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Melt casting
Science, Maths & Technology

Melt casting

...centre toggles, bolts or small hydraulic units. Cycle times are dictated by freeze-off behaviour of polymer, as in injection moulding. Automation can be introduced by arranging moulds on a shuttle table or carousel. Once gate has frozen, extruder can be removed from mould and next mould indexed round. Moulds generally vented or evacuated to avoid back-pressure on the...
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Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...centre Jonathan X and the lost souls start their perilous journey to the magic bullet makers. They find one, and demand he tells them where to find the King. Nobody's fools Jonathan X and the lost souls find the King, and confront him about his spell over Roundhey Ward, demanding their release. All are surprised by his response… Roundhay Wing - service users' reactions...
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Understanding Cities
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Cities

...centres. The wider implications of nature spaces and their representative values. Networking The effects of globalization trends on cities and the relevance and position of entrepreneurship. What do cities have to do to survive? Humanism and cities The impacts of making the city more competitive, and whether this detracts from cities as a purely human space. Cities as...
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Astronomy
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy

...centre of galaxies? Revealing the power source for stars and galactic jets. The Expanding Universe Russell Stannard uses simple analogies to explain difficult concepts. The expansion of space, and the cosmological red-shift, or doppler shift. Geometry of the Universe Russell Stannard explains why standard Euclidean geometry doesn't apply when considering the geometry of...
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Imperial Rome and Ostia
History & The Arts

Imperial Rome and Ostia

...of the lavish Pantheon Temple. The Baths of Caracalla Roman baths acted as urban social spaces, like the leisure centres of modern world. This video track explains the routine a Roman might go through upon visiting the baths. The dome of the caldarium This video concludes how the Romans were excellent developers of technology, but not necessarily very inventive....
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Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings

...research. Back in 1970, about two dozen articles were published related to mindfulness. By 2016, there were nearly 200,000 articles. As with any practise, it may not work for everyone, but there is increasing interest in its beneficial effects. Five: We can all take time to stop and smell the roses. It's very easy to unintentionally enter a state of mindlessness, that...
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What You Need to Know About Psychometrics
Health, Sports & Psychology

What You Need to Know About Psychometrics

...research studies have found that people who do better in these tests, perform better in the job role itself. For example, in their meta-analysis of research studies, books and reports, Bertua et al. (2005) found that tests of general mental ability and specific cognitive abilities (verbal, numerical, perceptual and spatial) are valid predictors of both job performance and...
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'A Rose By Any Other Name...': The Importance of Words when it comes to Race
Education & Development

'A Rose By Any Other Name...': The Importance of Words when it comes to Race

...children showing what she thought was a lack of respect. ‘Siobhan’, she said, ‘Don’t you dare say “Black man”, you say “coloured gentleman”’. I took that on board fast – I didn’t fancy being slapped again. I told her that mummy had said that that was the polite way to speak. She pointed out that her skin was not ‘all colours like a rainbow’, but...
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