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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"counterweight"”.
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Position Control Comparison of Equilibrated and Mass Counterweight Systems
… of a common method of equilibration, the mass counterweight. Through modeling, simulating, and testing of the two systems, the equilibrated system response was found to be superior to the mass counterweight in measures of settling time and peak overshoot.
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Seismic Performance of Rail-Counterweight System of Elevator in Buildings
… damages were experienced or caused by the rail-counterweight system. Being the heaviest component of an elevator, the counterweight induced strong dynamic effects to the guiding system sometimes even collided and damaged the passenger car. A realistic analytical model of rail-counterweight …
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Longing for the Good: The Growth of Moral Order in the Ethics of F. H. Bradley
… growth of moral order in the individual offers a counterweight to excessively organicist theories of the moral self, which dissolve it into social context and undercut the possibility of non-social, non-trivial moral norms. This thesis argues that Bradley avoids this by complementing the …
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Modelling and Prediction of the Effects of Dynamic Responses of Tall Buildings on an Elevator System
… which is used to guide the elevator car and counterweight along the elevator shaft during travel. The building interface consists of guide rails and roller guides. The lateral vibration of the elevator car can result from the roller guide vibrations or due to the guide rail segments being …
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Multiplexing of Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Optical Fiber Sensors for Strain Measurements
… and suburban life. The guide rails the car and counterweight move on are the most sensitive parts when it comes to de-habilitating damage that can be caused by an earthquake. Conventional sensors are becoming obsolete in sensing for today's multistory buildings because they don't monitor the …
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"Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun": fool-characters and comic dramatic structures in Hamlet, Twelfth night and Troilus and Cressida
… various ways in which these characters create a counterweight to the social and political status quo of their respective plays, as a result of which they eventually become expelled, muted, or forced to adjust to the final social and political constellation emerging at the conclusion of the plays.
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Effects of a single-leg exercise training intervention on single and double leg peak power output, maximal oxygen consumption, gas exchange threshold, and the respiratory compensation point
… Furthermore, single-leg cycling with a counterweight allows cycling with a motion similar to that of traditional double-leg cycling facilitating for more power with lower cardiovascular effort. This study examined the effects of a counterweighted single-leg cycling training program on …
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Cryptogram (2011) for wind ensemble
… while also representing a formal stylistic counterweight, symmetrically corresponding to the same material re-imagined as a pounding, neo- Stravinskian dirge at bar 172. This exemplifies the fundamental goal of the piece: to use musical quotation and polystylism, not to create an ironic …
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The blind, the deaf and the halt : physical disability, the Poor Law and charity c. 1830-1890, with particular reference to the County
… availability of special education operated as a counterweight to economic and social exclusion. The absence of comprehensive specialist provision meant that the situation of other physically disabled people was often grim. Such individuals tended to merge into the mass of the poor and details …
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TAX, GAAR and THE RULE OF LAW
… the extent to which the rule of law acts as a counterweight to Parliamentary supremacy. The final section argues that tax avoidance activity results from incentive and opportunity. Incentives result from wide differentials in tax rates applying to different income streams; opportunities arise …
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Construction and performance of an inverted pendulum thrust balance
… arm with the DCF situated at the top and a counterweight placed at the bottom. The vertical arm rotates at the fulcrum through a flexible pivot attached to a base. A horizontal thrust force from the DCF causes the balance to rotate. This motion is sensed by a linear variable differential …
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Locally grown : statewide land use planning in northern New England
… opposition. Local control is an important counterweight to state action, but does not preclude effective state intervention. Besides land use planning, state tax and infrastructure policy play the most important role in influencing development patterns.
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The Theological Edifice of Modern Experiential Protestantism: Schleiermacher, Kierkegaard, and Palmer’s Reconstruction of nineteenth Century Pietism
… in the development of Protestantism began as a counterweight to these intellectual movements. As a result, the necessity to remain outside of the established power structures became rooted in the habitus of Pietism. Pietism seeks to remain a countercultural movement that fashions itself as the …
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Combatting grand corruption alongside state-building: the role of the South Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission and the Episcopal Church of South Sudan in defence of the common good
… could —and are expected to— provide a counterweight to check the government. Albeit this role has gradually diminished post-independence, partly due to compromises to its moral standing, because of corruption itself and power struggle. SSACC's effectiveness faced obstructions by top …
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Chile’s market orientated model of public television
… present state. Nowadays TVN is an influential counterweight to authoritarian entrenchments as well as a booster of innovation and growth of the audio-visual sector. Its pro-market orientation prevents traditional forms of government manipulation, it is coherent with overall macroeconomic …
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Performance improvement for robotic mechanisms by: synthesis design, dynamic balancing and adaptive control techniques
… Dynamic balance is normally achieved by using counterweight(s), counter-rotation(s) or damping methods. However, the problem is that the whole system will become heavier and have more inertia. It is here proposed that dynamic balancing can be achieved through reconfiguration, rather than using …
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US STRATEGY BETWEEN THE TWO FALLS: FROM THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL TO BAGHDAD
… in its domestic context. Congress emerged as a counterweight to the leadership of the president. Societal groups gained unprecedented influence over policy-making as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union. This status changed after 9/11 when a new external enemy appeared. The president …
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Beyond McPoetry: Contemporary American Poetry in the Institutionalized Creative Writing Program Era
… popularity and subversive tendencies serve as a counterweight to the literary authority of "official verse" culture. The examination of Billy Collins, Jorie Graham, and Kay Ryan aims to illuminate higher education's role in bestowing cultural authority on particular poets and kinds of poetry.
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Affective materials: a processual, relational, and material ethnography of creative making in community and primary care groups
… ways around creative making. Firstly, as a counterweight to normative views of amateur crafts creativity as soothing and distracting, this study highlights a range of transformative affects including frustration, creative ambition, and enchantment. Secondly, countering an atomistic, stable …
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