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How do you read a person their rights when English isn't their first language?
Languages

How do you read a person their rights when English isn't their first language?

...circulated to judicial officers, lawyers and police officers, and associations to which they belong. Some initial responses are very positive, with one Australian judge saying that she “will be referring to [it] often”. We are also asking professional organisations in linguistics, psychology and linguistics to endorse the Guidelines. The first endorsement has come...
The ageing brain: 'use it or lose it'
Health, Sports & Psychology

The ageing brain: 'use it or lose it'

...circulating. Regular circulation of blood is hugely important for all our organs and tissues but especially for our brain. Our physical and cognitive functions are dependent on the glucose and oxygen our blood brings in. The more regular this supply is the better our brain functions, even while ageing. The way our bodies process medication slows down remarkably too with...
Intermediate French: 14 July
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Intermediate French: 14 July

...Et puis une agitation générale, dans les villes. Plus tellement une, une fête nationale en fait. NICOLAS Le 14 juillet, c'est la prise de la Bastille à la Révolution française, et c'est un sentiment de, de, de liberté, toutes les valeurs qu'ont apportées la Révolution française. Mais c'est aussi un épisode sanglant de notre histoire. ROLAND Nous vivons en...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Women in Science
Science, Maths & Technology

Women in Science

...double Nobel Laureate Marie Curie, as her outstanding female scientist. Mary Anning Open University PHD student Lucy Greenwood talks about Mary Anning, who collected some of the most significant fossils ever found. Rosalind Franklin Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at The Open University, Monica Grady, celebrates the work of British chemist Rosalind Franklin....
The housing crash and the man who saw it coming
Money & Business

The housing crash and the man who saw it coming

...doubled between 1996 and 2006, when historically prices of home never increase more than inflation, so the doubling was not that sustainable, and while in 2004 and 2005 the bubble was continuing, so one could not predict a bursting of it. By the middle of 2006 it was clear that the production of new homes had increased even more than the speculative demand, that housing...
Understanding interstrand crosslink repair in Drosophila
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding interstrand crosslink repair in Drosophila

...double mutant for both exonucleases. Hence providing a deeper knowledge of ICL repair process relating to ageing and cancer therapy. Interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) are induced by different chemical agents which result in complementary strands of DNA becoming covalently bonded. These highly toxic DNA lesions negatively affect a series of normal DNA copying processes; such...
Introduction to complex analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to complex analysis

...double-struck cap c , even though the real modulus function (Figure 2) is differentiable at every point of double-struck cap r minus zero . This reflects the fact that complex differentiation imposes a much stronger condition on functions than does real differentiation. Indeed, as the course progresses, you will see that differentiable complex functions have remarkably...
People with dementia and meaning in music
Health, Sports & Psychology

People with dementia and meaning in music

...et al, 2014). In turn, music can provide comfort and help them maintain a sense of self as the condition progresses (Commission on Music and Dementia, 2018). However, since everyone is an individual, a ‘one fits all’ approach is not always appropriate. Instead, finding out what music a man or woman with dementia enjoys is the basis for developing a personalised...