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Death on the tracks: A 19th century train crash
History & The Arts

Death on the tracks: A 19th century train crash

...manager; Mr Farmer, deputy-manager of the London and Brighton Railway; and Mr Faithful, solicitor, with several other officials, were in attendance during the inquiry. Joseph Boardman was the first witness called. He said that he was an engine driver on the London and Brighton railway. He knew the deceased, who was his fireman. On the 27th of August, at about a quarter...
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The research and modelling of COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

The research and modelling of COVID-19

...Management & Quantitative Techniques Area at the Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIM-Indore). He has a PhD in Statistics from North Carolina State University and worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center before joining IIM-Indore. His primary research interests include Bayesian inference, high-dimensional models and...
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Football culture: the use of banners
Health, Sports & Psychology

Football culture: the use of banners

...manager. [A banner reading 'Diego Costa the Guv'nor' with an image of Diego Costa. ] When we see the banners not as individual artefacts but as part of a broader, collective tapestry, we can see that they document not only the history of the clubs but also of the times they were created in and the social, cultural and political contexts that led to their creation –...
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Eutrophication
Nature & Environment

Eutrophication

...managed....Eutrophication: Introduction - Eutrophication describes the biological effects of an increase in the concentration of nutrients. The collective term ‘nutrients’ refers to those elements that are essential for primary production by plants or other photosynthetic organisms. Eutrophication is most often caused by increases in the availability of nitrogen and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...Introduction - [Described image] Figure 1 By ‘birth is a lottery’ we mean that how, when and where you are born, grow up and live is so profoundly and widely unequal and that these inequalities will shape your whole life. So being born with a disability, for example, will be experienced very differently depending on when and where you are born. One viewpoint says that...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Remaking the relations of work and welfare
Society, Politics & Law

Remaking the relations of work and welfare

...Introduction - This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 3 study in Social sciences...Remaking the relations of work and welfare: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: outline the ways in which the relations between work and welfare are made and remade in different places and at different times explain how these changing relations...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Is English squeezing out local languages in Uganda?
Languages

Is English squeezing out local languages in Uganda?

...introduction of a local language policy in primary schools. All in all, Ugandans consider English to be the way to success and a better life. Swahili as an option Swahili is an African lingua franca and shares with English the characteristics of being the most influential trans-ethnic language in East Africa. In 1972, Ladefoged estimated that 35% of Ugandans spoke Swahili...
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How are scientists testing for the growth of antibiotic resistance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How are scientists testing for the growth of antibiotic resistance?

...introduction. Today, as scientists look for replacements for our dwindling stock of antibiotics, evolution is never far from their minds. [This colorized version of PHIL 232 depicts a scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a number of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria.] This colorized version of PHIL 232 depicts a scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a number of Pseudomonas...
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