. Select the answer for Question 1c here Social constructionism would argue that scientific knowledge is produced through social processes. True False a. True b. False The...
Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Discovering music through listening
History & The Arts

Discovering music through listening

...determined by the pulse rate: fast music will have a fast pulse, and slow music a slow pulse. Although the tempo of a piece of music may be consistent, composers can change the tempo to add contrast and create interest within a single piece. [This shows a tempo marking in musical notation] Figure 2 A tempo marking in musical notation. Activity 2 Listen to the following...
Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...determines both which issues are defined as social problems and the ways in which they are defined as such...Social problems: Who makes them?: 2.1 Common sense and social problems - This concern with social construction may seem troubling or even a distraction from the real business of studying social problems. However, it is built on one of the starting points of the...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs