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Death is inevitable: But do you need to plan for it?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Death is inevitable: But do you need to plan for it?

...types of planning that can be done when it comes to thinking about the end of life. For example, advance care planning (or anticipatory care planning as it is known in Scotland) includes thinking about the types of treatment you may want near the end of life or stating where you would like to be cared for. This has commonly been advised for people who know they have a...
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Climate Change, Coastal Erosion and Flooding: The Thames Gateway and London
Society, Politics & Law

Climate Change, Coastal Erosion and Flooding: The Thames Gateway and London

...types of shoreline management plans are mentioned in the film: Option 1: Hold the line As its name suggests this strategy involves defending the existing coastline from erosion. This strategy may involve the building of sea walls along large areas of coastline. In the early days of coastal management hold the line was often the preferred policy in the UK. Now it is...
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Phobos – an asteroid masquerading as a moon of Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

Phobos – an asteroid masquerading as a moon of Mars?

...types, namely D- or T-type asteroids, as well as carbonaceous chondrite meteorites that originate from asteroids. [Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE instrument] The above image was taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, HiRISE instrument. However, Phobos resides in a near-circular equatorial orbit, one which is directly above Mars’ Equator. This is inconsistent with...
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The real reason clowns scare us
Health, Sports & Psychology

The real reason clowns scare us

...types of appearance or emotional expression were likely to elicit the greatest sense of unease. [A woman's face is looking directly at the camera with angry eyes and a smiling mouth. She has dark hair tied up and pale blue-grey eyes.] Happy face with angry eyes. Research materials I looked again at these results in the context of the classic clown face, one where the...
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Is there life on Europa?
Science, Maths & Technology

Is there life on Europa?

...type of reduction-oxidation reaction, or ‘redox’ for short). Plants are capable of photosynthesis, which means using light as a source of energy. Even though you may be familiar with these types of metabolisms, the microbial world offers an enormous diversity of alternatives which mean they can be found in environments on Earth where other organisms could not survive....
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Education & Development

Succeed in the workplace

...types of interviews. By the end of the course you will have made a start on your own realistic and strong action plan to enable you to find a job that will fulfil your aspirations and suit your lifestyle...Do you want to change jobs? Are you just starting in the job market? Are you returning to work after a break? If so, then this free course, Succeed in the workplace, is...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency
Society, Politics & Law

Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency

...type of research is called a ‘longitudinal study’, as it follows people over a long period to see if their behaviour changes or develops over time. The Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development was a longitudinal study that began in the 1960s by the criminologist Donald West, although David Farrington, a forensic psychologist, took over the long-term running of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Art and the Mexican Revolution
History & The Arts

Art and the Mexican Revolution

...de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F./DACS 2018. During the revolution, the Mexican bourgeoisie mobilised the radicalised peasantry and emergent working class to overthrow the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz who had been installed with the backing of the United States in 1876. And after the violence had subsided in the post-revolutionary period,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs