Reinforcing

Cinder Block - Sizes and Structure
... The presence of a core allows steel reinforcing to be inserted into the assembly, greatly increasing its strength ... Reinforced cores are filled with grout to secure the reinforcing in proper relationship to the structure, and to bond the block and reinforcing ... The reinforcing is primarily used to impart greater tensile strength to the assembly, improving its ability to resist lateral forces such as wind load and seismic forces ...

Shop Drawings in Concrete Reinforcing
... Concrete reinforcing is one of the many items requiring specialized shop drawings for the fabrication of the material ... Concrete reinforcing is custom-fabricated from 60-foot-long reinforcing bars ... The reinforcing bars are cut to length and bent to specific configurations ...

Serotonin–norepinephrine–dopamine Reuptake Inhibitor - Addiction - Relation To Cocaine
... neurotransmission is what has been linked to the reinforcing and addictive effects ... addiction it is advantageous if a substitute medication is at least weakly reinforcing because this can serve to retain addicts in treatment programmes.. ... limited reinforcing properties in the context of treatment programs may be advantageous, contributing to improved patient compliance and enhanced medication effectiveness ...

Experimental Analysis Of Behavior - Philosophical Basis of Behavioral Research
... Operation, Discriminative Stimulus, Response, Reinforcing Stimulus) to describe functional relationships in the control of behavior ... Consequences can consist of reinforcing stimuli (Srein) or punishing stimuli (Save) which follow and modify an operant response ... Reinforcing stimuli are often classified as positively (Sr+) or negatively reinforcing (Sr−) ...

Stimulus (psychology) - Functions of Stimuli - Reinforcing Stimulus
... occurrence of a behavior that is followed is increasingly supplemented, a reinforcing stimulus occurs ... Negatively reinforcing stimulus leads to a pseudo reflex ...