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Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting

...Adapted from Horngren et al., 1999, p. 38) In Figure 10, you can see that the tyres used in the assembly of a car are both variable and direct costs. Another example of a direct cost is the annual leasing cost of cars used by sales representatives, although you should note that these particular costs are fixed as they do not vary with the level of activity in terms of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Space, Time and Consciousness
Science, Maths & Technology

Space, Time and Consciousness

...ET, Life and the Universe Is there intelligent life out there? Professor Russell Stannard examines various possibilities, and our chances of ever finding out about them. The Size of the Universe Professor Russell Stannard investigates what is beyond the observable universe and explores claims that the universe might close back on itself. The Nature of Space Professor...
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Nouvelles mises au point
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Nouvelles mises au point

...et de l'Industrie (Science and Industrial Museum) in Paris. Science Museum: children's zone Shows various exhibits in the children's area of the museum where a hands-on approach is encouraged. Discusses whether girls and boys are equally interested in science and if the museum reaches the people it really wants to reach Science Museum: library A look at the multimedia...
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Audio 33 mins
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...adapted extract from the Open University course D110 Exploring psychological worlds: thinking, feeling, doing....Psychology around the world: Introduction - Welcome to this exciting free OpenLearn course! In this course you will explore how psychology helps us to understand human thoughts (how people think), emotions (how people feel) and behaviours (what people do)...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Influenza: A case study
Science, Maths & Technology

Influenza: A case study

...adapted extract from the Open University course : SK320 Infectious disease and public health...Influenza: A case study: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define and use, or recognise definitions and applications of, each of the glossary terms in the course describe influenza viruses, their structure, how they are transmitted, how they...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
‘Irrational emotions’ and their cognitive impenetrability
History & The Arts

‘Irrational emotions’ and their cognitive impenetrability

...et. al. (2012), which show that emotions generated by appraisal mechanisms that aren’t cognitively penetrated are more resistant to cognitive influence than those that are. Emotional recalcitrance and cognitive psychology Much of this is spadework. But by tying in the notion of emotional recalcitrance with that of cognitive impenetrability, what we gain is the ability...
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Is sleep the secret of success?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is sleep the secret of success?

...et al., 2015; Halson, 2014). Therefore the sleep an athlete has the night before and in the days leading up to a competition (e.g. Rugby World Cup final) is important. The challenge here is that athletes often report sleeping difficulties the night before an important competition due to pre-competition anxiety or excitement (Juliff, Halson, & Peiffer, 2015). Additionally,...
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How can your accent put your life at risk?
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How can your accent put your life at risk?

...et al., 2016). In a quote that has almost uncanny echoes of Faysal Ishak Ahmed’s experience on the other side of the world, one junior doctor reported this conversation with a senior clinician to the researchers: And he said, ‘Oh, you know we see this, a lot of this Haitian chest pain.’ And I said, ‘What do you mean by that?’ And he said, ‘Well, they come in...
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