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Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...De-nol®) peptic ulcer Ti oxide sunblock V complex diabetes Fe Na2[Fe(CN)5(NO)].2H2O hypertension Cu histidine complex Menkes disease Zn oxide sunblock oxide with 0.5% Fe2O3 (calamine lotion) antimicrobial agent Y 90Y complex bone and liver cancer Zr Zr(IV) glycinate antiperspirant Ru Ru(III) complex cancer parasitic disease Ag silver sulfadiazine burns Ag/Hg amalgam...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...de-motivating dependency of welfare, promoting self-help and volunteerism...Session 3: Understanding social divisions and diversity: 3.3 Asset-based approaches to community development - [This is a photograph of a group of people working in a garden.] Figure 13 Whatever the current policy discourse, identifying the assets present in communities and working to build on...
Global perspectives on primary education
Education & Development

Global perspectives on primary education

...de Korne, H. (2012) Learning first: a research agenda for improving learning in low-income countries. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution. UNESCO (1998) World Education Report, Paris: UNESCO. Wiggins, G. and McTighe, J. (2005) Understanding by design, Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,...Global perspectives on primary...
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...de Groot, R. S. and Opdam, P. (2014) ‘Ecosystem services as a contested concept: a synthesis of critique and counter-arguments’, Conservation Letters, 17 February [Online]. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12091 (Accessed 17 July 2014). Senge, P. M., Smith, B., Kruschwitz, N., Laur, J. and Schley, S. (2008) The Necessary Revolution, New York, NY, Doubleday....
Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise

...de-stigmatise the menopause, raise awareness of its impact and remove the embarrassment often experienced when people talk about it (Newson, 2019)...Session 1: What are we are talking about?: 5 Factors affecting the severity of the menopause - On average the menopause starts aged 51; however, the perimenopause that is described as ‘the change before the change’,...
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...de Desarrollo Humano Oportunidades (Human Development Opportunities Programme, referred to as Oportunidades) is an anti-poverty initiative aimed at indigenous women in a remote mountain area in northern Mexico. Previous evaluations confirmed that indigenous people were participating effectively but it was unclear that the project was succeeding in its objectives of...
Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...de-excited by collision with another particle before a photon can be emitted spontaneously. Such low densities cannot be achieved on Earth which is why these lines are not observed in the laboratory. When they are observed astronomically, we can be sure that they have been produced in a region of extremely low density. They are prominent in the spectra of active galaxies...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...de Villiers, 2000). Autistic people with pronounced language problems are more likely to fail false belief tasks, possibly suggesting that language difficulties cause ToM difficulties rather than the other way round. With much greater awareness of literal-mindedness these days, organisations like the National Autistic Society advocate clear, straightforward language for...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs