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    From the historical point of view, the first shell models (like many other structural models) have been developed on the basis of engineering evaluation of experiments and heuristic assumptions. The first consistent theory of thin shells goes back to August E.H. Love in 1888 [Lov1888]. As Love’s publication is based on Kirchhoff’s work, this shell model became known as the Kirchhoff-Love model, Kirchhoff is credited to be the founder of modern plate theory with his publication in 1850 [Kir1950].…

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    Lord of The Flies, a novel by William Golding, depicts human nature as inherently evil through the comparison of the conch shell and the sow’s head. The conch shell is a symbol of civilization that only Piggy and Ralph hold onto and respect throughout their lives on the island. The sow’s head represents lawlessness and disorganization that everyone but Ralph respects by the end of the novel. Both objects are used by the boys as a way to control their groups, but ultimately the sow’s head wields…

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    I stand shell-shock. Looking at the women only fifteen years older than me. My mother. I'm watching her get pulled away from me. She's screaming at the big men in black suits to keep me safe. She is pulled away from me. Before I can help it, tears are welling in my eyes, and I am screaming. "I want mom back! BRING HER BACK!" I am sobbing by the time I am done. A woman then crouches in front of my two-year-old form. "It's okay sweetie. We’re gonna bring you and your brother to a better home."…

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    George Shell experienced permanent brain damage at the age of twenty-six, because of an absence of oxygen. This awful and genuine disaster was created by Shell 's own egotistical individual choices (Door). A mishap created by her bulimia, which left her in a vegetative state from 1990 to 2005. Specialists gave no good faith for her situation, as an encouraging tube was the main want to keep her only presence. As per her spouse Michael, she had already communicated that she didn 't wish to be…

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    the boys are the real beast, and that it can’t be hunted or killed. The masks symbolize if you are apart of Jack’s tribe. This tribe was ruthless, and even killed off important characters in the book. These objects represent savagery. The conch shell symbolizes order and rules. It was also the only thing that kept the boys together as a group. The fire represents a hope for escaping the island, and returning to civilization. Thus, in the end of the book, Jack lights the whole island on…

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    Shell shock was a major psychological problem during the first war. It resulted from constant bombings and explosion from the war. The symptoms of shell shock were horrid. In the article “Shell Shock during World War One”, the author Professor Joanna Bourke, concurs , “Symptoms ranged from uncontrollable diarrhoea to unrelenting anxiety” (Bourke)…

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    the building blocks for the skeletons of shells of many marine organisms. In certain areas where life now congregates in the ocean, the seawater, is supersaturated with calcium carbonate mineral. The guiding question is what may different concentrations of acid do to the shells? My hypothesis for this is that in the span of one week the shells that were put into…

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    atmosphere. In the lab the students take a look at the shells and sit them in water that's been acidified over a week. They put the shells in the acidic water to see how the shells would respond to the high levels of acid. The guiding question to this lab was, what does different concentrations of acid do to shells? One of the best hypothesis was turned in by Cesar Olvera and it says “I hypothesis that the vinegar will slowly dissolve the shell”. Now you may ask if we had any procedures and…

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    With the introduction of the Carcinus maenas, the L. littorea with the thickest shell is strongly selective as an anti-predation technique against C. maenas (Hughes et al, 1979). The shell is the thinnest has lower survival against C. maenas predation, whereas, the thicker L. littorea shell is the bigger their survival rate is. L. littorea collection was performed at Fitzgerald J V Marine Reserve, Half Moon Bay California. About 120 snails were collected from the rocky intertidal zone, 60 from…

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    that we see Shell imitating other people lifestyle is in “Children of the Corn” where Shell talks about Corn flakes, the cereal that everyone eats. Shell states, “but Corn flakes are what other kids eat- Vicki sometimes,…

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