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  • to each other. Many aircraft now carry collision avoidance systems that ... from the on-board automatic Traffic Collision Avoidance System software ...
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  • theories of universal order, and brought him into collision with the popular faith. He attempted to give a scientific account of eclipses, meteors, rainbows ...
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  • The geological process and study of the movement, collision and division ... earlier cycles of subduction, continental collision, and break-up from plate ...
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  • is large compared to the electron-neutral collision frequency (measuring frequency ... gyration around the magnetic field before making a collision. ...
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  • partial t}\left.{\!\!\frac{}{}}\right|_\mathrm{collision} ... The form of the collision term assumed by Boltzmann was approximate ...
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  • unique underground ridges. After the initial collision of the two land masses, the Arabian Sea has been shaped by a variety of highly influential factors ...
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  • effect to both motorist and animal. In a collision of this nature, a car& ... in regions where there is a danger of collision with the animal. The triangular ...
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  • empirically determined parameters: the collision diameter (σ), the maximum ... * {\sigma} = the collision diameter (Å) *{\epsilon}/{\kappa} = the ...
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  • htm Angular Momentum in a Collision Process] - derivation of the three dimensional case. Category:Physical sciences Category:Physics ...
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  • movement of falling in a straight line), collision (forced movement resulting ... or gravity) and the movement caused by collision, Epicurus introduced a ...
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  • easily, the east is regarded as on some sort of collision course with the West, a notion that has been promoted by talk of a clash of civilizations ...
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  • after his involvement in an early morning auto collision—he had been drinking, hit another car and then left the scene of the accident. ...
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  • towards the other. The first to swerve to avoid a collision loses. In such a game, the optimal outcome is to have your opponent swerve. The worst outcome ...
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  • safety device that automatically inflates upon collision to protect the riders from serious injury. Audi, [http://www.audi.com/audi/com/en2/tools/gloss ...
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  • | This cluster is actually two galaxy clusters in collision. |- | Burbidge Chain | | |- | Copeland Septet | | |- | Deer Lick Group ...
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  • spacing between atoms and the creation of various collision products. Subsequent chemical and particle analysis of the target material may give insight ...
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  • the risk and severity of a spill in case of a collision or grounding. == Estimating the volume of a spill == For an oil spill on water, one can ...
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  • Because collision with other gliders is an ever-present risk, the anti-collision device, FLARM is becoming increasingly common in Europe and ...
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  • Kashmir lies in the area of collision of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. The geological activity that precipitated the collision, lay ...
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  • and part of the material ejected into space by the collision underwent accretion to form the Moon. As the Moon formed, the outer part of it is thought ...
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  • Collision with icebergs constitutes a serious hazard for shipping near the polar regions. A well-known example is the sinking of the RMS Titanic ...
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  • deplete their lithium. This occurs by a collision of Lithium-7 and a proton ... CH4, H2O, and molecular hydrogen (H2) collision-induced absorption (CIA ...
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  • SSN-772|6 in dry dock, following collision with a fishing boat.]] A dry dock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to ...
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  • collided with the Eurasian Plate, and the collision of the two plates pushed ... and Vanuatu, were pushed up by the collision of the Australian plate ...
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  • emits a flash of light upon an alpha particle collision. Rutherford hypothesized that, assuming the "plum pudding" model of the atom was ...
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  • during a metamorphic period brought on by the collision of ancient volcanic island arcs with the southern end of what we now know as Wyoming. The lighter ...
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  • off the surface of the platter should a collision occur. However, this head ... head crash, external trauma (dropping or collision), power surges, and so ...
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  • India landmass (Indian Plate) before its collision with Asia (Eurasian Plate ... formation is a result of a continental collision or orogeny along the convergent ...
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  • sedimentary rocks until there was a collision between the North American continent and a terrane. This collision, called the Trans-Hudsonian ...
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  • include attrition which is particle to particle collision that results in agglomerate break up or particle shearing. Compression which is applying compressive ...
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  • that necessitated management. To avoid gear collision, gillnetters and longliners are separated and not allowed to fish in the same grounds south ...
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  • but this order brought him into fateful collision with congressional spoilsmen. Although political opposition prevented most of the reforms ...
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  • particles coming from the solar wind. The collision between the magnetic field ... 65 million years ago, when a meteorite collision is thought to have triggered ...
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  • During the stormy session of 1770 he came into collision with Pitt the Elder and Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden in the questions that arose out ...
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  • a pipe to a container of larger iron balls. The collision would cause the larger balls to travel down a lower pipe and hit a giant cymbal, announcing ...
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  • There is also a danger of collision from objects under the water surface. These include sand, coral and rocks. [http://www.surfingsandiego.com/hardbottoms ...
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  • entrance to the Bay of Fundy to lessen the risk of collision. The bay is also traversed by several passenger and automobile ferry services: ...
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  • they are believed to have originated by the collision of two large proto-planetary objects (see the giant impact hypothesis). The material that would ...
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  • Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002), and Happy Feet (2006). Numerous conservation projects and animal parks have ...
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  • for the birth of the solar system by interstellar collision. He considered radiation pressure as accounting for comets, the solar corona, the aurora ...
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  • expect, and helps reduce the chance of a mid-air collision. ... and fauna. As well, due to the risk of collision between birds and airplanes ...
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  • Revolutionary: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Collision with Prusso-German History. New York/Oxford: Berghahn, 2009. * Plant, Stephen. Bonhoeffer. Continuum ...
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  • India continued its journey away from Africa, and began its collision with Asia, folding the Himalayas into existence. *[http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/ ...
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  • 108 to 109 (M-1 s-1). At this point, every collision of the enzyme with its substrate will result in catalysis, and the rate of product formation ...
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  • and her brother were involved in a head-on car collision. The impact of the accident threw Patsy through the windshield, nearly killing her. Upon her ...
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  • fields could become warped in the collision, accelerating charged particles ... and negative pions and kaons); one common collision is: ...
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  • region affected by the tectonic collision of India into Asia. Massive fault systems run through the area, including the Kurai fault zone and ...
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  • types of plate boundaries: convergent or collision boundaries, divergent or ... underneath the other) or a continental collision (if the two plates contain ...
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  • Salerno proved to be a poor ally. He came into collision with the Spanish government of Naples, was outlawed, and then deprived of his wealth and territory ...
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  • such as quality of service guarantees) and offer collision prevention. Both of these differences allow for more economic setups. For example, omitting ...
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