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How bad are things at the Great Barrier Reef?
Nature & Environment

How bad are things at the Great Barrier Reef?

...data in article showing death on the Great Barrier Reef] Bright spots The bleaching, and subsequent loss of corals, is very patchy. Our map shows clearly that coral death varies enormously from north to south along the 2,300km length of the Reef. The southern third of the Reef did not experience severe heat stress in February and March. Consequently, only minor bleaching...
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Article 5 mins
Electronic applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Electronic applications

...analysis of time-varying signals represented in both the time and frequency domain use a digital filter to remove Gaussian noise from a signal...Electronic applications: 1 Electronics everywhere - Begin by considering the following situation: You are sitting at home watching the television, and a woman in a diving suit, surrounded by sharks is speaking directly to you,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
What do we mean by digital health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we mean by digital health and social care?

...data about a specified condition), Calculate (a calculator that impacts on treatment, diagnosis or care) Diagnose (diagnoses a specified condition, guides diagnoses). The third section illustrates Evidence tier 2, which is Inform (provides information, resources or activities to the public, patients or clinicians. Includes information about a condition or general health...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
An expert’s take on AI
Digital & Computing

An expert’s take on AI

...data into a software system – the neural net – which mimics a human brain and it learns by picking up this training, repeating it and testing it, and then, if it works, fine! If it doesn’t work, you train it some more! Q: What is AI actually capable of doing? A: You’re using AI every day if you’re on social media. AI is classifying the information you see. It...
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Article 5 mins
Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake
Science, Maths & Technology

Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake

...data for 7,200 channels will produce data of equal quality for 120,000 channels in four tenths of a second. Dallas Campbell: So four tenths of a second is the same amount of work as two months’ work. Frank Drake: Yes. Dallas Campbell: So four tenths of a second and back home in time for tea and cake. Frank Drake: Yes, except that’s not what we’re going to do....
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Video 30 mins
IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...data understand the basic concepts of electrical voltage and resistance, and the parameters used to specify batteries demonstrate an overview of the historical development of IT in video recording, newsgathering and new dissemination compare the merits of different media as sources of news discuss issues of trust and authenticity in information sources...IT: Information:...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Skills for study
Education & Development

Skills for study

...data Digital and online skills If you're already an OU student, the Open University Library hosts Being Digital - a resource with activities to develop your skills for online life - whether for study, work or home. You can also find information on computing skills for studying online with the OU available from StudentHome. Already registered as an OU student? Don't forget...
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Article 5 mins
Training for speed and power in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for speed and power in sport and fitness

...analysis of your sport or activity will indicate how important speed and power are to you. There is a wide range of sports and activities in which speed and power are important – in some sports such as sprinting or power-lifting, achieving speed and power are the main objectives, whereas in other sports such as rugby or football they are just one aspect of the sport....
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs