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Gas shielded arc welding processes (TIG/MIG/MAG)
Science, Maths & Technology

Gas shielded arc welding processes (TIG/MIG/MAG)

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications The principles of the TIG welding torch [Images to demonstrate 'Gas shielded arc welding processes (TIG/MIG/MAG)' - see article ] Tungsten inert gas welding (TIG) is an arc welding process, which uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode, shrouded by a protective atmosphere of inert gas, such as argon or helium. The...
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Sand casting
Science, Maths & Technology

Sand casting

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications [ Sectional view of a casting mould] Machine moulded In modern foundries, moulds of small and medium sizes are prepared by machines. For mass-production, match-plate patterns are used with the cope pattern attached to an aluminium plate and the drag pattern on the other side of the plate. The plate fits between cope and...
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‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem’: supporting someone living with a terminal diagnosis
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem’: supporting someone living with a terminal diagnosis

...Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. ‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem.’ These are the words my husband said a lot when he was battling MND. We also used to frequently say ‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way’. Indeed, during his illness we did everything we could to keep his spirits up after being told...
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Ordinary dying and the Queen: Reflections on a case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ordinary dying and the Queen: Reflections on a case study

...Open University’s Health and Social Care courses. This article is reproduced with kind permission of Marie Curie. Shortly after Queen Elizabeth II died in early September, renowned palliative care consultant, Dr Kathryn Mannix outlined on Twitter how the Queen’s death might be an example of ‘ordinary dying’. Others both on social media and in the BMJ opinions...
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Women in the Railway, the War and the Unions
Society, Politics & Law

Women in the Railway, the War and the Unions

...Open University's History and Social Sciences courses. With the introduction of conscription in 1916 leading to over 100,000 men in Scotland leaving to fight in the First World War, women had to step in to fill the jobs that men had left. Many of these jobs were on the railway and it had never been imagined that women would be able to do this type of work previously....
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Going Public
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Going Public

...opens businesses up to new forms of public scrutiny. Whether or not this creates greater transparency or more ethical businesses is of course quite controversial and not all clear. However, those who object to the economic and environmental practices of corporations are finding fresh ways to use their public status to limit their influence. Recently, an anti-coal group...
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Doctor Who: Is time travel possible?
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Doctor Who: Is time travel possible?

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications. [Time travel, laser lights] In Doctor Who, our hero regularly travels forwards and backwards in time, visiting any epoch, anywhere in the Universe, thanks to his time machine the TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space). But is time travel really possible? The simple answer to this question is: Yes! In fact as...
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Is democracy a good thing?
Society, Politics & Law

Is democracy a good thing?

...Open University's Politics courses and qualifications [Image of the word 'democracy' in a dictionary. ] We are used to thinking that democracy is unequivocally a good thing. But is it? Even Winston Churchill, who frequently spoke in favour of the system, stigmatized it as the worst form of government (apart from all the others that have been tried). The great Greek...
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