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Open AccessDirect observations of a complex coronal web driving highly structured slow solar wind
The solar wind consists of continuous streams of charged particles that escape into the heliosphere from the Sun, and is split into fast and slow components, with the fast wind emerging from the interiors of c...
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Open AccessUnderstanding the Physical Nature of Coronal “EIT Waves”
For almost 20 years the physical nature of globally propagating waves in the solar corona (commonly called “EIT waves”) has been controversial and subject to debate. Additional theories have been proposed over...
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Open AccessSystemic insecticides (neonicotinoids and fipronil): trends, uses, mode of action and metabolites
Since their discovery in the late 1980s, neonicotinoid pesticides have become the most widely used class of insecticides worldwide, with large-scale applications ranging from plant protection (crops, vegetable...
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Preliminary Examination of Short-Term Cellular Toxicological Responses of the Coral Madracis mirabilis to Acute Irgarol 1051 Exposure
Irgarol 1051 is an s-triazine herbicide formulated with Cu2O in antifouling paints. Recent studies have shown that Irgarol 1051 inhibits coral photosynthesis at environmentally relevant concentrations, consistent...
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Capstan and Turret Lathes
Capstan and turret lathes are essentially similar in their general arrangement and operation, and are developments of the centre lathe. These machines came about due to the ever-increasing demand for machined ...
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Advanced Lathe-operations
This description of a machining process covers a very wide range of machine tools, the actions of different cutting tools, coolants and their application to the sequence of operations necessary to produce a co...
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Examination Technique
Why do examinations exist? Why must we all go through our educational lives in the shadow of an ogre — the examination — waiting there at the end of the course? Our increasingly sophisticated and specialised s...
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Hole Production
This seemingly simple operation is often overlooked in the general acclaim that is afforded to other more sophisticated aspects of engineering development. The need to produce a hole has been with us since man...
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Welding
The role of welding in industry has become increasingly important, proving to be a most efficient, dependable and economical means of joining metal. It has become one of the principal means of fabrication and ...
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Milling
Milling is a process of generating machine surfaces by progressively removing a predetermined amount of material from the workpiece, which is advanced normally at a relatively slow rate of movement or feed aga...
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Inspection and Measurement
One factor influencing economic component production is the degree of precision required for a component. As the need for precision increases, so do the costs. The adage ‘Accuracy is expensive’ is best underst...
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Cutting Tools
The current problems of inflation in both labour and material costs are forcing industry to increase its production rates with a view to greater economy. Therefore economic consideration must be given to machi...
