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The world's busiest railway station - Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai
Science, Maths & Technology

The world's busiest railway station - Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai

...double discharge platforms allowing passengers to get on and off from both sides. The other thing allows the huge amounts of people to navigate the station is the fact there are no bottle necks caused by ticket barriers barring the exit. Commuters can just pile off the train and get straight to work. All this is because of the ‘headway’ – what the station’s...
Cold Pressing and Sintering of Powders
Science, Maths & Technology

Cold Pressing and Sintering of Powders

...double action from top and bottom are best, to produce as uniform a density throughout the component as possible. Tooling tolerances are to within 0.013–0.005 mm with good surface finishes. Multi-level parts can be produced using multi-level tooling. High production volumes are required to amortise the high tooling costs (>1000,000 parts year-1). Compacts rely on cold...
How fertility rates affect population
Science, Maths & Technology

How fertility rates affect population

...double over the next 25 years. But what of the fertility rate? How might that affect population size in just the UK? The following chart is a particular sort of chart known as a population pyramid, taken from an interactive population projection application also released by the ONS. [ONS population pyramid] The chart shows separately the make up of a population in terms...
Stargazing on a budget
Science, Maths & Technology

Stargazing on a budget

...double imaging or colour fringing. If there is any misalignment, then reject them." A first telescope There are two types of telescope - reflectors, which use a mirror at the bottom of the telescope to image, and refractors, which have a lens at the top of the tube. It is the diameter of the mirror or lens that determines the resolution - the bigger the diameter, the...
Crafting a new international partnership for racial equity in Higher Education
Education & Development

Crafting a new international partnership for racial equity in Higher Education

...double-edged edged sword facing Makerere of both wanting to maintain its historical reputation in Sub Saharan Africa based on colonially rooted systems and aiming to carve out a new path that is Africa-centred, decolonised and yet globally connected. On the one hand, Makerere had emerged as the leading university in the region based on foundations that were questionable...
Time management and study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time management and study

...doubling up. Staying organised and knowing how to prioritise The phrase ‘clean house, clear mind’ makes no secret that having an organised environment around you can help you manage your levels of stress. Thanks to Marie Kondo’s Netflix series, encouraging us to ‘spark joy’ while tidying our homes, a nod has been made towards the wellbeing benefits of an...
Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...circulation to stop the blood clotting. During this process, it could also release one or more of the malaria parasites it has been carrying into the circulatory system of the human it has bitten. If it does this, the person becomes infected. Once in the circulation of the infected human, the malaria parasite travels to the liver and multiplies. After multiplying, the...
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Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...doubled the number of adults working in some classrooms and, as Schlapp and Davidson (2001) note, this has sometimes led to problems in teaching assistants finding work spaces they can call their own. Often they give support while working alongside teachers, but some is done in another location. In their survey of 275 teaching assistants in two English local authorities,...