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Schools: A playground of their own School play areas have traditionally been uninspiring places, but that is changing. HESTER LACEY visits a school where pupils helped to transform a patch of grass into an enchanted garden
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Remember the grounds of your local primary school? Many of us were
grateful for a rectangle of Tarmac with some hop scotch squares and a
bald piece of grass sprouting blackberry bushes. School grounds are
the most undeveloped part of the British landscape, says Guy Redmond,
a garden designer who has chosen an unusual speciality - the
transformation of the traditional dull Tarmac into an environment
where children can play and learn. At the village primary school in
Harvington, near Evesham, he has been working with pupils, staff,
parents and the local community to do just that.
Harvington ...
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Vanadium/vanadyl sulfate.(Monograph)(Report)
Magazine article from: Alternative Medicine Review
; ...OMITTED] Introduction The chemical element vanadium was first discovered by Spanish-born...Nils Gabriel Sefstrom, who named it vanadium, after the Nordic goddess of beauty, Vanadis (Freyja). (1) Nutritionally, vanadium is thought to be a cofactor in various...
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Vanadium and bone development: putative signaling pathways (1).(REVIEW
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
; Abstract: Vanadium is a trace element present in practically...systems. At pharmacological doses, vanadium compounds display relevant biological...as having osteogenic activity. Some vanadium compounds also show antitumoral properties...
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Vanadium won't turn down volume under pressure: research
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; Vanadium won't turn down volume under pressure: research Washington...transition -- a change from one form to another -- in vanadium. Under extremely high pressures, pure vanadium crystals change their shape but do not take up less space...
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Vanadium alloys for fusion applications. (includes related article on fusion vs. fission)
Magazine article from: Advanced Materials & Processes
; Vanadium alloys hold the promise to fully exploit the...development of low-activation materials, including vanadium alloys, ferritic-martensitic steels, and SiC/SiC composites. Vanadium alloys are under consideration because they have...
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Vanadium Supplementation in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
Newspaper article from: Alternative Medicine Alert
; Vanadium Supplementation in the Treatment of Type...reached epidemic proportions..sup.1 Vanadium is an element named after Vanadis, the...goddess of beauty, youth, and luster. Vanadium usually is not alleged to bring such blessings...
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Vanadium in ambient air: concentrations in lung tissue from autopsies of Mexico City residents in the 1960s and 1990s.
Magazine article from: Archives of Environmental Health
; ...manganese for the same time period . (2) Vanadium is a transitional element that is found...intracellularly. (3) The chemical similarity of vanadium to phosphorus helps explain the effect of vanadium on phosphorylation reactions in the body...
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US ARS: Vanadium -- nature's "junk food" for plants.
M2 Presswire
; M2 PRESSWIRE-17 June 1999-US ARS: Vanadium -- nature's "junk food" for plants (C)1994-99...checking N-P-K-V levels in their soil. That's V for vanadium. Vanadium "impersonates" phosphorus and can confuse a plant into...
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A Vanadium Market Review: Featuring Major Vanadium Producers, Prices and an Analysis of the Future Market Outlook.
Business Wire
; ...researchandmarkets.com/research/f8544c/vanadium_market_re) has announced the addition of the "Vanadium Market Review" report to their offering...report focuses on the study of the global Vanadium markets. It provides region analysis...
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Highveld's vanadium assets a likely BEE target.(Business Report)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa)
; ...Cape Town - The proposed sale of most of the vanadium assets of Highveld Steel and Vanadium due to competition concerns has opened the...also likely to attract interest from foreign vanadium producers. The European Commission announced...
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Extractive metallurgy of vanadium-containing titaniferous magnetite ores: a review
Magazine article from: Minerals & Metallurgical Processing
; ...titaniferous magnetites that contain vanadium. Each process is designed based on the relative amounts of titanium, vanadium and iron. In some cases, steelmaking...followed by the secondary recovery of vanadium. In others, the vanadium is the...
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