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Making sense of mental health problems
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of mental health problems

...care at the age of two. She was fostered by a couple in a nearby town who went on to adopt her. The couple wished for Mandy to do well but rarely displayed warmth or love either towards her or towards each other. Mandy found it difficult to settle at school, but at the age of 15 she began to take a keen interest in art. This new interest motivated her to work harder, and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Migration
Science, Maths & Technology

Migration

...adult males tolerate non-threatening dull yearlings and also leave brightly coloured yearlings alone. Because of their dominance, both these groups are able to establish territories and attract females but yearling males with intermediate plumage are attacked by adults and therefore fail to obtain territories and mate (Figure 15b). [Described image] Figure 15 (a) Male...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Engendering citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...care because care in itself is important. I mean care takes place in the public and the private sphere, paid in the public sphere, unpaid in the private by and large. So there are some that would argue that we have got citizen the carer and citizen the worker. Citizen the worker is privileged when it comes to social security rights and so forth, citizen the carer does...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
The secret history of teenage bedrooms
Education & Development

The secret history of teenage bedrooms

...adult mind you, but spent a good 10 years just in his room watching TV, eating junk food and snorting cocaine. So his own experiences in that song kind of captured the contradictory nature… Laurie Taylor: The two functions – the positive and the negative versions of staying in one’s room. I think you first became interested in the subject of teen bedrooms as a...
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Article 10 mins
When two worlds collide: achieving wisdom in online groups
Science, Maths & Technology

When two worlds collide: achieving wisdom in online groups

...caring how others feel are key to creating a positive working environment amongst a group. Behaviours such as self-obsession, self-assertion and self-preservation at the expense of others, can all lead to negative group experiences. This story of behaviours relates to the narrative method for the story, which is to draw a distinction between our solitary lives (M World)...
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Plasma arc cutting
Science, Maths & Technology

Plasma arc cutting

...careful control of production parameters this can be reduced to 1–2°. Surface finish is usually in the range Ra = 1.6–3.2 µm but values Ra = 0.8 µm can be achieved. Smooth, burr-free cuts, free from contamination are produced although “dross” firmly attached to the underside of the cut can sometimes be a problem. Positional tolerances for hole and slot piercing...
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Article 5 mins
Squeeze casting and squeeze forming
Science, Maths & Technology

Squeeze casting and squeeze forming

...Careful design enables porosity to be “manipulated” to the least critical regions. External undercuts are possible. Complex internal shapes possible using disposable cores. Blind and through holes easy to incorporate; lateral holes by means of retractable cores. Tolerances of 0.2 mm 100 mm-1 possible before heat treatment. Wider tolerances advisable to allow for...
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Cold forging
Science, Maths & Technology

Cold forging

...careful control of the billet weight to within ±1%. Billets are either sawn or cropped to length. Cropped billets might require coining to eliminate crop and distortion. Before cold forging, billets have to be in their softest condition (fully annealed) and lubricated to prevent galling of the dies. Semi-continuous mesh belt furnaces with controlled atmospheres are used...
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Article 5 mins