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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?

...C (2022) How to Keep your Kidneys Healthy. Online at https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/health/how-keep-your-kidneys-healthy accessed 05.02.2023 Kidney Research UK (2022) Stages of Kidney Disease. Online at: https://www.kidneyresearchuk.org/kidney-health-information/stages-of-kidney-disease/ accessed 08.02.2023 National Health Service (NHS) (2023)...
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Ever Wondered About... Eggs?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ever Wondered About... Eggs?

...C. And egg yolks are one of few foods that naturally contain Vitamin D. Chickens have been domesticated, and laying eggs for us, for nearly five thousand years. Eggs have been seen as an especially good food for invalids from at least the eighteenth century. Mrs Beeton gives this recipe for "egg wine". Beat an egg with a little water. Warm a glass of sherry with half a...
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Friction welding
Science, Maths & Technology

Friction welding

...C. Materials which form brittle alloys or intermetallic compounds at the weld interface. This intermediate layer can usually be controlled to a few micrometers: e.g.: copper/steel, nimonics/steel and titanium/aluminium. Group D. Materials which produce sound joints when welded, but where the joint deteriorates during heat treatment or service, due to interdiffusion...
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Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth?

...C-type asteroids Bennu and Ryugu with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission and JAXA’s Hayabusa-2 mission, respectively. Telescope observations have suggested these asteroids may be similar in composition to Murchison and Aguas Zarcas. Images returned from the spacecraft also look startlingly similar on a variety of scales. Here at The Open University, we are doing our part by...
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Drugs and the law: Legal highs
Society, Politics & Law

Drugs and the law: Legal highs

...C, where class A drugs are the most harmful. For example, heroin and cocaine are class A drugs and cannabis a class B. The penalties for possession vary depending on the classification. Despite criminalisation drug use remains significant. The 2013 Crime Survey for England and Wales shows that 8.2 per cent of adults between the ages of 16 and 59 took an illicit drug in...
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In-car technology: are we being sold a false sense of security?
Digital & Computing

In-car technology: are we being sold a false sense of security?

...it seems clear that something radical needs to be done to get drivers’ focus back onto the driving task itself – and to challenge the perception that getting from A to B is a good opportunity to indulge in catching up on a bit of C. This article was originally published on The Conversation by Dr Gemma Briggs, Helen Wells and Leanne Savigar. Read the original article....
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How do Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students experience their undergraduate dissertation module?
Education & Development

How do Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students experience their undergraduate dissertation module?

...c) Their relationships with peers and tutors d) How they experienced their ethnicity on the module. There were ten female participants and one male, and they described their ethnic backgrounds as Black British Caribbean, British African, Black British, Indian, British Bangladeshi, and Asian British with Pakistani. A thematic analysis of the data identified five main...
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Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?
History & The Arts

Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?

...Clare, London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Lévi-Strauss, C. (1966) The Savage Mind, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Stocking, Jr., G. W. (1987) Victorian Anthropology, New York: The Free Press. Tylor, E. B. (1903) Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art and Custom Vols. I and II, 4th edn, London: John Murray....
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