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Showing 1 to 20 of 415 for “"shield"”.
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The shield
… same basic story of the invention of the titular shield that brought about mankind's collapse, told from the perspective of a different observer: once from the shield's inventor, once from a government agent who helped make it a weapon, and once from a former spy recalling parallels to historical …
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Paleolimnology of selected Precambrian Shield lakes /
… in the development of Found Lake, a small Shield lake in southern Ontario. Climatic and vegetational changes in the lake's watershed were closely associated with successional changes in the lake's biota. Nutrients released by the deciduous component of the Found Lake watershed appeared to …
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A Venture in Native American Shield Making
… the focus of the project. The Native American shield project tied into the “Parent Corner” and made a more hospitable and culturally welcoming environment for parents and students. The “Parent Corner” is now a reality. Walking into the Poplar Middle School lobby you immediately see the results …
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A Venture in Native American Shield Making
… the focus of the project. The Native American shield project tied into the “Parent Corner” and made a more hospitable and culturally welcoming environment for parents and students. The “Parent Corner” is now a reality. Walking into the Poplar Middle School lobby you immediately see the results …
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High speed air pneumatic wind shield wiping design
… to repel the rain from the automobile windshield instead of using the traditional wiper blades. The primary two methods tested used a compression system and a blower system that allowed the air to flow upward and parallel to the windshield. Both of the applications showed potential …
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Biodiversity And Evolution In The Guiana Shield, South America
… neotropical diversity, particularly the Guiana shield. For my research, I set out to explore the processes involved in shaping the remarkable extant diversity using anuran amphibians as models. With my dissertation, I provide a comprehensive review of the evolutionary history of Guiana shield …
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Analysis of NATM and shield tunneling in soft ground
… Technological advances, such as the pressurized shield or the New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM), have, to some extent, overcome these difficulties. But the complex interaction between tunneling procedure, ground response, and liner support is still not fully understood. In this dissertation, …
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Strengthening The Shield: Exploring Post-Traumatic Growth In Law Enforcement
<p>Law enforcement officers are routinely exposed to traumatic incidents that can lead to psychological distress, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, emerging literature highlights the potential for posttraumatic growth (PTG), a positive psychological change following …
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Geology of the Suapure River area, NW Guiana Shield, Venezuela
<p>In the Suapure River area, NW Guiana Shield (Venezuela), crops out the Cedeño Supergroup which is a Precambrian lithologic volcanic-plutonic unit that includes the Cuchivero Group (Caicara Formation rhyolitic rocks, Santa Rosalía biotite granites and San Pedro leucogranites) and the Suapure …
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Ground Movements Around Model Tunnels in Sand (Settlements, Shield, Photogrammetry)
A geomechanical model, which simulated shield tunneling through soft ground, was developed and tested in dry sand. The test program was divided into four series of tests. In the O-, M-, and T-series, two concentrically placed circular tubes were used representing the model shield and model liner, …
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Mechanistic Analysis and Optimisation of Nipple Shield Drug Delivery Devices
… this dissertation focused on delivering a nipple shield drug delivery device that is ready for clinical trials with the hope of making a positive impact on the health of neonates, infants, and paediatrics five and younger worldwide. In order to do that, the tools and techniques necessary to …
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A small satellite preliminary thermal control and heat shield analysis
… project, a preliminary thermal control and heat shield analysis was developed to verify acceptable performance requirements for the system. For the thermal control section, the analysis was focused on the Bus module of the satellite. It measured the effects of the Sun and Eclipse periods at low …
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Flowering Control and Production of Strobilanthes dyerianus Mast. (Persian Shield)
Grown for its distinctive foliage, Strobilanthes dyerianus is a popular bedding and container plant. A problem in production is that over-wintered stock plants often flower. Once the plant becomes reproductive, stem elongation slows and floral buds arise from every node, rendering the plants …
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Without a sword or a shield: the fighting army behind Brown
The struggle of Black Americans to obtain access to economic and political opportunities available to Whites in the United States began with the arrival of the first enslaved persons in 1619 and continues today. Men and women of courage led the struggle, many of whom are well-known to history. …
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A design concept of a damper shield of a superconducting alternator.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Thesis. 1974. M.S.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield conversions and the impact on individual product offerings.
Blue Cross Blue Shield conversions and the impact on individual product offerings.
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Design and Analysis of a Thermal Shield System for the Starprobe Spacecraft.
STARPROBE is a mission option study by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the California Institute of Technology and Ames Research Center (ARC) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of an unmanned spacecraft for close-range solar observation.
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Checking The Temperature: Where Does The U.S. Stand On Federal Shield Laws?
… the history of attempts at passing a federal shield law for journalists in the United States, tracing back to when the need was originally recognized after the Supreme Court’s landmark Branzburg v. Hayes decision in 1972. The research also aims to help determine where journalists stand today, …
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Development of an Absorbing Radio Frequency Shield for Safe Magnetic Resonance Imaging
… a design for an absorbing radio frequency shield (ARFS) that helps to reduce the RF-induced heating effects at the tip of a deep brain stimulation (DBS) lead. We first review the transfer function method used to evaluate RF-induced temperature rise at a DBS lead tip, including both theory …
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