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Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression

...2020). Lucassen M. F. G., Stasiak, K., Samra, R., Frampton, C. M. A. and Merry S. N. (2017) 'Sexual minority youth and depressive symptoms or depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based studies', Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 51(8), pp. 774–787. https://doi.org/10.1177/0004867417713664 (Accessed: 21 December 2020)....
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Laser surface treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Laser surface treatment

...C s-1 are possible. The “operating window” for surface hardening depends on the laser power, beam diameter and traverse rate for a particular material. Typical uses include the production of wear patterns in ferritic malleable iron power-steering housings and alloy cast iron cylinder liners. Cladding There are two methods of cladding (welding) a metal to a substrate;...
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Calculating your carbon footprint
Nature & Environment

Calculating your carbon footprint

...C above pre-industrial levels. For that to be achieved global emissions would have fall by 45% by 2030 relative to 2010 levels and reach net zero by 2050. Net Zero refers to a state in which the greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere are balanced by removal out of the atmosphere. The UK government’s legal commitment to reach Net Zero by 2050 doesn’t mean zero...
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English monsters
History & The Arts

English monsters

...c.1599-1602) cites the threatening of the poor by dogs as an indirect consequence of the Reformation. Once there were institutions ‘. . . where religious men should take them in, / [the poor] Shall now be kept back with a mastiff dog’. Dogs were also a means of describing the men who thrived in this new world. In Middleton’s A Trick to Catch the Old One (1605-6),...
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Dogs under the microscope
Science, Maths & Technology

Dogs under the microscope

...C, G and T letters. FACT: Dogs’ best friend (humans) have 46 chromosomes and their famous enemy (cats) have 38. Despite the difference in numbers, dogs, cats and humans have pretty much the same overall amount of DNA in each cell. Organisms with the largest number of chromosomes: ferns often have over 100 chromosomes, with some having over 1000. Organisms with the...
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Is democracy a good thing?
Society, Politics & Law

Is democracy a good thing?

...c-d). The Irish philosopher, Edmund Burke thought that democracy should not be about electing representatives, but about electing someone who we trusted to do our thinking for us. To rebut Plato’s first argument we have either to reject his claim that it takes expertise to run the state or provide a case that a popular mandate is a good way to decide who is an expert....
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COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step
Nature & Environment

COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step

...C (which in practice means decarbonising jet fuel). France, Germany, the UK, the USA, and the EU announced a groundbreaking international Just Transition Partnership to help wean South Africa off its coal-fired electricity system towards renewables. The UNFCCC multilateral process The Paris Agreement of 2015 fundamentally changed the principles of the conversation about...
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Managing our personal financial risks from the changed climate
Nature & Environment

Managing our personal financial risks from the changed climate

...C in the next decades, even if COP26 is successful in reaching agreements to achieve net-zero. TCFD forces organisations to face the consequences for their business model assuming a 2oC rise. Risks arise from: Physical threats due to increases in volatile weather events, such as extreme heating, freezing, flooding, fires, storms, and droughts. These can disrupt whole...
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