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Estimating the cost of equity
Money & Business

Estimating the cost of equity

...think they will go down, the yield curve will slope downwards. Flat yield curves are due to an expectation that interest rates will remain unchanged. However, supply and demand also influence yield curves. For example, if there is demand from banks for short-term government bonds and demand from long-term investors such as pension funds for long-term government bonds,...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...thinks about the evidence is sometimes called ‘opinion’ evidence. Rather, witnesses limited to giving evidence of what they themselves directly perceived. However, expert evidence is an exception to this principle, and this section explains why. To understand why expert evidence is an exception to the rule against opinion evidence, it helps to first understand what...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts
History & The Arts

Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts

...think for themselves. Education will mean that they ‘can use that mind and will to abolish the inhumanity, the beastliness, the horror, the folly of war’ (Black, 2001, p.77). That the Spanish Civil War had a profound effect on her thinking is clear, as she was supportive of socialist and anti-fascist movements. Her nephew Julian Bell went to Spain as an ambulance...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?

...system and causes humans who are infected to hallucinate, become aggressive and even fear water. When someone is bitten, it’s crucial to wash the wound immediately and vaccinate them as soon as possible. But this rarely happens in India. Instead, many people end up being improperly treated – for example, not receiving a full course of vaccinations after exposure....
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Article 10 mins
Birth of a drug
Science, Maths & Technology

Birth of a drug

...systems are being used in this process to provide suitable leads, by consideration of the shape and electronic properties of the receptor or enzyme involved, and so designing compounds from first principles. The development of doxazosin, as described in the video, can be divided into a number of stages: the medical background; the pharmacological background; the project...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Looking at population data
Society, Politics & Law

Looking at population data

...system, what shape would you expect if the fertility rate was running at or around the replacement rate (2 children per woman)? What shape might you expect for a declining population (that is, one that is getting smaller over time?) Have a look at the population pyramids from different countries listed on the UN Demographic Profiles page to see if your predictions - and...
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Video 30 mins
Succeed with maths: part 1 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 1

...think it does. You see to complete it I have to take a logical step-by-step approach. If I just filled in numbers randomly it would be impossible to complete. And it’s just the same with maths puzzles as you’ll see this week. So next time you see a Sudoku in a paper why not have a go? You can always tell everybody around you that you’re studying. After this week,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...system. Nitrites combine with haemoglobin in the bloodstream, preventing it from carrying out its normal function of combining with oxygen and carrying it around the body. This can result in a serious, though rare, condition called methaemoglobinaemia (‘blue baby syndrome’), which can be fatal (Skipton and Hay, 1998). Ingestion of nitrate and nitrite by people with a...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs