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Multiple cause diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Multiple cause diagrams

...care not to combine two factors into one, e.g. ‘battery is flat and car won’t start’. This can prevent you identifying differences in their causes or consequences, and therefore can prevent you from finding potential good points at which to intervene in the situation. This type of diagram does not distinguish between necessary and/or sufficient causes – if the...
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Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...cared for the sick. They have nursed family members within the home and worked as nurses, healers and midwives within the community. In the eighteenth century, a few women worked as ‘doctresses’ and ‘surgeonesses’, having received some form of training similar to male practitioners. However, when formal medical training began to be developed in hospitals and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
'Keeping it Real': The Experiences of Black Youth beyond Criminal (In)Justice Statistics
Society, Politics & Law

'Keeping it Real': The Experiences of Black Youth beyond Criminal (In)Justice Statistics

...adults who can advocate on their behalf and challenge the school system. The outcome can sometimes be very different for those young people who are able to access this kind of parental and community support. Jordan, aged 10, had been attending an afterschool club that I had been running since he was 7, throughout the time that I had known him his mother was constantly...
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The science of nutrition and healthy eating Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

...care to eat a mix of different plant proteins (particularly beans) to ensure that they have enough. For adults, the reference nutrient intake (RNI) is 0.75 g of protein per kilogram of body weight per day. For an average man weighing 83kg, his protein needs are 62g per day. For an average woman weighing 70kg, her protein needs are 53g. However, an average western diet...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
I-SPY: Find out more about the research on Internet infidelity
Health, Sports & Psychology

I-SPY: Find out more about the research on Internet infidelity

...adults from 18 to 73 years old. The research used open as well as closed questions, which allowed participants to write in detail about their experiences with Internet infidelity. Unlike most prior research in the area, the study recruited people who had experienced Internet infidelity – either having engaged in it themselves or having found out that their partner had...
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Is norovirus an economic threat?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is norovirus an economic threat?

...adults and young children, most do survive the illness with symptoms typically lasting 1 to 3 days. In fact, close to 30% of people infected with norovirus have no symptoms whatsoever. So, how can such a virus cost us so much money? Depending on the country, somewhere between 85% and 99% of the cost of norovirus are productivity losses. This means costs arising from...
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The secrets of the brain
Science, Maths & Technology

The secrets of the brain

...adults, as the skull is solid, an excess of CSF causes increased pressure inside the skull, which can lead to complications such as awful headaches, visual impairment and hearing problems. There are several different types of cells in the brain, depending on their functions. For example, there are epithelial cells, which are in charge of creating CSF, and neurons, in...
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From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common
Health, Sports & Psychology

From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common

...adults.[The Conversation] Authors Lindsay O'Dell, Professor of critical developmental psychology, The Open University; Charlotte Brownlow, Professor of Psychology, School of Psychology and Wellbeing, University of Southern Queensland, and Sandra Thom-Jones, Honorary Professor, University of Wollongong This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative...
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