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Kinematics of fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Kinematics of fluids

...types (the uniform flow, source, doublet and vortex), and suitable combinations of these are used to model more complicated flows. Section 4 introduces the idea of differentiation following the motion, and Euler’s equation is developed in Section 5...This free course examines the basic kinematics of two-dimensional fluid flows. Section 1 introduces the differential...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
How the sausage links us together
History & The Arts

How the sausage links us together

...types of sausage were viewed as dangerously foreign. Despite charcuterie’s elite history, sausages were part of the cultural baggage that some immigrants felt compelled to abandon in an effort to conform. The food historian Harvey Levenstein notes that for German immigrants to the US, removing blood sausages from their diets was a step towards assimilation. Centuries...
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Article 5 mins
Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing

...types of therapy that are available. [Graphic of training shoes surrounded by sports equipment, an iPhone monitoring heartbeat and an apple on a green background. ] What is wellbeing? Mental health and wellbeing are terms that are commonly used in everyday language. However, research shows that wellbeing can mean different things to different people. For example, when we...
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Article 10 mins
Rich pictures
Science, Maths & Technology

Rich pictures

...phrases (e.g. speech bubble to convey attitude). Conventions To help interpret a situation, choose symbols, scenes or images that represent the situation. Use as many colours as necessary and draw the symbols on a large piece of paper. Try not to get too carried away with the fun and challenge to your ingenuity in finding pictorial symbols. Put in whatever connections you...
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Delivering tutorials for dyslexic students
Education & Development

Delivering tutorials for dyslexic students

...phrases in instructions, which they can easily identify and recognise. Use meaningful examples Instead of long instructions. It is advisable to provide an example and, or ask one student to repeat the instruction before the group starts working on an activity. Clarity of explanations and examples: use simple examples and clarify complex points in a clear, systematic way...
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Article 10 mins
Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language learning
Education & Development

Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language learning

...phrases, you need to stick to the assessment guidelines and mention them in the reference section as a source you have used, just like you would do with any other source! And keep in mind that machine translation tools are mostly trained to work with whole sentences, so they are actually not the most reliable source for looking up single words, and you might be better off...
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What is a password manager - and should I be using one?
Digital & Computing

What is a password manager - and should I be using one?

...phrase or combination of random words. This will prevent attackers from getting access to all of your passwords, even if they steal the password store from your machine or an online password system. For example, in June 2015 attackers were able to steal a large number of password stores from LastPass, putting those users with very weak master passwords at risk of having...
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‘Bread of Heaven’ – Singing from the same hymn sheet?
History & The Arts

‘Bread of Heaven’ – Singing from the same hymn sheet?

...phrase in Hughes’ tune (set to the words ‘feed me now and evermore’ in the first verse of the English translation). For much of the twentieth century, two versions were widely published in hymn books: one with the melody staying on the high note throughout above a descending tenor line that then leaps back up to the high note, while the other reverses these parts,...
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