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The science of alcohol Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...account the ratio between the two types of acid...Week 2: An introduction to brewing: 1.3 Yeast - You first met yeast in Week 1 when you were introduced to the fermentation process. What is the role of yeast in fermentation? Yeast converts sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide during primary fermentation in brewing. Yeast is a type of fungus, with over a thousand...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Teaching Spanish pronunciation
Languages

Teaching Spanish pronunciation

...account, and that speech is a social event. Thus, the speaker is both a producer and perceiver of speech, which means that the auditory and visual information in students’ production reflects how they perceive speech. If their perception changes, their speech will also change. If their speech is corrected, their perception has also been corrected. How does it work?...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Introducing vectors for engineering applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing vectors for engineering applications

...account direction as well as magnitude. Solutions to the activities which appear in this course can be found on this page. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course T194 Engineering: mathematics, modelling, applications...Introducing vectors for engineering applications: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Describing language Badge icon
Languages

Describing language

...account for a lot of the words in our example. But there is still a lot of little words left. For example, there were five "it's" in our dialogue. They all refer to the same thing. Can you spot what it is? SPEAKER A I've brought a present for Amanda. SPEAKER B Can you afford it? SPEAKER A Oh, it wasn't expensive. I bought it with some of the money I saved last year....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...account of his voyage. After referring to the Black Africans as "beasts who have no houses," he writes, "they are also people without heads, having their mouths and eyes in their breasts." Now, I’ve laughed every time I’ve read this and one must admire the imagination of John Locke. But what is important about his writing is that it represents the beginning of a...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...account the combined effects of albedo and specific heat capacity, even two adjacent areas such as a beach and the sea lapping on it will heat up by different amounts on a sunny day. Areas with lower heat capacities and lower albedos heat up more. This heat is transferred to the air above, so in these areas it will rise at a faster rate, whilst in cooler areas the air...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...accountable for your actions; and this includes recognising when you need to bring in expertise from a colleague or external sources...Engineering: The nature of problems: 7.4 The impact of technology on society - Engineering is apparently driven by the needs of society. The technology that results, in turn, drives other changes in our everyday lives. One of the basic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...account and Equation 10 is the calculation of this gravitational field on the ISS, gISS. g sub cap i times cap s times cap s equals cap g times cap m sub cap e times a times r times t times h divided by left parenthesis r sub cap e times a times r times t times h plus cap i times cap s times cap s right parenthesis squared Equation label: Equation 9 g sub equation...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs