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Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?

...cares’ attitude. Burnout in the future is a real problem with a compressed schedule being a feature of sport over the next couple of years. Burnout is also linked to the increased stress and anxiety that athletes may be currently experiencing. What can athletes be doing? Be resilient. Resilience is the key, as how athletes adapt now will impact on how they perform in...
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Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) and Grinding (EDG)
Science, Maths & Technology

Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) and Grinding (EDG)

...careful tool design. Normal production tolerance is ±0.025 mm but ±0.005 mm is possible under ideal conditions. Corner radii of 0.4 mm are possible. Surface finish depends on production parameters, but is typically in the range Ra = 1.6–4.8 µm. Mirror finishes of Ra 0.05 µm are possible, and under roughing conditions Ra may be as high as 15 µm. See Also: Grinding,...
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Messaging apps – managing relationships at a distance
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Messaging apps – managing relationships at a distance

...careful to maintain our connection with them. In my research with mobile messaging users, I’ve explored how this happens in practice. For example, on a Monday morning shortly before Christmas 2021, project participant Hannah receives a message at 7:29am while she is still sleeping from her old friend Hazel. [whatsapp message, saying lovely to see you last night,...
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Some of all human knowledge: Wikipedia at 15
Digital & Computing

Some of all human knowledge: Wikipedia at 15

...cared less whether they had a Wikipedia page in 2001, now tales of politicians, celebrities, governments or corporations (or their PR firms) ham-fistedly trying to edit Wikipedia articles on them to remove negative statements or criticism regularly appear in the news. Wisdom of crowds How exactly did Wikipedia become so authoritative? Two complementary explanations stand...
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Why cancer cells go to sleep: the mystery of cancer dormancy
Science, Maths & Technology

Why cancer cells go to sleep: the mystery of cancer dormancy

...anti-inflammatory drugs could stop dormant cancer cells that generate metastasis from “waking up”. If clinical trials confirm these results, we will soon be able to offer the patients treatments that specifically target dormant cancer cells. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Try a free health and social care course...
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Victory through resilience: how England Vitality Roses adapted to setbacks
Health, Sports & Psychology

Victory through resilience: how England Vitality Roses adapted to setbacks

...caring and supportive relationships within and outside the family that offer encouragement and reassurance – this can be found in a sporting team environment. Whilst a resilient player may use mistakes as an opportunity to learn, it is equally particularly important to receive this support when mistakes are made to avoid letting this affect their performance. Teaching...
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A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather
History & The Arts

A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather

...care? The clichéd conversational opener about the state of the weather is invariably followed by the comment that it wasn’t predicted correctly. Yet anecdotal evidence is misleading. The “skill” of a weather forecast is determined by measuring the correlation between a forecast weather map and what actually happened. This can be judged against the skill of a...
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Mastering our fear of death with the Jack-o’-lantern
History & The Arts

Mastering our fear of death with the Jack-o’-lantern

...cares for a Jack-o’-lantern past the witching hour on October the 31st – when the candles have gone out, the flies have started to land, and its flesh shrivels in the November air. It is, by this time, too close to the bone, too abject, too unmistakably a cadaver, and needs to be thrown out. By doing so, having the pumpkin land in the compost, we are not only...
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