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Pain and Aspirin
Science, Maths & Technology

Pain and Aspirin

...work. Drugs such as aspirin act at the site of the injury to stop or at least reduce the production of messenger chemicals that stimulate the nerve endings. Another class of drugs, the opiates such as codeine and morphine, act on the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). Sometimes, the aspirin-like and codeine/morphine-like drugs are combined into one remedy,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...work best for you. Here are a few tips: Aim for a mixture of reading, speaking and writing. You might prefer one of these but it is important to try all three. Speaking and writing will be introduced in Sessions 2 and 3 of the course. A few regular short practice sessions of around 20-25 minutes are likely to be more productive than the occasional long session. Be patient...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...Working with sensitive topics. Sensitive topic This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course W250 Evidence law...Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain the rules for admissibility and presentation of expert evidence describe the duties and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?

...work into the causes of rabies Rabies is a vicious killer, a virus transmitted through saliva. Any warm-blooded mammal is susceptible. Dogs can become infected through a bite by a rabid wild animal or fellow canine; in turn, a bite from an infected dog is the most common method of human infection. The rabies virus attacks the nervous system and causes humans who are...
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Article 10 mins
Birth of a drug
Science, Maths & Technology

Birth of a drug

...work just as researchers in academic institutions do; (b) to provide a more detailed explanation of the chemical background to the development of doxazosin; (c) to show in particular how the syntheses of new, hitherto unknown, compounds are reported, with details of the route(s) and experimental conditions employed, and sufficient data reported to establish unambiguously...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Nuclear power: friend or foe?
Society, Politics & Law

Nuclear power: friend or foe?

...Social sciences...Nuclear power: friend or foe?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the technical and political constraints on the development of alternative energy strategies reflect on the contemporary discourse of nuclear energy assess your own position in these debates...Nuclear power: friend or foe?: 1 The task -...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course

...work identification number or your house number? Listen to the audios that follow to hear how you would say these two examples. Enathu velai adaiyala elakkam ondru ondru naanku ettu. My work identification number is 1148 | எனது வேலை அடையாள இலக்கம் ஒன்று ஒன்று நான்கு எட்டு. Enathu veeddu...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The distance between us
History & The Arts

The distance between us

...social scientists such as Merskin reveal how rationalisations such as the 4Ns circulate through the media. To take one example, The Lion King film is famous for its song ‘Circle of Life’. The circle of life is also a crucial ideological message in the film: Simba’s father Mufasa legitimates ‘meat-eating’ for the young lion, and vicariously for the young...
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Article 5 mins