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Data and processes in computing
Digital & Computing

Data and processes in computing

...system, and the processes that may be applied to that data. These ideas are illustrated by a particular application — a supermarket till — but they are of general relevance in designing software systems. Important terminology will be highlighted in bold. In this course we will look at some commonly occurring forms of data. We start with fundamental forms, such as...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...systems are faced with the challenge of controlling new infections that can spread globally in a very short time. Similarly, trade routes still transport infected goods within countries as they have always done, but air freight enables infectious agents in foodstuffs to travel between continents in less than a day. Globalisation requires global responses to prevent...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Cell signalling
Science, Maths & Technology

Cell signalling

...systems to be highly flexible. Examples of this flexibility are: the same type of receptor can be coupled to different signalling pathways in different cell types; the signal can be amplified (or damped down) as it travels along the signalling pathway; it can switch on multiple pathways, leading to several cellular responses in diverse regions of the cell; information can...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Machine translation in language learning and teaching
Languages

Machine translation in language learning and teaching

...think. This is something that you must do. [MUSIC PLAYING] Video 1 A very brief history of machine translation This short video offers a concise history of machine translation, tracing its origins from 1949 to modern-day Neural Machine Translation (NMT). It explains the evolution from rule-based, example-based, and statistical approaches, highlighting key milestones, such...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Key historic LGBTQI+ figures
Education & Development

Key historic LGBTQI+ figures

...think it takes a lot of courage. And I think a lot of people who would do it will suffer because of it. But I think any movement needs a certain number of courageous martyrs. There’s no getting around it. That’s really the only thing that can be done, you have to come out and be strong enough to accept whatever consequences come. Ernestine was a Black, lesbian and...
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Article 20 mins
Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...think what a diet containing insufficient energy-producing nutrients for an individual's TEE over a period of months may lead to? Answer If TEI is less than TEE over a period of months then the individual will lose body mass (weight). The extent of the weight loss depends on the difference between energy intake and expenditure and if this diet were maintained it would...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The awarding gap at The Open University
Education & Development

The awarding gap at The Open University

...systemic change. Note: Selecting correct and appropriate terminology to describe a diverse group of people, all of whom have experienced racism, is difficult. For the purposes of this article, BME and BAME is used, although it is recognised these are problematic terms. Background In England, the profile of race equality was raised significantly after the death of Stephen...
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Article 10 mins
‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS
Society, Politics & Law

‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS

...system. Through this unions, employers, and state work together and develop policies to avoid issues of racism and wider social welfare issues (Connolly, Marion, and Lucio, 2014). References, Sources and Links Connolly, H., Marino, S. and Lucio, M.M. (2014) ‘Trade union renewal and the challenges of representation: Strategies towards migrant and ethnic minority workers...
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Article 5 mins