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What does climate change mean for Pakistan?
Nature & Environment

What does climate change mean for Pakistan?

...data was drawn from the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) through 29 weather stations in the provinces of Punjab, Sindh and Baluchistan. Heat waves are defined as spikes in temperature beyond 45 degrees Celsius in the plains, and beyond 40 degrees Celsius in hilly areas. Average maximum temperatures of 42 degrees Celsius, with a 5‒6 degree rise lasting eight days...
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People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...analysis of using everyday objects such as doors – was visibility. An everyday object such as a door, or a control such as a button on a product should appear to be obvious about how it is used, and indeed it should perform that obvious function. For example, is it obvious how you insert a disc into a player? Is it obvious how you switch the machine on, adjust volume,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...data protection and safeguarding, but also more general legislation that librarians as professionals have to keep up to date with, for example, what's permissible under copyright law. For the day-to-day running of your library, you also need to be familiar with the school's policies on the use of mobile phones and computers. It's always nicer if we can make the rules so...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Pick a side and make a difference: Why you should vote this Thursday
Society, Politics & Law

Pick a side and make a difference: Why you should vote this Thursday

...data described in the article] Is this something we should be concerned about? After all, voting is not compulsory in the UK. Surely it is a persons’ right to decide not to vote? It is worth noting however that where voting is compulsory, such as in Australia, turnout still doesn’t reach 100%. Having said that over a comparable time period turnout at General Elections...
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Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list

...data to back it up. To be fair, Arnall himself has admitted that the equation is not particularly helpful. A lack of data is not surprising if you think about the amount of work that would be involved in a study like this. You would have to take a large group of people and measure each of these factors every day of the year. You would then need to assess the relative...
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Fatih Birol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Fatih Birol - Stories of Change

...data we are getting from the emissions seem slowing down of the emissions mainly as a result of renewables playing a more important role in the global energy mix, and efficiency policies are bearing fruits. This is one: the data is getting… encouraging data. And the second, more and more countries are committed to address the climate change – the governments –...
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Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...analysis’ and ‘systematic reviews’. These studies identify, compare, analyse and synthesise findings from a number of previously published studies. Meta-analyses in particular involve the use of statistical methods to compare findings among different studies. A cautionary note is that not all studies are done or explained equally well; they may present several...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Can rugby be made safer - and still be rugby?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rugby be made safer - and still be rugby?

...analysis of Bledisloe Cup rugby matches between Australia and New Zealand in 2004, researchers counted an average of nearly 500 collisions in a game: 26 scrums, 200 rucks and mauls, and 270 tackles. In rugby league, the scrums are fewer and less contested, and rucks and mauls non-existent. Tackles, while less frequent, are no less fierce. In 2011, Sydney researchers...
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