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Blood and the respiratory system
Science, Maths & Technology

Blood and the respiratory system

...artificial ventilation of the lungs to regulate their breathing rate...Blood and the respiratory system: 6.2 Peripheral chemoreceptors - Before the blood reaches the chemoreceptors in the brain, changes in PO2 are detected by specialised cells – called type 1 glomus cells – that are located in the carotid artery (carotid bodies) and aorta (aortic bodies) of the heart....
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...intelligence quotient (IQ) is a total score derived from a set of standardized tests or subtests designed to assess human intelligence. * Learning difficulties A difficulty with learning. Examples might include attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyspraxia and autism for instance. * Multi-disciplinary team Professionals and practitioners form a number of different...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...Intelligence Quotient (IQ). This is a standardised way of measuring intelligence using tests of both verbal and non-verbal ability. The IQ of people with autism ranges from scores of 70 and below, which corresponds to a profound intellectual disability, to 100, which is the average IQ for any population, to 130 and above, which corresponds to high or extremely high IQ. [A...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed in the workplace

...intelligent people in a way that is of use to them, was a skill way apart from the things I’d covered before. And my degree, the reflective part of my degree, the way the degree helped me to structure information, was absolutely crucial. And so I didn’t use my technological computing degree, well, certainly not in all senses in my training services, in some small way...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...intelligence, resilience, perseverance, a sense of good wellbeing. Within the family (the mesosystem): an emotionally responsive home with settled routines, good relationships, and all physical needs met. In Session 3, you will look at the important process of attachment. You will understand how the building of secure attachments in the early years can help to develop...
Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It
History & The Arts

Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It

...artificial or improbable to resolve the plot of a story. * Enjambment In poetry, the running over of a sentence or phrase from one line to the next. * First Folio The first book to bring together in a single volume a collection of plays by Shakespeare. Including 36 plays and prepared by two old theatrical colleagues of Shakespeare, John Heminges and Henry Condell, it...
What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
Science, Maths & Technology

What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...artificially added to water supplies.) Answer The maximum permitted value of fluoride in drinking water is 1.5 mg l−1. You might wish to check the water quality report for your own water supplier. This is often available on the company website or see if the values for tap water in Milton Keynes in Table 1 have altered. Links to information on drinking water in other EU...
Advanced Spanish: Protest song
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Protest song

...artificial de bonanza y felicidad que impide que la colectividad se trace un rostro realista de su propio proceso. Sin embargo, hubo cabida para el surgimiento de manifestaciones musicales de abierto compromiso popular y político como fue el caso de la Nueva Canción Catalana, cuyo emblema referencial más próximo es Joan Manuel Serrat. A mediados de los sesenta se...