Flat-Plate Solar Collectors The Absorption of Solar Radiation A flat-plate solar collector usually has a non-selective or a selective black plate with one or two glass covers a few centimeters above the black plate‚ and a well insulated back. The length of the plate is typically about 2m. Edge effects are usually small. The transmittance () of a glass cover for solar radiation depends on the angle of incidence . Typical values for clear glass are given in Table 1. Table 1. Transmittance of a Glass
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Chapter 10 The Sui and Tang Empires‚ 581-755 * After the fall of the Han China was fragmented for several centuries. * China was reunified with the Sui dynasty‚ father and son rulers who held power from 581 until Turks from Inner Asia defeated the son * Small kingdoms of northern China and Inner Asia that had come and gone structured themselves around a variety of political ideas and institution. * People preferred having an emperor‚ a bureaucracy using the Chinese language‚ and
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the growing collection of instruments in use. During the Sui dynasty there was a distinction made over which instruments are better for outdoor performance and instruments better for indoor performances. Excellent and useful description During the Qin (221 B.C- 207 B.C) and Han (206 B.C- 220 A.D.) dynasties a multitude of instruments were created and introduced to the royal court. Zithers‚ panpipes‚ vessel flutes and bells were all new instruments introduced during this period of time. Zithers are
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Yuang Dynasty. There were changes between politics and government‚ but also some similarities that helped China grow while also not maintaining the same structures that were successful‚ but did not prevail forever‚ because change was needed. From the Qin‚ Han‚ Sui‚ Tang‚ Song‚ and Yuang dynasties‚ many differences occurred in government and education structures while also maintaining things like Confucianism. Many people were frustrated with the differences some dynasties brought which fueled the revolts
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When Ying Zheng governed the China‚ he was so ruthless‚ many people don’t like him‚ he lost popular support. Ying Zheng hoped the "brute force" to rule the people forever‚ but that was not the case. Neininger said the heroes of Chinese history and mythology are called in to provide unquestionable evidence that only a kindhearted ruler can secure a lasting reign; Yao‚ Shun‚ Yu‚ King Wen‚ the Duke of Zhou and Duke Tai are all exemplary paragons of virtue. The Chinese history told that rulers had to
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Thousand Years of Good Prayers is a story about a Chinese father (Mr. Shi) who travels to America to see his daughter (Yilan). His daughter had immigrated to the United States 15 years before and they had not seen each other since. Mr. Shi is a reserved man who is the icon of Chinese culture. Yilan has recently gone through a divorce and Mr. Shi feels that he can help her workout some of her problems. While visiting‚ Mr. Shi is staying with Yilan in her apartment. It is immediately apparent that
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References: [1] Steganography software for windows‚ http://members.tripod.com/steganography/stego/software.html. [2] S. C. Chu‚ H. C. Huang‚ Y. Shi‚ S. Y. Wu‚ and C. S. Shieh‚ Genetic watermarking for zerotree-based applications. Circuits‚ Systems‚ and Signal Processing‚ vol. 27‚ no. 2‚ pp. 171-182‚ 2008. [3] J. Fridrich‚ M. Goljan‚ and R. Du‚ Detecting lsb steganography in color‚ and gray-scale
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the text there are a few that stand out as oppressive and the progress of the nation floundered. There are others in which the leadership did something right‚ and the culture flourished. To illustrate this you have only to look at the Zhou Dynasty‚ Qin and Han Dynasties‚ Sui and Tang dynasties‚ and the Heian form of government. After the Zhou dynasty overthrew the Shang dynasty in 1050 BCE‚ the government became semi decentralized. Parcels of land were parted out to lords who could then pass that
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18th IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service IEEE IWQoS 2010 16-18 June 2010 Tsinghua University‚ Beijing‚ China Conference Information IWQoS 2010 Sessions Authors Search Welcome Welcome to the IEEE IWQoS 2010 on CD-ROM. This disc is designed so that you may locate papers by session or author‚ as well as with full text search. Papers originated as electronic files and were converted to Adobe Acrobat PDF file format for cross-platiform access. Even though the
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Characteristic | Judaism | Beginning Time Period | Around 1900-1300 BCE. | Founder | Judaism is believed to descend from patriarchs Abraham‚ Moses‚ Isaac and Jacob. It was found in Israel. | Story of religion’s creation | * There was early journey or exodus from Mesopotamia to Palestine under the guidance of Abraham. * People later escaped to Egypt‚ where they were first imprisoned and then miraculously fled to rejoin their family in Palestine. * Moses became a leader to guide the
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