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People with dementia and meaning in music
Health, Sports & Psychology

People with dementia and meaning in music

...account of the ‘memory bump’ is important - that is, people with dementia retain their clearest musical memories for music heard between the ages of 10 and 30 (Rubin et al, 1998). Music can be used to link the person’s musical preferences with their personal identity, life experiences and significant events and their overall life history (McDermott et al, 2014)....
Understanding operations management
Money & Business

Understanding operations management

...accounting, personnel and engineering. Operations managers' responsibilities include: Human resource management – the people employed by an organisation either work directly to create a good or service or provide support to those who do. People and the way they are managed are a key resource of all organisations. Asset management – an organisation's buildings,...
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...accounts of crimes and criminals in your own leisure time or that of family members or friends. How many examples can you think of from TV or literature that illustrate our fascination with crimes and criminals? Discussion We turned up quite a few examples. The TV schedules suggest we thrive on a high-crime diet of murder tales and detective thrillers as well as...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...account, remain more or less as they were in our ancestors. In Eaton et al.’s (1988) memorable phrase, modern people are like ‘stone-agers in the fast lane’. What are the implications of this for our well-being? Physically, it has been suggested that many of our chronic health problems, for example atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), diabetes, high blood...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Practice supervision and assessment in nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Practice supervision and assessment in nursing

...accountable for your decisions to delegate tasks and duties to other people. Section 13: Recognise and work within the limits of your competence. Section 14: Be open and candid with all service users about all aspects of care and treatment, including when any mistakes or harm have taken place. Section 16: Act without delay if you believe there is a risk to patient safety...
How to compare income across countries
Science, Maths & Technology

How to compare income across countries

...account inflation and the cost of living in each country and provide a tool for comparing economies across time and geography. One way of thinking about purchasing power parity is to consider the local prices paid for a globalised product, and then relate the local prices to a “standardised” price, such as the price in dollars. A lighthearted and informal way of...
Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research
Education & Development

Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research

...accounts of personal experience. A piece of research is also likely to take place over a significant period of time, and if conducted properly will help you to consider what works and also provide insights into why it works. If these conditions apply, then the work that you are undertaking does constitute ‘research’. This has further implications: The work should take...
Looking at, describing and identifying objects
History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...account of the earliest stage of this object’s biography – its production. Discussion Despite the lack of certainty around some of the observations, it is possible to outline a basic sequence of events. Here is my attempt: Somewhere in Africa or India an elephant grew a tusk (assuming the object is made of elephant ivory). The elephant died and its tusk was removed...