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Supporting female performance in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting female performance in sport and fitness

...world it must be men who are the anomaly, but females are regarded as such because they are more complicated to conduct research on. You are now going to look at puberty and ask why it is such an important stage for maintaining female sports participation...Session 1: Mind the gap: gender differences in sport science research and its impact on female athletes: 6 Why is...
Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...world, which some estimate to be as many as 10 million. Other expressions of the success of mammals that are worth considering include the degree of physiological sophistication of their systems (which can be difficult to assess) and the number of individuals of a particular species or broader group that exist in total. Mammals have also been around for a long time; LoM...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Applying to study for a PhD in psychology

...world that underlies each of them. There are significant differences between, say, an experimental approach that assumes predictable behaviours, an interpretation that adopts the psychoanalytic concept of the dynamic unconscious, surveys and general qualitative approaches that assume that what people say (or write) provides a reliable indication of their views and likely...
Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...world quantum computing, exploring how researchers and companies are working to make quantum computers a reality. By the end of this course, you will have a grasp of quantum computing fundamentals, its computational advantages, and the technological advancements shaping its future. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course SM380 Quantum...
Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...world around us leads us to think that a flat spatial geometry is perhaps most ‘natural’, this flatness has historically been understood to present a fine-tuning problem for cosmological theory, known as the flatness problem. It is unclear what physics contrives to ensure the matter and energy content of the Universe at the Planck time was precisely that needed to...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground

...World War, and latterly by American, British and other scholars of music worldwide. Many articles in specialist journals such as Music Analysis in the UK and Music Theory Spectrum in the USA now assume an acquaintance with Schenker's ideas, methods and notations. His analytical method has been one of the most important topics in the theory of music since about 1970, and...
Financial methods in environmental decisions
Nature & Environment

Financial methods in environmental decisions

...World Health Organization (WHO) were used for dioxins and mercury. [Described image] Figure 1 Micro-pollutant uptake pathways Once the doses were established, the ExternE methodology was used to determine the damage caused. Valuation of the impacts was based on willingness to pay. In the case of mortality, it is important to stress that the sum does not represent the...
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...world is the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations Systems (NASDAQ) in the USA. The reason why public limited companies can raise capital more easily is that investors in public limited companies can buy and sell shares more easily. Shares in listed or quoted companies are the most liquid. Liquidity refers to the ease with which you can sell an...