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Introduction to finite element analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to finite element analysis

...carbon-fibre composite, sandwiching an aluminium honeycomb core, and is immensely strong, protecting the driver in the event of accidents and impacts. Video 3 Here are some more issues affecting the design of the tub. Dr. Keith Martin, The Open University Another crucial difference from the hub is that the tub is subject to a range of mandatory safety regulations and...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
The metagenomics revolution: an introduction
Science, Maths & Technology

The metagenomics revolution: an introduction

...carbon fixation pathways occurring inside living cells, including the Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) cycle and the Arnon-Buchanan reductive tricarboxylic acid (rTCA) cycle, and evidence for both nitrogen fixation and denitrification processes. Using metagenomic data, scientists also found that microbes sampled in water and sediment showed distinct ways of dealing with the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...footprints from the crime scene showed that the culprit’s trainers had damage that did not match the trainers later recovered from the accused. However, the expert assigned this evidence a ‘likelihood ratio’ of 1 (meaning that the evidence was neither exculpatory nor inculpatory). Logically, the value should have been less than 1 (because it was exculpatory). The...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University
Education & Development

Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University

...footprints] Figure 6: Walk your own path Part of your learning journey will include thinking about your future career choices and planning for your future. It is therefore important to consider and carry out research into career options. Studying across subjects helps you to bring together skills, knowledge and different perspectives which can help open up your career...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Cell signalling
Science, Maths & Technology

Cell signalling

...carbon atom 1 has been replaced with an inositol ring linked via a phosphate group, and the OH groups on carbon atoms 2 and 3 have been replaced by two fatty acyl chains, one saturated and one unsaturated (Figure 30a). Figure 30 The generation of second messengers from phosphatidylinositol (PI). (a) The structure of phosphatidylinositol (PI), which is the parent molecule...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
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Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...footprint, i.e. the information about you that exists because of your online activity. Next week, you’ll look at how to tidy your digital footprint before starting to raise your profile. Personal branding for existing employees Employers aren’t just interested in assessing the personal brand of job applicants, they are increasingly focused on helping existing...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Studying mammals: Plant predators
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Plant predators

...carbon dioxide (taken in from the air through pores, called stomata, in their leaves) to make sugars. Plants can use these sugars, together with minerals which are dissolved in the water in the soil, as the raw materials for all the other types of molecule that the plant needs for its healthy growth. A crucial role in photosynthesis is played by the green pigment,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...carbon dioxide by the gut bacteria. The carbon dioxide is excreted with the respiratory gases, but the fate of the highly soluble, and in high concentrations toxic, ammonium ions (NH4 +) is more interesting. In dormant bears, the blood concentrations of amino acids, total protein, urea and uric acid during dormancy are similar to those of active bears that are feeding...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs