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Will burnt food give you cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will burnt food give you cancer?

...data concluded that “dietary acrylamide is not related to the risk of most common cancers”. Although, it added that a modest association for kidney cancer, and for endometrial and ovarian cancers in people who had never smoked, couldn’t be ruled out. Meaty concerns Going back to the barbecue, there are other chemicals in meat that could be a concern. These generally...
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Hot forging (closed die)
Science, Maths & Technology

Hot forging (closed die)

...hot former (flashless in steel) 0.5–2˚ General design parameters are similar to those explained in the open die data card (excluding tolerances and draft angles). Flash removal can leave a witness mark that might have to be dressed by grinding or barrelling. See Also: Hot forging (open die), Cold forging, Warm forging, Powder forging and Isothermal precision forging....
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Knife crime is a health risk for young people – it can’t be solved by policing alone
Education & Development

Knife crime is a health risk for young people – it can’t be solved by policing alone

...data that does exist is distorted, London-centric, and contrived from unverified police intelligence sources and the opinions of a small group of justice professionals and senior police officers. [A photo of Pekin Close, in Poplar, a London estate road, Canary Wharf in the background] Pekin Close, Poplar, London For my book, Race, Gangs and Youth Violence, I drew on young...
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From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common
Health, Sports & Psychology

From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common

...data. Their findings have never been replicated in large-scale human research. This pattern is familiar from other autism “scares”. Early studies that suggested a link between ultrasound scans or prenatal stress and autism also relied on animal models and were not confirmed by large population studies. Myths that outlive the evidence Even when false claims are...
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How can we encourage people to mend their clothes?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can we encourage people to mend their clothes?

...data, a set of personas was created – imaginary but realistic characters that represent real patterns of behaviour. Let’s introduce them: The eco mender: mends to protect the planet The craft mender: loves turning repairs into creative projects The occasional mender: just fixes what they need, when they need it The delegating mender: prefers someone else to do the...
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School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...analysis and evaluation in order to respond intelligently to disputes, controversies and arguments about issues. Subjects like geography develop approaches to ‘disciplined enquiry’ that use a small number of very important concepts. When these are used and grown, using real data and examples, they do not ‘tell’ pupils what to think, but help them to think about...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...data collected in England from 2001 to 2011. It contains three main types of information: the percentage of a population sample achieving 5 A DAY the year of data collection the population categories of men, women and children. [Described image] (Source: Defra, 2013, p. 61) Figure 1 Consumption of fruit and vegetables in men, women and children in England, based on one 24...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Julian Hector - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Julian Hector - Earth in Vision

...data that’s relatively easy to get, and then what share, what proportion of the country or the audience were watching your show, whatever the numbers was, what was the share? Share is important too. I work for some programmes that we provide content for where it’s not so much eyeballs but share that they follow, they track literally every minute through the programme...
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