Title: Resistors in Series and Parallel Date: 17/7/05 Aim: The aim of this experiment is to compare the predicted and actual resistance in a circuit of resistor combinations in series and in parallel. Background: A resistor is an electrical component/device that has electrical resistance. Resistors can be used in electric circuits for protection of components‚ voltage division or current control. In an ideal resistor the resistance remains constant regardless of the applied voltage or current
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Chapter 1: Parallel Computing at a Glance 1 1 Parallel Computing at a Glance It is now clear that silicon based processor chips are reaching their physical limits in processing speed‚ as they are constrained by the speed of electricity‚ light‚ and certain thermodynamic laws. A viable solution to overcome this limitation is to connect multiple processors working in coordination with each other to solve grand challenge problems. Hence‚ high performance computing requires the use of Massively
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The movie Mean Girls has many similarities to the play Julius Caesar. The greatest parallel was between Regina George and Julius Caesar. Caesar was practically the ruler of Rome at the time and many people looked up to him. He was very manipulative‚ meaning that he could easily convince people of something. He was also thought very highly of himself. Regina was very self-obsessed and was sort of the leader of the school. Everyone in the school looked up at her as an idol. She had a few good friends
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Merlin had become an expert at concealing his feelings. However‚ today‚ at Arthur and Guinevere’s wedding‚ it grew difficult to suppress the pain and yearning that gnawed at his insides. It was a foregone conclusion that Arthur would wed Guinevere‚ and Merlin had accepted their inevitable union long ago. Why‚ then‚ had the pain grown so intolerable? Perhaps it was the finality of it all‚ the fact that Arthur and Guinevere would share a name and a bed and be linked by an irrevocable bond from this
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Adventure is an important part of children ’s psyche. Children often dream of strange fortunes‚ great feats‚ exciting events‚ long trips‚ and everything they can be drawn to from the monotony of everyday life. Heroes of adventure stories are mostly sailors‚ pirates‚ cowboys and Indians‚ convicts‚ researchers‚ adventurers and solitaires of all types. The concept of adventure story is quite simple: brave‚ strong and resourceful hero must make a difficult task‚ and overcome a lot of danger‚ but in
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Similar to Dr. King‚ Antigone also fights the law of the government‚ although in order to try and achieve a different resolution but fails unlike Dr. King. Antigone’s stakes justify her actions and although she sees it as her responsibility to bury her brother‚ she stands to lose more than Dr. King from failure as her life is on the line for her betrayal of the law. She however chooses to ignore the stakes as she realizes that what she has to lose compares nothing to what she and her family could
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Distributed and Parallel Database Systems ¨ M. Tamer Ozsu Department of Computing Science University of Alberta Edmonton‚ Canada T6G 2H1 Patrick Valduriez INRIA‚ Rocquencourt 78153 LE Chesnay Cedex France Introduction The maturation of database management system (DBMS) technology has coincided with significant developments in distributed computing and parallel processing technologies. The end result is the emergence of distributed database management systems and parallel database management
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Anatsui Inspired Artwork El Anatsui is known for his artwork utilizing recycled materials to create a contemporary piece that speaks to African historical traditions and art practices. One common material found in the artwork is aluminum labels of local Nigerian alcohol brands including whiskey‚ rum‚ brandy‚ vodka and others. The labels are then weaved together by copper wires to create a large cloth of aluminum. Anatsui used this medium to show the significance of the relationship between Europe
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One potential message or theme in Parallel Journeys that Helen and Alfons might want readers to learn after reading the story is “Even when things get tough never give up.” This theme applies to the book because at many times both Helen and Alfons had to deal with losses. For example when Helen was forced to give away her daughter to another family‚ it was very hard for Helen to recover. She was even wondering if she would ever see her again. Despite all of the emotions being thrown at her she had
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CLA204 Lecture 1 Notes What is myth? - mûthos (ancient Greek) – “story”‚ “plot” of a narrative - myth – “a traditional story of collective (social) importance” – character‚ plot‚ temporal and special setting - mûthos (story) + logos (account) = “study of myth”‚ mythology - set in distant past or time so long ago when humans did not exist - mythical place – ie. garden paradise‚ world of the dead‚ etc. Circulation of Myth: oral (Orpheus‚ Homer‚ Hesiod) literary (Ovid‚ Euripides) artistic
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