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Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT
Nature & Environment

Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT

With more buildings becoming ‘smart’, IT managers are increasingly responsible for the operation of building management systems. This article examines the carbon costs of the on-premises IT digital carbon footprint. ...Find out more about The Open University's Environment courses Reducing digital carbon footprints of digital assets The digital carbon footprints of our...
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Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two

...system to keep these natural human impulses under control? It is inaccurate to suggest that human beings are “naturally” interested mainly in themselves. No person is an island and we are all social beings. We cannot thrive without the help and support of other people. Human nature and human survival is dependent on us being grounded in notions of mutual aid and...
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Diary of a new Life Peer
Society, Politics & Law

Diary of a new Life Peer

...system of the first position being held by a woman, the second position open, and then alternating in the same way. The ranked choice or instant runoff proportional voting system would be used to determine a position on the list. The candidate at the top of the list would be nominated by the party leader to the House of Lords. The other names in turn would be proposed if...
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Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...think of what you post? Are you unsure about the value and benefits of posting to online learning forums? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, this course is designed to support you! Transcript65...Session 1: Forums as you see them: Introduction - Welcome to Session 1 of this free course which aims to build your confidence in getting involved when using...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

...system. Histology is also used extensively in biomedical research, to identify the causes and possible treatments for disease. This type of research may take place in a hospital laboratory but it is more often carried out in universities, research institutes and pharmaceutical companies. The conventional view of a histopathologist is someone looking down a microscope....
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Numbers, units and arithmetic
Science, Maths & Technology

Numbers, units and arithmetic

...system is the decimal system, where the position of a digit within the number determines whether it represents units, tens, hundreds, thousands etc. For example, the number 1375 means one thousand three hundred and seventy-five. The position of the 3, third from the right, means that it represents 3 hundreds. A thousand thousand, 1 000 000, is called a million and a...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...think of them as recruiting the cells and defensive proteins of the innate immune system to join the attack. We conclude this tour of adaptive immunity by describing the T cells...Session 4: Immune defences against infectious diseases: 4.10 T cells in adaptive immunity - There are two types of T cells with different roles in adaptive immunity. The cytotoxic T cells...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Success in Interviews - How to Use Psychology to Gain that Job!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Success in Interviews - How to Use Psychology to Gain that Job!

...thinking to be more positive, optimistic and constructive, which then influences our emotions and behaviour, towards being more self-assured in an interview situation. Negative thoughts tend to just pop into our heads and can often be self-sabotaging; for example, ‘you will never get that job because...’, ‘you are not good enough...’. Often, we accept them as...
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