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How to manage the digital-related stress of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to manage the digital-related stress of technology

...research is starting to show that smartphone and multimedia use is related to anxiety and poor cognitive function. So, what can we do to avoid digital-related stress? Here are some top tips for managing wellbeing in the digital age. 1: Go on a Digital Detox [wifi banned/offline ] Whether this means for an hour, a day, a week or longer… try to find time to switch off...
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Article 10 mins
Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...centre of a broad network of trade and power relations and the complex ways these were reflected in Venetian art and architecture...Art in Renaissance Venice: Renaissance Art Reconsidered - This course explores the relationship between Venetian art and the art of both Byzantium and other geographical areas to the East. Venice looked eastward as the result of its unique...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Misha Hebel On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Misha Hebel On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...researcher and teacher of systems thinking for many decades. I am fascinated by synergy and emergent properties and enjoy the unexpected. I retired from teaching a few years back and I am currently the Clerk (CEO) of a Livery Company the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers in the City of London. I use systems thinking tools in my work life to understand...
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Issues in women’s football
Health, Sports & Psychology

Issues in women’s football

...Transcript The 2015 Women's World Cup Steph and Carrie discuss Carrie’s research into the women’s World Cup using the 2015 tournament in Canada as a case study. Transcript These three audios are taken from the free OpenLearn course, The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide. The course discusses both the men’s and the women’s World Cups in detail....
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Engineering small worlds: micro and nano technologies
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering small worlds: micro and nano technologies

...probe microscopy use different types of tip to create atomic resolution images. Semiconductor Industry Imaging large samples. How to get precise dimensions of any surface. The AFM uses specially designed tips that are replaced automatically. Life Science Applications Cancer Research. Looking at materials under fluid. Force Distance Spectroscopy explained and demonstrated....
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Investigating bacterial communication
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating bacterial communication

...research is bacterial communication. Signal molecules Quorum sensing is the process by which bacteria seem to communicate with each other and make decisions to behave en masse. The game of Risk as an analogue for the battles that go on within the body between pathogens and the body's defences A new approach to antibiotics? Exploring the possiblility of developing new...
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Audio 21 mins
Business Bursts: Marketing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Business Bursts: Marketing

...children you have, the age of your children, maybe your household income, some of your hobbies and interests, those sorts of things. So you have to give some of that information to the supermarket in return for the benefits. So we’ve moved from that mass marketing approach to a much more targeted individualised approach where we segment markets into groups of customers...
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An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...research. What makes the Open Centre different? The OU is the leader in online learning and teaching with a heritage of more than 50 years helping students achieve their learning ambitions. The short courses are underpinned by academic rigour and designed by native speakers experienced in producing engaging materials for online learning of languages and cultures. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs