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Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver
Society, Politics & Law

Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver

...systems to name a few integral parts. Being the only woman on the course, with very little engineering or maintenance experience, I was never made to feel unworthy of the job or incompetent. Of course, I had to work hard to keep up due to my lack of traction knowledge, and work hard I did. I spent many evenings studying our traction manuals, sectional appendix and rule...
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Article 5 mins
Sperm counts
Nature & Environment

Sperm counts

...system in this article and video...THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS FRANK DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCE This content is associated with The Open University's Science courses and qualifications. [Zeron Gibson and Mike Leahy] Lab Rats Mike Leahy and Zeron Gibson Although I'm a biologist, I rarely think much about what the cloudy white stuff contains, but in fact semen...
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Article 15 mins
Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...system. Consider Cog. Cog is a robot that is being built by the Humanoid Robotics Group at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, under the direction of Rodney Brooks (Figure 1). Cog has a mechanical body (only the upper part so far), powered by electric motors and controlled by microprocessors similar to those found in personal computers. It also has a visual system,...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Introducing social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social care and social work

...system in place for the staff and myself, so we all have to make sure that we are a hundred percent compliant with our training. We hold monthly meetings, so I hold them alongside the home care manager so we keep up to date with the carers any problems or concerns they may have out in the community and I also cover annual leave and sickness for the care staff. If there...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...system pronounce and write the Arabic alphabet understand the influence of Arabic on other languages...Week 1: Introduction to the Arabic alphabet: 1 Arabic alphabet - The first step to learning any language is to learn the alphabet. The Arabic alphabet consists of twenty-eight letters, which you will find in the following table with the English transliteration. Listen...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius
History & The Arts

Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius

...system of the cervix and vagina. In the 15th Century it was commonly believed that the uterus was made up of different sections. In the case of multiple births, it was thought that each foetus grew in a different section. Leonardo dispelled this belief with a drawing of a single chambered uterus. He also disproved the belief that the heart was the source of the body’s...
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Article 30 mins
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...system in Britain’ in A.T. Scull (ed.) Madhouses, Mad-doctors, and Madmen: The Social History of Psychiatry in the Victorian Era, London: Athlone, pp.201–17. Porter, R. (1999) The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present, London: Fontana. Rice, F.J. (1985) ‘The origin of an organisation of insanity in Scotland’,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
What is heritage?
History & The Arts

What is heritage?

...system, extending from just south of the Tropic of Capricorn to the coastal waters of Papua New Guinea, comprises some 3400 individual reefs, including 760 fringing reefs, which range in size from under 1 ha to over 10,000 ha and extend for more than 2000 km off the east coast of Australia. The Great Barrier Reef includes a range of marine environments and formations,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs