INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS PUBLISHING Bioinsp. Biomim. 1 (2006) P1–P12 BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS doi:10.1088/1748-3182/1/1/P01 PERSPECTIVE Biomimetics—using nature to inspire human innovation Yoseph Bar-Cohen Jet Propulsion Lab, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA E-mail: yosi@jpl.nasa.gov Received 7 November 2005 Accepted for publication 7 March 2006 Published 27 April 2006 Online at stacks.iop.org/BB/1/P1 Abstract Evolution has resolved many
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Technology Author(s): H. Stephen Wright Source: Notes, Second Series, Vol. 56, No. 3 (Mar., 2000), pp. 591-597 Published by: Music Library Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/899642 Accessed: 01-10-2015 14:13 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build
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DEFINING THE FIELD OF RESEARCH IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHIRSTIAN BRUYAT ´ Universite de Grenoble, Grenoble, France ´ PIERRE-ANDRE JULIEN ` ` ´ ´ Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, ` Tros-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada Although the field of entrepreneurship is recognized as being of fundamental importance for our economy, and although many researchers throughout the world have turned their attention to it, there is, as yet, no agreement as to the research object in this scientific field. Empirical
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A Proposed Rapid Visual Screening Procedure for Seismic Evaluation of RC-Frame Buildings in India Sudhir K. Jain,a) M.EERI, Keya Mitra,b) Manish Kumar,c) d) M.EERI, and Mehul Shah Poor performance of reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings in India during past earthquakes has been a matter of serious concern. Hence, it becomes important to identify and strengthen the deficient buildings. When dealing with a large building stock, one needs evaluation methods for quick assessment of the seismic
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Final Time Table - Fall 2014 ( v 20141113-1130 ) CIIT_Lahore FA14-BEC-A (Semester 1) (DDP) 2 10:00 - 11:30 HUM-Huma Ijaz 1 8:30 - 10:00 Phy-Dr. Saif Ur Rehman 3 11:30 - 1:00 4 1:30 - 3:00 5 3:00 - 4:30 HUM-Dr. Musferah Mehfooz 6 4:30 - 6:00 7 6:00 - 7:30 Subjects Count English Physics for Chemical Comprehension and Engineers Composition Islamic Studies N-7 HUM-Huma Ijaz N-1 Math-Imran Zulfiqar Chem-Amjad Riaz Cheema Chemical Process Principles
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Design and Development of EDM FIXTURE by [Author’s Name] [Faculty Name] [Department or School Name] [Month Year] Acknowledgement I would take this opportunity to thank my research supervisor, family and friends for their support and guidance without which this research would not have been possible. DECLARATION I, [type your full first names and surname here], declare that the contents of this dissertation/thesis represent my own unaided work
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Current trends in electric energy generation are moving towards the utilization of the environment friendly sources of energy, represented by the wind and solar energy ones as a supplementary energy resource. The solar based one is the more attractive because it is characterized by being free, incur no fuel cost, abundant, limits less, distributed all over the world, pollution free, and require little maintenance. Maximizing power output from a solar system is desirable
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democracy Frames Technological philosophy Economic models of technological innovation, as well as modern sociological approaches to the study of organizations, predict that two-actor markets will eventually evolve into one dominant technological logic. Why is it, then, that the only two global manufacturers of large commercial airplanes have developed diametrically opposed technological philosophies? Based on secondary historical sources, this article employs a theory of twoparty democracies from
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Management Information Systems MANAGING THE DIGITAL FIRM Kenneth C. Laudon New York University f Jane P. Laudon Azimuth Information Systems PEARSON feerttifie tall Pearson Education International Brief Contents Part One Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Part One Project Organizations, Management, and the Networked Enterprise 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems 38 Information Systems, Organizations
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