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Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...data', and you will get practice with compiling and analysing data if you work through all the units in this series. We assume only that you can add, subtract, multiply and divide. In this section, we ask you to use units - grams and kilograms, abbreviated to g and kg, respectively - and to calculate a percentage, for which you will probably need to use a calculator. In...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help

...analysis of these books, and other media, informed the sex advice book that I’ve recently written with sex educator, Justin Hancock: Enjoy Sex (How, When and If You Want To). Down into the bottom left corner, much of my self-help is informed by the research I’ve conducted over the years with members of gender, sexual, and relationship diverse (GSRD) communities....
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Article 5 mins
What should we watch out for as Trump meets Xi?
Society, Politics & Law

What should we watch out for as Trump meets Xi?

...analysis of international currencies and may choose to place that label on China. While the Chinese would likely simply ignore such a designation, it would require the U.S. to take some form of punitive action if negotiations with China did not resolve the dispute. But, of course, this may be small beer compared with the more pressing geopolitical issues that will be in...
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Better regulation or austerity politics? Undoing social protection
Society, Politics & Law

Better regulation or austerity politics? Undoing social protection

...analysis – in the three spheres of social protection at issue here, the vast bulk of enforcement occurs at this level. Meanwhile, this is also the place where funding for regulation and enforcement has been reduced the most. Thus, from 2009/2010, local government funding from Westminster came under pressure. Indeed, of all the cuts to Government departments between...
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Sea level rise in London, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in London, UK

...analysis of the effects of climate change is considered very important in government policymaking but this is difficult because there inevitably there is a range of predictions in sea level rise (Humphreys, 2019b). Therefore, the Thames Estuary 2100 plan considers all climate change scenarios (Gov.UK, 2020) and builds in the uncertainties. # References Carbon Brief...
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Brexit and health care professionals
Health, Sports & Psychology

Brexit and health care professionals

...analysis identifies four categories, the effects of leaving the EU will not be so clearly divided in daily experiences of health care practice. Four key areas that need consideration in the light of Brexit are: Education of health care professionals Regulation of health care professionals Recognition of health care professional qualifications Recruiting of EU trained...
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Article 10 mins
Linear programming – the basic ideas
Science, Maths & Technology

Linear programming – the basic ideas

...analysis and operational research for solving these models by computer. Explaining how and when modelling and numerical techniques can be applied, the course covers solutions of non-linear equations; systems of linear and non-linear equations and mathematical modelling; linear and integer programming; and non-linear optimization for unconstrained and constrained...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
The Silver Bridge Disaster: Stresses and strains
Science, Maths & Technology

The Silver Bridge Disaster: Stresses and strains

...analysis that we received about the failure, and that’s the one we promote and talk about here at the museum. Narrator Most of the material that was recovered from the scene has long gone but the museum did save at least a sample of an eyebar assembly; albeit one that has been cleaned and painted to look like new. Pete Lewis This is a typical eyebar joint from the...
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Video 10 mins