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Bioinformatics: a new asset in the Disease Detectives toolkit
Science, Maths & Technology

Bioinformatics: a new asset in the Disease Detectives toolkit

...analysis. By sequencing all the DNA in the eye sample and comparing it with a database, the team identified a rare strain of Leptospira, a bacterium usually found in parts of South America. When this result was combined with Ellie’s travel history, which included time in the Amazon region, doctors were able to prescribe the correct antibiotics. The infection cleared and...
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The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...data further we are going to ask you now to study a range of statistical evidence. These Tables are derived from the annual government publications, Criminal Statistics and Social Trends. Again these figures relate only to England and Wales (data on Scotland and Northern Ireland may also be found in Social Trends). Activity 5 Examine the statistical Tables below and try...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...data from the Viking missions was compared with that obtained from the analysis of a group of meteorites (known as SNCs - shergottites, nakhlites, and chassignites named after Shergotty, Nakhla, and Chassigny). These meteorites (such as Figure 18) differed from most other meteorite types known, and their minerals, and chemical composition, suggested they formed from the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...data on the ocean and the deeper ocean, and it’s only in the last five or so years that we’ve begun to get a good look at the changes in the heat stored in the ocean and the carbon stored and that was simply we wanted to look but it’s only recently we’ve had the funding and had the initiatives to really begin to get good coverage of this incredibly important part...
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The impact of technology on children's physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of technology on children's physical activity

...data from a U.S. national survey and found that fewer than four in ten children met both physical activity and screen time recommendations (screen time recommendations were no more than two hours a day). Even so, the study clearly stated that low levels of screen time viewing may not necessarily predict higher levels of physical activity. In Activity 3, you will read an...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Drug development process: combating pain
Science, Maths & Technology

Drug development process: combating pain

...analysis of ADME factors is usually described as ‘drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics’ or DMPK studies.) Taking the above factors fully into account improves the chances that any selected candidate will progress through to Phase 1 trials. Even then, at the present time, some 40% of candidates drop out of contention at the preclinical evaluation stage. Success in...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Managing complexity: a systems approach
Society, Politics & Law

Managing complexity: a systems approach

...data are not the result of its own self-production. The way the computer works remains the same, whether it is processing pictures from the National Gallery or whether it is processing letters of the alphabet. The rules that relate input to output are constant over time. The question of what I can know about the outside world is an ancient one and has always been central...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Why would you want to make a bee wear a backpack?
Nature & Environment

Why would you want to make a bee wear a backpack?

...data (if underpowered). Most bee monitoring occurs in carefully-controlled experimental conditions on relatively flat land. Current tracking systems are unable to monitor in landscapes that are anything other than flat as there needs to be a clear line of sight between the receiver and the transmitter attached to the bee. Knowing where and how bees move and die outside...
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