The Benefits of Being Bilingual A According to the latest figures, the majority of the world’s population is now bilingual or multilingual, having grown up speaking two or more languages. In the past, such children were considered to be at a disadvantage compared with their monolingual peers. Over the past few decades, however, technological advances …
BAKELITE – The birth of modem plastics In 1907, Leo Hendrick Baekeland, a Belgian scientist working in New York, discovered and patented a revolutionary new synthetic material. His invention, which he named ‘Bakelite’, was of enormous technological importance, and effectively launched the modern plastics industry. The term ‘plastic’ comes from the Greek plassein, meaning ‘to …
Video game research Although video games were first developed for adults, they are no longer exclusively reserved for the grown ups in the home. In 2006, Rideout and Hamel reported that as many as 29 percent of preschool children (children between two and six years old) in the United States had played console video games, …
THE DEPARTMENT OF ETHNOGRAPHY The Department of Ethnography was created as a separate deportment within the British Museum in 1946, offer 140 years of gradual development from the original Department of Antiquities. If is concerned with the people of Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Pacific and parts of Europe. While this includes complex kingdoms, as …
The Impact of Wilderness Tourism A The market for tourism In remote areas is booming as never before. Countries ail across the world are actively promoting their ‘wilderness’ regions – such as mountains, Arctic lands, deserts, small islands and wetlands – to high-spending tourists. The attraction of these areas is obvious.- by definition, wilderness tourism …
Art to the aid of technology What caricatures can teach us about facial recognition A Our brains are incredibly agile machines, and it is hard to think of anything they do more efficiently than recognize faces. Just hours after birth, the eyes of newborns are drawn to facelike patterns. An adult brain knows it is seeing …
Nurturing talent within the family What do we mean by being ‘talented’ or ‘gifted’? The most obvious way is to look at the work someone does and if they are capable of significant success, label them as talented. The purely quantitative route – ‘percentage definition’ – looks not at individuals, but at simple percentages, such …
Inside the mind of the consumer Could brain-scanning technology provide an accurate way to assess the appeal of new products and the effectiveness of advertising? A MARKETING people are no longer prepared to take your word for it that you favour one product over another. They want to scan your brain to see which one you …
BENTLEY Hospital Catering Service TO ALL PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY MEMBERS OF STAFF IMPORTANT INFORMATION Meal Breaks(minimum company guidelines) HOURS WORKEDBREAK TO BE TAKEN 0-4 hrs4-6 hrs6-8 hrs8-12 hrs12-24 hrsnil15 mins30 mins60 mins (taken as 2 x 30 mins)75 mins (taken as 2 x 30 mins + 1 x 15 mins) Your section staffing board will show the times …
Sleep helps reduce errors in memory Sleep may reduce mistakes in memory, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by a scientist at Michigan State University. The findings, which appear in the September issue of the journal Learning El Memory, have practical implications for many people, from students doing multiple-choice tests to elderly people confusing their medicine, says Kimberly …
