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Advanced Spanish: Language in context
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Language in context

...Open University course L314 A buen puerto: advanced Spanish, which is taught in Spanish. This course makes use of a voice recording tool. Please note that this will only currently work in the Internet Explorer (IE) browser. We hope to fix this problem soon...Advanced Spanish: Language in context: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to:...
Intermediate German: The world of work
Languages

Intermediate German: The world of work

...Open University course L223 German studies 2: language and culture of the German-speaking world...Intermediate German: The world of work: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand spoken German in the context of work talk about personal work history and attitudes to work refer to past events and specify lengths of time express...
Introduction to complex analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to complex analysis

...Open University course M337 Complex Analysis, which develops the theory of functions of a complex variable, emphasising their geometric properties and indicating some applications...This free course, Introduction to complex analysis, is an extract from the third level Open University course M337 Complex analysis, which develops the theory of functions of a complex...
What is heritage?
History & The Arts

What is heritage?

...source of sustenance, livelihood and spiritual inspiration for the many different groups of Indigenous Australians who live along the Queensland coastline. They would traditionally understand their relationship with the reef as one of custodianship and the right to control access, hunt, fish and gather in its environs. Clearly the reef’s promotion as a World Heritage...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
A brief history of evolution
History & The Arts

A brief history of evolution

...Open University's Natural Sciences qualifications. Evolutionary concepts first appeared in early Greek writings, for example, in the work of Anaximander and Empedocles. Anaximander proposed that animals could be transformed from one kind to another, and Empedocles speculated that they could be made up of various combinations of pre-existing parts. However, evolutionary...
Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life

...opens it, revealing a small hole. Charles sniffs at it… and moves on. The hole is re-closed, and there’s a clink of metal as the next plate is yanked back. This time, Charles is gripped. He sniffs hard, scratching at the metal, the five claws on each paw splayed with the pressure. The technician calls out “Two!” Over by the window, her colleague is holding a...
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...
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...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs