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Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation

...English. On many keyboards, including the one shown in Figure 1, the 7-note sequence begins on C rather than A. In that figure, the keys move from left to right through two rotations of the pattern as follows: C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C The C on the leftmost side of the figure is the lowest pitch, and the C on the rightmost side is the highest. A single...
Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...everyday scientific events into a compelling cultural narrative, says Stephen Casper, a historian of neurology at Clarkson University in New York. “It has all the ingredients of something that I think physiologists and neurologists in the early part of the 20th century were looking for and hoping they would find, something that would bring together heredity,...
We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...everyday domestic environment. A three-bedroom house set among others in ordinary use provides a more realistic context. The ordinariness of the house is, of course, an illusion. Sensors and cameras throughout it track people’s positions and movements and relay them to the robots, and it’s this, rather than my box-shaped companion, that I find more perturbing. Also...
Form and uses of language
History & The Arts

Form and uses of language

...everyday, even slang words. His meaning seems to come through clearly. We may not get an exact picture of what he thinks ‘proper-looking officers’ ought to look like, but we get a clear idea of his low opinion of the officers he describes in his diary. Similarly, although we cannot clearly identify the ‘they’ that Sassoon describes to Lady Ottoline Morrell, we can...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Investigating psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating psychology

...everyday, common-sense view of the world. What phenomenologists do is to question and suspend the natural attitude, and hence concentrate on the experience itself, as it is lived. To focus on experience, it is helpful to ‘bracket out’ questions of the external or internal world and to concentrate instead on the detail and qualities of the experience. (This...
Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...everyday, casual sexism. Sexism remains a big problem for UK society as a whole and it should therefore not be a surprise that women in the sector face discrimination, as do women in all sectors of UK public and private life...Week 2: Leadership as person: traits leadership: 6 Thinking critically about your work - Do these significant problems with person-based views of...
Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...English ….. one tree gets broken by the wind. One tree gets broken. What factory is it made in? -It’s made in Ghana by Akosombo Textiles. It’s nice. John Picton PTC This I, in fact, a locally, factory-printed copy of a resin-resist cloth produced in Holland by the Vlisco factory in Helmond. And one of the problems that the Dutch-producers of these jobs have, is that...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Understanding mental capacity Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...everyday provision. It will explain the law and how it is applied in a practical way for those making important decisions about other’s lives, such as health and social care staff, police, banks and insurance industry workers, and retailers. Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs