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IEEE Control Systems, 2008
Imagine that you need to assemble a structure, such as the one depicted on the cover of this magazine. The pieces would need to be joined together, one at a time, until the structure is complete. To do this, you would choose a starting point and then add one piece at a time. You might find out, however, that, as you assemble the structure, some kind of
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Imagine that you need to assemble a structure, such as the one depicted on the cover of this magazine. The pieces would need to be joined together, one at a time, until the structure is complete. To do this, you would choose a starting point and then add one piece at a time. You might find out, however, that, as you assemble the structure, some kind of
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Magical Bricks and the Bricks of Birth
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 2002Four mud-bricks inscribed with spells from Chapter 151 of the Book of the Dead are often found in the burial chambers of royal and elite tombs dating from the New Kingdom. These bricks can be shown to represent the four bricks that supported women during childbirth. The use of bricks in a mortuary context is thus metaphorical, replicating the equipment
Ann Macy Roth, Catharine H. Roehrig
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Expanding the Self Brick by Brick
Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2013We conducted three studies to examine whether novel and interesting experiences can expand individuals’ self-concepts. In Studies 1 and 2, participants completed measures of experienced self-expansion and self-concept size. Results indicated that participants who had more novel and interesting experiences tended to have larger self-concepts. In Study 3,
Brent A. Mattingly, Gary W. Lewandowski
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Earthquake Predictability, Brick by Brick
Seismological Research Letters, 2006“It seems probable that a very long period will elapse before another important earthquake occurs along that part of the San Andreas rift which broke in 1906; for we have seen the strains causing the slip were probably accumulating for 100 years.” Professor Reid in his 1910 contribution to the Lawson Commission report thus anticipated why the centenary
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Building skills brick by brick
Engineering & Technology, 2013The word 'Lego' conjures up many images for many people: the joy of completing a major building project; happy hours hidden behind the sofa creating your own world; the sound of tipping a tin of the brightly-coloured bricks over the floor; the pain of treading on them in bare feet...
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Science, 2013
Parents everywhere know that a college education for their children is key to a prosperous future. At a recent Summit on Higher Education, * journalist Fareed Zakaria, the keynote speaker, recalled a conversation with the prime minister of a large developing nation who stated (only half in jest) that his strategy ...
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Parents everywhere know that a college education for their children is key to a prosperous future. At a recent Summit on Higher Education, * journalist Fareed Zakaria, the keynote speaker, recalled a conversation with the prime minister of a large developing nation who stated (only half in jest) that his strategy ...
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Rebuilding the Force, Brick by Brick:
2019Popular LEGO author Daniel Lipkowitz has written several reference titles for the Dorling Kindersley Publishing House (DK), the majority of which are specifically about the LEGO Star Wars brand. In 2015, three years after Disney bought Lucasfilm, his illustrated LEGO Star Wars in 100 Scenes became the latest volume in the DK range of LEGO books. Indeed,
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