On the Performance of Highly Aggressive Inter Compressor Ducts

A major research focus of the Institute of Propulsion Technology at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is increasing engine compressor efficiency. In this context, the intermediate compressor duct (ICD), which connects the low-pressure compressor (LPC) with the high-pressure compressor (HPC) in a civil jet engine is of eminent significance.

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Artificial Intelligence on Campus

How instructors are responding to the rise in AI Artificial intelligence (AI), while not a new topic, has risen in popularity since the development of software like ChatGPT and image generators that create visuals from phrases such as ‘purple dog riding a bike.’…

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Hollywood’s “difficult” women 

The “difficult” woman is a popular trope. This paradigm is particularly pervasive in Hollywood. At a time when the studio system expected actresses to be agreeable, quiet, and deferential, several Golden Age icons were saddled with the label by studios, directors, or co-stars.…

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Race and Inequality in US Politics, Part 1

An Interview series with authors Hajnal, Hutchings and Lee Authored by three of the USA’s most well-known scholars on American politics, this undergraduate textbook argues that racial considerations are today-and have always been since the nation’s founding-central to understanding America’s political system writ large.…

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