Introductions to Philosophy There are many good introductions to philosophy: [22], [53] and [1] have the advantage of being short and cheap. There are a few books [44, 11, 34] that introduce philosophical ideas by analysing films which raise philosophical issues. One of the advantages of these books is that they allow you to say that you are doing valuable research for this module while watchin...

The paper presents the general scheme and the relevant implementation of a Maximum Efficiency Point Tracking (MEPT) system for a Small Hydro Power (SHP) plant equipped with a variable-speed generator. This last consists of a Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) and a power electronic converter that independently controls both the rotor speed and the generator power factor. The MEPT is designed...

As a potential means to decrease their risk of injury, many runners are transitioning into barefoot running. Habitually shod runners tend to heel-strike (SHS), landing on their heel first, while barefoot runners tend to mid-foot or toe-strike (BTS), landing flat-footed or on the ball of their foot before bringing down the rest of the foot including the heel. This study compared muscle activity,...

A case study describing real-time APRS web mapping support for Lead and Last runner tracking during the 2011 Athens Ohio Marathon. Objectives were: (a) to provide real-time web-based runner location maps for race officials, emergency services, and spectators without the use of JAVA or Flash; (b) to support a wide range of web-capable wireless devices; and (c) to optimize display speeds while re...

The human body is a constant flux of thousands of chemical/biological interactions and processes connecting molecules, cells, organs, and fluids, throughout the brain, body, and nervous system. Up until recently it was thought that all these interactions operated in a linear sequence, passing on information much like a runner passing the baton to the next runner. However, the latest findings in...

Dans un article récent [1], Abderezak Ould Houcine montre qu’un groupe superstable résiduellement C pour une pseudo-variété C admet une série normale définissable G = G0⊲G1⊲· · ·⊲Gn telle que Gi/Gi+1 ∈ C pour i < n, et Gn est résoluble ; si G est ω-stable, on peut choisir Gn nilpotent. Nous étendons son résultat aux groupes supersimples, et montrons en même temps qu’on peut toujours prendre Gn ...

In WrightEagle2008, we continue to research based on the previous WrightEagle simulation 2D team. WrightEagle has won the runner-up of Robocup2007, the Champion of RoboCup2006, and the runner-up of RoboCup2005, as well as three consecutive championships of RoboCup China Open in recent years. In this paper, we present the innovations of our team since the last simulation league competitions, and...

In this paper, a numerical simulation to analyze the influence of the surrounding water in a turbine runner has been carried out using finite element method (FEM). First, the sensitivity of the FEM model on the element shape and mesh density has been analysed. Secondly, with the optimized FEM model, the modal behaviour with the runner vibrating in air and in water has been calculated. The added...