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    Inter-reciprocity applied to electrical networks

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    Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc

    'Twas on the beach at Brighton one fine Summer day, I met this handsome man who stole my heart away [first line of chorus]

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    strophic with choruspiano and voiceTo Wm. Lingard, Author & Singerads on inside back cover for J.L. Peters stock353-3Johns Hopkins University, Levy Sheet Music Collection, Box 053, Item 027W.D. Raphaelson.Sung by LingardPaleri[?

    'Twas on the beach at Brighton one fine Summer day, I met this handsome man who stole my heart away [first line of chorus]

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    strophic with choruspiano and voiceTo Wm. Lingard, Author & Singerads on inside back cover for J.L. Peters stock353-3Johns Hopkins University, Levy Sheet Music Collection, Box 053, Item 027W.D. Raphaelson.Sung by LingardPaleri[?

    Feasibility Study of a Balanced Upper Arm Orthosis based on Bending Beams

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    People with neuromuscular diseases request an orthosis close to the body for assistance with their arm movements. This paper proposes a concept for a passive arm support that is close to the body and is based on bending beams. Simulations resulted in the final configuration and dimensions of the beams, optimised to balance an arm. One Carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer beam with dimensions 0.22x0.0041x0.0027m at the medial side and one at the lateral side of the upper arm delivers the required energy for balancing the arm. Experimental evaluation of a prototype demonstrated the technical principle; more than 87% of the moment around the shoulder was balanced between 0 and 1.1rad. A second prototype was built for preliminary evaluation of the concept in relation to the body. The width of the elastic and structural elements was more than four times smaller than in present arm supports. From this it was concluded that bending beams have the potential to make an orthosis that is closer to the upper arm than current orthoses.BMEBioMechanical EngineeringMechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineerin

    Concession contract renegotiations : some efficiency versus equity dilemmas

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    The authors analyze the possibility of tradeoffs between efficiency and equity as well as the possibility of distributional conflicts in the context of renegotiation of infrastructure contracts in developing countries. To do so, they present a model in which contracts are awarded by auctioning the right to operate an infrastructure service to a private monopoly, and consider the possibility of renegotiation. To identify the potential sources of tradeoffs, they trackthe possible outcomes of different renegotiation strategies for the monopoly running the concession and for the two groups of consumers-rich and poor-who alternate in power according to a majority voting rule. Among the model? most important policy implications is this: if having firm-driven renegotiations is a major concern, efficiency should not be the only consideration in selecting an operator. Indeed, consumers may want to award the concession to a less efficient firm if that would reduce the probability of renegotiation, since a lower probability of firm-driven renegotiations (due to demand shocks, for example) is associated with higher welfare for all service users.Environmental Economics&Policies,Labor Policies,Markets and Market Access,Economic Theory&Research,International Terrorism&Counterterrorism,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Markets and Market Access,Access to Markets,International Terrorism&Counterterrorism

    J.L. Brierly and The Modernization of International Law

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    In this Article, the author provides an analysis of a classic of international law, The Law of Nations, by J.L. Brierly. The author describes Brierly as an international legal scholar whose modernization of international law involves an emphasis on fact and complexity, an emphasis that is ultimately little more than a gesture. The author then examines the narrative structure of The Law of Nations and indicates the normative messages disclosed in Brierly\u27s telling of the story of international law. Finally, the author describes Brierly\u27s effort to describe international law as occupying a political realm while Brierly\u27s evolutionary optimism made him anything but a political realist. In short, the author sees in Brierly\u27s promises of complexity and realism a thinly veiled simplicity that would be subsumed into the orthodoxies of international legal thought

    Experimental application of a dynamic observer to capture and predict the dynamics of a flat-plate boundary layer

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    The recent approach, proposed by Guzman-Inigo et al. \cite{GuzmanInigo2014}, using System Identification to derive a Reduced Order Model from snapshots of a flow is applied to a transitional boundary layer growing over a flat-plate. It is shown that such an approach can indeed be applied to experimental PIV snapshots. Using a proper learning dataset and a proper local sensor, it is shown that the evolution of boundary layer can be properly estimated from the time evolution of the local probe and with no more than ten POD modes for the Reduced Order Model. The influence of the various parameters on the efficiency of the system identification technique is discussed

    Chapitre 4. Les derniers monnayages de Carthage

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    I. Monnaies d’or Atelier de Carthage : vers 160-149 av. J.-C. 4/5 shekel-Diffusion régionale-Émission principale 97. D/ Tête de Tanit à gauche, avec un collier simple. Grènetis. R/ Cheval au pas à droite. Filet Or 3 g J.L. no 496, groupe XVIII Variantes : a- R/ Dessous, lettre punique J.L 497 b- R/ Dessous, lettre punique B J.L. 498 c- R/ Dessous, lettre punique D J.L. 499 d- R/ Globule en position variable ; tranche cannelée J. L 501-506 1/5 shekel- Diffusion régionale- Émission secondaire..

    Evaluating the Ecological Impacts of Cultivating Genetically Modified Herbicide Tolerant (GMHT) Oilseed Rape and Maize: (2007-B-DS-1-S1) STRIVE Report

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    This report is published as part of the Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for the Environment (STRIVE) Programme 2007–2013.Author has checked copyrigh
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