Learning outcomes By the end of this unit you should be able to: describe the effects that ethanol in the blood has on the body – specifically the effect on drivers’ judgement at blood-alcohol concentrations near the legal limit for driving and the serious effects of blood-alcohol concentrations in excess of 200 mg/100 ml; describe the short-term effects experienced following excessive alcohol consumption. Comment on the relationship between these complex effects and ethanol m
Introduction Ever wondered what social workers do? This brief introduction gives you some insight into social work practice and the theory which informs the practice. This unit is made up of a series of six extracts. You are introduced to the four components to good practice and will look at the importance of the following approaches to social work practice: Biography The social context of social work Responding to children’s needs
2.3 ‘Looked-after’ children There are 70,000 ‘looked-after’ children in the UK (National Statistics, 2005). Children are ‘looked after’ when they are: in care (this term refers to children who are the subject of a care order made by a body with legislative powers) and are accommodated or provided with accommodation, by voluntary agreement with those having parental responsibility for the child. The t
2.2 ‘Children in need’ All local authorities in the UK have a duty to provide services that look after the welfare of children. This duty is underpinned by the Children Act 1989 (England and Wales), the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995. The term ‘children in need’ derives from such legislation. ‘Children in need’ are defined similarly in legislation for each nation of the UK. The Children Act 1989 (England and Wales) section 17(10), for example, defines child
2.1 Introduction Some of you will know children who live in settings that are not their original family home. You may have lived away from your family of origin yourself. It is remarkably common in children's fiction to find characters who have become separated from their parents and families, for example, Harry Potter, the children in the Narnia Chronicles, Tracy Beaker and many more. The fictional Tracy Beaker tells us a lot about what it feels like to be separated from family and familiar places. She
Concordia's Co-op volunteers at Moisson Montreal
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Some of Concordia's Co-op employees volunteer at Moisson Montréal food collection and redistribution centre. What started as an idea to support a Co-op student during her work term turned into a rewarding learning experience for everyone. Cleaning the Good Food Boxes was a great way to help Moisson Montréal, Harvest Montreal.
Breakingviews: SolarCity's IPO moon dust
Dec 11- SolarCity's shares could price today. Breakingviews columnists discuss entrepreneur Elon Musk's hand in the solar panel installer and what the unique business model may mean for its valuation.
1.4.2 The functional group approach It is the classification of functional groups that simplifies the study of organic chemistry (the chemistry of compounds that contain carbon). With many millions of known organic compounds, and more being added by the day, it would be hopeless if their properties could not be systematised in some way. It turns out that a given functional group usually has the same chemical properties whatever carbon chain it is bonded to, so once the general properties of each functional group are known, all
1.3 The aspirin story As long ago as 400 BC the physician Hippocrates, from the island of Kos (now a popular Greek holiday destination) prescribed a concoction made from willow leaves to help relieve the pain of childbirth. Ever since then (and probably even before) herbal remedies based on the leaves or bark of willow trees have been used for the alleviation of pain and fever. In the 1840s the chemists of the day were able to extract the substance salicin from the bark of willow trees by treating it with boiling
1.2 How does it hurt? This is a useful question because once we know the mechanism of pain sensation we can do something about alleviating it. When tissue is injured there follows a rapid release of ‘messenger’ chemicals that stimulate the nerve endings. Electrical impulses are relayed through the nerves to the spinal column and to the brain, which registers the sensation of pain. It usually, but not always, also directs our attention to the site where the damaged tissue initiated the pain message.
1.2.4 Fertilization Now that we have considered the production of gamete cells, including the process of meiosis, we can examine the next stage of reproduction, the process of fertilization, which occurs inside the female's reproductive tract. As fertilization occurs, the successful sperm stops swimming and a change takes place in the egg cell membrane, which prevents any other sperm from fusing with it. The nucleus of the sperm cell is injected into the cytoplasm of the egg cell. The chromosomes of the fertiliz
Water for life
Atoms, elements and molecules are the building blocks of everything that makes up our world, including ourselves. In this unit you will learn the basic chemistry of how these components work together, starting with a chemical compound we are all very familiar with – water. First published on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 as Author(s):
Nature matters: caring and accountability
This unit considers environmental responsibility and what may matter from a caring perspective and an accountability perspective. Caring for an environment compromising the natural world and ensuring accountability for harm or wrong done to the environment. First published on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 as Author(s):
Musical Mapping
Minh Nguyen
This module describes how we do musical mapping in our project.
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Japan's next PM wants weaker yen, tough on China
Dec. 17 - Japan's next Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vows to push for a weaker yen to improve the economy and holds firm on a territorial dispute with China. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The Math Behind Growth of 'Coffee Rings'
Last year, a team of University of Pennsylvania physicists showed how to undo the "coffee-ring effect," a commonplace occurrence when drops of liquid with suspended particles dry, leaving a ring-shaped stain at the drop's edges. Now the team is exploring how those particles stack up as they reach the drop's edge, and they discovered that different particles make smoother or rougher deposition profiles at the drop edge depending on their shape.
These resultant growth profiles offer tests of deep
20.12.2012 – Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Donnerstag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.
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UN-Generalsekretär Ban Ki Moon und fast der gesamte Weltsicherheitsrat haben den israelischen Siedlungsbau in den besetzten palästinensischen Gebieten scharf kritisiert und einen sofortigen Stopp verlangt. Mit Ausnahme der USA verurteilten die Mitglieder des höchsten UN-Gremiums, unter ihnen auch Deutschland, die Baumaßnahmen Israels. Sie warn
Using Multiple Effects
Learn how to add multiple video effects to a project in this Adobe Premiere Elements CS4 tutorial.
Using Manual Selection Tools
Learn how to use manual selection tools to isolate an area of your image for making local adjustments.
