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Full integration of energy conversion devices for compact power supply circuits is still encountering strong technological locks, especially to integrate passive inductive and capacitive components. The increasing working frequency of those devices, which already reaches 1 Megahertz, would enable the size reduction of passive components and then their integration. Nevertheless, losses, which hi...

Groups don't become teams because that is what someone calls them. Nor do teamwork values by themselves ensure team performance. So what is a team? How can managers know when the team option makes sense and what they can do to ensure team success? In this article, drawn from their recent book The Wisdom of Teams, McKinsey partners Jon Katzenbach and Douglas Smith answer these questions and outl...

the present paper compares full kinetics mechanisms in numerical modelling of porous radiant burners (prb), with their reduced forms. the two most frequently used mechanisms of methane combustion (gri3.0 and miller) were selected and their effects were examined on temperature, species concentration, burning speed, and pollutant emission. while the findings of numerical simulation of prb show fi...

Orthodontics, the oldest discipline of dental specialty concerns with the treatment of malocclusion both dental and skeletal. Although etiology of malocclusion is multifactorial, genes do have influence on this condition, beside their role in mechanism of tooth movement and unwanted sequel like external root resorption following orthodontic treatment. This short communication will focus the iss...

When we must depend on a system, not only should we want it to resist attacks but we should have reason to believe that it will resist attacks. So security is a blend of two ingredients: mechanism and assurance. In developing a secure system, it is tempting to focus first on mechanism—the familiar “build then test” paradigm from software development. This note discusses some benefits of resisti...