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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
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
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
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...account when developing gender diverse programmes, including funding, audience engagement and outreach, and getting performers on board...Week 2: Building gender diverse programmes: 1 Potential strategies for building gender diverse programmes - [Described image] Figure 1 An illustration of the composer Fanny Hensel (born Mendelssohn), sketched in 1829 by Wilhem Hensel....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...accountable, constitutional system on the British or perhaps the American model. No one dreamed of social upheaval. Marie Jean Antoine Nicholas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (1743–94), one of the most radical philosophes, ardent for rights for women and blacks, was sure of one thing in 1789: monarchy was impregnable. Mme de la Tour du Pin, a young Frenchwoman in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...accounted for nearly 99% of the cases in the UK. [A timeline showing when the SARS-CoV2 VOCs were first identified.] Figure 1 SARS-CoV2 VOCs timeline At this time point the incidence of infection, which had been low during the spring and early summer was starting to rise in the community, as demonstrated in Figure 2. If you want to learn more about the course of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Cell signalling
Science, Maths & Technology

Cell signalling

...accounting for up to 5% of all genes in C. elegans and 2% of genes in the human and Drosophila genomes. 7TM proteins have been classified into four classes, A, B, C (Table 1). Between them, they can bind a huge range of ligands including simple ions, nucleotides, lipids, steroids, modified amino acids, peptides and glycoprotein hormones at a variety of binding sites, and...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...account for bar bills (Losowsky, 2004); RFID tags attached to library books, to assist in record keeping and shelf checking, reduce check-out overheads and prevent theft (Young, 2004); RFID tags embedded in casino gambling chips to protect against fraud and money laundering (Hecht, 2004); RFID tags to be incorporated in the labels of certain medicine bottles to deter...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs