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  2. Close-packing of equal spheres - Wikipedia

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    The same packing density can also be achieved by alternate stackings of the same close-packed planes of spheres, including structures that are aperiodic in the stacking direction. The Kepler conjecture states that this is the highest density that can be achieved by any arrangement of spheres, either regular or irregular.

  3. Human bonding - Wikipedia

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    Human bonding is the process of development of a close interpersonal relationship between two or more people.It most commonly takes place between family members or friends, [1] but can also develop among groups, such as sporting teams and whenever people spend time together.

  4. Sphere packing - Wikipedia

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    Here there is a choice between separating the spheres into regions of close-packed equal spheres, or combining the multiple sizes of spheres into a compound or interstitial packing. When many sizes of spheres (or a distribution ) are available, the problem quickly becomes intractable, but some studies of binary hard spheres (two sizes) are ...

  5. Interpersonal relationship - Wikipedia

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    Romantic interpersonal relationships are no less impacted. For example, in the United States, Facebook has become an integral part of the dating process for emerging adults. [79] Social media can have both positive and negative impacts on romantic relationships. For example, supportive social networks have been linked to more stable ...

  6. Relational dialectics - Wikipedia

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    Relational dialectics is an interpersonal communication theory about close personal ties and relationships that highlights the tensions, struggles, and interplay between contrary tendencies. [1] The theory, proposed respectively by Leslie Baxter [ 2 ] and Barbara Montgomery [ 3 ] in 1988, defines communication patterns between relationship ...

  7. Consequential strangers - Wikipedia

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    At the other extreme are relationships that are barely blips on the social radar, such as people with adjoining season seats for a game or same-time-next-year conventioneers. [2] [3] Another factor that shapes a relationship is the level of investment and stability. People are committed to their intimates, less so to their consequential strangers.

  8. Karl E. Weick - Wikipedia

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    From 1962 to 1965, Weick was an assistant professor of psychology at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.Six months after arriving at Purdue, he received a letter from John C. Flanagan congratulating him on being the 1961-62 Winner of the Best Dissertation of the Year Award in Creative Talent Awards Program sponsored by the American Institutes for Research.

  9. Knapp's relational development model - Wikipedia

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    Social networking has changed the way the steps in Knapp’s model are processed. Facebook, for example, allows one to find out details about someone you are interested in without even having to have a conversation. Romantic relationship status can easily be found through a quick search of social media.