Active Water-Wave Absorber Matthew Carney ME236: Control & Optimization of Distributed Parameters Professor Alex Bayen University of California‚ Berkeley 04.30.2007 UC Berkeley‚ Spring 2007 1 Contents • • • • • • Motivation Initial Idea Literature Search Focus Current Work Future Work www.emec.org.uk UC Berkeley‚ Spring 2007 2 Motivation • Significant amounts of energy is stored in the ocean • Large potential for extracting energy from waves • Control is the key to optimizing
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order to fully understand Rachel’s argument it is necessary to understand the type of argument it represents. The bare difference argument takes the thesis of one argument and applies it to a very different situation. In this case the argument of active versus passive euthanasia is applied to the illustration of Smith and Jones‚ two individuals presented with a drastically different scenario than someone diagnosed with a terminal illness. The bare difference argument works because if in one situation
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1 Counselling is to help the client to open up about there feeling inside and thoughts when the client has no one to talk to and is in need to talk to someone. Core counselling skills are... Paraphrasing Reflecting Summarising Focussing Active listening Empathy SOLER Paraphrasing is focusing on the main facts. Reflecting and paraphrasing are similar it’s reporting back to the client what’s been said it is a way of indicating that we are listening‚ Reflecting refers to the skill
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1) What are Virgin Group’s distinctive resources/capabilities?The Virgin BrandFirstly‚ the Virgin brand is valuable in the form of brand equity‚ where ’Virgin’ is one of the most recognised brand names in the UK‚ and is also well-known in other important markets including Europe and the U.S.A. Based on 1990s research‚ the Virgin brand was recognised by 96% of UK consumers (Case‚ p.685). Secondly‚ it is rare for a brand to have such positive consumer perceptions; which include value-for-money‚ fun
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surface of the Earth and focus is below where the seismic activity starts. Earthquake and volcano: Earthquakes are tremors or vibrations shaking the Earth due to release of energy and volcanoes are fissures that erupt molten lava. Active and extinct volcano: Active volcanoes are volcanoes that have chances of erupting when extinct volcanoes don’t have chances of erupting anymore and haven’t erupted for over thousands of years. Explosive and effusive volcano: Explosive volcanoes erupt gas-driven
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the matter of active euthanasia. Mercy‚ an action that serves to decrease the overall misery in the world‚ is an unquestionable sign of kindness and correctness. Mercy comes in many forms and is rarely frowned upon. Following this reasoning‚ why is mercy that takes the form of ending a suffering patient’s life considered
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Lectures 8 and 9: Active Bond Portfolio Strategies Joëlle Miffre 1 Active Bond Portfolio Strategies Market Timing: Trading on Interest Rate Predictions Riding the Yield Curve Timing Bets Based on Interest-Rates Level When Rates are Expected to Decrease When Rates are Expected to Increase: Roll-Over Strategies Bets on Specific Moves of the Yield Curve Barbell‚ Bullet‚ Ladder‚ Butterfly Other Semi-Hedged Strategies: Ladder Hedged against Slope Movement Active Fixed-Income Style
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In this dissertation we will explore active and passive euthanasia‚ the brouhaha surrounding the two and which one is appropriate and morally sound for modern times. James Rachel has written a very poignant supposition on active and passive euthanasia. Though many disagree with him on the appropriateness of the practice as it relates to humans and what is considered alive. Some believe that one is dead when the brain is dead or in a comatose state. Conversely‚ many believe that a person is alive
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Communication is a collaborative means of transferring information between two or more people. It is very important for healthcare providers to communicate effectively and efficiently with their clients and also possess an active listening skill because “To relate therapeutically with a patient‚ it is necessary for the nurse to understand his or her role and its relationship to the patient’s illness” (Diefenbeck‚ 2012). Knowing this helps to decrease anxiety of the patient and also will help the
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Mount Yasur is an active volcano on Tana Island‚ Vanuatu with a height of 361 m above sea level‚ located on the coast near Sulphur Bay‚ that lies to the southeast of the taller mountain Tukosumera‚ which was active in the Plesistocene. It has a largely unvegetated pyroclastic cone with nearly a circular summit crater of 400 m in diameter. It is a stratovolcano caused by the eastward-moving Indo-Australian Plate being sub-ducted under the westward-moving Pacific plate. It has been erupting continuously
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