EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING IN AUSTRALIA BEFORE MECKERING AND AFTER NEWCASTLE by Charles Bubb BE‚ DIC (Eng. Seis.)‚ FIEAust‚ CPEng SUMMARY Earthquake Engineering in Australia‚ as elsewhere‚ has been formulated in the aftermath of damaging earthquakes. The first Australian Code AS2121-1979 was written and published after the 1968 Meckering WA earthquake. The second AS1170.4 1993 was published after the 1989 Newcastle NSW earthquake. Good quality Building Codes are a necessary basis for sound earthquake
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customization and implementation. However after MaxFli’s implementation over three countries‚ mixed results were obtained‚ and implementation over three countries revealed strengths and weaknesses inherent to MaxFli’s approach. The strength of MaxFli’s strategy lies in BAT’s distributed approach of global development and local design. In line with this strategy‚ the systems development life cycle (SDLC) methodology was divided with BAT global headquarters (Globe House) spearheading a SDLC’s Definition
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Advocacy The deficit approach in family policy advocacy occurs when actions are taken to solve current failures within a family. The problem with this type of approach focuses on the failures‚ and can often occur to late to change the behavior. The asset approach focuses on the strengths of the family. By focusing on strengths‚ this type of approach allows families‚ individuals‚ and community leaders to become emotionally attached to the cause‚ unlike the deficit approach‚ which focuses more on
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Engineering management is a field that bridges the gap between engineering and management. The innovative Master’s of Science in Engineering Management prepares engineers and technical professionals to manage‚ lead and excel in today’s increasingly complex high tech environment. Engineering management involves the overall management of organizations with an orientation to manufacturing‚ construction‚ research & development‚ engineering‚ technology or production. The engineering management and
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Leadership Approach LDR/531 Organizational Leadership January 15‚ 2012 Joan Price Leadership Approach Leaders are special people and not everyone has what it takes to lead‚ or be a leader. A true leader has certain traits that make them stand out within a group of people. A good leader should be able to guide a group of people with influential guidance. Good leaders portray good ethical‚ morals‚ and values of a current belief. In business management a good leader must believe in a company
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Organizational Leadership LDR/531 Behavior Approach Leadership February 25‚ 2013 Timothy De Long Over the years‚ there have been many studies developed to evaluate and study leadership. The concept is to understand the nature of leadership in the workplace. Researcher’s examined the traits‚ influences and behaviors of effective leaders since the early 1900’s. "All leaders have the capacity to create a compelling vision‚ one that takes people to a new
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The State of the Art of Tissue Engineering – Bone Content 1. Introduction………………………………………………….……………………………………………3 2. Bone Grafts and Bone Graft Substitutes…….……………………………………………4 3. Bone Biology……………………………………………………………………………………………..4 4. Tissue engineering…………………………………………………………………………………..5 4.1. Ideal Scaffold 4.2. Growth factors 4.3. Stem cells 5. Future remarks/Conclusion………………………………………………………………………7 6. Appendix…………………………………………………………………………………………………..8 1. Introductions
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Task 1: Psychodynamic approach P1 – Explain the principle psychological perspectives. M1 – Assess different psychological approaches to study. Sigmund Freud developed an approach which was the first psychological approach that elucidated behaviour. Freud discovered the psychoanalysis‚ which is a technique for curing mental illness and also a theory which explains human behaviour. Psychoanalysis is recognised as the talking cure. Normally‚ Freud would inspire his patients to talk freely (on
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Introduction The lexical approach was invented by Michael Lewis in 1993. Over the years many different methods of language teaching had been developed. There is not a worst one or a better one; the educators choose which one will work better for them. In fact‚ knowing the basic or even the most complicated elements of a language teaching methods does not mean that we will be able to implement it in a classroom; there are important points that we have to take into consideration of our personality
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09/18/12 Introduction to Engineering Design Engineering design is the process of devising a system‚ component‚ or process to meet desired needs. It is a decision-making process (often iterative)‚ in which the basic science and mathematics and engineering sciences are applied to convert resources optimally to meet a stated objective. Engineering Design Process The engineering design process is the formulation of a plan to help an engineer build
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