Some critics of the above theories consider that they overemphasize the serial elements in attention.
Some ambitious comedies incorporated serial elements, while others, like "Arrested Development," satirized cliffhangers in much the way that "Soap" had.
ABC has held back its promising newcomer "Pushing Daisies," while NBC is not bringing back two dramas with serial elements, "Chuck" and "Life," this spring.
The proposed switched system is mainly composed of two serial elements, each of which consists of one spring and one switch in parallel with each other.
The micropump consists of three serial elements composed of piezoelectric discs glued to a 200 μm glass diaphragm, which upon actuation rise from connecting channels.
The opera, with a libretto by the poet Norman Rosten, was performed under the baton of Hal France; Mr. Laderman's score fused tonal, atonal and serial elements with jazz, folk and pop motifs evocative of Monroe's era.
"Person of Interest," typical of the broadcast shows that combine episodic and serial elements, kept coming up with intriguing and dryly funny weekly stories that fed into, but didn't depend on, its overarching conspiracy plot.
Ideally "The Blacklist" would grab some of the magic of the recent spate of great dramas on cable television by emphasizing serial elements like the continuing mysteries of Reddington's motivation and Liz's past while at the same time following network procedural tradition by catching "the bad guy of the week," as Mr. Bokenkamp put it.
Sensitivity analysis was conducted to investigate the effect of the CE's force-length relationship, the CE's force-velocity relationship, the force-length relationship of the serial elastic element, the parallel elastic element and the pennation angle on the system stability.
On the secondary suspension level, the air spring is modeled with parallel spring damper elements as well, and the yaw damper is built up as a serial spring damper element considering the stiffness and damping of the rubber mounts.
