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Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss
Health, Sports & Psychology

Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss

...Sands United football team (the stillbirth and neonatal death society)...Find out about The Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. Currently in the UK, 13 families a day suffer the heartbreak of losing their baby before, during or shortly after birth. That’s around 4,500 babies a year. And an estimated 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in miscarriage...
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Hot forging (open die)
Science, Maths & Technology

Hot forging (open die)

...aluminium alloys are hot forged with little problem; including the aluminium/magnesium/silicon series (6000) and the aluminium/copper-based alloys (2000). Titanium alloy ingots are initially hot worked before further deformation. This includes the Ti-6Al-4V alloy, which has excellent forgeability. Initial ingot breakdown is done just above the β transus temperature. Any...
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Sacrificial Metals
Science, Maths & Technology

Sacrificial Metals

...aluminium should react with oxygen more readily than iron, which is easily oxidized in the presence of water and oxygen. How is it then that aluminium can be used for aeroplanes which are in constant contact with water and oxygen? In reality, aluminium does react with oxygen very rapidly and forms aluminium oxide, Al2O3. The oxide has the ability to adhere to the surface...
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Beachbrains
Science, Maths & Technology

Beachbrains

...sand. Those that gambol in the surf or impress with beach volleyball may cover more like 25 square metres. With around 4 metres depth of sand, and with your average grain of sand being a tiny 0.7 mm^3 – allowing for gaps – there’s about 10^11 grains per active bather. By coincidence, that is approximately the number of neurons packed – much more tightly – into...
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What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
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What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...aluminium compounds. Additionally oxidising agents, such as ozone or chlorine, are vital in the disinfection of water. This OpenLearn course focuses on the chemistry of the p-block elements in Groups 13 to 18 of the Periodic Table...Do you want to know what’s in the water that you drink? This free course, What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?,...
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Gas shielded arc welding processes (TIG/MIG/MAG)
Science, Maths & Technology

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

...aluminium, magnesium and aluminium-bronze alloys to break down the tenacious surface oxides on the metal surface. Use of high purity argon enables reactive metals such as titanium and zirconium to be welded, with argon shrouds and d.c. current. Thin walled (1.6 mm and less) stainless steel tubing can be TIG welded by rotating the welding head and fixing the tube. This is...
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Thermal spraying (Hardfacing)
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Thermal spraying (Hardfacing)

...aluminium and zinc. Have a good combination of hardness and toughness, coupled with good low temperature corrosion resistance, thermal conductivity and machinability. Aluminium bronze is used for bearings and as a bond coat for other spray coatings. Brass is used to coat bushings and to repair castings. Iron–based alloys are most widely used since they combine...
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Raising awareness and support for men
Health, Sports & Psychology

Raising awareness and support for men

...Sands Utd football kits celebrating together.] In the UK, many men have also been united by a community of emotional support and physical activity through football such as Sands Utd. The founder of Sands Utd, Rob Allen, organised a charity football match after he and his wife Charlotte’s baby daughter died on 9 October 2017. The couple were supported through their loss...
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