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Drug development process: combating pain
Science, Maths & Technology

Drug development process: combating pain

...system (CNS) associated conditions, is the need to achieve penetration of the blood–brain barrier, a process that has exacting physico-chemical requirements. A more detailed study would address these issues and illustrate the methods not only for discovering new active compounds, but also optimising these to ensure that they can perform effectively and safely as drugs...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...think about all the mammals that you have encountered, as well as those you’ve seen in photos and TV programmes, it is apparent that mammals are very diverse in geographical range, in size, in form and in function. They have also been influenced by the presence of humans (another mammal) more than any other animal group. The study of mammals displays their rich...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...thinking about their own concerns. Consequently, they will be unable to participate in any related conversations; they are likely to remain on the edge of the classroom reading community. Concerns about reading enjoyment Worryingly, recent National Literacy Trust research, drawing on data from 70,403 young people suggests that reading enjoyment is at its lowest level...
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Article 5 mins
Approaching plays
History & The Arts

Approaching plays

...thinking of drama in a more general sense, we might be avid watchers of TV soaps or films. But, as a student of literature, you are sitting at home with a book open in front of you. It contains the text of a play. What, then, are you to make of the words on the page before you? If the script you were examining was intended for a film or a TV play it would look different...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...system is. It will download it. And you can see how the colour is starting to show when the file is being downloaded. If you can see at the bottom of the screen also, you will see English, but once you click on that-- that has been installed now, so I can just close that window. And at the bottom of my screen, I have a Word document open. I see English, if I click on...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...system at all the depots of a supermarket chain. Answer a.This involves a set of routine tasks that the organisation must be equipped to perform; hence it would be carried out by an operational team. b.This is likely to involve a project team structure. Inputs to formulating the strategy would be needed from various areas, plus professional and technical inputs. c.Inputs...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Film: Creative or Cultural?
Money & Business

Film: Creative or Cultural?

...think creatively, to realise creativity is not an add-on but an essential ingredient for success”. (Chris Smith, Foreword, DCMS 2001, p. 3). This definition of creative industries is based on creativity and intellectual property. The dilemma is that, while the cultural industries can be defined as those that generate symbolic meaning, (as we have seen above), official...
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Why is the time right for Donald Trump's style of charismatic leadership?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the time right for Donald Trump's style of charismatic leadership?

...find a charismatic successor. If Trump stumbles enough to reveal a weakness, and his supporters are willing to see it, this particular anti-establishment movement could disappear and more quickly than one might think. Unless, of course, they find someone who can step into Trump’s shoes. This article was originally published by Sociological Images under a CC-BY licence...
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Article 5 mins