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One example of weak rigid dependence as defined by Simons would be a particular water molecule depending for its existence on a particular oxygen atom.
Simons calls the resulting notion of dependence weak rigid dependence, but a stronger notion, strong rigid dependence (Simons 1987: 303) is also defined the latter is a special case of the former.
The results of this study show that this rehabilitation technique not only modifies the cyclic behavior of weak rigid connections and changes simple bolted connections into moment connections, but also it improves the behavior of the rehabilitated connections in a way that their behavior is more desirable than that of the reference rigid connection designed according to AISC.
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A study by the Hamilton Project, a public policy group at the Brookings Institution, outlines several steps to boost weak schools: end rigid requirements for teacher certification that impede hiring, make tenure more difficult to get so that ineffective teachers can be weeded out after three years on the job and award hefty bonuses to good teachers willing to teach in low-income areas.
In the case of LAOBP, each domain appears as rigidly correlated with itself, whereas the couplings between the two domains are a mix of both weak flexible and rigid correlations (Fig. 11).
When he recalled patients over 20 years of age, Ponseti found many of the patients treated operatively by Steindler and his colleagues had rigid, weak, and painful feet in followup.
Furthermore, compared to the Osx Cre control mice, the Osx:EfnB1−/− mice exhibited significantly weaker and less rigid bones, with a reduction in trabecular/ cortical bone formation, reduced trabecular architecture and a reduction in the size of the growth plates at the distal end of the femora from newborn through to 4 weeks of age.
Robespierre was morally rigid, physically weak, emotionally cold, and almost celibate.
Therefore, the connection can be rigid during weak earthquake, while the cover plates can slip relative to the chord members during strong earthquake, thereby dissipating energy.
If there are any rigid or weak spots or obvious lumps, continue kneading the clay before sculpting it.
Aliphatic amides (29– 31) were tolerated, albeit at weaker potency, but bulky rigid substitution with the phenyl 32 and cyclohexyl 33 moieties was not tolerated, with complete loss in potency observed.
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