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- 3091: Computers
- ... philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz improved on this machine by devising one that could also multiply. The French inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard , in designing an automatic loom, used thin, perforated wooden boards to control the weaving of complicated designs. Analog computers began to be built at the start of the 20th century. Early models calculated by means of rotating shafts and gears. Numerical approximations of equations too difficult to ... primarily to coordinate and translate data flows from dissimilar sources, such as disk drives or co-processors (processing chips that perform simultaneous but different operations from the central unit). An operating system is a master control program, permanently stored in memory, that interprets user c ommands requesting various kinds of services, such as display, print, or copy a data file; list all files in a directory; or execute a particular program ...
- 3092: Chopin And Ravel
- ... is essential to produce the clarity, precision and evenness of sound necessarily required in Ravel's music. Practicing with a high finger articulation may help the performer to develop the strength needed for the necessary control. ¡§Clearness of the performance¡¨ (Myers 1960) was the pronouncement made by Ravel as the aim in this work. Chopin, as a Romantic composer, not only exploited new colours, but also explored rich and complex harmonies ... to create beautiful, enchanting, expressive piano sonorities, and if this music is technically very complex, it is nevertheless based on musically perfectly logical conceptions¡¨ (Orenstein 1968). The pedal in both pieces was supremely important for control of the sound. An amount of effort is needed for the articulation of the Alborada, as well as careful attention to the correct dynamic levels. The performer may experience difficulties in finding the sonorities that ...
- 3093: Effect On Pot
- ... adolescents: "Adolescents who engaged in some drug experimentation (primarily with marijuana) were the best adjusted in the sample. Adolescents who used drugs frequently were maladjusted, showing distinct personality syndrome marked by interpersonal alienation, poor impulse control, and manifest emotional distress. Adolescents who, by age 18, had never experimented with any drug were relatively anxious, emotionally constricted, and lacking in social skills." Among other findings, Utah Power and Light spent $215.00 per year less on health insurance benefits for drug users than on the control group, and employees who tested positive for cannabis at Georgia Power Co. had a higher promotion rate than the company average, and were absent 30 percent less (Morris, 1991). Conclusion Whether cannabis use causes permanent ...
- 3094: Why Are Individuals Aggressive?
- ... and animals, and that aggression in animals is do with 'Ritualization and appeasement' and through these rituals and series of appeasements animals avoid destroying each other, but aggression in humans, is 'no longer under the control of rituals, and it has become distorted in man" (Gross page 445). However nearly all the evidence of Lorenz's theory comes from research with animals, and many psychologist "doubt whether the results apply to ... aggressive behaviour is frequently reinforced in the home". (Biechker/Hudson page 415) A young child who finds that anger and aggression are more effective in gaining what they want and which can enable them to control resources such as toys and parental attention, is having his aggression reinforced. Further, "aggressive parents who discipline with physical force act as models for their children and are likely to encourage aggression in their children ...
- 3095: Sister Carrie
- ... even can they have their own faces? Hurstwood’s desire is to possess, to possess a quiet and peaceful life with exciting "episodes". He views marriage as a contract that gives him a right to control both women without questions. He thinks he has the absolute power to make decisions. Does Dreiser want to stress that power is a natural and singular masculine right? Dreiser’s attitude towards his characters is ... author’s voice makes the tone of the novel which is very important and dominant in Dreiser’s "Sister Carrie". This is also a typical trait of naturalism, where the author is taking back his control over the characters and their actions. I think, "Sister Carrie" represents a naturalistic type of novel. The characters and their actions are determined, and they do not have much free will. Many actions take place ...
- 3096: Sir Gawain And The Green Knight: The Role Of Women
- ... the bedroom and singlehandedly taints the chevalier, and Morgan the Fay instigates the entire plot, wielding enough power. The author is using them as a metaphor for other anti-social forces and dangers outside the control of feudalism and chivalry, drawing upon biblical and classical examples in his audience's minds of where femininity is linked with subversiveness. Lady Bertilak is clearly seen in the Biblical role of the temptress, the ... the feudal economy and way of life, a simple, tangible, recognizable enemy that he blames for the end of an era, which, in reality, was brought to a close by sweeping socioeconomic factors beyond the control of men.
- 3097: Personal Writing: My First Time Experiencing Riding A Bicycle
- ... problems. My dad recalled that the bicycle was the smallest he could find. I remember how gigantic it was. I was so afraid of it and there was no way that I was going to control that monster-sized material. The bicycle remained in my backyard as a decoration for a month because I refused to ride it. Honestly, I was scared to try it. After a month, my dad gave ... turned to see if he was feeling O.K. I saw him, except he wasn't where I expected him to be. He was about fifty yards away from where I was. Then I lost control and fell. I cried but no one looked at me because...well...no one was there. He ran over and said he forgot that he wasn't supposed to let me ride the monster by ...
- 3098: Louis Pasteur 3
- ... resisted the disease. The same technique, after improvement, was applied against bacillus anthracis: sheep inoculated with the vaccine survived and the non-vaccinated ones died. A scourge that had crippling economic effects was brought under control. Simultaneously, the principle of immunization or the protection of the body through vaccines was discovered. In 1865, the silk industry of France faced an economic ruin by an epidemic among silkworms. He proceeded to the ... in 1866. In 1868, he suffered a set back in health, his left arm and leg being permanently paralyzed. Nonetheless, he continued with grim determination, his study of silkworm diseases, which he perceived, will help control diseases of higher animals, including man. Pasteur then started work on rabies, the disease of animals, particularly dogs. The causative agent was a virus, an entity not capable of growth in scientists' broth, which nurtured ...
- 3099: Effects Of Massage Theropy On The Central Nervous System
- ... galvanic skin resistance, skin temperature, body temperature and pupil dilation. Another study (Kisner and Taslitz, 1967) was primarily investigating connective tissue massage effects on autonomic activity, but used general effleurage stroking as one of its control situations. The second control situation was no stimulation. In this study, both the connective tissue and the effleurage measures resulted in increased sympathetic activity, but the sympathetic activity was less pronounced in the effleurage group. While clients and practitioners ...
- 3100: Air Planes During Ww1
- On December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright made the world's first successful flights in a heavier-than-air craft under power and control. The airplane had been designed, constructed, and flown by them, each brother making two flights that day. The longest, by Wilbur, extended to a distance of 260 m (852 ft) in 59 sec. The next ... be fatally injured in a powered airplane. Wilbur, meanwhile, had gone to France in August 1908, and on December 31 of that year completed a flight of over 2 hours and 20 minutes, demonstrating total control of his Flyer, turning gracefully, and climbing or descending at will. Recovered from his injuries, and with Wilbur's assistance, Orville resumed demonstrations for the Signal Corps in the following July and met their requirements ...
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