A review of this assertion, published later the same year, determined that medical homes are associated with better health,... with lower overall costs of care and with reductions in disparities in health.. By 2005, the American College of Physicians had developed an advanced medical home model.
5. striker-the part of a mechanical device that strikes something. clapper, tongue-metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side. firing pin-striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer. hammer-a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate. hammer, cock-the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled.
(Rifle shooters will recognize this as âcock on closingâ, as opposed to a hammer-fired pistol which is âcock on openingâ.) What that means is that the striker fired gun is cocked only by the power of the recoil spring, which is working against the hammer spring. Put your hands together and push; your right hand is the striker spring, which has to be tensioned to fire, while your left hand is the recoil spring, which is tensioning that striker.