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Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...based polymers containing low atomic-number atoms – mainly carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen. Bone absorbs X-rays more strongly than the surrounding soft tissue (Figure 1). Why is this? Figure 1 X-ray of a broken bone. Bone not only contains elements with higher atomic number than the surrounding soft tissue, such as calcium and phosphorus, but also is denser – a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Understanding different research perspectives
Money & Business

Understanding different research perspectives

...based project – namely, identifying a research problem and developing the research question(s) you want to investigate. By the end of this course you should have developed a clear idea of what you want to investigate; in which context you want to do this (e.g. in your organisation, in another organisation, with workers from different organisations); and what are the...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Mapping Britain
Society, Politics & Law

Mapping Britain

...spaces. Successful Cities The importance of egalitarianism in cities and how this is or is not reflected in town planning. De-industrialisation and Cities Attitudes to cities and the differences between larger and smaller cities. Planning and cities The increase in inequalities between affluent and less affluent. Notions of citizenship and the impact of climate change....
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Beyond power and resistance: Politics at the radical limits
Money & Business

Beyond power and resistance: Politics at the radical limits

...based not on the possibility of freedom but enlarging the freedom of possibility. In the 21st century can we move beyond power and resistance to a politics at the radical limits that eternally expands what is socially possible? Read more about the book: Bloom, P. (2016) Beyond Power and Resistance: Politics at the Radical Limits. Rowman and Littlefield International....
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The world around us - Perfume
Health, Sports & Psychology

The world around us - Perfume

...base, which evaporates only slowly. A specific odour response depends on the interaction of molecules of a volatile compound with a receptor. Matching geometry between molecule and receptor seems to be critical. Some common chemicals used in perfumery are undecanal, citral, limonene, menthol, linalool, carvone, citronellol and vanillin. One of the early chemicals used in...
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Globalisation and the English language
History & The Arts

Globalisation and the English language

...based on the transcript of a phone interview...Over the past 100 years it’s globalisation – accelerated by new technology – that has had the greatest impact on the English language. English is a world language now, the dominant language of science, computing and academia in general. But looking back 100 years, to the start of the first world war, it wasn’t so...
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My career goal: Marketing
Money & Business

My career goal: Marketing

...based on real world experiences, providing an inside view of many different jobs, and tips on how to get there. They have over 1000 personal video stories, and every page contains detailed job information and insightful practical advice. Transcript Transcript Take your learning further The Open University has over 40 years’ experience delivering flexible learning and...
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Article 20 mins
Studying Engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Studying Engineering

...based Foundation Degree in Engineering. If you already have a Foundation Degree or an HND, you can top it up to a BEng with our conversion programme. All our undergraduate engineering qualifications explore the fundamentals of engineering, with opportunities to focus on engineering design, environmental technologies, energy and sustainability, electronics, or mathematical...
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