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Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?
Nature & Environment

Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?

...introduction of a new industry — waste-to-energy plants to incinerate the 10,000 odd tonnes of municipal solid waste generated daily by New Delhi’s 25 million residents. Alarm bells first began ringing in 2014 when a WHO study of ambient air pollution in 1,600 cities across the world found New Delhi the worst. This was especially in respect to respirable suspended...
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Strategies to reduce the prison population
Society, Politics & Law

Strategies to reduce the prison population

...managed will not address the underlying problems of prisons: we cannot effectively care for people in institutions of violence. Transformations must be voluntary rather than coerced. Prisons break rather than facilitate family ties and it is impossible to teach people how to live in freedom while in captivity. [View of HM Prison Dartmoor, a Category C men's prison located...
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Netball Super League 2025: the Nottingham Forest rise to success!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Netball Super League 2025: the Nottingham Forest rise to success!

...managed by their related Premier League football club, who say they have ‘major plans to develop a multi-sport model’. This financial backing allows them to invest in top players, coaching staff and facilities. Being linked to a Premier League brand makes Nottingham Forest Netball an attractive sponsorship opportunity for major brands, especially when we see such...
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Exploring how migration changes the places where we live
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring how migration changes the places where we live

...manage this change. However, UK cities have not traditionally had a strong voice in migration debates and migration has not always figured strongly in discussions around how to shape the future of communities. This reflects the narrowness of the migration debate, which often reinforces polarisation and oversimplification. Incorporating a wider range of voices and...
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Injection moulding
Science, Maths & Technology

Injection moulding

...projected area of the component that can be produced. Locking can be either mechanical or hydraulic, although mechanical locking is considered to give faster cycle times. A typical injection moulding cycle is shown below. It has been claimed that by reducing the floor cycle time from 25 to 24 s, 2 weeks of production time per year can be saved. [Diagram of an injection...
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Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language teaching
Education & Development

Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language teaching

...ever-increasing importance of digital literacy and artificial intelligence, they also equip language learners with an additional employability skill. References, sources and links von Lindeiner-Stráský, K. (2022). unpublished project report ‘Web-based Machine Translation in Language Learning, Teaching, and Assessment’, Praxis-Project, The Open University 2020-2022....
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Five ways to mark Menstrual Health Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways to mark Menstrual Health Day

...project, an Open University and Vagina Museum collaboration funded by the Open Societal Challenges initiative. The article also relates to Open University law modules including W340: Law, Society, and Culture, and W350: Exploring Legal Boundaries. What is Menstrual Health Day? In 2014, WASH United responded to ongoing stigma relating to menstruation by initiating...
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Austria
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Austria

...Introduction: English In Austria, there are local and regional variations in baking. Home baking is quite popular. Sweet baking in Austria was influenced by other cultures: Bohemia golatschen, Hungary strudel and Italy polentaschnitten. Different words are used to refer to bread brot, white bread and rolls weißgebäck and konditorwaren are more luxurious bakery goods....
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