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Conway, aware of Fredkin s and Ulam s rules defined in the preceding section, wanted to create a rule that would be both as simple to write clown and as difficult to predict the behavior of as possible. To this end, Conway concentrated on meeting the following three cu iteria ... 

Professionals working with a suicidal drug client may wish to determine whether the person meets criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder. Borderline clients often have a history of suicidal behavior and high utilization of health and mental health care services. Most people who meet criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder are women, but not all. As mentioned, some professionals find it difficult to work with borderline clients without becoming very upset or cynical. If you cannot work with such a client respectfully, then it is recommended that a referral be made to someone who can (see Chapter 3). Treating the client with dignity is important if trust and a solid therapeutic alliance are to develop. 

Testing of object and component designs can be more difficult than in traditional systems because of the added complication of polymorphism, inheritance, and arbitrary overriding of behaviors. The essential idea of testing is to verify that an implementation meets its specification—the same goal as that of refinement except that testing tackles the problem by monitoring runtime behaviors under a systematically derived set of test cases. This chapter outlines a systematic test approach based on refinement. 

Although very simple, the criteria used to obtain characteristic parameters of surface-confined molecules correspond to an ideal behavior in line with the premises presented in Sect. 6.4.1. Unfortunately, it is difficult to meet these criteria and several contributing factors need to be considered in order to explain the non-idealities observed in these redox systems. One of the most common deviations from the ideal criteria is that related to the width of the voltammetric signals, which are typically broader than the values predicted by the ideal model (i.e., W1 /2 90 mV for reversible systems see Eq. (6.162)). Some possible reasons for this experimental evidence are ... 

In the previous sections, we discussed the influence of the number of crystals in the sample. The orientations of the crystals were assumed to be random, and obviously, this factor comes into play. Theoretically, quantitative analyses by X-ray diffraction are conducted on samples comprised of a very large number of micrometric crystals without any preferential orientation. This latter condition is sometimes difficult to meet, since it can be sometimes complicated to give the crystals in the sample a random orientation. This effect often occurs when crystals have an anisotropic shape. Clays are an extreme example of this behavior [BRI 80]. Their layered stracture naturally causes a preferential orientation along the (001) planes. Some authors pLO 55, SMI 79, HIL 99] have used atomization methods to produce polycrystalhne particles in which the clay crystals have a random orientation. Another approach consists of quantifying the preferential orientation and to take it into accoimt when calculating the proportions of the phases in the sample. We will not be giving arty details on this method, since it requires considerable skill in the production of pattern and data analysis. It is always better not to have a preferential orientation. 

The need for the physical testing of a pressure-sensitive adhesive can vary considerably such reasons include the determination that a given pressure-sensitive adhesive will perform satisfactorily for its intended use, that it meets a specific standard, that uniformity exists within a given population, or between populations, or that it could be to compare one system to other similar systems—all of which demand that any test method must be accurate and reproducible. The thermoplastic nature of pressure-sensitive systems can make this objective very difficult to achieve, without a full understanding of their behavior and without observing a number of precautions. 

Obviously, no optimal EOR polymer currently exists. It is difficult for one single polymer to meet all of the requirements. This situation is caused by the various physical conditions (e.g. salinity, temperature, porosity, clay, rock formation, etc.) which the polymer is subjected to in the underground formations. Therefore, it is necessary to choose a synthetic polymer which exhibits the desired behavior for the specific oil bearing formation. Section 2 deals with the characteristic molecular parameters of a polymer sample e.g. M, M /Mn, size and shape, as well as with the phenomenon of aging. The viscosity maxima behavior of partially hydrolysed PAAm (c.f. Section 2) has been noted. Samples with 67 mole t acrylic acid attain maximal viscosity at a minimal My. ... 

Deal with Difficult Behavior During Meetings Some individuals may occasionally exhibit difficult behavior at meetings you lead. Give those individuals the benefit of doubt. Most of us exhibit difficult behavior at times and it is not intentional. Furthermore, most people who occasionally exhibit such behavior are not, at the core, difficult people. However, as chair of a committee or manager of a project, you will have to deal with difficult behavior when it surfaces at meetings. 

Table 4.1 Many means are available for dealing with difficult behavior during meetings.

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