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Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...analysis is with nutrient budgeting. Energy is expended in the search for food, and in ingesting and digesting it. If food is so scarce that searching is inefficient, or its nutrient content so low that little nourishment is obtained from it, animals may be able to save energy by suppressing appetite and fasting. In polar environments, food is widely scattered both in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
The emergence of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Health, Sports & Psychology

The emergence of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

...data yet to support this theory. Are there any treatments? There is no current treatment or vaccination available for MERS-CoV, but, with the continuation of the outbreak, identification of therapeutics is a top priority. A version of this article was originally published on PLOS Pathogens in 2013. For an up-to-date view of the identification and emerging treatments,...
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Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?

...data to aim messages promoting unhealthy foods and soft drinks specifically at those young people who are more likely to be susceptible to them. This feature of digital advertising sets it apart from advertising on TV, and it means that it has the potential to increase the scale of the problem. Many researchers in this field therefore believe it’s time to create ways...
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Squeeze casting and squeeze forming
Science, Maths & Technology

Squeeze casting and squeeze forming

...data for casting LM25 and forging 7075 alloys, solution treated and aged to maximum strength. [Diagrams to demonstrate the squeeze casting/squeeze forming process] [Diagrams to demonstrate the squeeze casting/squeeze forming process] [Diagrams to demonstrate the squeeze casting/squeeze forming process] Design: Weight range 2–50 kg, depending on press capacity. Thickness...
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Understanding tax avoidance
Money & Business

Understanding tax avoidance

...data. It also entails ‘fixing’ what many see are unfair discrepancies in financial regulation and reporting between countries. The OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project, for instance, attempts to address these issues. Additionally, there are nationally based legal measures, such as closing certain loopholes, which can help to offset the negative impact...
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Universities United
Nature & Environment

Universities United

...data collection. Sign the UN’s SDG Accord or embed elements of SDG accord reporting into their existing reporting. Use the Climate Commission’s Climate Action toolkit to assess how further actions through the university’s policies and reporting could advance the UN SDGs and respond to the climate emergency. COP26 Universities Network More than 80 universities and...
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David Lucey
Education & Development

David Lucey

...data entry, and I hope to go to college and do evening classes in a few years time. ‘I also want to explore the tourism and media studies content on OpenLearn, as I think that would be really helpful, but I will definitely do more courses, if they interest me. It’s good to be open-minded about new things.’ We couldn’t agree more David – here’s to many more,...
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Writing from the heart
Education & Development

Writing from the heart

...data from the Arvon residential we can see a strong sense of ‘writing from the heart’. In some ways this not surprising; we know that writers draw on their lives and as Berlie Doherty observed many years ago, ‘fiction is a combination of I remember and let’s pretend’. But it wasn’t just anecdotes of life that the Arvon tutors Alicia Stubbersfield and Steve...
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