4.1 Introduction Pusztai and his team were attempting to develop suitable tests to assess the safety of GM potatoes. Typically, testing the safety of GM food involves comparing its composition and/or its effects with that of the conventionally produced food it most closely resembles. We have seen that such comparisons were at the heart of Pusztai's work. The comparison of GM and conventional crops and food has led to the so-called principle of substantial equivalence, which has been used extensiv
1.6.4 Blogs The founder of Technorati claims that the number of ‘blogs’ doubles every five months and that the creation rate is approaching two per second. One estimate I read in July 2010 put the number at 400 million ‘blogs’. Because these online diaries offer instant publishing opportunities, you potentially have access to a wealth of knowledge from commentators and experts (if they blog
Curious George Helps Teach How to Plant Peas
The children head to a farm to learn how to plant sugar snap peas. They return two other times to the farm to see the various stages of the plant's growth and at the end, are excited to eat the peas that they had planted in the spring.
7.1 Processing meanings Reading and thinking requires you to begin to process the material you read in preparation for re-presenting it in assessments. Initially, processing happens in your head. Selecting what to identify and extract will start the process off. Summarizing the arguments continues this process and, crucially, gets you started on reproducing ideas in your own words. The next stage is to develop your notes further by thinking more consciously about the material you have read and the points you
Modelling pollution
The cleaning up of the North American Great Lakes is one of the great success stories in pollution control. Modelling gives scientists the tools to forecast outcomes in a complex environment: how will the pollution accumulate? what will happen if pollution is stopped all together? The two video tracks on this album demonstrate how modelling techniques provide a scientific basis for the political decisions that have revived the area. The material forms part of course MSXR209 Mathematical Modellin
Energy policy and climate change
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen presents a new focus for international debate and decisions about energy and its use. What are the countries of Western Europe and Scandinavia doing to promote sustainable energy production? Just how different will the future energy map of Europe look? And is energy policy principally a scientific issue or a political one? This album contains a series of films exploring energy policy in various countries around Europe in 2006, frame
3.4 Databases At a basic level, a database is a collection of information which can be searched. It is a way of storing, indexing, organising and retrieving information. You may have created one yourself to keep track of your references - or your friends' names and addresses. They are useful for finding articles on a topic, and can be used to search for many different types of information. You may find some of the following databases useful for your topic. They contain different types of information
Mentally ill woman beaten to death in Kabul
A woman suffering from mental illness is beaten to death, her body burned and then dumped in a river, for allegedly burning pages of Islam's holy Koran, Kabul media reported. Gavino Garay reports.
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9.1.1 Point of view Decide first of all which user's point of view you are taking: consumer, operator, maintenance person, and so on. You may want to make several trips, from different user perspectives, or try special user perspectives, such as that of a disabled person. It is usually easiest to take a consumer's trip because you may need special permission, access, and perhaps skills, before you can take any other.
Word Blending Activity - Free-Reading
This short video shows a teaching demonstrating how to blend short vowel words. The students in the class also have chances to blend and read words. (1:08)
Lunch and Learn: Smoothie Way to Better Nutrition
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Lunch and Learn: Smoothie Way to Better Nutrition
Demonstration by Steve Malla
About St. Petersburg College:
In 1927, St. Petersburg College (then known as St. Petersburg Junior College) became Florida's first private, non-profit, two-year school of higher learning located in downtown St. Petersburg. Full accreditation followed in 1931 and in 1948 SPC became a public college.
In June 2001, SPJC officially became St. Petersburg College when Flo
Derecho Matrimonial Canónico para Juristas Civiles (2016)
En el Curso se estudia cuanto se refiere al matrimonio canónico. En concreto, el sistema de impedimentos, el consentimiento y la forma jurÃdica, asà como su momento crÃtico: nulidad, separación y disolución y los procesos matrimoniales.
Identity In Question
This album Investigates recent debates in sociology, cultural theory and psychoanalysis, and explores the nature of social identity, ‘socialisation’, subjectivity and personhood. The case studies explore the value and relevance of different theoretical frameworks for understanding identity by applying the main concepts in real situations. The material is taken from The Open University course D853 Identity in question.Author(s):
"Great Composers of Classical Music," Part 2
This video shows the photograph of the composer, the date of birth and death, and the country they are from. Each composer's most famous piece of music is playing as these facts are on the screen. Some of the composers include Beethoven, Herold, Rossini and Schubert.
The History of Animation
This is a third-grade project by Colin Williams which demonstrates how pictures were first made to appear moving. (03:41)
Patient Letters: Family of Cancer Patient Gives Thanks for "Loving Care"
This letter from the Bell family expresses the gratitude they felt towards the caregivers at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center who treated their father, Robert Bell. Though they were heartbroken at his passing, the memories of the loving care he received helped them through their difficult time.
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African Studies Lecture Series-Dr. Beverly Stoeltje, Queen Mothers in Contemporary Asante in Ghana:
Dr. Stoeltje is Emeritus Professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University. Over her long career, she has researched and published on topics such as performance, ritual, nationalism, gender, and anthropology of law. Geographically her research focuses on Ghana, West Africa and American West. She has received funding from Fulbright-Hays [...]
Acknowledgements The material is contained in Citizenship: Personal Lives and Social Policy (ed. Gail Lewis) 2004, published in association with The Policy Press © The Open University, 2004. This publication forms part of the Open University course DD305, Personal Lives and Social Policy. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary (see terms and conditions). This conte
The law and social work in Scotland
This album tackles the complex relationships social workers experience in the wide spectrum of their work, from those with families affected by social deprivation to those with judges, lawyers and other members of the legal system. The tracks analyse the role of the family in Scottish life in relation to the many voluntary bodies that exist to assist and inform them, and the legal obligations of social workers. Participants from single mothers to solicitors presented their perspectives in a ser
7.3 What is poetry? Have you always wanted to try to write poetry but never quite managed to start? This unit is designed to illustrate the techniques behind both the traditional forms of poetry and free verse. You will learn how you can use your own experiences to develop ideas and how to harness your imagination. The unit introduces common techniques underlying free verse and traditional forms of poetry, and how it is necessary to use these techniques in order to harness what T.S. Eliot called the ‘log