[Warning: This story contains spoilers from The Comic Book Store Regeneration episode of CBS' The Big Bang Theory.] CBS' The Big Bang Theory said farewell to one of its own during its latest episode. During Thursday's The Comic Book Store Regeneration episode, Howard (Simon Helberg) learns that his mother, Debbie Wolowitz â voiced by the late Carol Ann Susi â passed away in her sleep while on vacation in Florida.
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A thermal break or thermal barrier is an element of low thermal conductivity placed in an assembly to reduce or prevent the flow of thermal energy between conductive materials.In architecture and building construction some examples include the following:1  a thermal break is also a load-bearing thermal insulation system used in reinforced concrete structures to form a thermal break between cantilever structures and internal floor. Thermal breaks (made of substantially rigid, low thermal conductive polyamide or polyurethane which is mechanically locked in aluminum window framing can be more than a thousand times less conductive than aluminum and a hundred times less than steel.