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    Resistance Temp Detector

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    gained in the completion of the TMS project under the Department of Electronics and Instrumentation‚ Bits Pilani. The cooperating teachers and experienced staff has added to the entire experience of the learning. The report covers the basics of Resistance Temperature Detectors (RTDs) and their characteristics. The report also discusses about RTDs in Bridge

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    Civil Disobedience

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    Henry David Thoreau wrote in his book Civil Disobedience: "Must the citizen ever for a moment‚ or in the least degree‚ resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then? I think that we should be men first‚ and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law‚ so much as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right." (Henry David Thoreau Quotes) This is the quote which I had at the top

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    Civil disobedience‚ as a form of civil position and attitude‚ can be viewed as a concept that presumes an individual’s right and permissible responsibility to challenge and make own decisions against the letter and spirit of the law. It reflects on situations and contexts when these state-inflicted laws contradict the natural human laws‚ involving some impairment of existing ideals and principles. Notably to say‚ ideas of civil disobedience were present during the ancient and antique times by efforts

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    Q.1 Culture as a tool to limit resistance. A shift from bureaucratic organizational practices toward post-bureaucratic‚ more flexible and less hierarchical systems of organization‚ where employees are empowered to cope with emerging changes and fluctuating demands by continuously reshaping their organizational roles and to contest the way decisions are implemented‚ has created a need for managers to move away from roles based on authoritative and rational forms of control to more culturally based

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    Ohms Law and Resistance

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    the wire increases‚ the resistance of the wire will increase. Background: Some materials have consistent resistance at the same temperature regardless of how much voltage is applied through them‚ these materials are known as ‘Ohmic’ resistors. This is because they are said to obey Ohm’s law‚ which states that if a voltmetre is used to measure the voltage (V) of an unknown resistance (R)‚ and an ammetre is used to measure the current (i) through the same unknown resistance‚ then ‘R’ would be given

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    The civil rights movement for Mexican Americans was marked by efforts of many leaders‚ among whom were Representative Henry B. Gonzalez and activist Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales. Though the two were similar in their commitment to improving the lives of Mexican Americans‚ their approach to these shared goals ultimately had different ideologies and methods‚ often reflecting the broader diversity within civil rights activism. Their strategies and beliefs‚ while distinct‚ mirrored those of the Black civil

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    Afro Cuban Resistance

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    people of African origin were first taken to the island to work as slaves. According to Gabino La Rosa Corzo (2003)‚ the resistance of Afro Cubans can be separated and analyzed in periods; the first period can be characterized by colonial rule‚ and the second period can be characterized by the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The first period of Afro Cuban resistance to slavery occurred during the initial circumstance of colonial rule. During this time‚ the first slave rebellion took place

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    Kerslake What causes antibiotic resistance? Antibiotic resistance occurs when an antibiotic is no longer effective against a particular bacteria‚ making that organism resistant to the effects of the antibiotic. Bacteria become resistant due to selective pressure. Those organisms which resist the antibiotic‚ and do not die from it ’s effects have a greater chance of survival within the host‚ therefore allowing them to reproduce and spread it ’s resistance to other bacteria. while the ones susceptible

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    History: Slave Resistance

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    history Name: school: Center: Territory: Jamaica Year of Examination: June 2012 Research Theme Resistance and revolt Research Question In what way did the methods of slave control contributed to the acts of resistance and revolt in British Caribbean up to 18th century Introduction Slave resistance is a term used for slaves whom were involved in the early resistance during the slave trade. The slaves resisted because of several reasons‚ for example‚ the ill treatment they received

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    Transcendentalism Through the Political Thought of Emerson‚ Thoreau and Fuller Courtney Thompson Introduction: The Transcendentalist During the early to middle years of the nineteenth century‚ American transcendentalism was born. The term transcendental came from German philosopher Immanuel Kant. He criticizes John Locke‚ who claimed that knowledge comes through our sensual impressions of the world. Kant feels as though the mind has intuitions of itself that he called transcendental forms.

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