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Freeing people caught between life and death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freeing people caught between life and death

...University of Western Ontario, Canada. Owen’s reddish hair and close-cropped beard loom large on my screen as he becomes animated describing the torment of those with no voice: his patients. People in a ‘vegetative state’ are awake yet unaware. Their eyes can open and sometimes wander. They can smile, grasp another’s hand, cry, groan or grunt. But they are...
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Article 15 mins
Birth of a drug
Science, Maths & Technology

Birth of a drug

...guide to the effectiveness of the compounds as anti-hypertensive agents in vivo. The stars in the second column indicate how effective these compounds are in lowering blood pressure in rats after oral administration. These results show that the original compound, prazosin (10), still seems to be one of the most effective anti-hypertensive agents. So how to proceed? The...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Approaches to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

Approaches to software development

...University course TM354 Software engineering...Approaches to software development: Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be able to: describe the essential characteristics, and identify, using examples, the connections between the characteristics of a good software system describe the elements of a basic software development process and illustrate the...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...University course T849 Strategic capabilities for technological innovation...Technological innovation: a resource-based view: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the genesis and continuing development of the resource-based view of organisations understand the distinction between organisational resources, competences and...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...University of Bath, with a research interest in children’s cognitive development (as well as a mum herself). The other authors are Professor Natalia Kucirkova, who is a researcher in early literacy, with a specific focus on the role of new technologies, shared book reading and personalisation, and John Oates, Professor of Developmental Psychology in the Faculty of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...University of Saskatchewan observed Monique, they suspected these were bouts of cataplexy, and hence figured this might be a case of narcolepsy with accompanying cataplexy. As luck would have it, Monique’s diagnosis coincided with the arrival of a peculiar circular from William Dement, a sleep specialist at Stanford University in California. He was on the lookout for...
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Article 15 mins
What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...universal or even pan-European as the thinkers of the eighteenth century had liked to claim. The First World War was also a conflict between different conceptions of what it meant to be European. The civilization that was associated with early ideas of a modern European identity was very much a French construct, and never had quite the same resonance in British society....
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST) Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST)

...University with support from the UK Government's National Cyber Security Programme and can be accessed free of charge. Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they're a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs