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Rotational moulding (Rotational or rotary casting)
Science, Maths & Technology

Rotational moulding (Rotational or rotary casting)

...opened to remove the component...Equipment Arrangement: [Casting Processes] Moulding Procedure: [Casting Processes] Rotational casting of PVC plastisols and powdered polymers, showing the sequence of operations from left to right. Add a measured amount of plastisol or powder to mould. Close mould. Rotate around two or more axes. Distribute plastisol or powder evenly on...
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No place like home: Prisons and homelessness
Society, Politics & Law

No place like home: Prisons and homelessness

...openness and is essential to the foundation, development and stabilisation of human identities, and the creating a sense of ‘rootedness’. Home is about a sense of ‘belonging’ and feeling part of a wider community. A home is safe, familiar and comfortable. Home is a place of rest, recuperation, care and respite, something essential for the well-being of all humans....
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What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?
Science, Maths & Technology

What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?

...to increase even faster). The effects of mercury pollution will be global; because mercury can be dispersed as a vapour it can be deposited anywhere in the world. This article is adapted from course materials produced by The Open University for the course Introducing health sciences: a case study approach. Discover more about Health Sciences with The Open University....
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Hungary
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Hungary

...open fire, using lots of sugar to create a delicious crispy surface. These tasty sweet pastries are most often flavoured with cinnamon, walnuts or coconut, and they’re especially popular at winter fairs. Image: © iStockphoto Pogácsa Pogácsa is a savoury scone that is very popular as an everyday snack in Hungary. It’s made of dough, sometimes through a long process...
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What the 2024 Paris Olympics can tell us about French language policy today
Education & Development

What the 2024 Paris Olympics can tell us about French language policy today

...Open University's Language courses and qualifications. There is a long-standing tradition of making French a viable language of its own. Already in 1549, Joachim du Bellay wrote a treatise explaining, amongst other things, that translations from other languages should be curtailed because France didn’t need imports. Instead, French writers should focus on imitating...
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What is a password manager - and should I be using one?
Digital & Computing

What is a password manager - and should I be using one?

...open the password manager. How can I protect my password manager? Most modern web browsers offer to remember passwords when you enter them into web forms, providing password management for websites you visit using the browser. This can be very convenient for frequently visited sites where you regularly have to enter details. The security of this password storage is strong...
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How to find invisible black holes
Science, Maths & Technology

How to find invisible black holes

...Open University, explains how you can become a citizen scientist and start your search...Somewhere in space a black hole silently orbits a star. The star is bright enough that telescopes on Earth can view it easily, yet the black hole is invisible. Unlike many other black holes this one isn’t drawing in matter from its companion star; it’s what we call a dormant black...
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Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth?

...opening a sample in the laboratory is quite the experience. It has a pungent smell comparable to soot, or compost, and a dark friable texture that must be handled with great care (think extra-terrestrial shortbread biscuit). It is certainly a very ‘fresh’ sample of a 4.5-billion-year-old rock, containing all the ingredients it takes to form a planet. [A small fragment...
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