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The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1
Nature & Environment

The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1

...central importance to the modern economy. Audio Text The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1 Petr Jehlička: Hello, I'm Petr Jehlička from the Department of Geography at the Open University and I am joined here by Andrew Blowers OBE. Andrew is Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences who has spent most of his academic career at the Open University. And he has always had a...
Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...central objective of the project was to produce a collection of pieces that would be accessible to a wide range of audiences. In addition to text-based pieces, we have received audio and video recordings, poems, images and personal stories. Where appropriate and relevant, these have been woven together to create a diverse mix of learning content that can be used to...
Discovering chemistry Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering chemistry

...central positively charged nucleus surrounded by negatively charged electrons. The nucleus comprises positively charged protons and neutrons carrying no charge. The masses of protons and neutrons are the same, but the mass of electrons is negligible in comparison. The number of protons must equal the number of electrons, where there is an imbalance the species are...
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Physical and mental health for young children
Education & Development

Physical and mental health for young children

...Central Birmingham Community Health Council for a year as part of my undergraduate degree. I was asked to research and health, environment, and population profiles of the new Central Birmingham Health District so that we could give a report to that health authority to let them know the needs of the people in their area. Central Birmingham Health District at that time had...
Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...central to modern public health in the twenty-first century, but the methods of data collection now involve global monitoring and surveillance networks and huge online databases...Public Health Approaches to Infectious Disease: 2.2 Public health surveillance and response in a globalised world - The rise of holidays abroad, cheap air travel, and the mass population...
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...central heating, set the coordinates for your satellite navigation system, change from an overhead lamp to a wall light, or even just change station on your television, you are applying a routine solution to a problem by reconfiguring the bits. As I write, I'm reminded of the ongoing attempt by a group of stalwarts to reconfigure the standard keyboard, originally designed...
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...central to the resource-based view of an organisation, and the examples in the previous sections indicate the types of capability that are said to exist. But pinning down what it is in an organisation that creates and sustains a capability is not easy. Some obvious clues can be found in some of the definitions, of course. For example, in similar vein to Menguc et al.’s...
Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...central teat or nipple, into which feed a number of channels (or ducts) that convey and temporarily store the milk, following its production by the great mass of cells that make up the bulk of the gland. We get a better sense of the fine-detailed structure of the mammary gland by magnifying just one part of what's shown in (a). You'll appreciate that all the ducts shown...
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