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Assisted dying or non-assisted living?
Society, Politics & Law

Assisted dying or non-assisted living?

...humane system that does not prolong a life of suffering. When Mother Nature says it’s time to go, we should be able to choose whether to acquiesce or rebel, whether to accept the inevitable or fight for one last hurrah. It might be that the legislation is already in place to allow this, but anecdotal evidence suggests it is, in practice, a grey area that serves no one...
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Causal loop diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Causal loop diagrams

...human choices are made. Guidelines Formulate the core problem and tell the story of the problem behaviour. Choose the key variables you want to work with and name them precisely. Use nouns or noun phrases rather than verbs (e.g. ‘orders shipped’ rather than ‘ship’). Be sure your variable fits into phrases, such as ‘level of’, ‘amount of’ or ‘size of’....
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Are mobile phones increasing health inequality in India?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are mobile phones increasing health inequality in India?

...Human Development Survey, Haenssgen selected 12,000 households that had an illness in both years. In 2005, only three per cent of rural Indian households owned mobiles, but by 2012 it was 75 per cent. He then compared those without phones who live surrounded by people who have their own handheld gadgets to those without phones who live in areas with low mobile ownership....
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Colour in Byzantine Art
History & The Arts

Colour in Byzantine Art

...human and divine natures are pure. Another significant detail here is the three circles with the three different colours of Christ’s glory (madorla) – a clear reference to the Trinity of which the Transfiguration is a manifestation. The neutral yellow and pinkish / red colours seen on the mountains and the garments of the other saintly figures are peripheral and help...
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What does climate change mean for Pakistan?
Nature & Environment

What does climate change mean for Pakistan?

...human health. Heat waves raise the irrigation needs of summer crops, increase droughts and contribute to groundwater depletion in the country. Rising average temperatures during pre-monsoon months (March, April and May), during which most of the heat waves are expected to occur in the coming decades, could lead to early maturity of winter crops including wheat, maize,...
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Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...human impacts on one iconic group....Aquatic mammals: Introduction - [Described image] Figure 1 Bottlenose dolphins Mammals come in a bewildering variety of shapes and sizes and yet all of the 4700 or so species have some characteristics in common. Indeed, it’s the existence of these common features that justifies the inclusion of all such diverse types within the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...resources. In the last 30 years, we have used nearly 30% of the Earth's natural resources. What do you think? You've heard it. It's OK. [END PLAYBACK] CHRIS BALDWIN: I mean, that's very easy. Because maybe previously, you had to go, and if the school you worked in had the technology, you had to book computers or voice recorders or tape recorders in the past. But now,...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list

...human emotions nor behaviour can be predicted by neat equations. But that doesn’t mean we lack any information about seasonal variations, mood swings and its deleterious effects. Research on suicide does reveal seasonal fluctuations, though it is not the cold, bleak months of winter that presage the despair associated with suicide. A study conducted in twenty different...
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