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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

...work. All this is because of the ‘headway’ – what the station’s control team call the turnaround time between getting trains in and out of the station. In order to keep this massive operation on schedule, they must keep the headway period to the minimum time possible. In peak hours, trains enter and exit each platform every three minutes and thirty seconds....
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What can we learn from Pokemon Go?
Education & Development

What can we learn from Pokemon Go?

...work out how Niantic has engaged all those young people. That last one is the challenge for teachers. How do we tap into the power of this phenomenon and use it to support learning? This is a challenge that teachers have been facing since the emergence of virtual reality and augmented reality. Can we take these technologies, with their power to excite and inspire, and use...
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What was the impact of 'Spanish flu' on the armistice?
History & The Arts

What was the impact of 'Spanish flu' on the armistice?

...work by virologist John Oxford and his team identified one of the camps on the Western Front as being at the centre of the flu outbreak. So how significant was the influenza outbreak on the casualties at the end of the First World War? “In the American Army it was hugely significant. I mean more American soldiers died of the influenza than died from German action.”...
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Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech
Languages

Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech

...works of Vygotsky, can be used as an external tool to aid our internal thought and decision-making processes. Something like tying a knot around your finger to remember something – well, I guess few of us do this anymore, but I like the old-fashioned example. To my surprise, in the thesis that came out of my doctoral study I had to report that self-addressed talk (also...
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The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons
Society, Politics & Law

The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons

...work in them. Chemical comforts Drug taking in prison should be considered against two of the most painful harms of imprisonment: the conscious experience of time and the loss of personal autonomy. It is well documented that prison life is both highly regulated and filled with emptiness. Drugs distort time and prisons are all about the wasting and loss of time. Many...
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Soldering
Science, Maths & Technology

Soldering

...work (steel, copper, tinplate) General sheet-metalwork (brass, galvanised sheet) K, F, R, G, B, M, C K, F Automotive Heat-exchangers, automotive radiators, refrigerators Auto-body patching and filling G, J C D Others Capillary plumbing joints Dip-soldering (non-electrical) Coating (pre-tinning) Food-can soldering K, F, G C, D, N K, G K, F, G Design: Optimum gaps are...
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Cold forging
Science, Maths & Technology

Cold forging

...work hardening of the materials. High tooling costs and high capital expenditure require high volume production: e.g. <0.5 kg components, 30,000 year-1 (min.); 0.5–1.0kg, 15,000 year-1 (min.). Tolerances: diameter 0.1–0.2 mm length 0.6–3 mm flange thickness 0.2–0.4 mm Shape limitations lumpy shapes eccentric and asymmetric shapes sharp edges undercuts too deep,...
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Olde dessert recipes
History & The Arts

Olde dessert recipes

...in an antiquarian bookshop at the age of 13. He has since collected early cookery books and equipment as well as systematically learning most of the techniques and methods of the period confectioner. Ivan has given numerous lectures and demonstrations, runs courses in the authentic preparation of period food and works a great deal as an advisor to museums and exhibitions....
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