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How Team GB cyclists peaked at the Olympics and owned the velodrome
Health, Sports & Psychology

How Team GB cyclists peaked at the Olympics and owned the velodrome

...technique called “periodised training” – a strategy which has long been used to prepare athletes for major events. The training year is divided and organised to ensure that peak performance is achieved at the optimum time – in this case, at the Olympic Games. A multi-year programme involves a gradual increase in training intensity through the pre-competition...
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Language is collateral damage in the gig economy
Languages

Language is collateral damage in the gig economy

...technique - repetition: ‘elites’ are ‘liberal’ (or maybe, ‘liberals’ are ‘elite’), ‘lefties’ are ‘loony’, ‘Islam’ is ‘radical’, ‘capitalism’ is ‘unbridled’ and ‘beans’ (or should I say ‘beanz’) still means ‘heinz’! By these means, the adjectives infect the nouns they describe until the word ‘Islam’ carries the notion...
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Offshore wind powers ahead in Europe
Nature & Environment

Offshore wind powers ahead in Europe

...techniques have been refined and standardised over the years. Maintenance expenditure – which can account for up to 40 per cent of the running cost of an offshore installation – has been reduced. The industry now uses larger 6MW turbines, which it says need less servicing, and in future it’s likely a move will be made to 8MW models. New methods have been adopted for...
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Could your brain activity be used in evidence against you?
Society, Politics & Law

Could your brain activity be used in evidence against you?

...technique gathers electrical signals within the brain through the scalp by electroencephalography (EEG), signals which indicate brain responses. Known as the P300 signal, those responses to questions or visual stimuli are assessed for signs that the individual recognises certain pieces of information. The process includes some questions that are neutral in content and...
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Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues
Society, Politics & Law

Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues

...techniques have long been used as a shorthand way of expressing the relationship between human numbers, consumption and environmental hazard. Again and again you see montages of teeming city streets, aerial footage of skyscrapers and congested roads, and human ‘swarms’ are sometimes implied by intercut footage of insect swarms and mounds. Cue music with urgent beat....
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Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene
Science, Maths & Technology

Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene

...technique that analyses the abundance of different isotopes of oxygen within rock fragments. It works a bit like ‘Solar System fingerprinting’ to help inform scientists about where meteorites originated in space. These analyses have shown that the Winchcombe rocks are a member of an important group of meteorites known as carbonaceous chondrites. These are very...
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Phosphating (non-electrolytic coatings)
Science, Maths & Technology

Phosphating (non-electrolytic coatings)

...technique: immersion 2.2 g m-2 takes 1 min spray 2.2 g m-2 takes 2 min Bath temperatures range from 45° to 105°C. Largest capacity available in the UK can treat up to 8 tons of 8 mm thick steel measuring 14 x 2 m for shipbuilding in a tank holding 122,000 litres of zinc phosphating solution. Chromate conversion coatings are produced by immersion into a tank of aqueous...
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Solving the care crisis with public investment
Society, Politics & Law

Solving the care crisis with public investment

...techniques and practical skills required to understand the world of production, employment, spending and borrowing, and the effects of government policy and technical innovation. Our economics degree programmes and modules are regularly updated to reflect the latest research and events. The OU Economics Seminar Series promotes high-quality research bringing together...
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