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Christmas at war: 1914 - Gifts for injured soldiers
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1914 - Gifts for injured soldiers

...now has about 700 inmates. As many men as could well manage the journey have been sent home to be with their relatives at Christmas, but empty beds were quickly filled by fresh arrivals from the front. Since the war began the hospital has treated nearly nine thousand cases, of which 7,734 were wounded men from France. From: The Manchester Guardian, Christmas Eve 1914...
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What is a transformation process? The one minute guide
Money & Business

What is a transformation process? The one minute guide

...Management. See a full list of OU Business School courses Image credits: butterly emerging from a cocoon by Emmanuelle Bourgue CC-BY-NC-ND Tillamook cheese factory by Kristina D.C. Hoeppner CC-BY-SA Hahnemann Hospital and Homœopathic Dispensaries by Wellcome Library CC-BY woodworking by conespider CC-BY-NC-ND delivery people by Garry Knight CC-BY checkout lane by Random...
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Your Health in Your Hands - PHBs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Your Health in Your Hands - PHBs

...Lizzie who has cerebral palsy. They manage their personal health budgets in tandem. Mathew breathes using a respirator and needs 24-hour care. Case study 1: Alzheimer's Disease In this case study we hear from Jonathan Fitzpatrick. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in his 50s. Now 68 after a short spell in a care home he lives at home in Oxfordshire with his wife Anna....
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Studying mammals: Plant predators
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Plant predators

...manage to flourish on a salad diet? In this free course, Studying mammals: Plant predators, we will examine the special features that allow them to extract their nutrients from leaves, and see how some plants protect themselves from these predators. This is the fourth course in the Studying mammals series...From the mouse-deer to the elephant, plant eaters come in all...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
OU Carbon Calculator FAQs
Nature & Environment

OU Carbon Calculator FAQs

...manage to save some money rather than spending it. This money does not disappear but is used by financial institutions to invest in other activities which produce emissions. Eventually you might claim all that money back and spend it. Nevertheless, the calculator assumes that not spending directly tends to somewhat reduce your emissions. Goods How is 'green' or...
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Urbanism in Blade Runner
Science, Maths & Technology

Urbanism in Blade Runner

...projected onto the sides of building feature primarily Asian women, language takes a uniquely urban shape in the form of hybrid cityspeak, and one scene even shows Jews, Hare Krishnas, and punk rockers sharing a cracked city sidewalk. A look into the crystal ball for cities? Since its release, many urban critics have interpreted Blade Runner as a warning: ‘If we do not...
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How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?
Nature & Environment

How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?

...by the pollution of Manaus”. The study is part of by GoAmazon, a project that brings together 100 researchers from Brazil, United States and Germany. The next step for the researchers is to verify the consequences of this dynamic for other Brazilian regions and for other parts of the world. This article was originally published by SciDevNet under a CC-BY licence...
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Half of climate safety level has gone - Climate News Network
Nature & Environment

Half of climate safety level has gone - Climate News Network

...projections, it needs qualifying and teasing apart. Some scientists, for example, warn that there’s uncertainty about just what the pre-industrial global temperature was. The New Scientist research is careful to be specific: it says global surface temperature is now passing 1°C of warming “relative to the second half of the 19th century”. Farewell, hiatus And one...
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