BSE1D03 Intelligent Building and Associated Fire Safety Fire Safety in Buildings Professor Walter W. Yuen Chair Professor in Thermal Sciences and Engineering Professor W. K. Chow Department Head and Director‚ Research Centre for Fire Engineering Department of Building Service Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong‚ China BSE1D03 1 Topics covered in this talk: 1. Introduction. 2. The Risk of a Building Fire (Why do we care ?) 3. The “making” of a Building Fire 4. The Physics
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The Foundations of Psychology General Psychology/PSY300 January 12‚ 2010 Lena Klumper‚ P.h.D The Foundations of Psychology “Psychology is the scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior” (Kowalski & Weston‚ 2009‚ p. 28). Psychologists practice examining biological makeup‚ experience and functioning‚ and cultural and historical moments in a person simultaneously (Kowalski & Weston‚ 2009). The foundations of psychology include five major schools of thought: (1) Structuralism
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Critical Feedback Systems for BAS………….…………………….75 4.4. Building Energy Ratings…….……………………………………………81 Introduction: Welcome back‚ the following document will complement this year’s module content and hopefully provide relevant information for you in the future. Following the same format from last year’s notes this document again contains many extra documents and links which will guide you to a successful completion of Building Automation 3. This semester we will concentrate on the
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both Dalman and Lei view this as a competitive advantage. Based on new local health codes‚ new laws have been issued requiring trash dumpsters be a minimum distance of 30 feet (9.144 meters) from the rear entrance of the building. New land-use laws require that all out buildings be at least 6 feet (1.8288 meters) from the property lines. The enclosure that houses the trash dumpster is 5 feet (1.524 meters) from the property lines‚ which is in violation of those laws. The government inspector has
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Title: Body Building General purpose: To Inform Specific purpose: After Listening to my speech‚ the audience will be more informed upon body building. Thesis: Many people exercise but some need something more than just push-ups and sit-ups‚ they need body building. INTRODUCTION I.Attention Grabber- Body Building isn’t a race‚ it’s a marathon. -anonymous II.Thesis III.Nutrition‚ Supplements‚ Training BODY I.Nutrition A.Eating what’s right for MAX output 1.Carbs‚ Protein‚ Good
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The Fannie Mae Foundation created a guide‚ titled Knowing and Understanding Your Credit‚ to inform people on how to maintain good credit and move them closer to their dream of owning their own home. This guide covered the topics of building and maintaining a good credit as well as figuring out what kind of credit you have. Credit reports are records of how you paid off your debt and loans. It shows how much debt you have‚ if you’ve made loan payments on time‚ or if you’ve paid back the loans at
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Building a virtual team Saturday August 26‚ 2012 Building a virtual team A virtual team is a group of individuals who work across time‚ space and organizational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of communication technology. Several key factors can cause a virtual team to succeed or to go down the drains such as lack of interest‚ lack of directions and difference of work ethic. We can describe the key challenges and pitfalls to virtual teams as such: Some virtual team lack of clear
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The Building Blocks of a Military To become a powerhouse in Greece‚ it took many qualities. Athens had all the right qualities for that‚ and that is why they were worthy of the position. Both the military and the rest of Athens knew how to live. They were born with bravery and confidence but at the same time knew how to have fun and reward themselves. The men‚ who fought in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta‚ from 431 to 404 B.C.E.‚ were well respected and honored by the city of Athens.
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Practice Question Set for Bank Clerk Recruitment Exam 2012: General Awareness 2 1. Which of the following terms is used in the field of finance and banking? (A) Metabolism (B) Genetic process (C) Centrifugal force (D) Debt instrument (E) Experimental Error 2. The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) launched with a corpus of ~ 1000 crore will help which of the following groups of society? (A) Bank Employees (B) Central & State Government Employees (C) Workers of the unorganized
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Running Head: SELF-CONFIDENCE Building Self-esteem Abstract A lot of people suffer from the lack of self-confidence and often they don’t know the real reason. They unconsciously show this reason‚ low self-esteem. It’s very difficult for them to reach the goal they set and often they think the reason is their dis-abilities. They don’t trust in their skills. In reality no one is fully confident‚ because confidence isn’t general. You may feel confident in some field‚ while not in another one.
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