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Gravity die casting
Science, Maths & Technology

Gravity die casting

...Physical and mechanical properties are better than those of comparable sand castings, and defects associated with sand castings are eliminated. Metal enters the die more slowly than pressure die casting, hence there is less turbulence, resulting in sounder, denser castings. Grey or ductile cast iron is the most common die material, although dies are also made from low...
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Freedom of speech
History & The Arts

Freedom of speech

...physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.’ However, when it comes to the actual details, things are not so clear. Take betraying state secrets. When Edward Snowden leaked all kinds of state secrets to the press, was he inflicting damage on the legitimate activities of the state, or was he bringing to light activities that really should not have been being...
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How is a bench helping improve mental health in Zimbabwe?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a bench helping improve mental health in Zimbabwe?

...violence or physical illness (70 per cent) and many were HIV positive (40 per cent). Most participants were women (86 per cent), reflecting the gender balance of people using health services, according to Chibanda. The low percentage of men enrolled is a limitation which the authors plan to address. This article was originally published by SciDevNet under a CC-BY licence...
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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

...physical and psychological help as you can’ would be another piece of advice. We did. I gathered up friends and family to support me with caring duties. Many found it a privilege to be asked and Alan enjoyed having the company of those he loved. Both of us had counselling because we went into anticipatory grief. I had never heard of the phrase. Apparently it’s common...
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Growing plants, growing communities: Climate Camp, Veggie Gardens and Local Politics
Society, Politics & Law

Growing plants, growing communities: Climate Camp, Veggie Gardens and Local Politics

...physical space, a 'radical garden', in which purple sprouting broccoli, and political ideas, will grow. There are already suggestions from local people: that the space be re-claimed for allotments (there is a shortage in the town); or that it be kept 'wild' as an extension of the new South Downs National Park; or that the school building be fixed up as an community...
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Boys will be boys?
Society, Politics & Law

Boys will be boys?

...physical and mental wellbeing, and as ‘risky’ in relation to others, in terms of youth crime and anti-social behaviour. The violent disturbances in some English cities in August 2011 were the latest events to trigger vigorous debate,about the state of British youth in general, but with a particular focus on the so-called ‘problem’ of boys. Media pundits and...
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English monsters
History & The Arts

English monsters

...physical presence of dogs. Stephano and Trinculo, the drunken sailors in The Tempest (1611), after committing the typically vagrant crime of stealing clothes, are beset by ‘divers Spirits, in shape of dogs and hounds, hunting them about’; and in Shirley’s Triumph of Peace (1634), a masque performed before Charles I, beggars are ‘pursued by mastiffs that came...
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Plastic materials, pollution and recycling
Science, Maths & Technology

Plastic materials, pollution and recycling

...physics. Exciting new applications appear daily, such as advances in 3D printing with plastics (Figure 1), novel antibacterial plastics and the development of new bioplastics that are not derived from petroleum. [Water Pollution with Trash Disposal of Waste at the Garbage Beach] Figure 2: Plastic pollution littering a beach Unfortunately the long lifetime observed for...
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