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Exercise and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercise and mental health

...simple as simply increasing endorphins, there might be other things such as dopamine, which is more important and linked to mood states and reduction in depression. So several ways, several bio-physical ways in which exercise might improve mental health. Physical activity and mental health: why does it work? How do your explanations compare with those outlined in the...
Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Birth of a drug
Science, Maths & Technology

Birth of a drug

...simple amino group through complex hetero-cycles. The tests vindicated the hypothesis completely: none of the compounds showed any alpha2 activity but all had some degree of alpha1 affinity. The results are shown in Table 2. The figures in the first column are related to the concentrations of the compounds necessary to displace a radioactive ligand from the alpha1...
Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Marketing communications as a strategic function
Money & Business

Marketing communications as a strategic function

...Simple cause and effect can no longer be relied upon as a predictive guide for consumers or markets. Established communication models, particularly those which picture communication as a magic bullet fired at the customer's mind to ensure compliance with marketing plans, are similarly inadequate. Instead, both academics and practitioners are embracing models which...
Will a new European law mean YouTube has to monitor your uploads?
Society, Politics & Law

Will a new European law mean YouTube has to monitor your uploads?

...codes of conduct. . . They shall provide for effective enforcement, including when appropriate effective and proportionate sanctions.” It is not clear what exactly these “voluntary” measures under threat of State sanction would look like, or exactly how they relate to the Directive’s other enumerated obligations. Now What? Importantly, this is a first draft....
A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth
Society, Politics & Law

A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth

...coded repertoire of white sanctioned behaviours that psychosocially regulates and controls her Black child. Criminalisation and policing – do Black Lives Matter? Contemporary UK statistics evidence the use of restraint found to be more prevalent in cases of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) people who have died in police custody than in deaths of white people. Black...
Getting started with Spanish 1
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 1

...code on the numeric keypad; you may need to have the Num Lock on for this to work. Note: you cannot use the number keys above the letters; if your keyboard does not have a numeric keypad (and some laptops do not), then this option is not available to you. The number codes to use are in this ‘Accented character number codes’ document. In Microsoft Word, on the...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Starting with law
Society, Politics & Law

Starting with law

...simple day-to-day transactions from buying a bus ticket or a cup of coffee, to more complicated matters such as employment, paying taxes, renting a home and how businesses operate. It even provides the guidelines which determine how a government may use its powers to rule. What is a law? How do we recognise laws and why are they obeyed? It is important that we decide what...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French
Languages

Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French

...simples. Listen to the first 25 seconds of the clip featuring Yann Renard (up to ‘Amboise’). Correct the following summary of what Yann says: Yann a 55 ans et il est directeur d’une école secondaire. Il travaille dans cette école depuis trente ans et il habite au centre-ville d’Amboise. Answer Yann a 56 ans et il est directeur d’une école primaire. Il...