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Die Kapuzinergruft: Burial ceremonies of the Habsburgs
Languages

Die Kapuzinergruft: Burial ceremonies of the Habsburgs

...health. Reveal answer Practical considerations and religious devotion 3. Reflect: Which version of the video is easiest to watch? Can watching a German video with English subtitles help you increase your German vocabulary? What about German captions alongside the German voice – does this help you to learn German? 4. Share your thoughts and comments with others in the...
The Eagle has landed within the OpenLearn community
Money & Business

The Eagle has landed within the OpenLearn community

...Health Care, Climate and Nature, AI, FinTech, Games and Digital Security sectors, giving them a facilitated environment to collaborate and innovate. Want to join our vibrant community, or explore what Barclays Eagle Labs have to offer? Connect with us though the Open University dedicated webpage and join our network of UK entrepreneurs. Whether you’re a start-up,...
Not intervening as a form of care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Not intervening as a form of care

...health care? Perhaps on television, or if you’ve been caring for someone undergoing treatment. Even if it is said with genuine sympathy, the problem is that it can suggest resignation or failure. However, we have identified this as a moment not when everything suddenly stops, but when a different form of care can be offered. Over the last few years, we have been doing a...
Brady’s Rogue Reagent?
Science, Maths & Technology

Brady’s Rogue Reagent?

...health and safety of any student/instructor/technician handling the material from heat, shock waves, as well as flying glass or debris from the container. The risk of detonation may come from the potential mechanical friction between the lid and container and any encrusted DNPH powder residing between the threads on opening the evaporated container. Like food and fashion,...
Climate change: transitions to sustainability
Nature & Environment

Climate change: transitions to sustainability

...Publicity about global flows of pollutants in the 1960s and 1970s drove many people to support environmentalism. More recently, ozone depletion and climate change represent perhaps the most dramatic evidence of globalised and linked processes of environmental change. [Figure 1] Figure 1 McDonald's – one of the emblems of economic and cultural globalisation – has made...
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...publication) Title. Edition if later than first. Place of publication: publisher. Series and volume number if relevant. Mukherjee, S. (2011) The Emperor of all Maladies. London: Fourth Estate. Article from an academic journal Surname, Initial. (Year of publication) ‘Title of article’, Title of Journal, volume number (issue number), page reference. Doi: doi number if...
Why is childbirth a medical procedure?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is childbirth a medical procedure?

...Health Organisation recommends that the caesarean rate should be no more than 10 – 15 per cent, the average caesarean rate across the UK is 22 per cent. Indeed, many hospitals in the UK now have caesarean rates that exceed 25 per cent (BirthChoice UK, 2005). Justification for the medicalisation of birth Several explanations have been put forward to justify the...
Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?

...health difficulties. Some autistic people may internalise in specific contexts (e.g., school, work, social situations) but externalise in the safer and more familiar environment of the home. The role of masking or camouflaging Some autistic people develop strategies and behaviours to fit in socially or to appear ‘less autistic’, and this is known as ‘masking’ or...