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Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...2 billion cases of diarrhoeal disease every year, including cholera, dysentery (bloody diarrhoea), giardiasis and a long list of bacterial and viral causes. They are the second largest infectious cause of death among young children (Figure 1), killing about 1.4 million annually, 80% of them under two years of age (WHO, 2009c). Even in the USA, the richest nation on Earth,...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...2. Note: The word ‘data’ is plural (‘datum’ refers to an item of data), but is often used in the singular, e.g. ‘The data is ….’. You will find both uses in this course, depending on the context...Introducing computing and IT: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the idea of a ‘digital world’ explain the role...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...specific requirements, including constraints of time, cost and resources. (BS 6079-2, 2000, p. 10) In order to bring about a desired change, a project has the following characteristics: a project is a unique undertaking: each one will differ from every other in some respect projects have specific objectives (or goals) to achieve projects require resources projects have budgets projects have schedules projects require the ......
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...2%. Nor is it due to a rise in new religions like Jedis or Scientology. The biggest increase – 10.3% – was ‘no religion’. But this is where census data gets tricky – who ticks the ‘no religion’ box? It could be a confirmed atheist, or someone agnostic or undecided, or even someone who is ‘spiritual’, perhaps enjoying a yoga class or aromatherapy, but...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Advanced German: Regional landscapes
Languages

Advanced German: Regional landscapes

...2 Der Aletsch Gletscher in den Walliser Alpen. Sein Ursprung liegt in der rund 3800 m hoch gelegenen Jungfrau-Region. Aus der Gletscherzunge (1560 m) entspringt der Bach Massa, der in die Rhone mündet. Seit 1850 hat die Eisdicke um teilweise über 100m abgenommen Aufgabe 1 Lesen Sie die folgenden Begriffe, mit denen man Landschaften beschreibt, und ordnen Sie die...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...2] © Figure 2a: Adapted from Bonner, W. N. (1980) Whales, Blandford Press Ltd Figure 2 A countercurrent heat exchange system. (a) Schematic representation. (b) Blood supply to the flipper of the dolphin, with a schematic cross-section of an artery and the surrounding veins to the left. Arterial blood is shown in red, venous blood in blue. Pink arrows denote heat flow;...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Cymorth i chi a’ch lles meddyliol
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cymorth i chi a’ch lles meddyliol

...2 Wish Upon a Star Cymorth i’r rheiny sydd wedi cael profedigaeth o golli plentyn neu oedolyn ifanc o dan 25 oed yn sydyn neu’n drawmatig ledled Cymru. www.2wishuponastar.org E-bost: support@2wishuponastar.org SANDS (Cymdeithas Marw-enedigaethau a Marwolaethau Newyddanedigion) Prif elusen marw-enedigaethau a marwolaethau newyddanedigion yn y DU. Mae Sands yn darparu...
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Article 10 mins
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...2 May 1998 Finnish study published in which reported adverse reactions to the MMR vaccine between 1988 and 1996 revealed no association between MMR and autism. 12 June 1999 Epidemiological study of 498 cases of autism in eight North Thames health districts finds that there was no sudden step-up increase in diagnoses after the introduction of MMR in 1998 and no...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs