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The gut microbiome: balancing the body
Science, Maths & Technology

The gut microbiome: balancing the body

...techniques. Genetics, environmental factors, and dysfunction of the individual’s immune system are important in the development of both Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. In addition, recent research has shown that many individuals with IBD have dysbiosis, which may be a key step in the early development of the disease. Dysbiosis in the gut microbiome leads to...
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Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...techniques to support diversity during the recruitment process recognise the value of promoting inclusivity during onboarding/induction and beyond. Most large employers have the capability and resources to build comprehensive recruitment systems with diversity and inclusion at their core, so this week’s content may be more useful for smaller organisations without...
Introduction to complex analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to complex analysis

...technique is to split the exponential function exp of x plus i times y equals e super x times left parenthesis cosine of y plus i times sine of y right parenthesis into its real and imaginary parts: u of x comma y equals e super x times cosine of y and v of x comma y equals e super x times sine of y comma each of which is a real-valued function of the real variables x and...
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Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...technique) tricky topic...Week 6 Innovating pedagogies and targeted interventions: The child interviewing simulator - The police game that was developed, the Child Interviewing Simulator (CIS) provides an interactive scenario (of approximately 30 minutes duration) where the player assumes the role of a police officer who is first on the scene of an incident in which a...
Brighton Pavilion
History & The Arts

Brighton Pavilion

...technique which deceives the eye into thinking that a two-dimensional image of something (for example, a tassel or a vase) is the thing itself...Brighton Pavilion: References - Attree, H.R. (1809) Topography of Brighton: and, Picture of the Roads, from Thence to the Metropolis , Brighton and London. Austen, J. (1967) Pride and Prejudice, in The Novels of Jane Austen, ed....
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Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century
Science, Maths & Technology

Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century

...techniques that make it much harder to create copies, as well as by trying to persuade users of the benefits of the original product. Such attempts at persuasion can look very threatening, as I noticed on a recently purchased CD that has the following printed on the back cover: FBI Anti-piracy Warning: Unauthorized copying is punishable under federal law. Several...
Introducing vectors for engineering applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing vectors for engineering applications

...techniques that make it easier to work with vectors. Instead of working with vectors geometrically, it is much more efficient to work with them in component form. When vectors are represented according to their components, engineering problems involving vectors can be solved by carrying out standard algebraic operations. This foundation in manipulating and working with...
Climate change and renewable energy
Nature & Environment

Climate change and renewable energy

...Techniques to separate carbon from fossil fuels when they are used to provide energy for any purpose, but particularly for power stations and energy-intensive industries. Carbon can be removed from the fuel before combustion or from the waste gases after combustion. In both cases it is extracted in the form of carbon dioxide, which is then transported to a storage site,...