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Brass Instruments
History & The Arts

Brass Instruments

...research, performers' perspectives and the manufacturing process. This material forms part of TA212 The Technology of Music... Brass Instruments A short introduction to this album How Brass Instruments Work Technology and acoustical principles. How technical developments through history have affected the design of brass instruments. Changing Key and Pitch Playing the...
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What can Earth tell us about Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

What can Earth tell us about Mars?

...research and where he hopes it will go with Ann Grand (Lecturer in Astrobiology Education)...Michael Macey is a post-doctoral researcher with the AstrobiologyOU research group at The Open University. His research explores the microbial communities that live in some of the most extreme environments on Earth; environments that Michael and his colleagues believe closely...
‘Super-human’ athletes are at risk from the post-Olympic blues – here’s why
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Super-human’ athletes are at risk from the post-Olympic blues – here’s why

...Research following the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics found that the return home can be accompanied by confusion, depression, anger, resentment, abandonment and emptiness. We have only to browse the media or peer into the lives of Olympic athletes through their autobiographies to appreciate that dark times await many of these seemingly super-human beings – irrespective...
Are selfies a terrible thing?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are selfies a terrible thing?

...research exploring the relationship between selfies and self-esteem are mixed. Some studies have found links between selfie posting and lower self-esteem, however others have reported a relationship with higher self-esteem. Still other research has found no link at all What these findings do clearly indicate is that selfie posting is a complex activity that can produce...
Sofas, car seats and toilet seats: where are your tweets read?
Languages

Sofas, car seats and toilet seats: where are your tweets read?

...Research has been carried out into all sorts of aspects of using Twitter to engage people as well as to teach and learn among many other uses. We have a fair amount of data on how people engage with Twitter, how often they check it, for how long, best times to tweet for impact and use of images and video, for example, but little research has been carried out on what...
Demystifying Chronic Kidney Disease: what is it and who is at risk?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Demystifying Chronic Kidney Disease: what is it and who is at risk?

...Researchers think this is perhaps due to higher rates of diabetes and high blood pressure amongst these groups. Those who are obese, have a high alcohol intake or smoke as these factors can cause diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. How is CKD managed? Management of CKD will depend on the stage of the disease. Key strategies include: Blood and urine tests;...
What is biomedicine?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is biomedicine?

...research was by now being done within a dominant scientific paradigm. Germ theory was derived from nineteenth century microscopic research by Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch, among others. Pasteur demonstrated the existence of micro-organisms, which could be killed by sterilisation and the exclusion of ‘impure air’, or made to multiply rapidly in suitable media. Koch...
Understanding the role of art historians in a changing world
History & The Arts

Understanding the role of art historians in a changing world

...research has taken place in Bradford and that I struggle to tell a Leonardo da Vinci from a Michelangelo. Contrary to many people’s perception of it, Art History today is an increasingly broad field of study, one that covers a wide range of objects – from ancient pottery to contemporary graffiti – and an equally expansive range of approaches. It attracts students...