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    impaired in grip load force control when executing a manipulative task. Force regulation during action patterns that required rhythmical unimanual or bimanual movement. Research showed that the profile of grip- load force ratio was characterized by maxima and minima that were realized at upward and downward hand positive respectively. Nine patients with TS participated in the behavioural study. Assessments were staged according to the Tourette syndrome global scale. Patients experienced various tics that

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    Review Paper on Microfluidics Shreyas Shah San Diego State University San Diego, CA, USA smsvapi@gmail.com Dr.Samuel Kassegne San Diego State University San Diego, CA, USA kassegne@mail.sdsu.edu Abstract—Accurate and high throughput cell sorting enabling technology in molecular and cellular biology, biotechnology and medicine. We classify these technologies as either active or passive. Active systems generally use external fields (e.g., acoustic, electric, magnetic, and optical) to impose forces

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    Global warming has become a well conversed topic among scientists and peoples in the world today. There are extremists who do everything possible to stop contributing to the warming, but the average person does little to alleviate the issue and in many cases refuses to acknowledge that there is a problem at all. Dating back to millions of years ago, even before humanity was born, the world has always experienced one form or another of warming; so the warming seen today is not as bizarre as many may

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    Of all of the early scientists of the scientific revolution I am most impressed by Sir Isaac Newton. Newton is important because he contributed more to the development of science than any other person in history. Isaac Newton is remembered as the greatest scientific genius who ever lived. His discoveries about physics, light, and mathematics changed the world. I am even more impressed by what he overcame to reach his goals. He came to surpass even his own expectations

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    2 Pierre and Probability Copyright © 2016 by Miranda Perry All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. 3 Pierre and Probability By Miranda Perry 4 5 Once upon a time, a French boy named Pierre-Simon Laplace was born on March 23, 1749 in Beaumont-en-Auge France. We don’t know a lot about his financial state growing up. His father may have been a peasant farmer, or he may have been successful in the cider trade (Burton). 6 7 Pierre’s father really wanted

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    1. Introduction: 1.1 Overview The ability to identify an animal by examining its fur is a useful one for taxonomists and biologists. The hair of prey is often not digested by a predator, and so can be found in the predators scat and measured to ascertain its diet (Anwar et al., 2011). An electron microscope can be used to obtain a lot of data from hair, including its width and the shape and texture of its surface, however electron microscopes are expensive and time consuming to operate (Sessions

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    The Canada Goose

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    The Canada Goose The Branta Canadensis, better known as the Canada Goose is a magnificent bird which can be found all over North America. People from all over North America look towards the sky when the Canada Geese go honking overhead in their trademark "V" formation, and because they nest all over Canada and some of the United States many people have a chance to witness the birds migration to the nesting grounds and back to the wintering grounds. The Canada Goose is respected by so many of

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    May 16, 1718. By the age of twenty, she began working on her most important work, Analytical Institutions, dealing with differential and integral calculus. Analytical Institutions also deals with the analysis of finite quantities, problems of maxima, minima, tangents, inflection points, the analysis of infinitely small quantities, and differential quantities. She is also known for the curve called the "Witch of Agnesi," which states that the x-axis is always horizontal and that the y-axis is always

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    Calculus: Calculus (Latin, calculus, a small stone used for counting) is a branch of mathematics focused on limits, functions, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series. This subject constitutes a major part of modern mathematics education. It has two major branches, Differential Calculus and Integral Calculus, which are related by the fundamental theorem of calculus. Calculus is the study of change, in the same way that geometry is the study of shape and algebra is the study of operations

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    Humans possess a wide range of attributes and characteristics, of which one of the most funda- mental features is that of curiosity. This curiosity has led man to wonder, ponder and then learn. The curious nature of humans drives them to always try to find solutions to the puzzling mysteries behind their ideas and thereby ending up inventing and innovating, extending the boundaries of science and technology. Babylonians and Egyptians used arithmetic, algebra and geometry for taxation and other financial

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