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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"weak link"”.
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Smart Growth's Weak Link: An Analytical Evaluation of Water and Sewer Planning in Maryland
Established low-density land use development patterns are characterized by expansive urbanization of the landscape. Concurrent effects associated with this present development pattern are declining existing urbanized areas, increasing conversion of open space, and high public service and …
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Cash-in-Hand, Wives-in-Power: An Exploratory Analysis of Microfinance in Jordan
… variable estimation technique finds a weak link between microfinance and empowerment.
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Microstructure and phase development in yttrium barium(2) copper(3) oxygen(7) superconducting films prepared from carboxylate precursors
… temperature, critical current density, and weak-link behavior, were investigated. The precursor trimethylacetate salts were dissolved in propionic acid/amylamine mixed solvent system, resulting in stable solutions suitable for coatings. Thin films were deposited onto LaAlO$\sb3$ single …
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Design and field testing of jointless bridges
… of the superstructure. They are also a "weak link" that can allow deicing chemicals to seep down and corrode bearings and support components. Because the design is difficult and their behavior is unknown, they are not widely used despite the enormous benefits. There are no standardized …
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Stumpage price expectations: an empirical analysis of nonindustrial private landowners in the Mid-Atlantic states
… regeneration expenditure decision indicates a weak link between economic variables and the regeneration decision. For both types of models, estimated coefficients for personal characteristics of landowners are in general considered insignificant, indicating the lack of influence that personal …
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Multi-terminal Josephson effect
… is an ubiquitous quantum device formed by a weak link between a pair of superconductors. In this work, we demonstrate the dc Josephson effect in mesoscopic junctions of more than two superconducting terminals. We report fabrication and characterization of the 3- and 4-terminal Josephson …
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Observation of nonlinear tunneling of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a single Josephson junction
… junction for Bose-Einstein condensates. The weak link between two BECs constitutes the nonlinear generalization of the well known Josephson junction of weakly-coupled superconductors that are separated by a thin insulating barrier. In our experiment, the required overlap of two macroscopic …
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Design of a miniature high-speed carbon-nanotube-enhanced ultracapacitor for electronics applications
… of the volume in some power devices, and are the weak link with regard to reliability, accounting for the majority of failures in consumer electronics. As a potential alternative vertically aligned carbon nanotubes are utilized to create miniature high-speed ultracapacitors. Because the nanotubes …
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Three Essays in Applied Economics
… an industry increases. And finally, I find a weak link between workers’ preferences and a firm’s decision to engage in CSR activities related with diversity.
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Sense of place, identity and attachment : entering university.
… was some evidence to suggest that there is a weak link between social capital levels pre- and post-test. A key finding of the study was the importance of national identity, specifically a connection to Wales, and the high rating given to the importance of family bonds. Fundamentally, this …
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An investigation of the relationship between higher education and the labour market in Kuwait
… factors that might have contributed to the weak link between the higher education system and the labour market. Therefore, in order to understand the thinking of the different stakeholders involved in education and the labour market, the study relies on qualitative research methodology based …
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Participation as an end versus a means : understanding a recurring dilemma in urban upgrading
… nations. This highlights the apparently weak link between lessons from experience, international policy recommendations, and the programs actually implemented by governments. Second, it presents a narrative analysis of how a participatory urban poverty reduction policy originated, was …
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Drug Substance and Drug Product Manufacturing Strategy Assessment for siRNAs
… supply chain model will include resilience and weak link analysis, which will result in a risk-to-cost input for the overall business model, currently built only for Asset #1 due to limited information on other assets in earlier development phases. The business model, equipped with mixed integer …
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Information Behavior in Aviation: Distributed Practice on the Flightdeck
… use of information within groups remains a weak link between actual information, the meaning given to information, and the sense made of the information. In the world of aviation, often times accident investigations point to a breakdown in communication with no indication of how this …
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Mean-field theory for the dynamics of superfluid fermions in the BCS-BEC crossover
… barriers and initial conditions. In the weak link limit the results agree with a two-mode model where the relative population and the phase difference between the two wells obey coupled nonlinear Josephson equations. A more complex dynamics is predicted for large amplitude oscillations …
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Olfactory short term memory: understanding perceptual representations of odours and the role of encoding strategies in working memory.
… for low verbalisability odours results in a weak link between an item and a conflicting familiarity signal.
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Axial Cyclic Response of Unnotched and Notched Carburized Cylindrical Members Under Constant Amplitude Completely Reversed Loading
… and this study, it is proposed that the "weak-link" effect in axial fatigue failure of smooth carburized members is influenced by the differential in fatigue resistances of the case and the core. The notched fatigue data strongly indicate that more benefit will be accrued from carburizing …
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Electromechanical Phenomena in Superconducting and Normal Nanostructures
… leads and acting as a superconducting weak link is considered. This system is denoted as a nanoelectromechanical Josephson junction. If biased by a dc voltage, such a nanodevice possesses the ability to self-cool through the transfer of energy from the flexural vibrations of the …
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The predictive validity of the general scholastic aptitude test (GSAT) for first year students in information technology
… (PE) Technikon. The study found that there was a weak link between GSAT and academic success across the entire sample. It however proved not to be an equally good predictor across all the racial groups, where it proved to be a far more useful tool for white students than for students from the …
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Investigation of half-quantized fluxoid states in Sr2RuO4 mesoscopic superconducting rings
… the current response to phase winding across a weak-link junction. The junctions were fabricated within ring geometry. The phase is varied by the external magnetic field and the current is calculated by measuring the magnetic moments of the ring. The current response shows second harmonics when …
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