4.5 Vulnerability and rights

One of the assumptions that is made in order to justify social workers making such life-changing judgements is that some people are vulnerable and therefore need decisions made on their behalf. This assumption is not held by everyone and is often challenged by groups and individuals representing service users and by service users themselves.

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Dec. 4 - On land, in the air, and on the water, China shows off an increasingly professional military as territorial disputes in the South China Sea fester. Tara Joseph reports.
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This site features a collection of visual resources about glaciers. Diagrams, images and animations reveal how a glacier forms, advances and retreats. These resources can be integrated into lectures, labs or other activities.
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Professional Associations & Learned Societies in Biomedical Informatics
Sujata Krishna
The value of joining Professional Societies is discussed briefly. A list of some important Professional Societies in various fields associated with the broad area of Biomedical Informatics is […]

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De leerlingen tekenen eerst een Afrikaans masker, waarbij ze gebruik maken van symmetrie. Daarna tekenen ze dit ontwerp in Paint. Ze kleuren het masker symmetrisch in en gaan daarna de helft van het masker in negatief zetten.

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Overview | How does conception work, and what are the major issues related to fertility? What are some of the medical advances that help infertile women conceive? In this lesson, students investigate and create storyboards for animations that exp
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Episode 95: Personalized Medicine: Treatments Tailored to Your Unique Genetic Profile

Assoc Prof Melissa Southey and Prof Dan Roden discuss how advances in genetics research are making it possible to develop customized medications and treatments -- in particular for cancer and cardiac arrhythmia  -- based on one's own genetic profile. With science host Dr Shane Huntington.

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Some ideas about the next generation of image manipulation tools
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This course aims to develop skills of thinking systematically and creatively about issues of complexity. It enables you to appreciate and manage these issues in ways that can lead to improvement. It adopts the most recent and innovative advances in systems thinking and applies them to topical areas of concern. It is designed to help build your capacity to manage complexity and to develop a deep understanding of contemporary systems thinking. It may be helpful to study OpenLearn units T551_1 <
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Questions for review and discussion
Do the advances in information technology equate to a new industrial revolution? The advances by IBM, Dell and many other manufacturers have resulted in massive changes to our working lives. This unit looks at whether it is possible to predict the future of this industry by comparing it to the development of the automobile industry in the USA.
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5 Conclusion
Do the advances in information technology equate to a new industrial revolution? The advances by IBM, Dell and many other manufacturers have resulted in massive changes to our working lives. This unit looks at whether it is possible to predict the future of this industry by comparing it to the development of the automobile industry in the USA.
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4.7 The future?
Do the advances in information technology equate to a new industrial revolution? The advances by IBM, Dell and many other manufacturers have resulted in massive changes to our working lives. This unit looks at whether it is possible to predict the future of this industry by comparing it to the development of the automobile industry in the USA.
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