Extension Essays

  • The Extension of an Elastic Band

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    The Extension of an Elastic Band Aim & Hypothesis I anticipate that an increase in the load on the elastic band will result in an increase in the extension of it. I think that the extension will be proportional to the load on the elastic band. I think that there will be a certain amount or energy lost and that this will increase proportionally as the load increase. This will be lost due to heat energy. Safety RISK ASSESSMENT - LEVEL ONE This experiment does not carry many hazards

  • Multi-Media Extension (MMX) Multi-Media Extension (MMX) Multi-Media Extension (MMX)

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    MMX MMX or Multi-Media-Extention is the latest technology from Intel for their computer processor chips and is now becoming available in some high quality, mid-priced computer systems. In this essay, I will discuss the technology and what it offers to the user, as well as, compare three high quality system packages from three of industries leading manufacturers. The systems discussed here are the Gateway 2000 P55C-200 FPC, the Packard Bell NEC Platinum 2240, and the Compaq Presario 4784; all of

  • Brand Extension Success Factors

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    Brand extension success factors Problem definition and objectives In a highly competitive environment, organizations are convinced that the launch of new products in order to stratify the need of consumers can lead to an increase the success of a company. The strategy of launching new products can be successful but it remains some risks. Indeed, the launching from 30 to 35 % of new products has failed. Because of some factors like the high level of advertisement costs and the increasing competition

  • Installing Your Own Hair Extensions

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    hair. Although, those methods have been proven to work, there are many other less invasive methods available for obtaining beautiful hair. The use of hair extensions have become a popular trend in today’s society. Many celebrities, TV personalities and even politicians have owned up to adding a few hair extensions here and there. Hair extensions can be used to add length and volume to thin, short and receding hair. However, finding a beautician to install them can be bit pricy for the average individual

  • The Effects of the Extension of a Spring on the Time it Takes a Weight to Oscillate

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    The Effects of the Extension of a Spring on the Time it Takes a Weight to Oscillate Introduction I am investigating the relationship between the extension of the spring and the effect it has on the time it takes for the wait on the spring to oscillate. Scientific Knowledge [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Spring at rest Spring extended As the spring is extended the spring stores potential kinetic energy. So the larger X is, the more energy is stored. To work out the energy

  • Pluralistic Extension System

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    Pluralistic extension system is provision of extension services for a community which is conducted by more than one source of extension services (Okorley, Grey, & Reed, 2010). According to Rivera & Alex (2004), pluralistic extension system may hold complex providers like non-governmental organizations, private companies, farmers’ organizations, commercial individuals, extension specialists’ associations, and public extension services at municipal, state, and national. Non-pluralistic extension system

  • Radical Life Extension Is Unethical and Unrealistic

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    go against that law and it is completely unethical. Radical life extension poses many threats to our society and would disrupt our way of life. This idea has many disadvantages, especially to low income classes. This practice would emphasize the problems we already have with health care and treatments that prolong life and would set the gap between economic classes even more than it is today (Andersen). Sooner or later life extension will only be available to the upper class and all of the lower class

  • Average Spring Constant and Uncertainty of the Batch

    1397 Words  | 3 Pages

    Average Spring Constant and Uncertainty of the Batch Outline plan ============ I have been given 3 springs to which I will add different weight. Using the value of extension (Δx) I will calculate the spring constant. Hooke's Law says that the stretch of a spring from its rest position is linearly proportional to the applied force (stress is proportional to strain). Symbolically, F = kΔx Where F stands for the applied force, x is the amount of stretch (found by new length minus

  • Spring Constant of Springs in Series and Parallel

    3719 Words  | 8 Pages

    that "The magnitude of the spring constant (k) is equal to the stretching force applied (F) divided by the resultant extension (x)", it should be possible to determine a spring constant for each spring set. Due to existing knowledge of springs I propose that the series spring set will have a lower spring constant (and hence due to Hooke's Law display a greater extension) than the parallel spring set. Also, as Hooke's Law is a linear function, the spring constant of the series spring set

  • Hip and Knee Movements and Muscles

    714 Words  | 2 Pages

    one foot forward and one foot back while placing your hands on the starting line. a. In what position is the hip joint for the forward leg? Flexion and extension can be measured by analyzing the angles between two body parts. Flexion can be described as a movement that decreases the angle between two parts of a body. On the other hand, extension describes to a movement that increases the angle between two parts of a body. The position of a runner, who is taking a short race, on the starting block

