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Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts

...open it so that you can see the second hand. Now put your fingers on your wrist as shown in Figure 6. If you can feel your pulse there, count how many times the artery pulses for thirty seconds, then double this number to find your own heart rate. Discussion Some people have trouble finding the pulse in their wrist, so don’t worry if you can’t find it easily. Another...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...source. So manufacturing applies to artificial products: it does not apply to natural products which grow on the surface of our planet, can be found in the Earth's crust or exist in the atmosphere. On the contrary, such products are the source of what we call natural or physical resources and which are the starting point for all manufactured items. Such resources are also...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
What do literary agents do?
History & The Arts

What do literary agents do?

...Open University. With me is Jonny Geller who’s Chief Executive of the literary agents Curtis Brown. We’ll be discussing the relationship between creativity and commerce and how to identify it and promote writing talent in today’s rapidly changing world. Could you explain a little bit about your role and the various elements involved in the creation of a work of...
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London's 1818 public health crisis
History & The Arts

London's 1818 public health crisis

...open to all applicants, at all days and hours. A medical certificate of disease is stated to be required; but the practice is to admit all who are attacked by the complaint upon the first application; and the only impediment thrown in the way has been one which it is the aim of your Committee to remove, a want of sufficient room for the admission of patients. Your...
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Stay in control and hide the fear: The psychology of skydivers and climbers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stay in control and hide the fear: The psychology of skydivers and climbers

...Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. [A sky diver's eye view] Laurie Taylor: As a teenager I had a few goes on the Grand National at Blackpool, but my most daring fairground ride was always Wallis’s Wonder Waltzer. Do you remember the Waltzer? It was those egg-shaped carriages holding up to half-a-dozen people, and the chrome rail that was...
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Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change

...Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Kimberly Nicholas Interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, interviewer KN: = Kim Nicholas, Associate Professor, Lund University, Sweden. Researcher into climate change, sustainable food and ecosystem services, participant. RH: So I’m standing on a street corner in Paris. It’s a damp evening, looks like its just about to...
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The UK votes out: Instant reaction
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out: Instant reaction

...opened up a pandora’s box of uncertainty. It is likely to take months if not years to work through it. But there is a greater danger that falls triggered by Brexit will connect with other underlying economic problems. Brexit may also uncover economic issues which had previously been overlooked. If this happens, Brexit will change from a localised crisis to something...
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The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses
Society, Politics & Law

The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses

...Open University Pensioners in Osborne’s plans with a £3.35 a week increase in the basic state pension to £119.30 from next April. This is a 2.9% rise in line with average earnings, which have risen by more than price inflation or the 2.5% minimum promised under the “triple lock”. The new flat-rate state pension from April 2016 has been set at £155.65 a week. So...
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