Introduction Shock absorbers ensure good road-holding and a comfortable ride by slowing the movement of the springs. A good shock absorber is one that is hard enough to prevent the wheel from leaving the ground and supple enough to ensure that the bodywork is not subjected to the force of the various bumps in the road. Shock absorbers and coil springs are such a natural fit as they work together to maintain wheel contact with the road and protect the vehicle body and its occupants from road irregularities, such as speed bumps and uneven road. Need of a good spring is inevitable for a good shoc...

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My dad is a chemical engineer - a brilliant man. ... I"m so proud of my dad - my dad, a great engineer, humbles himself day after day as a bagger. ... Women and men both create chemicals that draw them together, emotionally. The more partners one has, the less effect these chemicals have. So by having multiple partners, men and women become immune to this bonding chemical that God has designed into them. ...

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"A health warning was sounded last night over the dangers of eating Soya after two senior American government scientists revealed that chemicals in the product could increase the risk of breast cancer in women, brain damage in men and abnormalities in infants."" ... Doerge said: 'They are exposing their children to chemicals which we know have adverse effects in animals. ... " foods produced without synthetic chemicals -- a $7.8 billion market that is increasing at eight times the rate of the packaged food business as a whole."" ... "Current agricultural storage, handling and ...

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In 1981 Herbert Kern, a research engineer, noticed the publication of Dr. ... When we sleep, melatonin is released because it is a chemical that is increased by darkness. ... Therefore during the winter when sunlight is minimal our bodies react chemically by producing higher levels of melatonin, causing us to need longer hours of sleep. ...

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Haemophilia A This involves the regular medications called octocog Alfa; this is an engineered version of clotting factor VIII (8) for those who don't have enough injections every forty eight hours. ... Haemophilia B It involves the same thing; regular injections of medication but called Nona cog Alfa, an engineered version of...

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The Civilization of Ancient Egypt The Ancient Egyptian civilization formed along the Nile river and the earliest traces of human life in that region were from the Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age) circa 300,000 BC, at the very edges of the Nile Valley. Beyond the Nile River Valley, on both sides of the river the land was an endless stretch of desert. At that time the River Valley inhabitants were Nomadic and were also Hunter/Gatherers, but they never strayed far from their lifeline, the Nile. Because Egypt was located In the Nile River Valley., the Ancient Egyptians used the fertile land an...

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When most people think of wetlands the first thing that will pop into their mind will be visions of swamps and flooded plains. These marshy lands would seem to have no purpose, while in reality they are the most precious forms of ecosystem that we have in America. Wetlands contribute to biodiversity, clean water, flood control, and provide a habitat for millions of species of plants and animals. Even with all this wetlands still face mass destruction, much like the rain forests they are just as productive and face similar rates of devastation (Mitchell, J. (1992, October). "Our Disappearing We...

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Executive Summary Apple Inc commonly known as Apple has effectively managed to be a successful company in a very competitive consumer electronics industry by been innovative and differentiating the company's products with similar products in the markets by offering high quality products and good customer service while the actual manufacturing of the products is outsourced to trusted third party suppliers. On a wider perspective, the company has set high standards that even the company itself has to be on its level best to maintain the standards that it has set. Over the last few years, t...

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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the Indiana seat belt laws of today. Seat belts have been around for many years. Seat belts were put into cars for our safety, and for the safety of our children. Many adults do not like to wear them. Many children do not like to wear them. I am always telli...

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©2010 International Journal of Computer Applications (0975 – 8887) Volume 1 – No. 5 Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization Based Optimal Reactive Power Dispatch P. Subbaraj Principal Theni Kammavar Sangam College of Technology, Theni, Tamilnadu ABSTRACT In this paper, a two-phase hybrid particle swarm optimization (PSO) approach is used to solve optimal reactive power dispatch (ORPD) problem. In this hybrid approach, PSO is used to explore the optimal region and direct search is used as local optimization technique for finer convergence. The performance of the proposed hybrid ap...

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Global Apparel Sourcing for US----The post January 01, 2005 scenario. INTRODUCTION: The topic of my research paper is "Global Apparel Sourcing for US----The post January 01, 2005 scenario- January 01, 2005 is the date when free trade agreement of WTO will come into effect and all trade barrier...

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