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Critical Reflection
Money & Business

Critical Reflection

...thinking can often give the impression that being objective, rational, dispassionate and independent are prerequisites for being a manager. However it’s quite possible many managers could be caught in a whirlwind of outside influences, affecting their every action and it’s these pressures that critical reflective approaches seek to expose by questioning many of the...
Learning to change
OpenLearn Ireland

Learning to change

...thinking about making a significant change in your life, such as returning to study or taking a different direction at work? This album looks at the learning journey of three people who’ve changed their lives through learning, not only through formal education, but by a continuous process of lifelong learning. The four video tracks show you how to build on what you...
Using generative AI in relation to legal issues
Society, Politics & Law

Using generative AI in relation to legal issues

...system could infringe the IP rights of a third party. This may occur if the training data used to create the LLM contained third party materials that are protected by IP rights without that third party’s permission. It may also arise because the user included third party IP content in their prompts when using an LLM. You should not upload content or IP belonging to a...
How can mobile technology help underpin reproductive rights?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can mobile technology help underpin reproductive rights?

...systems. Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director and under-secretary-general of the United Nations, tells SciDev.Net that governments and all partners in reproductive health need to provide information and access to voluntary family planning to all people of reproductive age. “These will enable both women and men to make informed decisions about their reproductive...
CLA – Hitchiner process
Science, Maths & Technology

CLA – Hitchiner process

...systems, these include: aluminium-based alloys nickel-based alloys stainless steels cobalt-based alloy for surgical implants. The CLV process is used for vacuum cast alloys, to reduce contamination by reactive elements such as nickel-, cobalt- and titanium-based alloys. Design: Gates (6–12 mm in length) are removed at a rate of 600 per hour to an accuracy of ±0.012 mm....
Hot isostatic pressing (HIP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Hot isostatic pressing (HIP)

...systems will make process economical for a wider range of components. Pressures vary from 50 to 200 MPa, and temperatures up to 2000˚C with control to ±15˚C possible. Temperature depends on material, but should be high enough to cause diffusion-bonding and low enough to avoid any undesirable structural changes. Typical examples are Ti-6Al-4V, 900˚C; Al-7.5Si-0.5Mg,...
Cold isostatic pressing
Science, Maths & Technology

Cold isostatic pressing

...system. Depending on the size of the chamber, several bags can be loaded into the space available. This is a batch process and compaction cycle time varies between 2 and 5 min. Dry-bag technique. Flexible bag is “fixed” in the pressure vessel and powder is loaded into the bag(s) without the bag having to leave the pressure vessel. The dry-bag technique lends itself to...
How lenses and mirrors work
Health, Sports & Psychology

How lenses and mirrors work

...systems. Converging (convex) lenses and converging (concave) mirrors each cause parallel rays of light to come together at the focal point, or focus, of the lens or mirror as shown below. In contrast, diverging (concave) lenses and diverging (convex) mirrors each cause parallel rays of light to spread out as if emanating from the focal point situated at a distance of one...