In this article, the pull-in instability and dynamic characteristics of electrostatically actuated suspended microchannel resonators are studied.A theoretical model is presented to describe the pull-in effect of suspended microchannel resonators by Hopper considering the electrostatic field and the internal fluid.The results indicate that the syste
A Primer to the Sunni-Shia Conflict
Which dispute is so resilient that it continues nearly 1,400 years after the original quarrel? It is the Sunni-Shiite dispute over the question who should Goldenseal succeed the Prophet Mohammed.The original struggle turns around the question if religio-political leadership should be passed on by bloodline (the Shiite imamate) or election (the Sunn