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91Consequential strangers — are personal connections other than family and close friends. Also known as peripheral or weak ties, they lie in the broad social territory between strangers and intimates (see Definition below). The term was coined by Purdue University professor …
92Current injection technique — The current injection technique is a technique developed to reduce the turn OFF switching transient of power bipolar semiconductor devices. It was developed and published by Dr S. Eio of Staffordshire University (United Kingdom) in 2007.… …
93Mercury-arc valve — Mercury rectifier on display in Beromünster, Switzerland before being decommissioned A mercury arc valve (mercury vapor rectifier) is a type of electrical rectifier used for converting high voltage or high current alternating current (AC) into… …
94Military equipment of Turkey — The military equipment of Turkey includes a wide array of arms, artilleries, large surface vessels, cannons, armored vehicles, mortars, unmanned vehicles and many different equipments. Contents 1 Historical development 1.1 General 1.2 1923 1950 …
95Nanoarchitectures for lithium-ion batteries — Efforts in lithium ion batteries research have been to improve two distinct characteristics: capacity and rate. The capacity of the battery to store energy can be improved through the ability to insert/extract more lithium ions from the electrode …
96OpenHAN — The openHAN suite of proposed standards for home area networks and home grids is promoted by the openAMI [1] and UtilityAMI [2]. Both efforts aim to standardize powerline networking interoperation from a utility point of view and ensure reliable… …
97Ockham’s world and future — Arthur Gibson PHILOSOPHICAL BIOGRAPHY Ockham was born in about 1285, certainly before 1290, probably in the village of Ockham, Surrey, near London. If his epitaph is accurate, he died on 10 April 1347. Yet Conrad of Megenberg, when writing to… …
98Science and mathematics from the Renaissance to Descartes — George Molland Early in the nineteenth century John Playfair wrote for the Encyclopaedia Britannica a long article entitled ‘Dissertation; exhibiting a General View of the Progress of Mathematics and Physical Science, since the Revival of Letters …
99Dilthey, Wilhelm — Dilthey Michael Lessnoff INTRODUCTION Wilhelm Dilthey was born in 1833 near Wiesbaden, and thus lived through the period of Bismarck’s creation of a unified German Empire by ‘blood and iron’. These turbulent events, however, scarcely perturbed… …
