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Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...central Mumbai We can revisit the three ways of thinking about urban agency in terms of ‘problematisations’, thinking of them as being guided by particular worries or concerns, or problems. So, first, the strong emphasis on urbanisation as a causal process, generating conflicts and contradictions, is a response to the observable problems associated with the clustering...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...central obesity is indicated by a ratio greater than 0.95 in men and 0.85 in women and that this increases the risks of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, which is an impairment of insulin activity. She was quick to point out that the possibility that Ron had these diseases would require further investigation before diagnosis could be made. Ron had a central obesity ratio...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...Central to this is the role of the environment in developing resilience and the challenge-support matrix. Now, based on the reading, complete interactive Figure 1. Figure 1 A challenge–support matrix for developing resilience (Fletcher and Sarkar, 2016). Research indicates that a facilitative environment for the development of resilience can be achieved through offering...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?

...central aspect of effective classroom practice; through such actions practitioners can serve as role models for the young people they are working with and for the colleagues around them. The act of being alert to a student’s situation, responding to that situation and engaging others in that process, is involving many of the attributes identified by Davidson & Hughes in...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Richard Tol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Richard Tol - Stories of Change

...central estimates and just look at the global average then you would find that a century worth of climate change is about equal to losing a year's worth of economic growth in terms of human welfare. It's another very big impact and certainly does not make climate change the biggest problem of humankind as some people are trying to convince us of. Those best guesses and...
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Understanding different research perspectives
Money & Business

Understanding different research perspectives

...central in defining the scope and direction of the study, including the methodology. Your research question(s) do not necessarily have to be expressed as question(s); they can be statements of purpose. The research question is so called because it is a problem or issue that needs to be solved or addressed. Here are some examples of research questions that focus on...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess

...central heating and the fact that we don't clean our clothes very often and don't sweep in the back of our cupboards. Well those early modern housewives would be appalled to think that you didn't air out your cupboards and move - get circulation, put dirty clothes away. Horrors! Martin Rowson: My father, who's a virologist, always used to say that penicillin was one of...
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Children and young people: food and food marketing
Education & Development

Children and young people: food and food marketing

...Central America, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific and the Caribbean. Further countries are examining these options. In Mexico, two years after the tax was implemented, consumption had dropped by nearly 10% (see Sustained consumer response: evidence from two years after implementing the sugar sweetened beverage tax in Mexico). Interestingly, however, in Mexico, young...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs