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After Manchester: How can you help if you know someone affected by a terror attack
Health, Sports & Psychology

After Manchester: How can you help if you know someone affected by a terror attack

...open up. Let them know that even if they don’t want to talk about it right now, that they can talk to you about it at any point in the future. Each person will deal with what has happened in their own way. So if you are helping someone who has experienced a traumatic event, give them space to process their feelings, but let them know that you care and that you are there...
How did the election look from Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

How did the election look from Europe?

...open to Europe than May, he had still committed his party to Brexit. Either outcome would lead to further uncertainty over Brexit and add to frustration in Brussels. From the European perspective, the actual outcome – a marginal Conservative win falling short of an absolute majority – is arguably worse still. Government formation, usually a cut-and-dried process in...
Low pressure die casting (counter-pressure casting)
Science, Maths & Technology

Low pressure die casting (counter-pressure casting)

...opening ] Manufacture: Metal is displaced from the furnace and forced up the riser tube using air at 20–100 kN m-2, or by evacuation of the mould. “Counter-pressure die casting” is a variation in which the mould is filled by having a slight pressure differential produced by controlled leakage from the mould. This slow, smooth and progressive filling of the die...
Full mould casting (evaporative pattern)
Science, Maths & Technology

Full mould casting (evaporative pattern)

...open, eject pattern and store for 30 days. [Diagram to demonstrate Full mould casting (Evaporative pattern) - see article] 3. Glue-on runners, feeders and risers (where necessary) if not already an integral part of the pattern. Coat pattern with a special factory coating and dry. [Diagram to demonstrate Full mould casting (Evaporative pattern) - see article] 4. Place the...
Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender

...against non-binary and gender-fluid people We hope that How to Understand Your Gender will provide a routemap for making sense of such stories, as well as navigating individual gender experience within a wider culture of ongoing tension and conflict around gender. Meg-John Barker is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at The Open University. They tweet from @megjohnbarker....
What was The Schlieffen Plan?
History & The Arts

What was The Schlieffen Plan?

...Open University's BA (Honours) History qualification. [Alfred Von Schlieffen] Alfred von Schlieffen, pictured in 1906 Schlieffen’s idea was perfected in the winter of 1905 when, as a result of the Russo-Japanese war, Russia was eliminated as a serious threat to the European status quo for the foreseeable future. It would first of all have to recover from a lost war and...
Keeping Mum: learning how to be a father
Society, Politics & Law

Keeping Mum: learning how to be a father

...Open University's Martin Robb looks at the evolving role of fathers in society...Increasingly, it seems, the only good father is one who is present – and not only present but involved, ‘hands-on’, taking an equal share in childcare.In the aftermath of the 2010 summer’s riots in English cities, prime minister David Cameron described the violent scenes around the...
What's up with Whatsapp - and should we weaken its security?
Digital & Computing

What's up with Whatsapp - and should we weaken its security?

...open the box and read Alice’s message if he has a valid key of his own. But to be able to communicate with new users, you need a way of sharing keys that is still secure. To get over this, each user has what’s called a public key that is available to anyone and proves the identity of the user, and a private key that stays with the user. Alice uses Bob’s public key...