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Developing career resilience Badge icon
Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...2 Personal resilience - Early research in personal resilience was focused on the ability of individuals to thrive after traumatic or adverse events such as the death of a relative or being in a life-threatening situation. More recently psychologists have expanded this to include responses to stress at work, illness and severe environmental events. [Described image] Figure...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Colour fastness
Money & Business

Colour fastness

...2 pieces of fabric are placed in a specially designed machine with a standard detergent, with a very specific amount of liquor to goods ratio and then these are washed at whatever temperature you feel the garment should be washed at domestically. If any dye is removed by the detergent and action of the machine from the dyed fabric it can either stay in the liquor or it...
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Extinctions at World Heritage Sites aren't just environmental disasters
Nature & Environment

Extinctions at World Heritage Sites aren't just environmental disasters

...2 billion — is not as well studied as it is in Africa or Asia. In 2016, WWF reported that biodiversity declined 60 per cent on average between 1970 and 2012, and that illegal trade was one of the main engines of species loss. The new report, published in April, warns that if this trend continues, a new wave of extinctions will begin, especially since many of these World...
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Axiforge process
Science, Maths & Technology

Axiforge process

...reverse extruding. Undercut shapes can be produced by sideways ram movement. Offers material and machining cost savings. No flash formation (enclosed dies). Low draft angles of 0–2˚. Improved tolerances on concentricity and thickness can be achieved. Improved grain flow contours give improved material properties. See Also: Hot forging (closed die) and Upset forging....
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Why ‘sugar-free’ is not recommended as a substitute for sugary drinks and foods
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why ‘sugar-free’ is not recommended as a substitute for sugary drinks and foods

...and waist circumference among users, and also reported higher incidence of high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes and heart-related risk. The review concluded that it was too early to state that artificial sweeteners were risk-free. As the long-term effects of children consuming artificial sweeteners are also unknown, it’s considered better for children to drink water....
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Your OpenLearn profile is changing
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Your OpenLearn profile is changing

...2 badges earned, “My OU life” with general OU information, and “My saved items” showing 10 saved items. At the bottom is a green button labelled “Edit my profile and display settings.”] Removing the biography also makes the landing page of your profile page easier to navigate and increases access to sections such as your courses in progress, saved items and...
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Galaxies, stars and planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Galaxies, stars and planets

...2 Scale of the Universe - Our bodies, in common with all material on the Earth, the planets of our Solar System, the Sun, stars and galaxies are composed of what we call matter. Much of the matter in and among the stars is composed of atoms and molecules that are familiar here on Earth. An atom is made up of particles called electrons which occupy a cloud-like structure...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban
Society, Politics & Law

The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban

...2. Notice how small the differences are between the white and minority responses (green and red bars). None of the gaps (in blue) are significantly different from chance, including views on whether the Wall is racist. Figure 2 – Which of the following do you consider racist? Whites v. Nonwhites (% saying ‘racist’) [kaufmann images] Source: Amazon Mechanical Turk...
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