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Using lanthanides as medical imaging tools
Science, Maths & Technology

Using lanthanides as medical imaging tools

...technique widely used in the clinic for the diagnosis of disease and visualisation of injuries, which utilises magnetic fields and electromagnetic radiation to create images of the physiology within the body. Contrast agents are normally needed to enhance the signal obtained from MRI and improve the quality of the images obtained, and the most popular contrast agent...
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Start writing essays
History & The Arts

Start writing essays

...techniques for exams and assignments. With tips shared from Professor Richard Dawkins, TV personality Matthew Kelly, former MP Brian Walden, Baroness Helena Kennedy, journalist John Pilgner and radio presenters John Humphrys and Peter White. This material forms part of The Open University course A172 Start writing essays... Start writing essays An introduction to this...
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The machine that is still changing the world
Science, Maths & Technology

The machine that is still changing the world

...techniques to manage operations more effectively in other sectors, it is also continuing to change the world. ...It is now over 25 years since Jim Womack and his colleagues first published their study of global automotive production systems, entitled “The Machine that Changed the World”[i]. The book presented the findings of a thorough comparative study of the...
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Sea level rise in Bangladesh
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Bangladesh

...techniques which have been adapted over centuries to the region’s low-lying position. However, livelihoods which are already precarious are becoming more difficult to sustain as storm surges become more frequent and sea-level rise continues. [Shrimp seller in Khulna, Bangladesh ] A shrimp seller in Khulna, Bangladesh Cyclone Aila Kolbari village lies in Khulna, in the...
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Linear programming – the basic ideas
Science, Maths & Technology

Linear programming – the basic ideas

...techniques used in numerical analysis and operational research for solving these models by computer. Explaining how and when modelling and numerical techniques can be applied, the course covers solutions of non-linear equations; systems of linear and non-linear equations and mathematical modelling; linear and integer programming; and non-linear optimization for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...techniques that can help. Keep a research diary You will find it helpful to keep a research diary. Its purpose is to form a permanent record of thoughts, actions, searches, notes, news items and references that you collect and generate when preparing, undertaking and reflecting on your research. A research diary provides a record of your personal learning journey and...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Software development for enterprise systems
Digital & Computing

Software development for enterprise systems

...techniques, design patterns and solutions but this does not mean that existing design and solutions can be routinely applied to solve new problems. Combining existing designs is a highly skilled activity that will always require some degree of imagination and ingenuity. Exploratory engineering is characterised primarily by the unstructured exploration of new kinds of...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life

...techniques? If dogs really could sniff out cancer, what other diseases might they smell? And might the noses of other animals be useful too? Over the past decade, there have been projects investigating the use of bees to sniff out cancer, for example, but that research hasn’t advanced very far. The overwhelming focus in the field now is on dogs – and the African rats....
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