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Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...system – given many banks had invested in Greece and other troubled European economies including Portugal, Spain and Italy. In the midst of this crisis one European bank – the United Bank of Switzerland (UBS) – announced that it had uncovered a huge and unexpected financial loss amounting to $2.3 billion as a result of the alleged activities of a rogue trader, Kweku...
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...systems for oversight and scrutiny are in place. Contribute to public awareness of risk. (Engineering Council, 2011, p. 2) Points 4 and 6 are often neglected, but are an important part of the engineer’s role. Without good communication of the risks, the public, politicians and regulators may prevent a low-risk project from taking place or allow a dangerous project to...
Influenza: A case study
Science, Maths & Technology

Influenza: A case study

...system within 2 weeks. This is sterile immunity: the virus cannot be obtained from the patient after recovery from the disease. Figure 2 shows the typical time course of an acute flu infection. [Time course of flu infection.] Figure 2 Time course of a typical flu infection. Production of the virus (purple bar) starts early after infection and is maximal within two days....
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
"V" Process (Vacuum sealed moulding process)
Science, Maths & Technology

"V" Process (Vacuum sealed moulding process)

...systems should allow the cavity to be filled rapidly. Vents and risers must be located in such a way that the unfilled portion of the casting cavity is at atmospheric pressure, to allow the gases formed in the initial stages to escape to atmosphere. Knock-out is easy, since removal of the vacuum allows the sand to flow out of the box. When casting cast iron, or other...
Rotary Forging, General Forging Machine (GFM) and Swaging
Science, Maths & Technology

Rotary Forging, General Forging Machine (GFM) and Swaging

...system contains the workpiece on all sides, which eliminates the tensile stresses developed in conventional hot forging. The high rate of working leads to heat generation to compensate for radiation losses, so that multiple passes can be used to produce a forging in a single heat. This leads to substantial energy and labour savings compared with conventional forging....
From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture
Digital & Computing

From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture

...systems that we all rely on. After his lecture, Mike will be joined by a panel of experts to discuss the topic in more depth. Event programme: 18:00-18:45 From Zero Day to Doomsday 18:45-19:30 Panel and Q&A 19:30-20:15 Drinks and canapes There will be time for questions and comments. We very much hope you will be able to attend what promises to be an inspiring event and...
Preparing tutorials for dyslexic language students
Education & Development

Preparing tutorials for dyslexic language students

...systems which may be used in online tuition. This will reduce the anxiety dyslexic students sometimes experience at the first tutorial when they have to deal with a new environment, subject, teacher and peers. It may be helpful to run a brief session (30 mins) aimed at introducing the students to the online tools. The focus should be on audio, microphone, emoticons, chat...
Revolutions of the Sixties
History & The Arts

Revolutions of the Sixties

...system of racial segregation across the southern states of the USA, and question how successful this struggle for racial equality was. The four OpenLearn courses are adapted extracts from the Open University course A113 Revolutions. Use of racial language and terms Some of these courses deal with topics involving racial issues, such as the Civil Rights Movement in the...