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Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...world were compared with the effects on grain-eating African Namaqua doves (Oena capensis) which are adapted to arid desert habitats. Namaqua doves show shallow torpor in response to food deprivation, with T b falling to 30–37° C: there was a fluctuation of T b with T a, but a metabolic defence at T a below 25° C. This regulation is reflected by the increase of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...world through narrow, slit-like eyelids, which confers an aloof, imperious expression. The surface temperatures of red foxes, kit foxes (another temperate-zone species native to USA) and arctic foxes at air temperatures from −25 to +30° C have also been compared using infrared thermography, producing images such as those shown in Figures 18b and c. There were...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

...world around them, through online learning with course materials developed by subject experts and tutor-marked assignments, when you study A level Biology online with the National Extension College (NEC). Enrol from £750. Find out more about A level Biology here...Week 4: Recognising disease: Tell us what you think - Now you’ve completed the course we would again...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...world. Take a few minutes to think about what have you learned and note down your thoughts. It may also be helpful to talk about your findings with someone you trust to give an honest opinion to see if they agree with your own self-image. You've now completed Section 6 – well done! We hope that you have found your study useful and are motivated to carry on with the...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Advanced German: Language, culture and history
Languages

Advanced German: Language, culture and history

...World, in der nichts hält und niemand Halt findet. Es sei denn, er hat Heimat. […] „Heimat ist nichts Einfaches, ist immer widersprüchlich“, sagt Regisseur Edgar Reitz. Ein Ton von Trauer und Melancholie schwingt stets mit. Denn die heimatlichste Heimat ist das Land der Kindheit, das Reich der Erinnerung. Bei allen Anfällen von Depressivität rette er sich in...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Introduction to differentiation
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to differentiation

...world’s greatest physicists, mathematicians and astronomers, and is remembered in particular for his work on classical mechanics. He did much of his initial work on calculus at his family home in Lincolnshire, while Cambridge University was closed due to an outbreak of plague. In his later life Newton largely abandoned physics and mathematics, and wrote theological...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Cefnogi datblygiad plant
Education & Development

Cefnogi datblygiad plant

...World of Mr Glue Os oes gennych ddiddordeb yn y trafodaethau ynghylch plant a thechnolegau digidol a ph'un a ydynt yn beth da neu ddrwg, edrychwch ar Childhood in the Digital Age, modiwl am ddim gan Y Brifysgol Agored ar FutureLearn (www.futurelearn.com)...Annog Darllen: Sut y gwnaethoch chi ddysgu sut i ddarllen? - Mae gallu gwneud cysylltiadau rhwng eich astudiaethau,...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
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Money & Business

Розуміння вашої галузі

...world's 50 largest companies based on number of employees in 2015 [Online]. Available at www.statista.com/ statistics/ 264671/ top-20-companies-based-on-number-of-employees/ (Accessed 2 September 2021). Student Services (2014) Your Career Planning Guide [Online] Milton Keynes, The Open University. Available at http://www2.open.ac.uk/ students/ _data/ documents/ careers/...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs