How do sharks reduce drag? And what are the engineering applications? There are three types of drag present on the shark during locomotion. The first type of drag is known as frictional drag‚ which is the greatest element of drags in the shark. This is arises due to the friction created between the skin and the boundary layer and can be reduced with a condition that the boundary layer maintains a turbulent flow. The second type of drag is pressure drag‚ which causes by water deflecting off the moving
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The Difference Ideas of Social Distance Between American Culture And Chinese Culture How far the range of social distance should be? The correct range of social distance depends on different groups of society and is opposed to locational distance. According to Ashley Crossman a sociology expert‚ social distance is the degree to which people are willing to accept and associate with those having different social characteristics. For example‚ an unwillingness to live next door to a family of a different
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committed by criminals who should’ve never had access to a gun in the first place. In order to reduce gun violence we need to start by reforming legislation‚ improving the mental and physical health of citizens in need‚ efficient and effective background checks including how and what is reported‚ keeping track of what guns are sold‚ lost‚ or stolen and smart and effective enforcement of our gun laws.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION: ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM BEYOND BORDER History Distance education dates back to at least as early as 1728 when an advertisement in the Boston Gazette promoted "Caleb Phillips‚ Teacher of the new method of Short Hand‚" who sought students who wanted to learn through weekly mailed lessons. Similarly‚ Isaac Pitman taught shorthand in Great Britain via correspondence in the 1840s. Distance education has a long history‚ but its popularity and use has grown exponentially as
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Abstract Power distance Uncertainty avoidance Individualism/collectivism Masculinity/femininity Singaporean construction firms have increasingly invested in China in recent years. It is‚ therefore‚ important for Singaporean construction firms as well as their Chinese counterparts to appreciate and understand each other’s cultural differences/ similarities. Although Singapore culture appears to be one based predominately on Chinese culture‚ there remain differences between the two‚ which‚ if
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HOW TO REDUCE ACCIDENTS ON OUR ROAD? Time to time‚ half a million of Malaysians died because of road accidents. Malaysia is the country that has the highest accident rate in the world. The rise in the number of road accidents is indeed worrying. Even the road safety campaigns aimed at reducing road accidents have met with little success. Only when there is a change in the mindsets of road users can we expect a decrease in the number of road accidents. Even though we cannot prevent the accidents
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How Can We Reduce the Incidents of Illegal Passing of Stopped School Buses? Patsy Hudson Mount Olive College How Can We Reduce the Incidents of Illegal Passing of Stopped School Buses? Safety at the school bus stop is an issue that is widely discussed with the beginning of each new school year yet it’s probably one of the most neglected topics as the school year progresses. Most of us as humans crave routine to have our day run smoothly and there is nothing more routine than the route a
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How Exercise Helps Reduce Stress Published: 26th December 2009 Views: 27621 We have heard it so many times before that there are many benefits to exercise especially when used to lower stress. If everyone knows that exercise is important then why is stress‚ disease‚ and fatigue so prevalent in today’s society? The answer is simple. We know what to do we just aren’t doing it. Experts agree that one best way to manage stress is through exercise. Exercise has been proven to relax the body
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Distance Education We normally take our studies in a structured establishment called classroom located a place called school. Every day‚ we wake up early‚ leave our homes‚ pay for transportation fees and finally reach to our second home‚ the classroom. As we welcome ourselves in Mindanao State University‚ we are lucky to meet different kinds of people from different kinds of places. People from Glan‚ Tacurong‚ Marbel and all over Mindanao are your schoolmates and classmates. You share experiences
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break the cycle of poverty is to raise the minimum wage. This would reduce child poverty in America and give families more financial support. Also‚ when kids have financial support‚ studies show that they will have less behavioral problems. Making better minimum wages would reduce child poverty in America. According to the article‚ "How to end child poverty in America"‚ "...boosting the tipped worker wage to $7.07‚ could reduce U.S. child poverty by 4%…"() This shows that adjusting the wages would
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