  • Telecommunications network at AMS

    659 Words  | 2 Pages

    telecommunications department of Alenia Marconi Systems. If you look hard you might even find one employee that is in charge of handling the details of the day to day information transfer, storage, and retrieval. Actually you need not look real hard, one extension is all you really need. The AMS Telecommunications department is as thin as they can possibly get away with. There are less than one hundred employees within the four walls of the company. Externally there are less than ten that need access to the

  • Catapult Investigations

    2072 Words  | 5 Pages

    results into a table. 4. Write up your predicted outcomes. Diagram for the preliminary experiment - Bird's eye view of the experiment Preliminary work results - Extension (cm) Distance travelled (cm) 1 0 2 1.2 3 3.5 4 In this preliminary experiment, only 1 rubber band was used for the extension. 6.5 5 11.9 6 19.5 7 [IMAGE]28.2 8 40.9 9 64.8 10 71.6 11 80 12 103.2 13 122.1 14 139.9 Preliminary graph

  • Types Of Shot In Basketball

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    releasing the ball at the highest point of a leap. This shot has three phases; the preparation phase, execution phase and the follow through phase. In the preparation phase is taken place in a sagittal plane. The knees and hips are flexed prior to the extension. It pre-stretches the muscles that contracts in the jump. From an upright standing position at….. degree angle, the player initiates a decelerating downward movement where the abdominals are contracted to …….degree angle. The downward motion flexes

  • The Final Semester of College

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    ounce of energy for all the casual sex they’ll be having instead of attending whatever blow-off courses they enrolled in. All of which is, of course, good advice, and as such I dispensed and expounded upon it with much glee: Procrastination and extensions: Let’s be honest: it’s in the nature of college students to procrastinate. Why should this be any different when it comes to the love life? The scenario’s about the same; just tweaked ever so slightly: your collegiate assignment was to copulate

  • Investigating the Factors Which Will Affect the Stretching of a Helical Spring when Put Under a Load.

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    of coils in spring. · Diameter of spring material. · Cross sectional area of spring. However, most of these do not come into play, apart from weight, as we are using the same type of weights. Hooke's Law: * Hooke's law states that the extension of a spring (or other stretch object) is directly proportional to the force acting on it. * This law is only true if the elastic limit of the object has not been reached. * If the elastic limit has been reached the object will not return

  • How Will Genetic Engineering Impact Our Lives?

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    relatively minor, such as polydactyly (a trait involving an extra little finger) (Parens). As it gets easier to test for these genetic disorders, so does the perception within both the medical and broader communities that prenatal testing is a logical extension of good prenatal care. On the other hand, as long as in-utero interventions remain relatively rare, and as long as the number or people seeking prenatal genetic information to prepare for the birth of a child with a disability remains small, prospective

  • An Exercise Many Love to Hate: The Burpee

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    Introduction of the ‘Burpee’ The burpee is an exercise many love to hate, its lactic acid heavy nature often leaves people shattered and gasping for breath. Many see the burpee as the ultimate full body exercise As a rugby union player exercises such as the burpee help keep my body in ideal shape and allow me to improve my performance. Strength, body composition and conditioning all play major roles in the efficiency and level of my performance on the field and the burpee enhances all of these

  • Investigating the Oscillations of a Mass on a Spring

    4704 Words  | 10 Pages

    move from side to side and the springs can be tangled up and this could be a major problem. Therefore, this would affect the time taken to complete the given number of oscillations. So, I will only do the springs in series, as the longer the extension, the more accurate and complex the results will be. So, the arrangement of springs will also affect the time taken to complete the given number of oscillations. It can affect the spring constant, because when the n number of springs of the same

  • Exercise Analysis Bird Dog

    609 Words  | 2 Pages

    upper extremities due to the bar used. The gluteus maximus is one of the primary movers in hip extension. This muscle is used twice in the exercise, at the start when he raises the bar and then towards the end, when he is in fully erect position. The hamstrings, which consist of the bicep femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus, work together to stabilize and flex the knee and also aid in hip extension. In the work out, the hamstrings help flex the knee in certain occasions and at the end when

  • The Erotics of the Technological Body

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    body through the use of technological objects –yet techno-eroticism still remains a central drive. Why is technology a source of erotic thrill? A central motivation is the relationship with power. Technology provides control over power, and, by extension, power over the "Other". After the beginning of the nineteenth century, machines came to be perceived as threatening and uncontrollable entities, and thus made the object of displacement and projection of patriarchal fears towards female sexuality