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Understanding the Cultural Value of 'In Harmony-Sistema England'

This research project on which this paper reports was designed to explore questions of cultural value in relation to the schools music project In Harmony-Sistema England. Our core research focus has been upon the ways in which children, their teachers and tutors, and their families understand the value of their participation in IHSE initiatives. The project engaged with three case studies of IHSE initiatives (based in Norwich, Telford and Newcastle) and qualitative data was gathered with primary school children, school staff, parents and IHSE musicians in all three cases

Development of a microwave system for processing zirconia

The development of a 2.45GHz multimode oven is described. Difficulties were encountered in developing the temperature measurement and control system and the attainment of a uniform heating zone. On the strength of the development work, a number of recommendations to improve the microwave system were made. Suitability of the oven for processing of zirconia was investigated. Evaluation was carried out by a series of comparative experiments, with 3.0mol% Y-TZP, using conventional and hybrid microwave heating. It was demonstrated that the zirconia could be sintered, aged, and thermally etched with the microwave oven, and that binder burnout of the green compacts was successful. Interpretation of the experimental data, to determine whether the material properties were process or merely microstructure dependant, was unresolved due to the uncertainty of temperature measurements