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Guide to diagrams
Money & Business

Guide to diagrams

...techniques with this video series and quiz...[Guide to diagrams] Launch our guide to diagrams Drawing diagrams is a very different type of communication than most of us are used to—but it allows us to think in new ways and encourages us to approach problems differently. In this series of videos and animations, The Open University's Simon Bell and Kevin Collins explain...
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What happens to our brains when we're afraid - and can that help us overcome fear?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to our brains when we're afraid - and can that help us overcome fear?

...technique, published in the inaugural edition of Nature Human Behaviour, could lead to a new way of treating patients with conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and phobias. Fear related disorders affect around one in 14 people and place considerable pressure on mental health services. Currently, a common approach is for patients to undergo some form of...
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Rewriting DNA: An introduction to genome editing
Science, Maths & Technology

Rewriting DNA: An introduction to genome editing

...techniques aim at inserting, removing, replacing or modifying specific fragments of DNA. Being able to “rewrite” DNA enables scientists to examine the consequences of these changes. For example, scientists might want to learn the effect of removing a specific gene, or want to investigate how a particular disease is caused. Until recently, genome editing was difficult,...
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The art of performing under pressure
Health, Sports & Psychology

The art of performing under pressure

...technique. Not enough footballers, he believed, work specifically on their technique, just as golfers work day in, day out, on their swing. “Technique is such an important thing: you have to ask yourself, ‘Is it repeatable? Is this shot repeatable under pressure?’” “Technique is such an important thing: you have to ask yourself, ‘Is it repeatable? Is this shot...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Financial Engineering
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Financial Engineering

...techniques can be use to positively fund such important scientific research. Kevin Davis investigates this development in his article “Superfunds: an investment vehicle for scientific research”? There is also an enhanced need to study the effects of finance outside of just its profitability. The financial crisis of 2008 revealed that financialisation has a social...
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Creative Writing
History & The Arts

Creative Writing

...techniques and practices surrounding Creative Writing. Writers as diverse as Alan Ayckbourn, Ian McMillan and Tanika Gupta talk openly about their approaches and attitudes to all aspects of writing from original concept to final drafts and productions. Writing for stage, print, television and radio is discussed in engaging and articulate detail. This material forms part...
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Maintaining social order with gruesome images of Hell
History & The Arts

Maintaining social order with gruesome images of Hell

...damnation and torture, but employed a touch of modern advertising techniques. Angeliki Lymberopoulou, a Lecturer in Art History at The Open University, explains the meaning of a fresco in the church of Kitiros in Crete. The project "Damned in Hell in the Frescoes of Venetian-Dominated Crete (13th-17th centuries)" has been funded by the Leverhulme Trust. Transcript...
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Writing critically and structuring your essay - Academic Study Skills
Education & Development

Writing critically and structuring your essay - Academic Study Skills

...you can use to help your essays flow coherently and to make your arguments clearer and more persuasive...Open this tutorial in a new tab. More like this Cardiff University offer a wide range of online tutorials and other study-skills support aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate taught students. These include tips on how to study more effectively, time management, what
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