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Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...sand flies. It's also possible for humans to transmit diseases to animals. And in this context, the zoonosis is termed a reverse zoonosis. The risk of infection with zoonoses increases as the human population continues to grow and people live in greater proximity to animals. While the term zoonoses applies to all diseases that are spread from animals to humans, the term...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...Aluminium (window frames) 2727 220 Steel wall ties 7900 17 Reinforced concrete (2% steel) 2400 2.5 Window glass 2600 1.05 Brickwork (outer leaf) 1700 0.77 Plaster (dense) 1300 0.57 Lightweight aggregate concrete 1400 0.57 Aerated concrete 600 0.18 Aerated concrete (lower density) 460 0.11 Timber (softwood) 500 0.13 (Source: Building Regulations Part L2, ODPM, 2001 and...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...cast by the upright barometer and by the tower and used the ratio so found to calculate the tower’s height. The marketing person went to the Sexton and said ‘If you tell me the height of the tower, I will give you this barometer’. The story illustrates two important points. Firstly, as I noted above, that people and their viewpoints are part of the situations we...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Understanding devolution in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding devolution in Wales

...cast doubt on how effective most written constitutions actually are. Further reading - The Briefing Room For an in-depth exploration of the arguments for and against a written constitution, you can find an episode of BBC Radio 4’s The Briefing Room linked in the Further Reading...Section 2: Ongoing issues for devolved government: 5.2 Political differences - For the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...casts doubt on these views? Answer You may be aware that many animals overwinter in hibernacula that are not very deep or well defended against cold. If they were indeed so dependent on T a, there would be a very high mortality rate. In addition, the ability to hibernate occurs in species very closely related to non-hibernators; it is unlikely that thermoregulatory...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...necessarily there’s one best answer, but like I’ve broken my leg, I need to put a caste on it but you know there’s a couple of options and choosing between them is something that we can do. The Complex domain is really the one where the uncertainty lives. You know it’s the place where we don’t know what the answer is, we have to do as Dave describes: probe, sense and respond. You need to try something, check it out, see if ......
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...sand or the soil. So it’s a footprint. If you wish to understand more about your own carbon footprint, you can use The Open University’s Carbon Calculator on OpenLearn. The circular economy The circular economy is a framework to tackle global challenges including climate change that is based on three principles: Eliminate waste and pollution Circulate products and...
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Level 1: Introductory 21 hrs
Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...cast a long shadow’ (1998, p. 16). [This is a poster containing the words ‘Adverse Childhood Experiences’.] Figure 7 Adverse Childhood Experiences The next activity asks you to consider the experiences that children may be adversely affected by. Activity 5 Identifying adverse childhood experiences Timing: Allow about 15 minutes List the experiences that may occur in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs