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An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...de la Serre, a French army captain, visited the school and described his system of 12 raised dots representing sounds which could be combined to form words. Braille experimented with Barbier’s system and, by the time he was 20, he had simplified it so that each letter of the alphabet could be represented by six raised dots arranged in three rows. The dots are precisely...
Understanding depression and anxiety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding depression and anxiety

...de-silencing’ mechanisms are examples of epigenetic mechanisms. The word ‘epigenetic’ means ‘above or beyond genes’ and is used to refer to the way the expression of genes can be altered as described above. The 5-HTT gene codes for the serotonin transporter protein – that is, it provides cells with the ‘instructions’ needed to make the protein. As a...
Welsh history and its sources
History & The Arts

Welsh history and its sources

...de Loutherbourg, published in 1784 as the frontispiece to Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards by Edward Jones. From: The remaking of Wales in the eighteenth century remaking_31.pdf695.7 KB PDF document Image 31: Druidical Remains in Anglesey, an engraving by J.Smith in William Sotheby’s A Tour Through Parts of Wales, 1794 From: The remaking of Wales in the...
Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...Maths recently, which kind of reminded me what it was like to study, but I need the extra qualifications. Ben, my mate, recently finished a course online. And he said he found it really difficult, because he wasn’t used to it – doing it online. So he suggested to me that I build up my skills before I start working on my qualifications. Video 4: John’s introduction...
Prices, location and spread
Science, Maths & Technology

Prices, location and spread

...Maths Help website. All of the modules here, except for the Geometry one, are relevant to M140...Prices, location and spread: Text - This free course was written by Kevin McConway. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The...
Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation

...maths-technology/ introduction-cyber-security-stay-safe-online?active-tab=description-tab (Accessed: 1 September 2022). The Open University (2020) Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales) [Online]. Available at: https://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ education-development/ education-careers/ inclusive-education-knowing-what-we-mean-wales/
Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...de Janiero to act on this issue, and made their first, tentative agreement five years later at Kyoto. Box 3 indicates some of the likely impacts of climate change...Working with our environment: an introduction: 4.6 Global climate change continued - Box 3: Some impacts of global climate change Record global temperatures The global mean surface temperature of our planet...
From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?

...de facto city state even if the institutional arrangements are lagging behind. And he argues that it will become increasingly necessary to recognise this. For good measure, even as he identifies London’s special status, he suggest that the tax raised in London provides a crucial underpinning for social spending elsewhere in the UK. In other words, he argues that money...