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Understanding depression and anxiety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding depression and anxiety

...de-silencing’ mechanisms are examples of epigenetic mechanisms. The word ‘epigenetic’ means ‘above or beyond genes’ and is used to refer to the way the expression of genes can be altered as described above. The 5-HTT gene codes for the serotonin transporter protein – that is, it provides cells with the ‘instructions’ needed to make the protein. As a...
Felly, rydych chi eisiau bod yn nyrs? Cyflwyniad byr i nyrsio
Health, Sports & Psychology

Felly, rydych chi eisiau bod yn nyrs? Cyflwyniad byr i nyrsio

...education, jobs and leadership. Geneva: Sefydliad Iechyd y Byd. Llywodraeth Cymru (2022) Mwy na Geiriau: Cynllun pum mlynedd 2022-27. Ar gael yn: https://www.llyw.cymru/ sites/ default/ files/ publications/ 2022-07/ mwy-na-geiriau-cynllun-gweithredu-2022-2027.pdf...Felly, rydych chi eisiau bod yn nyrs? Cyflwyniad byr i nyrsio: Cydnabyddiaethau - Ysgrifennwyd y cwrs...
The science of alcohol Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...educational wellbeing of the community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. Completing a course will require about 24 hours of study time. However, you can study the course at any time and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are available on The Open University’s OpenLearn website and do not cost anything...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...education on the legal system and the operation of the courts.’ (Judicial of Scotland, 2013) As the courts modernise, with arrangements for witnesses to give evidence by video link and for court proceedings to be held online the way in which cases are managed and dealt with is changing. The principle that ‘justice should not only be done, but should be seen to be...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...educators and beginners, and also to start to introduce visual literacy to programmers. So this tool has been widely successful, and it’s been going on now for nearly 15 years, and is taught in academic programmes in terms of art and design, but also even in some engineering programmes today. And so it looks kind of like this. So you’re dealing with Java, but you’re...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...de Janiero to act on this issue, and made their first, tentative agreement five years later at Kyoto. Box 3 indicates some of the likely impacts of climate change...Working with our environment: an introduction: 4.6 Global climate change continued - Box 3: Some impacts of global climate change Record global temperatures The global mean surface temperature of our planet...
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...De-nol®) peptic ulcer Ti oxide sunblock V complex diabetes Fe Na2[Fe(CN)5(NO)].2H2O hypertension Cu histidine complex Menkes disease Zn oxide sunblock oxide with 0.5% Fe2O3 (calamine lotion) antimicrobial agent Y 90Y complex bone and liver cancer Zr Zr(IV) glycinate antiperspirant Ru Ru(III) complex cancer parasitic disease Ag silver sulfadiazine burns Ag/Hg amalgam...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Caring for adults
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for adults

...education, training or recreation social and economic well-being domestic, family and personal relationships suitability of living accommodation the individual’s contribution to society. Local authorities have to consider the impact of your role as a carer on your well-being. Similarly, they have to consider the impact of a disabled person’s needs on their well-being....
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs