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Non-covalent interactions between molecules often occur at separations where the van der Waals radii of the atoms are just touching and so it is often most useful to examine the electrostatic potential in this region. For this reason, the electrostatic potential is often calculated at the molecular surface (defined in Section 1.5) or the equivalent isodensity surface as shown in Figure 2.18 (colour plate section). Such pictorial representations... 

Wood is one of the oldest constmction materials in human use and continues to be an extremely valuable material to this day. Wood is lightweight, strong, stable, easily worked and fastened, a good insulator, warm to the touch, and pleasing in appearance, among many other attributes. 

Latex foam mbber was initially accepted as a desirable comfort-cushioning material because of its softness to the touch and its resiUence (equal to that of a steel spring alone but with better damping quaUties than the spring). 

Fig. 2. Touch-and-drain dry chemistry constmction (a) dry coated surface (b) cross-section of dry coated surface, adhesive, and cover piece (c) contact with blood drop results ia blood filling the cavity. After desired reaction time, blood is drained off by touching end of cavity with absorbent material (6).

Maximum touch and step voltages of a grounding station 22/712... 

The touch voltage diminishes up to I m depth of the grid and then rises rapidly. The ideal depth for economic considerations may be taken as 0.5 m when the touch and slep voltages are reasonably low. 

Exposure of a human body to touch and step voltages and methods to deal with these are also covered. Grounding and ground fault protection schemes are described in detail with illustrations to help an engineer to select the most appropriate grounding method and ground fault protection scheme for a machine or system. 

Radiation is a process that is different from both conduction and convection, because the substances exchanging heat need not be touching and can even be separated by a vacuum. A law formulated by German physicist Max Planck in... 

In the event of an earth fault the difference in potential between any point which may be touched and the ground (touch potential) should not reach dangerous levels. 

In the sodium chloride crystal, the Na+ ion is slightly too large to fit into holes in a face-centered lattice of Cl- ions (Figure 9.18). As a result, the Cl- ions are pushed slightly apart so that they are no longer touching, and only Na+ ions are in contact with Cl- ions. However, the relative positions of positive and negative ions remain the same as in LiCk Each anion is surrounded by six cations and each cation by six anions. 

Knight, M. R., Campbell, A. K., Smith, S. M., and Trewavas, A. J. (1991). Transgenic plant aequorin reports the effects of touch and cold-shock and elicitors on cytoplasmic calcium. Nature 352 524-526. 

My Martini Rossi Rosso was tinted ruby, a novel touch, and not sweet as you might expect. It is a martini with a mind of its own. Slightly bitter, widi traces of orange blossom and spice, die cocktail has what film and fashion agents call unconventional beauty. ... 

Here, b denotes the Kuhn s statistical segment length. The network is represented by a huge chain internally cross-linked at cross-linking points where it touches and at the surfaces of Mf filler particles. The point-like local cross-hnk constraints are easy to handle and can be represented by the term... 

In addition to such direct advantages, pervasive computing has a big social contribution to make. It can be used, for example, to enable patients and their relatives to keep in touch, and to help people with cognitive disabilities function on a daily basis. One illness that lends itself to such treatment is senile dementia, which is likely to be a growing trend in the graying populations of the Western World. 

The Physiome Project should be viewed as both a vision and a route. It has been portrayed as consisting of two parts (Bassingthwaighte et al. 1998) (i) the databasing of biological information (the Mechanic s touch ), and (ii) the development of descriptive and, ultimately, analytical models of biological function (the Orbiter s view ). These are by no means sequential stages of the development. 

The two parts should be prepared by blowing a hole in the end of the side arm smaller than the bore of the tube and then blowing a similar sized hole in the cross-piece. These parts should next be clamped so that the tubes are nearly touching and can readily be... 

If, by one of the above procedures, a few or even many bubbles have been introduced into a liquid, there is still no foam. In a foam, films between the bubbles are thin otherwise, the system is a gas emulsion. How, then, can a true foam be achieved If it is assumed that, because of some kind of stirring, two bubbles move to meet each other and the liquid layer between them gets thinner and thinner and if this process continues for a sufficient time, the two bubbles will touch and, eventually, coalesce. Many such encounters would destroy the foam. It is clear, therefore, that bubbles should be free to approach each other closely, but should be unable to cross the last short fraction of the initial distance. 

Complementary and alternative medicines A group of practices and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine, including alternative medical systems (e.g., homeopathic medicine and naturopathic medicine), mind-body interventions (e.g., meditation and mental healing), biologically-based therapies (e.g., dietary supplements, vitamins, herbs, and other natural products), manipulative body-based methods (e.g., acupuncture and massage), and energy therapies (e.g., therapeutic touch and bioelectromagnetic-based therapies). 

Oh, Mistress Ysa He s hard, you see, with all the kissing and the touching. And—and it hurts a little. That s your maidenhead breaking. There s blood like when you get your monthlies, only just a little if he s kind, and I m sure such a fine gentleman as Master... 

Suddenly I want him so badly it s like being punched in the gut. I want his mouth, his hands, his weight on me, the smell and touch and taste of him filling my mind and my body and my bed. Before I can ask myself why now, before I can remember anything, or forget it, I say, Would you like to stay the night ... 

Mechanoreceptor A sensory receptor responding to mechanical stimuli, such as touch and air pressure. 

Nematode (>500xl06 years) Simple nerve net from body to head region. No senses except touch and general chemotaxis. Ring (of nerve cells) brain... 

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