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Understanding antibiotic resistance Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding antibiotic resistance

...modes of antibiotic action, looking in more detail in this week’s case study at the precise mechanism used by ß-lactam antibiotics. Finally, you will consider factors that determine antibiotic type, such as spectrum of activity and bactericidal or bacteriostatic nature. Begin this week by watching the video below about the pioneering work of Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915)....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...de France. 1968 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) issues a list of banned substances. First ever testing at Mexico City Olympics results in Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, a member of the Swedish modern pentathlon team, being stripped of his bronze medal. 1972 Blood doping method is invented in Sweden: removing blood, increasing the concentration of red blood cells in a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...modes of study are central to the humanities. But they are no longer the only ones in the researcher's toolbox. The last 30 years have seen the growth of digital documents and artifacts that are of great interest to humanities researchers. The field of digital humanities is developing methods to study the humanities with the help of the digital and to interrogate the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...mode. So you just start writing and everything is appended into the global namespace. But then if you want to get a little bit cleaner about it, you can wrap it up into what we call instance mode, so that all the variables are wrapped up in one namespace, and it plays even nicer with other libraries. And then we’re building some libraries of our own, so ones I have to...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Extending and developing your thinking skills
Education & Development

Extending and developing your thinking skills

...modes of locomotion, including climbing and leaping. The five toes and finger on each limb are relatively long and flexible, and are tipped with blunt, flat 'fingernails' in place of claws. Primates grip branches and grasp food between the fingers and toes rather than use claws for climbing and manipulating things. (Open University course, U205) Discussion The central...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
How the sausage links us together
History & The Arts

How the sausage links us together

...Des Moines in 1959 (“we have beaten you to the moon, but you have beaten us in sausage making” he apparently quipped) to the advice given in a 16th-century Spanish medical text that men who wished to engender intelligent, handsome boys should avoid eating sausages before having sex. The origins of the sausage lie, then, in the very origins of human cookery yet retain...
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Article 5 mins
Why challenging sexual violence takes more than just a starring role at The Oscars
Society, Politics & Law

Why challenging sexual violence takes more than just a starring role at The Oscars

...de Mille award at the 2018 Golden Globes, Oprah Winfrey claimed that “speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have”. She then shared the story of Recy Taylor, who died ten days earlier. Recy Taylor was a black woman who was raped in Alabama by six white men in 1944. The case drew national attention as a key moment of injustice for black women as two...
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Belfast: Racing to the top for the Grande Partenza
Health, Sports & Psychology

Belfast: Racing to the top for the Grande Partenza

...de France in the world of cycling and previously, cities such as Monte Carlo, Nice and Amsterdam have hosted the event. The eyes of the world are on Belfast this week, expecting great things from the place and its people, as 200 of the world’s top cyclists descend on our city. And they will get it! Shop fronts, cafés, office blocks and even road signs are decked in...
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Article 5 mins