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Multiple Moonlets Maketh Mystery
Science, Maths & Technology

Multiple Moonlets Maketh Mystery

...out their orbits were frequent in comparison to today. [simple artistic representation of the collison hypothesis model for the formation of the Moon ] Fig. 2: Simple artistic step-by-step representation of the collision hypothesis model for the formation of the Moon over approximately 10s to 100s of thousands of years using Universe Sandbox. a) Mars-sized object (Theia)...
Using generative AI in relation to legal issues
Society, Politics & Law

Using generative AI in relation to legal issues

...out of outputs that are generated (if, of course, such rights are available in the first place). They are also likely to include terms to the effect that you are responsible for outputs generated using the tool. You should review the service providers terms and conditions and terms of service for each GenAI-enabled service you use. Finally, in contrast to a qualified...
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...the extremes: Polar biology: 2.3 Environmental regulation of breeding - As pointed out in Section 1.1, primary plant productivity occurs for only a few months in the summer, so the reproductive physiology of most arctic animals, particularly herbivorous species, is tightly synchronized with the seasons. On Svalbard (Figure 2b), more than 90% of the reindeer fawns are born in the first week of June. The mothers of those born ......
Understanding ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding ADHD

...out of their condition. However, it has now been suggested that the two cohorts (i.e. children/adolescents versus adults) may not be the same – so adults with ADHD are not simply children and adolescents with the condition who grow up (Moffitt et al., 2015). At the time of writing this course in 2019-2020, research into ADHD in adults is still in its relatively early...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Surfaces
Science, Maths & Technology

Surfaces

...out of keeping with geometric topology, and may add little to our understanding of the underlying concepts. An example is the so-called Jordan Curve Theorem, which asserts that any curve in the plane that is homeomorphic to a circle divides the plane into two regions, one bounded (the ‘inside’ of the curve) and the other unbounded (the ‘outside’); Figure 2 shows...
Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Business models in strategic management
Money & Business

Business models in strategic management

...out of nowhere. In this free course, Business models in strategic management, you will be introduced to the theory and practice of business models as they have developed in strategy literature. In particular, you will explore the emergence of the business model idea, types of business models including those using the internet (e-business models) and how business models...
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...out whole communities. In the nineteenth century, the English parliamentary historian Thomas Macaulay graphically described its effects: Smallpox was always present, filling the churchyard with corpses, tormenting with constant fear all whom it had not yet stricken, leaving on those whose lives it spared the hideous traces of its power, turning the babe into a changeling...
Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...out and thinking critically about the music you encounter on a day-to-day basis can lead to new areas of research and investigation. The broader framework of sounds you experience is also of interest to scholars, and forms the basis of a discipline called ‘sound studies’, which intersects in many ways with musicology. Sound studies, a relatively recent area of...
Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs