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Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...data that's available. This data's from all over the world - countries spend billions of dollars investing in this kind of research. Now, I've circled the places where I've been. Well, by design, if I wanted to have a heart attack I'd been in the right places. Right? So, how many people are in the white? How many people in the room have spent the majority of their life in...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Gene testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Gene testing

...analysis of the molecular make up, the course moves on to look at the importance of protein and how they are digested and absorbed...This free course, Gene testing, looks at three different uses of genetic testing: pre-natal diagnosis, childhood testing and adult testing. Such tests provide genetic information in the form of a predictive diagnosis, and as such are...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Recovery strategies in sport and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery strategies in sport and exercise

...analysis process is to understand the science and theory behind a particular strategy and its impact. The next stage of critical analysis would be to analyse the supporting research. In the next section we will look at some examples of recovery strategies used by elite athletes and will begin to critically examine how effective these strategies are...Recovery strategies...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

...Data examining carers over the age of 55 years indicates a concerning picture with a clear difference evident between the physical activity levels of the caring and non-caring population in this age group (Carers UK, 2020; Figure 3). [Described image] Figure 3 Comparative physical activity data of over 55-year-old carers to the whole population (Carers UK, 2020) It should...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda
Society, Politics & Law

Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda

...data-limited estimations which were not always accurate e.g. on poverty assessment indices; presence of unassessed aspects of health e.g. non-communicable diseases and mental health; lack of integration/synergy of goals with other development activities e.g. on education, health and gender. In all, for the post 2015 agenda emphasis is made on the need for goal setting on...
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Article 5 mins
Life with the lions: Why relocating South African lions to Rwanda might create its own problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Life with the lions: Why relocating South African lions to Rwanda might create its own problems

...data over many generations, illustrating the risk of certain interferences. Second, genetic diversity on the species level can be considered as its evolutionary potential. It contains the blue print on which selective pressures can act. It therefore functions as the insurance for long term survival of a species, which is exceptionally important in a changing environment....
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Article 5 mins
How we found gravitational waves
Science, Maths & Technology

How we found gravitational waves

...data with Einstein’s predictions allowed us to test whether general relativity correctly describes such a collision – they passed with flying colours. The black-hole collision The merger occurred more than one billion light years from Earth, converting three times the mass of the sun into gravitational wave energy. In a fraction of a second, the power radiated through...
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Video 10 mins
What does toilet paper teach us about poverty?
Society, Politics & Law

What does toilet paper teach us about poverty?

...data proving the opposite. In fact, the poverty rate in the US remained mostly consistent from 1966 to 2014, fluctuating from 15% to 11% (US Census, Table 2). [Toilet paper delivery in Vietnam] Delivering toilet paper in Vietnam There are plenty of reasons why this is the case, some of which can be the direct result of policies and societal factors that keep people in a...
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Article 5 mins