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Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...solar radiation passes through the atmosphere and warms up the more massive and dense land masses and oceans below. These absorb and retain heat energy which is then re-radiated at infrared wavelengths that do not pass so easily through the air as the incoming radiation. This is not a uniform process, however. The oceans have a temperature variation which is less (i.e....
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Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...energy and nutrients must be met. This is particularly important in growing children as damage inflicted may not be reversible and can affect normal development. People whose diet lacks the necessary nutrients suffer from malnutrition, a condition that includes both over-nutrition and under-nutrition and is considered a risk factor for health. Under-nutrition [P2]...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Basic science: understanding experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding experiments

...energy source in the future. On the way, you've also learned how to make and record observations in a systematic way, how to plot graphs, and how to interpret your data. Now, both of the experiments revealed some important facts about water. And this week, you're going to do another simple experiment that will reveal something astonishing. You're going to freeze some...
Delacroix
History & The Arts

Delacroix

...energies, was not what critics and public had come to expect of grand history painting. Its massive size (just under four by five metres) magnified its effect. In fact, the painting had only narrowly been voted into the exhibition by the Salon jury. The following critique, by Étienne-Jean Delécluze, a former pupil of David, was typical: M. Delacroix’s Sardanapalus...
Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...energy into a whole new way of life. All of that (and more) could even be happening all at once!...Introducing your Midlife MOT Your midlife years – that is, when you’re between about 40 and 60 – will probably be a very hectic time indeed. You might have ended up in a challenging job, or you might be working hard to get one. You could be looking after the kids, your...
The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable
Nature & Environment

The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable

...energy-intensive than hunting for seals and offers the bears are more secure and abundant food source. The human response in this story is entirely predictable in sending in ‘experts’ to drive the bears away, or worse cull them. Despite ecologists’ warnings that polar bears will be pushed to extinction by climate change, all the world seems to be able to do is to...
Volunteering in the community
Education & Development

Volunteering in the community

...energy for the benefit of your community, over and above any other paid employment you may have. Below, be inspired by five colleagues who are working in, and serving, their communities for the common good. Emily - Magistrate [Emily] “The more people in the community are represented, the better decisions are made.” Before becoming a magistrate, Emily had never been a...
Flying Fatigued: Fatigue in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Flying Fatigued: Fatigue in Aviation

...energy to complete daily or complex tasks (Fulghum Bruce, 2023). ICAO defines fatigue as: “A physiological state of reduced mental or physical performance capability resulting from sleep loss, extended wakefulness, circadian phase, and/or workload (mental and/or physical activity) that can impair a person’s alertness and ability to adequately perform safety-related...