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Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...data interpret data from a pie chart and a logarithmic–linear graph...Week 2 Ageing and microgravity environments: 1 An introduction to ageing - Human beings are complex life systems. As you get older, you experience the effects of ageing. But what is the ageing experience? There are certain ‘hallmarks of ageing’. Figure 1 is based on research into the ageing...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...data are not the result of its own self-production. The way the computer works remains the same, whether it is processing pictures from the National Gallery or whether it is processing letters of the alphabet. The rules that relate input to output are constant over time. The question of what I can know about the outside world is an ancient one and has always been central...
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs
Digital innovation in social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital innovation in social care and social work

...data to ensure good care. There is also an intention to put individuals’ historical records in digital format so that care professionals can have detailed past history across all of the health and social care sector in Northern Ireland. The eHealth strategy also explains that technology will be able to help provide information which can be analysed to improve...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Influence of temperament
Education & Development

Influence of temperament

...data do not suggest any clear pattern of any one aspect of temperament being more significant than any other. However, there were indications that increases in fears, worries and ‘ritual’ behaviours were associated with a high degree of temperamental Intensity and Negative Mood measured before the arrival of the second child. Indirect effect on range of experiences An...
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Article 15 mins
Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss
Health, Sports & Psychology

Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss

...data from interviews about their experiences of grief following perinatal death, as well as what belonging to a Sands United team has meant to them. As a research team, we have been able to talk about the findings and the importance of creating and facilitating spaces like the football teams have done. We have shared these findings at key conferences which focus on grief,...
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Article 5 mins
Haven't we been told there's water on Mars before?
Science, Maths & Technology

Haven't we been told there's water on Mars before?

...data from telescopes fitted with spectrometers, which analyse reflected sunlight, was interpreted as showing frozen water (water-ice). However, the first spacecraft to Mars found this difficult to confirm, as water-ice is in most places usually covered by ice made up of carbon dioxide. [Part of Nirgal Vallis, a valley on Mars first seen on this image by Mariner 9 in 1972....
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Article 5 mins
Rosetta unexpectedly finds oxygen on comet 67P, surprising scientists
Science, Maths & Technology

Rosetta unexpectedly finds oxygen on comet 67P, surprising scientists

...data of another close encounter with a comet, Halley, almost 30 years ago. Glimpse into the birth of the solar system But at present, there is no reason to assume that the oxygen in 67P is a one-off observation. So what does the presence of free oxygen tell us about the conditions in the solar nebula or protoplanetary disk thought to have given birth to our solar system?...
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When is the best time to buy plane tickets?
Money & Business

When is the best time to buy plane tickets?

...data indicating how well a certain flight sells. For example, fewer deeply discounted seats will be offered on a flight on Thanksgiving week than on the same flight during the third week of February. As the seats on a flight sell, yield managers monitor and adjust the seat allocation. If, for instance, the sales are slower than expected, some of the seats might be moved...
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Article 5 mins