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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"Idealization"”.
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Applicability, Idealization, and Mathematization
… it does not deal with the nature and use of idealization in science. Field only describes how mathematics is applied to highly idealized physical theories (e.g. ones containing postulates which are untestable or contradicted by experiment) but he does not explain how idealization arises and …
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Idealization of pile to pile-cap connection with respect to lateral loads
This thesis is concerned with study of behavior of pile to pile-cap connection with respect to lateral loads. In this connection prestressed precast concrete piles and reinforced concrete pile caps were given particular attention.
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A Theoretical Mapping of Waterboarding Blogs 2007
… this research is to map processes of political idealization and how images are used and understood within the waterboarding blogs included in the case study. Chapter One is designed to provide basic information about the waterboarding issue and elements of this research more generally. The first …
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Knowledge composition methodology for effective analysis problem formulation in simulation-based design
… to variations in artifact topology and the idealization decisions taken by analysts. These templates often require manual updates and "re-wiring" of the analysis knowledge embodied in them. This makes the use of traditional simulation templates ineffective for multi-disciplinary design and …
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Relationship Predictors of Unwanted Pursuit
… completed questionnaires that assessed levels of idealization, satisfaction, perceptions of alternatives to the relationship, investment size, commitment, and unwanted pursuit. These variables are often essential in romantic involvements, and contribute greatly to the continuation of a …
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On feature selection : learning with exponentially many irreverent features as training examples
… a "good" feature subset. First considering the idealization where this optimization is performed exactly, we give a rigorous bound for generalization error under feature selection. The search heuristics typically used are then immediately seen as trying to achieve the error given in our bounds, …
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William H. Sheldon's constitutional psychology: the somatotype as fiction
… constructions. The traditional notion of idealization in prose fiction intrudes into Sheldon's reading of his somatotypes; the same kind of idealization, based on anthropological stereotyping, that had marked the science, or pseudo-science, of physiognomy. An integral aspect of physiognomy …
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As Time Goes By: Ritualized Remembering Through Wedding Photography
… performance through an intricate system of idealization as prescribed by various authorities. An examination of the production and exhibition practices constituting wedding photography (using various interview and observation methodologies) reveals a process through which participants …
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CARA (Child Abuse Risk Assessment): A Situated Evaluation of an Innovative Learning Environment
… is determined not so much by the developer's idealization of it, but the process by which it comes to be used and realized.
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The continuous curing process for thick filament wound composite structures
… has been built up. A cure front, which is the idealization of a thin reaction region, forms and propagates outwards as material lay-up proceeds. With proper control the cure front speed matches the material accretion rate, leaving an uncured layer of fixed thickness near the surface where …
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Analysis of shallow and deep foundations using soil-structure interaction techniques
… the substructure is modelled using a beam-column idealization. This allows the superstructure configuration to be readily incorporated into the model enabling the soil-structure interaction of the complete system to be investigated.<br/><br/>The supporting soil is modelled using a discrete spring …
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An Advanced Controller for a Semi-active Wheelchair Suspension
… suffered performance degradation from the idealization due to particular elements of hardware, however acceleration driven damping showed a marked and statistically significant improvement over skyhook control, in hardware, by 14%. The combined control laws exhibited as yet unexplained …
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Grain Boundary Structure in Alumina
… to estimate the error introduced by that idealization. The basal and rhombohedral twins seem well-described by the model, while the 10(')11 ones show unexpected displacements from coincident geometries.
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From love at first sight to soul mate: Romantic ideals in popular films and their association with young people's beliefs about relationships
… that characters in these films make (i.e., idealization of other, soul mate/one & only, love at first sight, love conquers all), as well as the statements that contradict or challenge these ideal themes. In particular, I identified the nature of the source, the type of expression, the nature …
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The Effect of Waveform Shape on Dynamics and Kinematics of the Flow in Endovascular Stents
… Two stent geometries are created which are the idealizations of two clinical ones. The first geometry is an idealization of XIENCE V stent which is called Lambda stent and the second one is the idealization of Endeavor stent and is called X stent. The former has larger inter-strut spacing and …
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Modeling eating pathology: The role of gender, sociocultural, and individual factors
… between body dissatisfaction, dieting, and thin-idealization and binge eating. Results also show that men engaged in more binge eating and exercise than women and less vomiting and laxative use than women. These findings suggest that individual factors, specifically perfectionism and experiential …
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Static, dynamic and aeroelastic behaviour of thin-walled composite structures with application to aircraft wings
… stiffness matrix approach is used for structural idealization, while strip theory and Theodorsen's function C(k) are used for the aerodynamic idealization. The dynamic composite beam with with an axial load centroid, has been carried out using Special cases, that been identified and stiffness …
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A performance based approach for seismic design with hysteretic dampers
… elements. In this regard, a shear beam idealization for a typical 1 0-story steel building is adopted and nonlinear dynamic response of the building for a set of earthquakes is simulated. Optimal ductility ratio and stiffness contribution of the bracing system is determined based on the …
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The development and use of fifteen year-old equivalent mathematical phantom for internal dose calculations
… system, and internal organs of a human. The idealization for an average adult presently in use by the International Commission on Radiological Protection was used as a basis for design. The mathematical equations describing the phantom were developed to be readily adaptable to present-day …
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Player-character identification by personality matching, perceived personalization and positive/negative in-game experience
… including perspective taking, presence, idealization, and perceived similarities. Although game studies have examined many factors leading to player-character identification, most have focused on physical, behavioral, and social attributes. The role and impact of deeper level connections, …
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