2,730 search results
Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them

...systems of psychiatric diagnosis (see Box 1): Panic attacks are extreme experiences of sudden and overwhelming anxiety and fear. Panic disorder is the regular experience of reoccurring panic attacks. Box 1 Psychiatric diagnosis Psychiatric diagnosis is the process by which mental health difficulties are ‘diagnosed’ or identified or labelled. There are two main systems...
View course Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them
Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Europa: Jupiter’s ocean world
Science, Maths & Technology

Europa: Jupiter’s ocean world

...System. Since Greek times, it had been assumed that the Earth was the centre of the Solar System, with other objects orbiting around it. Galileo’s observation, that these moons were orbiting Jupiter and not Earth, contradicted that long-held view and instead supported Copernicus’ proposal that the Earth and other bodies moved round the Sun (heliocentricity, Figure 1)....
View article Europa: Jupiter’s ocean world
Article 5 mins
Witnesses and Evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Witnesses and Evidence

...system? Should we really burden members of the public with the responsibility of resolving our criminal and civil disputes - or would we be better having a panel of experts? And what about expert witnesses? After so many recent miscarriages of justice, how much weight should be given to the testimony of such witnesses? Gary Slapper, Professor of Law at The Open...
View audio Witnesses and Evidence
Audio 13 mins
Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision

...think in the early days the Fragile Planet series, Fragile Earth series on Channel 4, there was an amazing film called Korup about the rain forest, when the very first time we were up in the canopy and that was extraordinary, but probably the series that most influenced me was Kingdom of the Ice Bear, a series done in the eighties about the natural history of the artic...
View video Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision
Video 15 mins
What are your views about technologies to support and assess writing skills?
Education & Development

What are your views about technologies to support and assess writing skills?

...thinking, present their views and get feedback through peer-review - all supported by technologies. The digital age has enabled the read/write culture. It has created a landscape of opportunities and challenges for novice and expert writers. These includes the production and dissemination of information and knowledge by anyone, anywhere, at any time. People can access,...
View article What are your views about technologies to support and assess writing skills?
Article 5 mins
Supporting sustainable and responsible space exploration
Science, Maths & Technology

Supporting sustainable and responsible space exploration

...System. Although conditions on other planets and bodies in space look inhospitable, ingredients that could host life might be present. If life exists in any of the worlds we hope to explore, conscientious mission teams cannot leave its protection to chance. We know life is found on Earth in the most extreme conditions and terrestrial hitch-hikers can survive space travel....
View article Supporting sustainable and responsible space exploration
Article 10 mins
Can the Economy be Irish?
Money & Business

Can the Economy be Irish?

...system, with filming and production activities across various European locales, including Northern Ireland. Underpinning this regionally distributed system is a set of Global Value Chains (GVCs): the basis of trade in modern economies. These include associated activities such as culture, leisure and tourism as well as related business and financial services. It follows...
View article Can the Economy be Irish?
Article 10 mins
Homage to Celtalonia
Society, Politics & Law

Homage to Celtalonia

...system; A Federal Central Bank with direct membership of three national central backs, akin to the Fed system in the US with membership of Euroepan Central bank (ECB); A system of fiscal federalism to distribute tax revenues between the nations and constituent regions appropriately (akin to Finanzausgleichgesetz in Germany); A Federal Constitutional Court to settle...
View article Homage to Celtalonia
Article 5 mins