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The science of making musical instruments
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of making musical instruments

...simple, why do the sounds made by each instrument in an orchestra or band sound so different? The pitch is the degree of highness or lowness of a musical note. The pitch depends on how rapid the vibrations are i.e. how high the frequency is. A higher pitch has a higher frequency. [low and high pitched waveforms] The diverse sounds made by the instruments in each section...
Dogs under the microscope
Science, Maths & Technology

Dogs under the microscope

...code of A, C, G and T letters. FACT: Dogs’ best friend (humans) have 46 chromosomes and their famous enemy (cats) have 38. Despite the difference in numbers, dogs, cats and humans have pretty much the same overall amount of DNA in each cell. Organisms with the largest number of chromosomes: ferns often have over 100 chromosomes, with some having over 1000. Organisms...
Why would you want your own web domain?
Digital & Computing

Why would you want your own web domain?

...code repositories allow us to share code, sites like Shinyapps.io allow you to publish specific sorts of applications, and so on. So where do initiatives like a domain of one’s own come in, which provide members of a university (originally), staff and students alike, with a web domain and web hosting of their own? One answer is that they provide a place on the web for...
The database development life cycle
Science, Maths & Technology

The database development life cycle

...simple to use structured query language (SQL) CREATE TABLE statements to define tables, or to use the facilities of a database tool to define them for you. Once developed, the tables can be manipulated and displayed in many different ways, again using SQL statements, a database tool or an application development tool. However, uncontrolled ad hoc creation of tables by end...
An introduction to material culture
History & The Arts

An introduction to material culture

...simple answer to these questions but, as we shall discover in the course of this course, there’s no getting around the ubiquity of things. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1 study in Arts and Humanities...An introduction to material culture: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand what material culture is...
Amatrice Earthquake: 24th August 2016 - first reactions
Science, Maths & Technology

Amatrice Earthquake: 24th August 2016 - first reactions

...codes. Update at 10am Aftershocks are continuing. Journalists might like to visit http://www.centrometeoitaliano.it/terremoti-in-tempo-reale-italia-mondo-ingv/ I captured the screen grabs below from there at 0935 BST: [Map showing effect of the Earthquakes] [Map showing effect of the Earthquakes] The biggest aftershocks have been magnitude 4. These were in the two hours...
Retail management and marketing
Money & Business

Retail management and marketing

...code technology Looking at the increase and benefits of online shopping and barcode technology. The impact of marketing The importance of marketing and communication. The agency and the message This video looks at how agencies help companies to raise awareness of their brand and promotions. Online retail marketing An online entrepreneur challenges the existing state of...
Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?

...Code, overseen by the UK’s two funding bodies: Sport England (grassroots) and UK Sport (elite). The code requires sports bodies in receipt of government funding to meet a target of at least 30% men and 30% women on their boards by 2017 or risk losing funding. In addition to gender parity, the code also requires organisations to show a ‘strong and public commitment’...