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Inheritance of characters
Science, Maths & Technology

Inheritance of characters

...health. In this free course, Inheritance of characters, you will learn what genes, DNA and chromosomes are and how they combine to make the human genome. You will also learn how the principles of inheritance work, the effect that our genetic make-up has on health, and how genetic material is passed on from generation to generation...Genes are units of inheritance that...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Book, comic and animation - What is the fear collection?
Science, Maths & Technology

Book, comic and animation - What is the fear collection?

...wellbeing, and lots of examples of fear in historical and cultural contexts. But not what I was looking for. I wanted to understand fear in terms of a process to manage the experience and deal with it. I wanted to understand in methodological terms – in systemic methodological terms. I also wanted to understand fear across boundaries - be they medical, psychological,...
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...mental wellbeing is maximised and in which choices and behaviours that benefit future health are understood. A Wales of Cohesive Communities Attractive, safe, viable and well-connected. A Wales of Vibrant Culture and Thriving Welsh Language A society that promotes and protects culture, heritage, and the Welsh language, and which encourages people to participate in the...
Starting with psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Starting with psychology

...mental images forming concepts (putting information into categories) developing schemas (constructing mental packages of related information). We will now look at these three types of organisation in more detail...Starting with psychology: 3.2 Using mental images - As adults, we tend to do most of our thinking in words. However numerous experiments have been carried out...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Arendt
History & The Arts

Arendt

...mental or psychological ones. Hence when she faced up to the classic 'problem of evil', she found it necessary to challenge the modern tendency to identify evil with deliberate maliciousness. Evil happens, to be sure, but it is not necessarily an expression of monstrous or deep-seated malignity. It may just happen. And that is what got her into trouble when she went to...
Article 5 mins
The Psychology of Decision Making
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Psychology of Decision Making

...mental short cuts (heuristics) that help us to make quick decisions when pausing to undertake a full analysis would be unwise. While these ways of thinking are not the same as rigorous logic or formally rational reasoning, they are well suited to fast-paced intuitive judgements and actions. However, these evolved modes of thinking also create some major traps. The use of...
How can you turn desert into farmland?
Nature & Environment

How can you turn desert into farmland?

...health and would lead to many benefits for farmers throughout the world. With these local and global considerations, soil experts are making connections between building resilience in healthy soils and agricultural considerations such as soil fertility, while adding new focuses, such as climate change, to their management investigations. Building resilience in healthy and...
Foreign games consoles finally enter the Chinese market
Money & Business

Foreign games consoles finally enter the Chinese market

...mental and physical health. In 2000, the State Council published a notice, joined by the Ministry of Culture and another seven administrative departments, decreeing the prohibition of manufacturing and selling game consoles in mainland China, claiming it “seriously jeopardizes young people and disturbs the social order.” This is an excerpt from the notice: 自本意见...