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Manual metal arc welding (MMA)
Science, Maths & Technology

Manual metal arc welding (MMA)

...2–5 kg h-1. Materials: Most engineering metals and alloys can be welded by the MMA welding process (very versatile process). In welding carbon and low alloy steels, the coated electrodes are usually of low carbon steel. For alloy steels prone to formation of hard and brittle martensite on cooling, low alloy steel electrodes are used. Also, these steels are prone to...
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Victory through resilience: how England Vitality Roses adapted to setbacks
Health, Sports & Psychology

Victory through resilience: how England Vitality Roses adapted to setbacks

...2 February 2025, at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham and had everyone sitting on the edge of their seats at home and at the stadium, with both teams level at the end of each of the first three quarters. On this occasion, South Africa managed to pull ahead in the final quarter, clinching a 61-59 victory over England. This did not stop England from persevering and secured...
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Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology
History & The Arts

Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology

...A Study in Public Anthropology’, Anthropology Today, 36(5): pp. 1-2. Harvey, G. (2020) ‘Trans-Indigenous Festivals: Democracy and Emplacement’ in Pike, S.M., Salomonsen, J. and Tremlett, P.-F. (eds) Ritual and Democracy: Protests, Publics and Performances, Sheffield: Equinox. Nye, M. (2020) ‘A Discussion of the ‘Religion and Worldviews in Religious Education’ Report: Critical Race Theory’ Rosaldo, R. (1986) ‘From ......
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Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...2 Kit fox, Vulpes macrotis [Described image] Figure 3 Dorcas gazelle, Gazella dorcas Clearly these mammals are well adapted to the conditions that they live in. If you think about all the mammals that you have encountered, as well as those you’ve seen in photos and TV programmes, it is apparent that mammals are very diverse in geographical range, in size, in form and in...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...2 Change in religious affiliation, 2001– 2011, England and Wales, in 'Religion in England and Wales, 2011', Office for National Statistics, December 2012. This chart is licensed under the Open Government Licence 3.0, http://reference.data.gov.uk/id/open-government-licence The largest section of the population is represented in orange, those who identify with the general...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...2: A philosopher’s perspective Timing: 45 minutes Read the following extract from: MacIntyre, A. and Dunne, J., (2002) ‘Alasdair MacIntyre on education: in dialogue with Joseph Dunne’, Journal of philosophy of education, 36(1), pp.1–19. (The Open University is not responsible for external content.) Open the link in a new tab or window. Begin reading from the...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Creativity, community and ICT
Education & Development

Creativity, community and ICT

...2 Influences on creativity - In the late 1630s, the poet John Milton travelled from England to Italy. While there he visited the astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei and observed the skies above Florence through the telescope through which Galileo was studying the moon and Saturn. Figure 2 When viewed through even the crudest of telescopes, a galaxy is a stunning...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
The database development life cycle
Science, Maths & Technology

The database development life cycle

...2 and 3. The billing data for both the clients are the same in all three figures, but represented differently. [Figure 1] Figure 1 First hotel example table In Figure 1 there is one table, Bill, which has a row for each client and a column for each cost category. When a client does not spend any money for a category, there is simply no entry. [Figure 2] Figure 2 Second...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs