what is the primary difference between an open and closed system?
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An open system is defined as a “system in exchange of matter with its environment, presenting import and export, building-up and breaking-down of its material components.” Closed systems, on the other hand, are held to be isolated from their environment.
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In general, wounds can be either open or closed. In open wounds, the skin is broken and the underlying tissue is exposed to the outside environment. In closed wounds, the skin is intact and the underlying tissue is not directly exposed to the outside world.
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The closed burners, also called sealed burners, usually have a cap over the flame and controls the direction of the heat. The open burner, on the other hand, has an open space around the area of the flame and allows for better oxygen flow and for a higher power/BTU output.
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Open vs. It's the wood pores that determined if it's open or closed grain. Larger pores are considered open grain and are visible to the naked eye. Smaller pores create a closed grain. Closed grain wood has a smoother surface.
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An open system is one that allows energy and matter exchange. When deciding whether or not something is an open system, one must determine whether or not the system allows matter and energy transfer. If it does, then it is an open system. If it does not, then it is either a closed system or an isolated system.
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A breast pump with a milk barrier is known as a closed system as it's 'closed off' from the milk. ... An open-system breast pump doesn't have a milk barrier – but bear in mind that the risks of contamination are extremely small even if you do have this type of breast pump.
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OB tends to focus on organizations as closed systems at a particular point in time, and is further toward the academic side of the scholar-practitioner continuum. This is in contrast to OD which tends to consider organizations as open systems, and looks at how they change and evolve over time.
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The difference between a closed shop and a lockout is that a lockout is where the owners locked workers out of the property and refused to pay them. A closed shop is where companies could hire only union members.
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A closed question is simply one that the participant can answer 'yes' or 'no' to. An open question requires far more detail, and invites the person responding to provide information into how they feel and what they think about a subject.
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In a open circulatory system, blood is pumped from the heart into body cavity allowing blood to bathe the tissue and then return to heart. However in closed circulatory system there is a continuous system of vessels and is not pumped into body cavities.
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The most important difference between open channel flow and pipe flow: free surface. Open channel flow has a free surface and it's only subjected to atmospheric pressure. Pipe flow is confined within a closed conduit, therefore it's not subjected to atmospheric pressure but hydraulic pressure.
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Normally open relay: Normally open relays default in the open position, meaning that when they're not in use, there is no contact between the circuits. ... Normally closed relay: Normally closed relays default in the closed position, meaning that the circuit is closed unless otherwise specified.
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The major difference between a refurbished laptop and an open box laptop is that a refurbished laptop has been audited, reconditioned, and tested before being resold, while an “open box” laptop has just been taken out of the box, previously owned, but not used.
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fopen is a function from the C library that, internally, performs one or more system calls. Generally, as a C programmer, you rarely need to use system calls because the C library wraps them for you. fopen is a function call. A system call interacts with the underlying OS, which manages resources.
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The word shut is used to give the meaning of 'fully close'. ... On the other hand, the word close gives the meaning of 'enclose' or 'block' or 'cover'. This is the difference between the two words.
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Open and closed paths differ in the following ways: An open path has endpoints. It starts in one place and ends in another place — clearly a line segment, and not a polygon. A closed path has no starting point and no endpoint.
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Closed means that the issue has been worked on but can be reopen. Resolved means that the issue has been worked on, closed and a resolution determined. An issue is Open if its Resolution field has not been set.