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The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons
Society, Politics & Law

The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons

...an opened packet of the drug 'Spice'. The wrapper is square, silver and says 'Spice' in black cursive lettering and 'Diamond' in embossed writing, There is an eye graphic on the wrapper.] Chemical comforts: but how dangerous is Spice? Lance Cpl. Damany S. Coleman, US Marine Corps, CC BY This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Strategies to reduce the prison population
Society, Politics & Law

Strategies to reduce the prison population

...offenders. Society needs to once again recognise that prisons are places of intense harm and suffering. Rather than increasing the size of the penal estate, we should instead profoundly regret the existence of prisons at all and do all we can to reduce the number of people incarcerated. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein

...articles, pronouns and prepositions. This simple wordlist can act as a springboard for our analysis of the novel. We can, for example, compare the high frequency of man (137 occurrences) and father (134) with the only 24 occurrences of woman and the 33 of mother. This can lead us to formulate hypotheses on how gender is represented within the novel, which we can then...
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Election days: 1908 - Churchill challenged by the women
History & The Arts

Election days: 1908 - Churchill challenged by the women

...supporters to Churchill's relection played a major part in the upset of Churchill losing the election to the Conservative William Joynson-Hicks on 24th April, 1908; Churchill won a by-election in Dundee at the start of May, returned to the Commons and took up his role at the Board of Trade. This article was originally published by The Manchester Guardian on 16-04-1908...
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What are your views about technologies to support and assess writing skills?
Education & Development

What are your views about technologies to support and assess writing skills?

...et al., 2009 Policies and educational resources for reducing cases of academic malpractice, as well as increasing effective writing skills in digital contexts, are critical for educational institutions, the publishing industry and the media. A key issue is how to prevent fraud, especially copyright violations, in order to ensure quality assurance with integrity. To foster...
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Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity

...article explores...Being a young carer is difficult even in ‘normal’ times. Young people who care for a sick or disabled relative, usually a parent, can find it hard to keep up with schoolwork, and on average can miss out on 48 days of school due to their caring responsibilities (YoungMinds, 2020). Young carers may also lose out on some of the other key experiences...
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Plasma arc cutting
Science, Maths & Technology

Plasma arc cutting

...article] Dual gas plasma torch construction [Diagram to demonstrate 'Plasma arc cutting' see article] Water injection plasma torch construction [Diagram to demonstrate 'Plasma arc cutting' see article] Material removed by a high-velocity stream of “plasma” produced in water-cooled nozzles by electrically ionising suitable gases such as argon, hydrogen, nitrogen,...
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Flame cutting
Science, Maths & Technology

Flame cutting

...article ] The cutting torch has an oxygen jet surrounded by heating flames. 900cm3 of oxygen is required to oxidise 0.5 kg of iron. This principle has been designed into a welding torch. A jet of high-pressure oxygen in the centre is surrounded by several neutral flames. When the metal becomes cherry red in colour, at 800°C, the oxygen is released by a quick acting...
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