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The story of infection
Health, Sports & Psychology

The story of infection

...system is weak. And unfortunately, TB has taken advantage of infection with another pathogen: HIV – the virus that causes AIDS. One consequence of HIV is that it supresses the immune system. If an individual infected with HIV has dormant TB, then often active tuberculosis will follow; this co-infection has been a major reason why TB has taken hold and become much more...
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Electroplating
Science, Maths & Technology

Electroplating

...system which enables the jigs to be immersed in each tank for the appropriate length of time, and in the sequence necessary to achieve the required finish. The incorporation of programmable sequential controllers enables the process times to be modified as required for a wide variety of components, and the provision of overhead transporters on tracks provides a flexible...
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Article 10 mins
Why cancer cells go to sleep: the mystery of cancer dormancy
Science, Maths & Technology

Why cancer cells go to sleep: the mystery of cancer dormancy

...system, which can eliminate most tumours. Second, they need to survive anti-cancer therapies, and, third, they need to invade distant organs and generate metastases. Cancer dormancy is essential to meet all these challenges. During the periods of dormancy, cancer cells reshape their genetic make-up and get ready for the next stage of progression. Without dormancy, cancer...
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Plasma arc spraying
Science, Maths & Technology

Plasma arc spraying

...system is a “lathe” where the torch replaces the tool post. Automatic part handling and computer control of the torch can be used to improve the production rate and quality of the coating. Both processes are usually done in air, although the non-transferred arc process can be done under vacuum or inert gas for powders and/or components which oxidise readily. Processes...
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Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...systems...Social science and participation: Differences in participation - Social scientific research on participation is often concerned with differential patterns of participation – with describing who does and who doesn’t participate, and why, and suggesting appropriate measures to enhance participation in general, or among particular groups. These differential...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Business models in strategic management
Money & Business

Business models in strategic management

...Think about Wikipedia. Everyone uses Wikipedia. It's an online encyclopaedia that's free. Wikipedia competes with the Encyclopaedia Britannica, which originally started life as a multi-volume product which you bought a set of volumes and had the information in it. Difference between the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Wikipedia is Encyclopaedia Britannica, the customer who...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list

...think the risk is worth taking. Studies have shown athletes with a spinal cord injury who boost can get up to a 10 percent improvement in some races. "It's an extreme thing to do and we have to constantly remind athletes it's very dangerous," said Craig Spence, a spokesman for the International Paralympic Committee. The IPC banned the practice in 2004 and says it doesn't...
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The business of football
Money & Business

The business of football

...think that football may differ from businesses usually considered more conventional, such as supermarkets like Sainsburys or Aldi. The business of football Pete Winkelman, Owner and chairman, MK Dons I think football is so different from any other kind of business, because I suppose fundamentally it‘s not a business. You don’t look at income and expenditure sheets in...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs