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Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy

...Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA “for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP”’, 8 October [Press release]. Available at: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2008/press-release/ (Accessed: 10 February 2023). This article describes fluorescence imaging techniques in 3D tissues and organisms and is...
Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...Institute of Health used these conferences as a means of fostering social acceptability of medical practices for which scientific expertise could not provide unequivocal answers to questions with a social dimension (Jørgensen, 1995). The success of consensus conferences in the USA meant that they were soon adopted in Europe. They have proved particularly useful in the...
Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Building relationships with donors
Money & Business

Building relationships with donors

...Institute of Fundraising, 2006, p. 31) The donor development pyramid illustrates some fairly common-sense ideas about the relationship between different types of financial contribution and different levels of donor commitment. It is based on the assumption that, for the most part, the degree of a donor's commitment and loyalty is likely to be in direct proportion to the...
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...et al., 2003). [A photo showing the kind of habitat that is typical of mountain Fynbos in the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. There are a number of different species in the foreground and mountains in the background.] Figure 13 Mountain Fynbos of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. Many of the species typical of the Fynbos have seeds that are triggered to germinate by...
Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...institution. We may contrast positional leadership with a very popular notion of distributed leadership. Only a few members of an organisation will have a designated leadership role. However, most of us will make some contribution towards organisational goals. Under such, leadership may be viewed as a shared or distributed phenomenon. The concept of distributed leadership...
Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development
Health, Sports & Psychology

Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development

...Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2020). The next activity will allow you to explore the assessment and diagnostic process for children and young people. Activity 2 Guidance on assessment and diagnosis of asthma Timing: Allow 60 minutes You will need to access the National Institute for Clinical Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for these activities. To avoid...
Leadership: external context and culture
Education & Development

Leadership: external context and culture

...institutions; they are linked as part of a professional system delivering a national service. In addition, organisations are increasingly linked in a variety of multi-agency, cross-sectoral partnerships. This has particular implications for leading, and the exercise of leadership, in the implementation of policy. For example, where leaders are skilled and knowledgeable in...
Ethics in science?
Science, Maths & Technology

Ethics in science?

...Institute of Naval Medicine Historic Collections. Watch Video 1 (What the Industrial Revolution did for us, 2003) to discover more about scurvy. INTERVIEWER But in the cramped well below decks, lurked a disease that would take more than just fresh air to overcome. When Lord Anson returned from his round the world expedition of 1744, his men had been slaughtered. Over half...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs