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The mother of the American Athens
History & The Arts

The mother of the American Athens

...table. But the issue was that after a months imprisonmente, the greatest parte were dismiste, & sent to the places from whence they came; but 7. of the principall were still kept in prison, and bound over to the Assises." My excellent "R. N." of the Handbook of Boston is anxious to have his reader, as I in turn am anxious to have mine, distinguish between these future...
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Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change

...table from the developed world. The developed world has just come out of a recession, public finances in almost every developed world country are very constrained, it’s difficult for developed countries to find that kind of money; they’ve got to find support for it at home and most people in most developed countries don’t see giving money to the poorest countries as...
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General principles of cellular communication
Science, Maths & Technology

General principles of cellular communication

...Table 1). Whole genome duplication events, such as those that occurred in the evolution of vertebrates between 550 and 450 million years ago, were responsible for these marked differences. However, the correlation between complexity and number of genes involved in signalling is not a strict one. Thus, while a human generally has many more genes encoding components of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Liquidity management
Money & Business

Liquidity management

...Table 1 provides an outline of how such a contingency funding statement could look. First, liquidity conditions are measured under both normal and adverse business conditions. In adverse conditions, an organisation would expect to have lower cash inflows arising from its business activities because of lower sales and/or lower prices than under normal conditions....
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius
History & The Arts

Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius

...De Architectura’ by the Roman architect Virtruvius, who wrote in the 1st Century BC. ‘De Architectura’ covered both the theory and practice of building, and was the only technical treatise of its kind to have survived from antiquity. It became essential reference material for Renaissance architects. In some of Leonardo’s studies of proportions, his measurements...
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Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...Table 1 lists a range of views from seven students who took part in The Open University study exploring student perspectives on online learning forums which was reported in Griffin and Roy, 2019. For each statement, note down whether the student is fearless or fearful of using forums, what their views tell you about using forums, and any other comments you have about...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...Table 1 Classifying the different types of cybercrime CRIME AGAINST THE PERSON CRIME AGAINST THE PROPERTY BOTH Malware Trojan Virus Worm Ransomware Phishing Online financial crimes Online Fraud Password cracking Hacking Photo-hacking Sextortion Image-based sexual crimes Revenge Pornography Cyberstalking Trolling Cyberbullying Words: 0 Discussion Under that assumption,...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Systems diagramming
Digital & Computing

Systems diagramming

...table of the physical properties of matter. Such ‘external models’ underpinned by shared assumptions are commonplace, often to the point where we take them for granted. This can be particularly so where we try to use diagrams to represent and communicate complex information simply and quickly. Activity 1 Try to think of three examples of diagrams you see regularly in...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs