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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"central control"”.
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Local Autonomy and Central Control in Zambian Urban Authorities
… urban authorities. In particular, it examines central control and local authority functions; sources of revenue and central control;and control over manpower. These are some of the main issues that shape the relationship between central government and local authorities.The existence of …
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Central control of food intake in the domestic fowl
… (CSF) of the domestic fowl that act upon the central nervous system to control food intake. Plasma collected from free-feeding and 24-hour fasted leghorn cockerels was lyophilized, reconstituted to 2, 4, or 5 times the original concentration, and injected, via a stereotaxically implanted 23 …
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A role for insulin in the central control of sympathetic nerve activity in humans
… a role for insulin in neural-cardiovascular control. In this regard, direct administration of insulin into the brain of experimental animals, or acute elevations in plasma insulin in healthy humans, result in robust increases in sympathetic nerve activity. In addition to evoking increases in …
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Benchmarks in American Higher Education: Selected Approaches for Distance Education Copyright and Intellectual Property Policies
… of the institutions in the case study advised of central control for the distance education program, as well as central control for copyright and intellectual property policy.
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Design of a wireless platform for wearable and home automation applications
… A ZigBee wireless sensor network to monitor and control home appliances was designed and successfully tested. A central control unit is the coordinator which sets up the network and configures the ZigBee network parameters. The battery powered sensors are configured as end-devices which …
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A microprocessor based weighing and feed control system
… development of a micro-processor based computer control system for the raw material weighing and feed system of a submerged arc ferro-alloy furnace. The system is designed to replace the more conventional semi-automatic analogue controller at present in use in many installations. It may be used …
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The Evolution of Small Business Reform in Russia
… for small businesses have also evolved. As central control recedes, regional and local authorities will ultimately be responsible for the future of small business reform in Russia.</p>
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'Composite' models of project management : integration of control-oriented and adaptive approaches in rural water supply
… findings from the project related to issues of central control (both by donors and the implementing public agency), institutional learning, project innovations, and political involvement in development projects. Typically, development projects are characterized by highly inflexible project …
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Mechanical Redesign and Fabrication of a 12 DOF Orthotic Lower Limb Exoskeleton and 6 Axis Force-Torque Sensor
… of this sensor is to provide feedback to the central control system and allow OLL-E to be self-balancing. This foot sensor design is calibrated and initial results are discussed and shown to be favorable.
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Creative networks in Guanxi Land: a study of social networking related to Shanghai Expo 2010
… continues its considerable transformation. The central theme of this research lies in the examination of social networking through a case study of Shanghai Expo 2010. It is an analysis of the forms of networking in the formation of Shanghai as a global city. The overall question is: To what …
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ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΑ ΣΤΑΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΙΣΤΙΚΑ ΚΙΝΗΜΑΤΑ ΣΤΑ ΔΩΔΕΚΑΝΗΣΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΗ ΜΙΚΡΑ ΑΣΙΑ 1189-C. 1240 Μ.Χ.
… (PROCLAMATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM CENTRAL CONTROL). DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THE SOURCES (BYZANTINE- FOREIGN) AND ANALYSIS OF THE RELEVANT TERMS (EPIBULE, APOSTASIA, SYNOMOSIA, ETC). THERE ARE EXAMINED IN DETAIL 7REBELLIONS MOVEMENTS (CHAPTERS I-IV OF PART ONE) AND 5 …
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Toward a greater understanding of the brain processes underlying handgrip and handgrip fatigue
… which evaluates the theories and evidence for central control of handgrip and muscle fatigue as well as describing the rationale to perform the experiments in this thesis. The methodology and analyses are also reviewed to provide rationale for their use and to facilitate the interpretation of …
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Design of anechoic chamber instrumentation and data acquisition module for testing and analysis of the CTHA
… signal generator and the spectrum analyzer are controlled remotely by a Visual Basic program running on a central control computer. The acquired data is presented in a graphical form, representing the field around the antenna.
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Efficient algorithms for new computational models
… in distributed applications without any central control. We state and analyze new algorithms for load balancing and for locality-aware distributed data storage in peer-to-peer networks. The last model is based on extensions of the streaming model. It is an attempt to capture the class of …
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Design and control of intelligent heterogeneous multi-configurable chained microrobotic modular systems
The objective of this thesis is the “Design and Control of Intelligent Heterogeneous Multi-configurable Chained Microrobotic Modular Systems”. That is, the development of modular microrobots composed of different types of modules able to perform different types of movements (gaits), that can have …
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Proximity Coupled Non-Intrusive Wireless Sensors For Monitoring and Diagnostics
… transmit the fault information wirelessly to a central control unit and harvest the required energy for the operation of the sensor. This work explores and develops new ideas to design and develop automated, self-sustaining wireless sensor patches that can be distributed on power transmission …
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DECENTRALIZED CONTROLLERS FOR INTERCONNECTED POWER SYSTEMS
… and alternative approaches utilizing modern control system theory are proposed. The procedures followed in the mathematical modelling of the various power system components are given in detail and the digital computer-simulation of the system under study is described. Two specific approaches …
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A stimulus/recording system for optogenetics: circuit, firmware, and software design and implementation
… a photodiode amplifier, LED driver, embedded control system, and desktop control software. The low-noise, precision photodiode amplifier is designed to read the weak photo-current signal associated with neural activities and convert it to proper voltage for signal analysis. The LED driver …
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Sport and the state: ideology and practice
… consumption, corporatism and hegemony. The central theme is that sport has served a legitimatory purpose for the state. It is argued that state involvement in sport has a structural relationship with changing economic conditions, that political responses involved a complexity of factors, and …
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The Effects of Resistance Deception on Muscular Strength, Muscular Endurance, and Perceived Exertion
… as a modification that can potentially act on central control during exercise. Studies that have observed effects of deception while training have yielded mixed results. The effects of deception on strength, muscular endurance, and perceived exertion and the mechanisms of action that may elicit …
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