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Issues in women’s football
Health, Sports & Psychology

Issues in women’s football

...Transcript The 2015 Women's World Cup Steph and Carrie discuss Carrie’s research into the women’s World Cup using the 2015 tournament in Canada as a case study. Transcript These three audios are taken from the free OpenLearn course, The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide. The course discusses both the men’s and the women’s World Cups in detail....
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Engineering small worlds: micro and nano technologies
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering small worlds: micro and nano technologies

...probe microscopy use different types of tip to create atomic resolution images. Semiconductor Industry Imaging large samples. How to get precise dimensions of any surface. The AFM uses specially designed tips that are replaced automatically. Life Science Applications Cancer Research. Looking at materials under fluid. Force Distance Spectroscopy explained and demonstrated....
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Investigating bacterial communication
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating bacterial communication

...research is bacterial communication. Signal molecules Quorum sensing is the process by which bacteria seem to communicate with each other and make decisions to behave en masse. The game of Risk as an analogue for the battles that go on within the body between pathogens and the body's defences A new approach to antibiotics? Exploring the possiblility of developing new...
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Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list
Education & Development

Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list

...research around the subject...[School dinner at the National School, Oswestry - May 1, 1954] Dinner at the National School, Oswestry, 1954 Why do some children eligible for Free School Meals not receive them? In 2012, research suggested that as more than one in four children who could be receiving Free School Meals were not taking advantage of the benefit. Angus Holford...
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How to manage the digital-related stress of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to manage the digital-related stress of technology

...research is starting to show that smartphone and multimedia use is related to anxiety and poor cognitive function. So, what can we do to avoid digital-related stress? Here are some top tips for managing wellbeing in the digital age. 1: Go on a Digital Detox [wifi banned/offline ] Whether this means for an hour, a day, a week or longer… try to find time to switch off...
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Managing motherhood and sports participation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing motherhood and sports participation

...research interests but also by our personal situations as sportspeople and full-time working mothers...[woman with child doing yoga pose] With 42% of women not active enough for good health, the topic of female sports participation is of growing social, political and cultural importance. This concern is reflected in the funding and interventions run by public health...
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Human use of animals
History & The Arts

Human use of animals

...research. Before we start it’s probably best to get clear about what you understand by a person, because you distinguish a person from a human being. Peter: A person is someone who is aware of their own existence over time, is aware enough to realize that they’re the same being who lived previously and who can expect to live into the future. So most human beings are...
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Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...researcher at the University of Geneva. But now the two traditional capitals of the multilingual conference world – the UN offices in Geneva and New York – have been joined by Brussels, as the expanding European Union incorporates more and more languages. The current total is 24, and some meetings involve interpretation of every one. Looking down over the delegates at...
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