TV-watching is a passive, turn-off-the-brain affair, whereas using a PC requires mental effort.
Additionally, a passive nondissipative turn-on turn-off snubber is used, so that high efficiency and reduced electromagnetic interference (EMI) levels due to the soft switching operation can be obtained.
While most participants did not experience difficulties with the crossing being turned back to a passive crossing, a number of participants experienced difficulties stopping in time at the first encounter of such passive crossing.
The Bill Clinton-like belief that "we are all is this together" is the wave of the future that can sweep the audience into a much deeper level of engagement and turn a passive viewer into an active participant.
He and his co-host Jeff Davis have alternatively stated that the goal of the show is to "improve humanity," "to turn a passive community into an active one," and showcase "a fat guy drinking vodka until he blacks out".
On a slanted field, the operator, driving a sprayer equipped with a passive boom suspension, has to turn the boom manually in a skewed position.
Additionally, IL-10 induces the formation of T regulatory-1 cells [ 10], and this should also drive the immune response towards active rather than a passive tolerance, which should in turn provide a more robust and long-lasting protection from the onset of the autoimmune disease.
It was meant to be a passive investment, and it has turned out not to be.
Mr. Sutter takes a passive approach in the series, turning up occasionally to summarize but not passing judgment or pressing his subjects about their behavior.
Another disgruntled precinct — members of our boro population (mostly newcomers) — would love to see these chalets bulldozed, and the ground turned into a passive park or, worst case, an outlet mall.
If suddenly your team has turned into a passive or aggressive battleground, look for The Gossip.
