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Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...determination and secession, will provide you with an introduction to studying political ideas by looking at how people who see themselves as nations challenge the existing order to assert their right to a state of their own...What makes a 'nation' and what makes peoples strive for nationhood? This free course, Nationalism, self-determination and secession, will provide...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Why Bernie Sanders could determine the shape of America for years to come
Society, Politics & Law

Why Bernie Sanders could determine the shape of America for years to come

...determine voting rules and federal boundaries. With a Supreme Court upholding effective voting restrictions and boundary gerrymandering, let alone taking a conservative position on the plethora of social and environmental issues that come before it, America will be firmly taken away from them. This explains Clinton’s frustration with Bernie Sanders and his followers’...
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Latitude and Longitude
History & The Arts

Latitude and Longitude

...determine your exact location you also need to measure your line of longitude. Longitude Great minds had tried for centuries to develop a method of determining longitude. Hipparchus, a Greek astronomer (190–120 BC), was the first to specify location using latitude and longitude as co-ordinates. He proposed a zero meridian passing through Rhodes. He further suggested...
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Introduction to linear equations and matrices
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to linear equations and matrices

...determinant of a square matrix...In this free course, matrices are used as a concise way of representing systems of linear equations which occur frequently in mathematics. Section 1 looks at simultaneous linear equations in two and three unknowns and then generalises the ideas to systems of linear equations. Section 2 develops a strategy for solving systems of linear...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Philosophy: the nature of persons
History & The Arts

Philosophy: the nature of persons

...determine the ‘shape’ of their life through reasoned free choices. The notion of autonomy can be clarified if we think about some concrete cases. Does a cat have autonomy when it notices, and then races after, a mouse? Presumably not, as the cat does not act for reasons. It does not consider whether it wants to be the kind of animal that chases mice; rather, it just...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Sugar coating biopharmaceuticals
Science, Maths & Technology

Sugar coating biopharmaceuticals

...determine how the body responds to the drug. Here's an explainer about what the sugars do: ...Many modern biological therapeutics, such as erythropoietin (used to treat anaemia) and Herceptin (used to treat breast cancer), are proteins. It isn’t, however, just the structure of the protein alone which determines how the drug will behave in the body. Sugars and proteins...
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Using data visualisation to track climate change
Nature & Environment

Using data visualisation to track climate change

...Determined Contributions (NDC) Explorer could contribute to the global climate action in the context of the UN climate negotiations, according to its developers. In 2013, the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), charged member states to formulate action plans to tackle climate change challenges. The tool – NDC Explorer –...
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Ageing, health inequalities and an integrated approach
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing, health inequalities and an integrated approach

...determine how healthy we are. This may be further compounded by issues in access to and quality of healthcare services. [Infographics of four components that interact to affect the health and wellbeing of individuals and at a population level.]Four components that interact to affect the health and wellbeing of individuals and at a population level: wider determinants of...
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