Utilizing a Strain Gage Circuit to Measure Weight as Function of Changing Resistance John C. Greavu III University of Minnesota‚ School of Physics and Astronomy I. INTRODUCTION Operational amplifiers can be combined with gages to accurately measure mechanical properties as functions of electrical variables of a circuit. Here‚ we used two strain gages on the inside and outside of a load cell to measure the mass of hanging weights as a function of voltage. As the resistance of a wire is proportional
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Chapter 3 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Copyright ©2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All rights reserved. 2-1 Financial Statement Analysis • Investors often use accounting statements to: – Compare the firm with itself by analyzing how the firm has changed over time – Compare the firm to other similar firms using a common set of financial ratios Copyright ©2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All rights reserved. 2-2 Why are ratios useful? • Ratios standardize numbers and facilitate
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When does employee fraud occur? It is commonly accepted that the presence of the three elements of the “Fraud Triangle” increases the risk of employee fraud: Motivation: The employee is somehow motivated to commit a fraud. Economic factors such as personal financial distress‚ substance abuse‚ gambling‚ overspending‚ or other similar addictive behaviors may provide motivation. The current national economic recession may serve to increase the incidence of such financial motivations. Opportunity:
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development include various elements‚ including gender equality. A lack of sufficient communication skills serves only to undermine the image of the engineer‚ but this can be tackled by engaging features of emotional intelligence (EQ) in the education of engineers. EQ offers various components that can improve communication skills and emphasize a more experiential approach to learning. Lingua franca A lingua franca is any language widely used beyond the population of its native speakers. The
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Experiment 4: Conductivity of electrolyte solutions (Dated: October 29‚ 2009) I. INTRODUCTION Pure water does not conduct electricity‚ but any solvated ionic species would contribute to conduction of electricity. An ionically conducting solution is called an electrolyte solution and the compound‚ which produces the ions as it dissolves‚ is called an electrolyte. A strong electrolyte is a compound that will completely dissociate into ions in water. Correspondingly‚ a weak electrolyte dissolves
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and operated by Facebook‚ Inc (Eldon A‚ 2008). Social network sites can help facilitate the meeting of strangers‚ however‚ individuals are also using social network sites to maintain and strengthen their current‚ off line social networks (Boyd & Ellison‚ 2008). Facebook has been able to create a new era in social network business by creating a great
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people in this world who are too afraid to face reality‚ so instead‚ they hide away from it. They close themselves up from the world‚ and don’t even try to be happy. Instead‚ they drown themselves in misery. In the novel Finding Forrester by James W. Ellison‚ there is a battle of breaking out of a shell‚ letting people in one’s life‚ and learning to let go of one’s past. In order to be happy‚ one must let go from their past‚ move on‚ and reach out. Learning to go out in the open with one’s shield
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Bishnu Bajgain John Fisher English 21 September 2012 Title: Education makes Equalities After reading the articles “I Don’t the Case Against Marriage” by Jessica Bennet and Jesse Ellison and “The Perfect Family‚ ” by Alice Hoffman‚ I have found out that the role of men and women in the united states has changed over the years. I feel that this changed because of education‚ and I think that the education is the main model that helps women overcome inequality between the men and women. Most
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Jamie comes home one night‚ to find his mother is gone. He sees a figure in his house (Alexandru Rusmanov) who attempts to kill him‚ however he is stopped by Victor Frankenstein. Frankenstein takes him to the Loop‚ and Jamie is adamant about finding his mother. Jamie recruits Larissa Kinley‚ a teenage vampire in the cells of the Loop‚ to help them‚ however Frankenstein does not approve as he hates all vampires. Jamie‚ Larissa and Frankenstein go to the house of the Chemist‚ a vampire making the drug
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One clear indication of this is the tremendous popularity of social network sites (SNSs) Internet users (e.g.‚ Ellison‚ Steinfield‚ & Lampe‚ 2007; Steinfield‚ Ellison‚ & Lampe‚ 2008; Valkenburg‚ Peter‚ & Schouten‚ 2006). With respect to the social outcomes of SNSs on their users‚ one of the frequently explored outcomes bridging social capital and bonding social capital (e.g.‚ Ellison et al.‚ 2007; Liu‚ Shi‚ Liu‚ & Sheng‚ 2013) and that intensity of Facebook use strongly predicts bridging social
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