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Science, Maths & Technology

Mathematics for science and technology

...energy, voltage, heat, magnetic field, properties of radioactive materials, indeed whatever you care to name) can be made up from combinations of just these seven base units. For instance, speed is measured in metres per second. In this course you will work mainly with the familiar base units of length, mass, time and temperature, and some of their combinations, but it is...
Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
History & The Arts

Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period

...energy, as was the case with radio broadcasting. In Germany, radio broadcasting was ‘to be above party politics – unlike so many of Germany’s great and influential newspapers and other printed periodicals – and it was not to be subject to the kind of international influence that challenged the independence of the German motion picture industry throughout the...
Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...energy-efficient. (SCFDMA is not covered here.) The uplink and downlink generally occupy different frequency bands, in common with the widely adopted versions of 2G and 3G. All mobile data communication uses the idea of a unit of resource in the downlink. A resource unit is a stream of data allocated exclusively to a user for, typically, a short time. Figure 28 represents...
Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...energy and activity. The different angle of head and body in males can sometimes be used to emphasize the suggestion of action conveyed by arms and legs. Men can convey notions of authority, assurance, assertiveness and engagement with the world by projecting arms, knees, elbows, walking sticks, umbrellas and top hats into the space around them...Picturing the family: 4.4...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Working with young people: roles and responsibilities
Education & Development

Working with young people: roles and responsibilities

...energy to engage in more developmental work. However, it is important to remember that practitioners have a legal responsibility to protect young people from abuse and harm. Click in the box below to start playing the video. 10.00hrs James arrives for the final session of his ‘Mad Music’ project. STEVE McDANIEL [00.12] We might be able to get a mix sorted so that...
Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...energy and stress. [The quote reads: ‘I explained it all to comeone by e-mail, and then it was passed to someone else, and I had to explain it all again. It would speed things up and be less stressful if the information were passed on automatically.’] It also takes time for people to prepare for a hearing, reading through/remembering the facts in a witness statement...
Business models in strategic management
Money & Business

Business models in strategic management

...energy, reputation damage in case of failure, risk to health and disrupted work–life balance (e.g. lack of attention to your family, friends, and hobbies). [A close-up of a pen on top of a list which includes bills, food, travel and taxes and numbers beside each.] Activity 20 Your cost structure Timing: Allow around 15 minutes Think about your answer to the question...
Physical and mental health for young children
Education & Development

Physical and mental health for young children

...energy food and drink and low levels of activity have led to the worrying levels of childhood obesity. The following sections start to look at these conditions in more detail...Session 4: Preventable communicable and non-communicable health conditions: 6 Inadequate nutrition - This section examines the subject of inadequate nutrition from a global perspective, looking at...