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Superplastic forming
Science, Maths & Technology

Superplastic forming

...careful design and control of production parameters. Re-entrant parts produced using split tooling and sliding surfaces, but with increase in die cost and cycle times. Pressures depend on material and component size and geometry: 350–1500 kPa is typical for aluminium alloys using special presses. Has been successfully combined with diffusion bonding with titanium (using...
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Sofas, car seats and toilet seats: where are your tweets read?
Languages

Sofas, car seats and toilet seats: where are your tweets read?

...care to admit. As an academic, I use it constantly to keep up with conferences, developments in my field, network with fellow academics and interact with students. I’m not the only one. Twitter has an enormous reach in many areas including politics, science and business, and companies and advertisers know this only too well. From celebrities / influencers being paid to...
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The value and progress of jury research in Scotland
Society, Politics & Law

The value and progress of jury research in Scotland

...care should be taken before assuming it provides an answer as to how the jury should operate. The Scottish Jury Research, for example, suggests that Scotland’s not proven verdict makes convictions less likely – although cannot quantify its real world effect with precision. But because jury research cannot readily tell us how often juries should convict, demonstrating...
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Introduction to Green Social Prescribing — Mental Health and the Workplace Environment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to Green Social Prescribing — Mental Health and the Workplace Environment

...Care initiatives, are already promoting the process of social prescribing in Wales and across the UK. They have invested in the employment of social link workers (different labels may apply to the role) who will facilitate access to a range of professionals, activities, and advice/information. What do we mean by social prescribing? Social prescribing is recognising that a...
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Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language learning
Education & Development

Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language learning

...careful if you are using machine translation tools in assessment. If you want to use them like any other dictionary, to look up words or short phrases, you need to stick to the assessment guidelines and mention them in the reference section as a source you have used, just like you would do with any other source! And keep in mind that machine translation tools are mostly...
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What the 2024 Paris Olympics can tell us about French language policy today
Education & Development

What the 2024 Paris Olympics can tell us about French language policy today

...careful language planning, over time French has become a highly creative and adaptable language, incorporating a range of new words, notably from the Francophone world. For example, a recent addition to the Petit Larousse dictionary is the Cameroonian import ‘faroter’, meaning to bribe someone to obtain a job. In December 2022, the French Ministry of Culture published...
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The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer
Money & Business

The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer

...care about the employment conditions of workers and these concerns are increasingly reinforced by media campaigns which draw attention to their exploitation. All this has caused a negative impact on corporate image, reputation, sales and to some extent profitability. Such concerns have pricked the conscious of many retailers who now realise that ethical trading is...
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What is a password manager - and should I be using one?
Digital & Computing

What is a password manager - and should I be using one?

...careful using them on any computer that you do not own or have sole control of, since your data will be stored on the machine and could be misused by another user or an administrator. You should only consider using a browser’s password storage on a machine that you are the sole user of, or one where you entirely trust the other users. Under no circumstances should you...
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