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Nanotechnology: Good things come in small packages
Science, Maths & Technology

Nanotechnology: Good things come in small packages

...work? The question lies on how these nanoparticles can provide the advantages described above? The answer is simple. These nano-carriers either interact with the cell surface because of their charge and surface properties that make them accumulate into cancer cells that are characterized by leaky blood vessels and not into healthy cells or by “receptor-mediated”...
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Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health

...of the course team explains why identity and relationships are important when trying to work through mental health issues. Listening to service users Jonathan Leach of the course team explains the practical importance of listening to service users' perspectives. Everyday experiences Jonathan Leach of the course team explains the rationale for including Bronwyn's Story....
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Audio 1 hr 55 mins
Philosophy and the Human Situation
History & The Arts

Philosophy and the Human Situation

...work, The Social Contract Pro- and Anti-Regan Debate Rosalind Hursthouse and Derek Matravers cover, in the form of a debate, the Regan argument developed by Tom Regan, animal rights professor. Ethics, Animals, and the Environment Oxford University Philosophy Professor Roger Crisp discusses specific moral questions concerning ethics, animals and the environment Wonder...
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Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
History & The Arts

Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period

...work. I also took note of the fashions that many of these women were wearing, a contrast to images of women in the prewar period. I hope you enjoyed exploring the city centre. Next, you will go to the station Onkel Toms Hütte. On arrival there, you will be joined by your tour guide, Matt Frei...Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period: Station 2: Onkel Toms Hütte...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Turning rebellion into money: The upstarts who sell out
Money & Business

Turning rebellion into money: The upstarts who sell out

...work. As an ethos it’s notoriously difficult to define. But that doesn’t stop corporate attempts to make money from it – perhaps it even helps. People like to buy a spirit of rebellion – revolution even – and, if possible, show that they’re resisting capitalism while consuming. But what starts out as fun – as a way of differentiating a t-shirt or a car –...
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What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?

...working hard to poach votes from the MHP by creating a paranoid atmosphere of violence and authoritarian crackdowns. It has been brazenly trying to turn Turkey into a police state, one where the opposition has no room to breathe and where religious and ethnic tensions deepen every day. It seems this strategy has worked. People turned to the devil they know; even with an...
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Rugby: A game of risk and reward
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby: A game of risk and reward

...work-based situations and lower than that experienced by motorcyclists, pedestrians and car occupants” and concluded that “the risk of sustaining a catastrophic injury in rugby union could be regarded as acceptable and that the laws of the game therefore adequately manage the risk”. MacLean and Hutchinson (2012) conducted an audit of U19 player admissions to spinal...
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