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5 Oct 2020: Activity – Therapeutic potential of brown adipose tissue. This activity is a bit different from the rest. Now that you know about white and brown. adipose tissue, it’s time to think about how this knowledge could be applied to treat human.

27 Nov 2020: Activity: “Entrevista a Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo” and the Trial of the Juntas. 1. Watch the following video. Subtitles are provided, and don’t worry if you don’t understand everything first time around – why not watch it a few more times?

5 Oct 2020: Activity – Using Nature to Inspire. Another way of designing with biomimicry is to find a fascinating process or animal in nature. and use its features to inspire a totally new design. Let’s practice with two examples! Challenge 1: You sit

6 Oct 2020: Activity – Taking it further. Here are few more things for you to think about if this topic has interested you, and some. more resources for you to use. Biodiversity Hotspots are important in identifying areas where conservation efforts should be.

5 Oct 2020: Activity - Heritability. Although the nature vs nurture debate is not a useful way of considering variation, we can. find out how much of the phenotypic variation in a trait is due to genetic causes and how. much of the variation in a trait is due

27 Nov 2020: Activity: El rastro en los huesos by Leila Guerriero This activity challenges you to think how to translate creative, long-form journalistic pieces with a political undertone. 1. Firstly, read the following article by Leila Guerriero:

2 Oct 2020: Activity 1 – The epidemiology and classification of diabetes mellitus. Who gets Type 2 diabetes mellitus? As a clinician, it is important to know whom you are treating. The following report might be. helpful in this aspect:. http://www.diabetes.org

1 Oct 2020: Activity - Tragedy of the Commons. The resources on overpopulation helped you to consider the strain placed on resources by a. growing population. Garrett Hardin used some Malthusian-style principles to put forward his. theory of the ‘Tragedy of

10 Sep 2020: Activity 2 – The Persepolis Tribute Frieze. Introduction. Persepolis was the main capital of the Persian Empire, located in the south of modern-day. Iran close to Shiraz. The city was founded about 515 BC by Darius I, who constructed a. monumental

6 Oct 2020: Activity – Maps and Technology. Following on from our discussion of policy, let’s consider the use of technology in helping to. communicate geographical patterns to different audiences. There is no doubt that. technology has changed how we view

10 Sep 2020: One More Problem…. Although this MO diagram is correct for O2 and F2, we find that for the earlier diatomics in the second row there is a problem which comes about from the fact that earlier on in the period the 2s and 2p-orbitals are closer

10 Sep 2020: Exercises. Question 1:. With a 5 second time limit, try to estimate the following:. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. Would your answer be any different if you tried to estimate the following? 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. In each case, are your answers above or below the

10 Sep 2020: Diatomics of the Second Row. In the same way as we think about H2 we can think about diatomics of the second row. Commonly these are things such as O2 and N2, but for ease of thinking about it we’ll work from Li2 right the way across to F2. We

1 Oct 2020: Activity - Was Malthus right? In one sense, it is hard to deny that a high population could place a heavy demand on food. and other resources, so Malthus’ warning about overpopulation should not be dismissed. However, lots of scholars have found

5 Oct 2020: Activity - Continuous Genetic Variation. Throughout most A-level courses, you will be introduced to traits whose variation is. apparently controlled by one or, just a small number of genes. For instance, when you learn. about dominance, you will

1 Oct 2020: Activity - Drama of the Commons. While Hardin’s theory of the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ is still widely talked about in. Geography, scholars have demonstrated that it contains several flaws. One of the most. famous scholars to criticise Hardin

5 Oct 2020: Activity – Controlling brown adipose tissue thermogenesis. Scientists have learned a lot about brown adipose tissue by studying mice at cold. temperatures. Read the sections called “Classical nonshivering thermogenesis” and “The mechanism of.

5 Oct 2020: Activity - Applications of Molecular Dynamics. Molecular dynamics is an important tool because it allows us to examine systems at conditions. (temperature, pressure, etc.) that may not be feasible in a hands-on experiment. This is. important for

2 Oct 2020: Activity 3 – Understanding insulin resistance. Defining insulin sensitivity. Receptors for insulin are present on target cells where insulin normally acts. Insulin secreted. by the pancreas is transported by the bloodstream to target organs, where

14 Oct 2020: Activity 1 – Superconductivity and Quantum Materials. 1 What is Superconductivity? Superconductivity is an active area of research that falls within the larger field of solid. state physics. This fascinating phenomenon is surprisingly widespread