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The science of making musical instruments
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of making musical instruments

...become alternately more dense and less dense. The variation in pressure in the medium is sensed by a receiver such as the human ear or recording device and is called a sound wave. [sound source] [longitudinal sound waves] Flow of longitudinal sound waves Sound travels in the same way whether it is music or noise. The difference between music and noise is that musical...
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Electroplating
Science, Maths & Technology

Electroplating

...become filled. Thicker layers of chromium by itself can be applied to components to increase the wear resistance of the part. This is known as hard chrome-plating, with deposit thicknesses of 10–500 μm achieving hardnesses of 950–1000 VPN. Tin is electrodeposited to 5–12 μm thicknesses for steel cans for non-toxic use with foodstuffs. Silver (5–50 μm) is plated...
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Exploring how migration changes the places where we live
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring how migration changes the places where we live

...become more positive in its views towards migration, this hides the fact that opinion is also starkly divided. This feeds into the common recent assertion that rather than left or right, the new divide in our politics is divided between ‘open’ versus ‘closed.’ However, whilst divisions in opinion are clearly evident, recent research to segment public opinion...
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The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...becomes a dialogue, rather than the social scientist simply imposing an authoritative voice upon the object in question. In this way, social scientific practice not only opens up new options for how we study the social world but also provides an opportunity for drawing upon a wider range of human knowledge and experience. Figure 1 illustrates the three main themes of this...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish

...students currently studying with The Open University – http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn – http://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ 3. Outside the UK? We have students in over a hundred countries studying online qualifications – http://www.openuniversity.edu/...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Vanessa Berlowitz - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Vanessa Berlowitz - Earth in Vision

...become an Executive Producer for the BBC, developing and winning a number of commissions, some of which are still in production. These include Great Bear Stakeout - grizzlies filmed 24/7 with multiple remotes, Life in the Air - an innovation led wildlife series on animal flight, Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur – a one off special that investigated whether a recent...
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You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...become a part of everyday life and, as a result, discussions about it regularly make the headlines. Even the Archbishop of Canterbury has made public statements about the level of personal indebtedness in the UK (The Times, 2008)! Debt is regularly featured in the media with stories about how much people have borrowed, how a proportion of borrowers encounter difficulties...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...become an important source of software such as the Linux and Android operating systems and a wide range of applications (including the Firefox browser and Zotero reference management system). The OECD definition focuses on what is innovated – product, process, marketing or organisation – rather than how or why people or organisations choose to use an innovation, or...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs