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Could we control our climate? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...central Pacific ocean, the Bay of Bengal, the west coast of Canada, the Great Lakes, and around the European coastline. Shore and bottom stations are mainly distributed around the east and west coasts of the USA and the Australian coast. Figure 3c - This stacked line graph shows the fraction of sea surface temperature observations made with different methods: buckets...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...central’ scenario. Also, by understanding more of the complexity I find this aspect helps me to retain an open mind on most topics, aids reducing prejudice and helps me work to what I feel may be a more balanced viewpoint.’ John Robles: ‘It [systems thinking] allows me to tackle problems not only in a scientific way but in a holistic way which demonstrates a caring...
Teaching the First World War
Education & Development

Teaching the First World War

...Central European History, 48, pp. 541–64. William Mulligan (2014) ‘The Trial Continues: New Directions in the Study of the Origins of the First World War’, English Historical Review, 129(538), pp. 639–66. If you want to spend more time on this activity, you could also access, via JSTOR, some book reviews of the most relevant recent publications. Good starting...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Delacroix
History & The Arts

Delacroix

...central role in this process of artistic negotiation and reconciliation. The Enlightenment’s preoccupation with ‘exotic’ lands as part of an indirect critique of western European societies increasingly competed with visions of the East as a site of fantasy, desire and sensuous pleasure. Like the Prince Regent’s Pavilion, Delacroix’s work also exemplified in many...
Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...central point called a hub. All messages are conveyed through the hub and, like the bus topology, will arrive at each node. In this arrangement, any single cable failure affects only one node, but a hub failure would make the entire network inoperable. Typically, the maximum number of nodes that can be connected together in a star topology is 24. To expand a star network,...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Cell signalling
Science, Maths & Technology

Cell signalling

...central hydrophobic antiparallel β sheet, flanked by two short α helices (Figure 14b), which together form a compact flattened hemisphere with two surface pockets. The SH2 domain binds the phosphotyrosine-containing polypeptide substrate via these surface pockets (Figure 15). One pocket (phosphotyrosine pocket) represents the binding site for phosphotyrosine, whereas...
Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Collaborative problem solving for community safety
Money & Business

Collaborative problem solving for community safety

...central operations building or station, and share information extensively, but they often do not work in collaboration because they have not adopted joint or common ways of working. The best they may achieve is coordination of call-out responses...Week 3: Communicating in your community: Summary - This week you looked at how your communication skills can be improved to...
The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK
History & The Arts

The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK

...central topics of debate. But success was a long time coming. Why? Women, even those who actively supported the suffrage campaign, were not united. Did that affect their chances? Later on, you will look at the physical force protests of the WSPU in more detail, but first let us get a sense of the range of public support for votes for women by considering a single mass...