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6 Oct 2020: Activity – Maps and Technology. Following on from our discussion of policy, let’s consider the use of technology in helping to. communicate geographical patterns to different audiences. There is no doubt that. technology has changed how we view

6 Oct 2020: Activity – Other Cartographical Traditions and Imaginations. This topic has largely (though not explicitly) considered maps that were produced in the. western world. The kinds of cartographic conventions that we have met here are not. necessarily

2 Oct 2020: Activity 1 – The epidemiology and classification of diabetes mellitus. Who gets Type 2 diabetes mellitus? As a clinician, it is important to know whom you are treating. The following report might be. helpful in this aspect:. http://www.diabetes.org

2 Oct 2020: Activity 2 – Understanding the symptoms and complications of Type 2. diabetes mellitus. What initial symptoms do diabetic patients report, and why? Doctors will enquire about certain symptoms when taking a patient’s medical history, to.

2 Oct 2020: Activity 3 – Understanding insulin resistance. Defining insulin sensitivity. Receptors for insulin are present on target cells where insulin normally acts. Insulin secreted. by the pancreas is transported by the bloodstream to target organs, where

2 Oct 2020: Activity 4 – How can we better manage insulin resistance in patients? Managing T2DM in patients. The clinical management of T2DM revolves around lifestyle modifications, such as having a. healthy diet and regular exercise (exercise increases

2 Oct 2020: Activity – The Icon The following two texts explain how the Vespa is not simply a scooter, but has become an iconic symbol of Italian design and of the particular socio-economic climate post-WWII. Please read the two texts and then move on to the

2 Oct 2020: Activity – Vespa and Cinema The following three examples will explore material from films that contributed to the popularity of Vespa over time. 1. La Vespa in Famous Films From its birth onwards, the Vespa scooter has had a main role in many

2 Oct 2020: Activity – Around Tuscany on an Old Vespa Taking an impromptu and unplanned field trip in Italy with a friend can be really fun: good food, beautiful scenery, sun-soaked beaches, hills and squares and, of course… a Vespa! In this blog entry, a

2 Oct 2020: Answer Sheet Activity 3 b) IB –IID – IIIA – IVC Activity 5 a) Vero o Falso? 1. Eleonora e Marco hanno fatto un giro in Vespa in Toscana due anni fa. Falso Hanno fatto il viaggio questa estate. 2. A Siena hanno visto il Palio. Falso Sono

6 Oct 2020: Activity 1 - Time Dilation. In relativity different observers can (correctly) disagree on the time between events. Put another way; “moving clocks tick slow” - What does this mean? Take a spaceship flying to Alpha Centauri (the sun’s nearest

6 Oct 2020: Activity 2 - Length Contraction. We have seen that time intervals between events appear to be different lengths depending. upon the relative speeds of observers in different inertial frames. Special relativity gets even. stranger still. If someone

6 Oct 2020: Activity 3 - The Lorentz Transformation. Lorentz transformations are the relativistic equivalent of the classical Galilean. transformation, where, due to time dilation and length contraction, there are added. complicating effects. We earlier said

6 Oct 2020: Worked Examples. Time Dilation. Imagine we had a spaceship which could instantaneously accelerate to whatever speed we. wanted (below the speed of light). Suppose we also found a star 10 000 light years (lyr) away which we wanted to visit. We decide

6 Oct 2020: Activity 1 - Crunching Numbers. First, let’s take a look at the figures for the ’Brexit’ Referendum of 23 June 2016. UK. voters voted by 52% to 48% to leave the European Union. The figures below are based on polling carried out by the polling

6 Oct 2020: Activity 2 - Explaining the Results. How do we explain these results? The link between education and voting behaviour may be. influenced by a wide array of factors, and teasing out their relative significance is not easy. Age. One factor we cannot

6 Oct 2020: Activity 3 - Looking Ahead. Politics in the UK is changing very rapidly, and it is difficult to predict what the political. landscape will look like a year from now, let along five, ten or twenty years in the future. However, we can try and think

10 Sep 2020: Mechanisms of Epigenetics. Recap: chromatin structure. Each somatic human cell contains two meters of DNA, which has to be efficiently packaged. into nuclei 10-20 μm in diameter. If we were to scale the nucleus up to the size of a tennis. ball,

10 Sep 2020: X Chromosome Inactivation. Recap: sex chromosomes. Somatic human cells have 46 chromosomes: 22 pairs of autosomes and two sex. chromosomes (Figure 1). The pairs of autosomes contain copies of the same genes that. may be identical or very similar. In

10 Sep 2020: Inheritance. Inheritance through the cell cycle. The cell cycle poses a serious challenge to preservation of this fine-tuned chromatin state. Histones and all the other chromatin-binding proteins have to be removed to allow genome. replication, and