IMPROVEMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR TUNNELLING: SELECTED CASE HISTORIES Guido Pellegrino Nicholson Construction Company ABSTRACT Soil improvement technologies have been widely employed over the recent decades to overcome tunnelling problems in difficult grounds‚ their range of application growing proportionally to the technological development. The constant advancement in the different mechanical (flexible and more powerful equipment) and electronic (enhanced reliability and direct quality control) aspects
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Modern non-tariff measures 1. Import deposit schemes: this requires importers to deposit a certain amount with the central bank of the country. This makes importing more time consuming and more expensive and reduces the liquidity of the importing firm. 2. Voluntary Export Restrain (VER): it is an agreement between two countries where the government of exporting country agrees voluntary to restrict the volume of its exports of a certain good. Ex. Japan’s VER with USA in the export of motor
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MINI CASE STUDY FOR: Interdependence and Gains from Trade Discussion Questions: 1. Why is interdependence in the MENA area seen as important? Applying the interdependence in MENA region would help overcoming several problems that have been affecting the economic growth in the region. The production rate (Quantity) is sometimes not even enough to fulfill the region’s needs‚ which forces them to import those products. The quality of produced products in the region is not as high enough. Add to
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From website: www.fairtrade.org.uk. We got some information about the Fair Trade of chocolate The chocolate is made from Cocoa‚ and Cocoa was first planted in Ghana in 1879. Ghana is renowned for the quality of its cocoa beans. Cocoa accounts for 28% of Ghana’s foreign exchange earnings and 57% of total agricultural exports. In 2006‚ Ghana exported 358‚000 tonnes of cocoa worth $ 1.06bn making it the second most important export commodity after gold. Kuapa Kokoo is a cocoa-growing co-operative
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Julia Johnson In today’s society‚ there are many trade-offs for technological advances. Different people may argue whether or not these trade-offs are for better or worse. It is my belief that today’s technological advances are for the common good and can result in immeasurable blessings. My cousin‚ Jennifer‚ has been married for over eighteen years. Her lifelong dream was to become a mother. After trying for years to conceive with no luck‚ Jennifer and her husband eventually turned to in
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that battle‚ I read “Common Ground” by Judith Ortiz Cofer. At first‚ I read the title and thought it’d be something for pro-equality and how people are essentially created equal. By the second stanza‚ with the line‚ “when I look in the mirror I see my grandmother’s stern lips‚” it was clear that it wasn’t a poem about being created equal‚ but about how people do share that “common ground” with people they may not have wanted to grow up like. The title “Common Ground” clearly indicates that there
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argument for the protection of trade secrets. The report investigates the conflict between Samsung and LG. Samsung claims that LG stole its display technology and blame its own Samsung employees. Samsung accused eleven people‚ including six of its own employees of stealing its trade secrets and it claims that LG has stole its display technology. Introduction Trade secrets are any confidential business information which provides an enterprise a competitive edge. Trade secrets can be manufacturing
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Common Ground Yolanda Isom Fairleigh Dickinson University Abstract Healthcare providers all have a common goal and that goal is to provide quality care in an environment that is conducive to healing. But what happens‚ when the quality care is hampered by unprofessional attitudes or conflict? How well is the delivery of quality care‚ when these are mixed in? The common interest is for patients to receive the best care possible and give the facility a good
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Standing on Holy Ground must have a big significance for people that see the nursing profession as a call from God and is accepting that call. In our daily living‚ we can perceive a lot of nurses that see their job just like a way to have a good income‚ they can be great nurses but there is something missing. “When you see nursing as a calling‚ you go to this higher level which is the vocation level‚ which has a spiritual dimension to the profession” [O’Brian‚1]. The vocation gave to the nurse’s
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remember the steps for the members. Rules: set ground rules; Identify issues we would like to change; decide on what to work on first‚ Goals: what do we want to achieve? Explore the issues in more detail; Strategies/activities: work out ways of achieving goals. When social worker dealing with family issues has to develop ground rules for the family members. RIDGES steps are essential to social workers when sessions are undertaken with families. Ground rules include confidentiality‚ record keeping
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