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People, automobiles and statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

People, automobiles and statistics

...simple. Measure the length of your forearm. This is the distance between your elbow and your wrist. This is far from simple. You’d maybe like to measure the length between the axis around which your elbow hinges then a similar axis for your wrist, or simply from the back of your elbow with a bent arm to a bone in your wrist. But, either way, these are not well defined...
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Gene testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Gene testing

...simple analysis of the molecular make up, the course moves on to look at the importance of protein and how they are digested and absorbed...This free course, Gene testing, looks at three different uses of genetic testing: pre-natal diagnosis, childhood testing and adult testing. Such tests provide genetic information in the form of a predictive diagnosis, and as such are...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Presenting information
Digital & Computing

Presenting information

...Simple arithmetic operations - To perform a simple arithmetic calculation: Enter the first number in the calculation (for example '123') using one of the following methods: Using your computer keyboard's numeric keypad, which (if you have one) is on the right of your computer keyboard. Check to see whether the Num Lock indicator light is on and if it is not press the NUM...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Has Twitter's role as a political influence been overstated?
Digital & Computing

Has Twitter's role as a political influence been overstated?

...codes of behaviour, as well as structural racisms and subjectivity. Moreover, we don’t all arrive at this sphere as equals class and costshape digital participation. It is these institutionalised biases that we pick up and expand for analysis. Feminist philosopher Nancy Fraser critiques the white middle-class boundaries of Habermas’ definition. She describes second...
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Have vanishing debt costs created a magic money tree?
Money & Business

Have vanishing debt costs created a magic money tree?

...Hammond as he plans this autumn’s Budget. If the deadline for restoring budget balance – already postponed beyond 2022 – fades further from the headlines, then it may well be because the crowded debt issuance calendar has started to resemble the magic money tree’s genetic code. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Autumn Statement 2016: Tories shift to growth strategy in an Ed Balls-style pirouette
Society, Politics & Law

Autumn Statement 2016: Tories shift to growth strategy in an Ed Balls-style pirouette

...economists’ code for the higher pay which voters – and the Chancellor’s party – expect to gain when Brexit uncertainty settles. If that promise secures the government’s re-election by 2020, Ed Balls could well claim to be the ghostwriter denied a royalty. [The Conversation]This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Child spirituality
Education & Development

Child spirituality

...code, or practices connected with food or dress or festivals. Much of this practice will be positive for a child, giving meaning to births, coming of age, marriages or deaths in the family. Many people turn to religious beliefs and rituals to help them through times of stress or to celebrate a transition. Children who belong to faith communities need to have such...
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