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Getting started with Spanish 1
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 1

...Le presento a Carlos Frutos. – Let me introduce Carlos Frutos. Le presento a la señora Serra. – Let me introduce Mrs Serra. Le presento al* señor Bustos. – Let me introduce Mr Bustos. (* a + el → al) To introduce people in informal situations in Spanish, you can use the following expressions: Este es Carlos. – This is Carlos. Esta es Consuelo. – This is...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Axiforge process
Science, Maths & Technology

Axiforge process

...mode Split dies are mounted on the side rams of the press, and a contoured die segment or piercing punch (or punches in the four-die system) is attached to the main vertical ram. The heated billet is first deformed by the side rams, then the piercing punch is activated. Three-die system: [Diagram to demonstrate Axiforge process - see article] Four-die system: [Diagram to...
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Article 5 mins
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...Le Bon’s The Crowd: Study of the Popular Mind (1895). Le Bon problematised what we today would see as part of the popular democratic process; he views the crowd not so much as mindless but as of one collective mind acting towards theoretical inclinations. In his view, the psychological crowd is different from a physical crowd. He argues that the organised psychological...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Averages
Science, Maths & Technology

Averages

...mode...[The average man - Cleese, Barker and Corbett on Frost Over England] Did you hear the one about the statistician who had his head in an oven and his feet in a bucket of ice? When asked how he felt, he replied, “On average I feel just fine.” Well, it’s an old joke, it wasn’t the funniest in the world in the first place, and it never makes jokes funnier if...
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Article 5 mins
Digital communications
Digital & Computing

Digital communications

...mode optical fibres draw up a power budget for an optical-fibre communication link and use it to estimate the maximum link distance...Digital communications: 1.1 Uses of optical fibre in communication - Using optical fibres, very high data rates (gigabits per second and higher) can be transmitted over long distances (tens of kilometres) without amplifiers or regenerators....
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Blood and the respiratory system
Science, Maths & Technology

Blood and the respiratory system

...respiration is so important for life, including how air enters and leaves the lungs, how oxygen is transported in the blood, the many dynamic factors that control breathing, and some diseases that affect respiration...‘Don’t hold your breath’ is an expression you’ve probably heard many times, but may not have thought too much about. In this free course, Blood and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945

...levels | Books | The Guardian Good e-Reader (2022) Book sales in the United Kingdom are booming - Good e-Reader (goodereader.com) BePolar (2019) Les chiffres et le palmarès des ventes du genre Polar dévoilés par l'Observatoire de la librairie (bepolar.fr) Acknowledgements Image of Andrea Camilleri Image of Georges Simenon Image of Hercule Poirot Image of Maj Sjöwall...
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Article 5 mins
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy

...le case italiane. Infine non dimentichiamo la pizza che, originariamente preparata nelle viuzze di Napoli, è ora diffusa in tutto il mondo! At the bakery -Buongiorno signora. -Buongiorno. Mi dà un filone da mezzo chilo, per favore? -Un filone da mezzo chilo, ecco. -Grazie. -Prego. Arrivederci. -Arrivederci. Translation -Good day, signora. -Good day. Can you give me a...
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