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Rail and Tie
<p>Rail and Tie is a novel featuring five protagonists, all survivors of the same train derailment and crash, and each of the main characters walks away from that trauma suffering from their own version of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. An older couple, Marvin and Ruby, are forced to retire and …
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Computing tie strength
… has investigated for decades under the name tie strength, a term for the strength of a relationship between two people. Despite many compelling findings along this line of research, social media does not incorporate tie strength or its lessons. Neither does most research on large-scale social …
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Tie, pyörä ja elämä
… kristillinen moottoripyöräkerho osana seurakuntien toimintaa ja lähdin sitä kautta liittämään mukaan sosiaalisen identiteetin teorian ja erilaiset uskonnolliset symbolit. Tutkielman myötä kiinnostukseni identiteettitutkimusta kohtaan kasvoi ja se ohjasi työtäni. Yhteiskunnallinen, hengellinen …
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Architecture's Invisible Tie to Loneliness
Having lived in apartments in densely populated cities most of my life, I felt this stark difference between my experiences in India and residing in the United States for the last several years. The silence, hiding neighbors, smiles consumed by KN 95 respirators, deserted ground plane, long narrow …
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Viimeinen pisara : Tie Cochabamban vesihuollon yksityistämisestä väkivaltaiseen konfliktiin
Tutkielmassa tarkastellaan Bolivian Cochabamban kunnallisen vesihuoltoyhtiön yksityistämisestä seurannutta väkivaltaista konfliktia vuosina 1999-2000. Tarkoituksena on selvittää ennen kaikkea konfliktiin ja sen väkivaltaistumiseen johtanut mutta myös siitä laajemmin seurannut yhteiskunnallinen …
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Tie Inducement using Closure Analysis in Information Networks
… these two networks have very different properties the application of one link prediction method is different for each network. We study the application of this method on the two networks and examine the network change this brings over a period of time. This work also considers one influential …
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Hydraulic Mechanisms of Concrete-Tie Rail Seat Deterioration
… the most critical problem with concrete-tie performance on North American freight railroads. RSD is the deterioration of the concrete underneath the rail that results in problems such as wide gauge, insufficient rail cant, and loss of fastening toe load. Currently, the problem is not …
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The Role Of Social Status In Negative Tie Formation
… of how social status influences negative tie formation. Although previous literature in network scholarship has identified the role of social status in tie formation, it has mainly focused on the presence and the absence of positive ties such as friendship and exchange partnership as …
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A High-Efficiency Grid-Tie Battery Energy Storage System
… dissertation proposes a high-efficiency grid-tie lithium-ion battery based energy storage system, which consists of a LiFePO4 battery based energy storage and associated battery management system (BMS), a high-efficiency bidirectional ac-dc converter and the central control unit which controls …
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Automatic design of concrete structures using a strut & tie approach
… this thesis is an investigation of the strut and tie method for designing 2-D in-plane, reinforced concrete structures. Two important issues relating to this method are addressed. Firstly, the issue of visualising an appropriate strut and tie model is dealt with. In many situations it may be …
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Railroad Tie Lateral Resistance on Open Deck Plate Girder Bridges
On open-deck railroad bridges, the crossties (sleepers) are directly supported by the bridge superstructure and anchored with deck tie fasteners such as hook bolts. These fasteners provide lateral resistance for the bridge ties. Currently there are no provisions to assist in the calculation of …
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Identification and Characterization of Potential Modulators of TEK/TIE-2 Signaling
… remodeling process is the function of the Tek/Tie-2 receptor tyrosine kinase. Mouse gene-targeting studies have shown that Tie-2 deficient embryos succumb to embryonic death at embryonic day 9.5 due to insufficient sprouting and remodeling of the primary capillary plexus. Over the years, the …
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Power electronics solutions for uninterrupted power supply and grid-tie inverters
… for Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS), and a grid-tie microinverter. The first topic will discuss an on-line transformerless UPS system based on the integrated power electronics converters that is able to control the input power factor, charge the battery, and guarantee backup operation of the …
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Characterization of a tie-line series of austenitic-ferritic stainless steels.
Thesis. 1978. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering.
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District Magnitude the Tie that Binds: A Comparative Analysis of Political Behavior
… time, they are large enough to enable more parties to participate in elections which creates greater ideological diversity. Through the use of survey data from 27 countries district magnitude is studied as it impacts political efficacy, political participation, satisfaction with government. A …
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Grid Tie Inverter in a Distributed Generation System with Reactive Power Capabilities
This thesis presents a single phase grid tie inverter with reactive power controller for renewable energy applications in a distributed generation system (DGS). This allows the local renewable energy sources in the DGS to provide the necessary reactive power support to the grid. The inverter …
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Analysis and Design Tools for Structural Concrete Using Strut -and -Tie Models
*This dissertation is a compound document (contains both a paper copy and a CD as part of the dissertation).
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Strength matters : tie strength as a causal driver of networks' information benefits
… have often taken the existence of a social tie as a proxy for the transmission of information. However, other studies of social networks in the labor market propose that the likelihood of information transmission might depend on strength of the tie; and that tie strength is a potentially …
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