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Flying Fatigued: Fatigue in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Flying Fatigued: Fatigue in Aviation

...concepts of CRM. Current Captains were not given any CRM training. Case Study 2 BOMBARDIER DHC-8-402, S2-AGU, BS211, KATHMANDU, NEPAL link for full report On March 12, 2018, a US Bangla Airlines, Bombardier DHC-8-402, S2-AGU, flight number BS211 departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka, Bangladesh at 06:51 UTC on a scheduled flight to Tribhuvan International...
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Oxygen, blood and the body
Science, Maths & Technology

Oxygen, blood and the body

...concepts and applications where this article was adapted from. Explore articles and free courses or study with the OU References Flexman, A.M., Del Vicario, G. and Schwarz, S.K.W. (2007) ‘Dark Green Blood in the Operating Theatre’, The Lancet, vol. 369, p. 1972. Hazes B., Kalk K. H., Hol W. G. J., Magnus K. A., Bonaventura C., Bonaventura J. and Daute Z., (1993)...
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Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis

...concept that helps us to manage potentially overwhelming emotions is to think about our individual window of tolerance (Siegel, 1999). [Window of tolerance diagram showing fight/flight, comfort zone and freeze responses] The idea is that we each have a window of tolerance - the amount of stress that we can tolerate and still stay present and connected to our thoughts and...
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W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times
Society, Politics & Law

W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times

...concepts in his thinking: double consciousness: African Americans can see society both through their own experience, and understand how white people see it differently; and the Veil: it’s as if a veil hangs between African Americans and a full life, through which they can dimly see others aspiring and achieving as they try to do. Here is the example in this quote: After...
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Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness
Education & Development

Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness

...concept of ‘Gillick competence’ in English and Welsh law. In medical contexts, a child under the age of 16 can consent to medical treatment if they have ‘sufficient understanding and intelligence’. Gillick competence came about through a case about whether teenagers should be allowed access to contraception even without their parents’ consent. It protects young...
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An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...concept map with the two terms pushing outwards from the centre. Write down as many words or phrases as you can about your understanding of what inquiry and research are and what they involve. Where are the similarities and differences between the two terms and how they are understood in your context? Discussion How you respond to the words inquiry and research will be...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...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: 1 Bringing the news on the...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...concepts listed below and how the items in each pair of concepts are related: (a) increasing and diminishing returns to a factor of production; (b) economies of scale and increasing returns to scale; (c) decreasing returns to scale and diseconomies of scale. Why do short-run average costs differ from long-run average costs? Discussion (a) Increasing returns to a factor of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs