... time social and political involvement, and with that the
influencing of political input and output.
• Safeguards and minimization of risks make the creation of social rela-
tionships and networks ... result it has the
effect of forming values and a “social language”.
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Brand awareness in life-
style and the frequenting of certain restaurants and amusement firms serves the...
... differences (Weber and Pliskin 1996) and workforce issues in-
volving salary structures, technical skills, work load, morale, problems of
retention and attrition, and changes in IT policies and procedures ... to compatibility and redundancy of hardware and software, connec-
tivity, and standards must be resolved. However, the integration of non-
compatible systems is time cons...
... Planning and Control
Analysis and float calculation (see Chapter 15) is identical to the methods
employed for arrow diagrams and, if the box is large enough, the earliest and
latest start and finishing ... inserted and
Figure 16.5 shows the bar chart generated using the node numbers.
Figure 16.6 shows a typical arrow diagram and Figure 16.7 shows a bar
chart generated using the...
... Present and Future
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2.5.2 Nonlinear structures
The theory of vibration energy harvesting using nonlinear generators was investigated by
Ramlan (2009). Numerical and analytical showed that bandwidth ... two types of nonlinearity, i.e. hard
nonlinearity and soft nonlinearity as shown in Fig. 10. It is worth mentioning that output
power and bandwidth depend on the approaching di...
... design of I of FRP tubes, two kinds of mandrels (r3 and r9
mandrels) are employed, where a radius of 3mm (r3) or 9mm (r9) was modified on the
corners of the mandrel respectively.
Referring to the ... and R9 specimens.
4. The combining of both circular and square
4.1 Materials and experiments
The mandrel was designed into three parts (Fig. 12a) i.e. pure circular tube part, cone...
... The landmarks for the vertical rows were 1) the
midlines, 2) both anterior and posterior axillary lines, 3) the midpoint of the interval between
the midline and the anterior axillary lines, and ... and Pga as that of abdominal pressure (Pab). From the
pressure signals, we measured the following: Pes and Pga at end inspiration (PesEI and
PgaEI, respectively) and end expirat...
... public transport is a key theme); and (iii) new technologies and fuels.
The use of pricing measurements will reduce transport demand and/ or ensure that the
demand is “optimal” hence positively ... the new electric car market, both at producer and supply
sides and at consumer side. Demonstration projects can help improving knowledge and
understanding about consumer behaviour....
... desired speed the frequency
command is applied to the inverter, and phase voltage command is directly generated from
the frequency command by a gain factor, and input dc voltage of inverter ... Vehicles – Modelling and Simulations
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communication assure the necessary resources for the power converters command and for
the signal acquisition in system. For the command and state...
...
Note: r
no
, r
an
and r
bn
refer to the water demand turnover under NOR, ANOR and BNOR,
while Q and q stand for the farming activity output and input, respectively standardized as
follows: ... availability and soil fertility in various catchment areas.
Pressures on water and soil contribute to the catchment degradation and increased cost of
water and land in agriculture...