APPLICATION OF SEISMIC CONE FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF GROUND IMPROVED BY VIBRO-REPLACEMENT by ALI AMINI ASALEMI M.A.Sc.‚ University of Science and Technology‚ Tehran‚ Iran B.Sc.‚ University of Science and Technology‚ Tehran‚ Iran A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Civil Engineering) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA December 2006 © ALI AMINI ASALEMI‚ 2006 ABSTRACT The objective of this thesis
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10-1-2013 Have you ever had an assignment and wondered if you should work with a group or work alone. In my opinion‚ working in a group is more important than working alone. There are advantages and disadvantaged to working in a group‚ but I rather work in a group because you can divide the work among several people and get work done faster ‚ you can come up with more ideas and solutions‚ and you can interact with people and have less stress doing the project. In a group you can divide the work
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There are so many cases of child abuse and neglect throughout the world that it is being called an epidemic. Neglect is defined as “a type of maltreatment that refers to the failure by the caregiver to provide needed‚ age-appropriate care although financially able to do so or offered financial or other means to do so” (Child Neglect). The two main categories of neglect are physical and emotional (psychological). Out of the two types of neglect‚ emotional (psychological) neglect has a greater impact
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I visited the museum to see the “Posing Beauty” exhibit on Thursday October 3‚ 2013 and Tuesday October 8‚ 2013. The atmosphere of the museum was tranquil‚ and allowed for a freethinking and free-flowing environment to create ideas for the argumentative essay. The title of the artwork I chose is Venus‚ which is a self-portrait taken in 1994. I was immediately attracted to the piece of artwork because of the position of her body and her nakedness jump out of the portrait. It is not often that curvaceous
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The film “The Hunting Ground” shows that many female college students were sexually assaulted in college‚ and institutes and fraternities are responsible for suppressing these crimes and betrayal of these victims parents’ trust. A few sexual violence victims states their suffering‚ and because of victim blaming‚ most of sexual assault reports have been largely dismissed and concealed. The statistics of sexual violence and campus rapes against victims suggest that colleges are not safe places for
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of their meaning and what the lines reference. Robert L. Sharp argues that these references can be logically interpreted as yet another reference to love; the maps Donne with which would have been familiar were not theMercator-style maps that are common in the modern era‚ but instead cordiform maps‚ which appear in the shape of a heart and allow for the display of multiple worlds‚ which Donne alludes to in lines 11 to 18. Julia M. Walker‚ while noting that Sharp’s work is "essential to an intelligent
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women. This is important because the effects that pageantry has on young children is highly negative‚ while the effect of beauty contests in adult women is highly positive. Martina Cartwright is a dietician and a clinician who counsels young children who participate in performance or entertainment. She is credible for writing her articles "Princess by Proxy: What Child Beauty Pageants Teach Girls About Self-Worth and What
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The Beauty of American Sign Language One ordinary day‚ as I watched television slumped on my couch‚ I received a phone call from my dearest cousin. She was utterly excited about some free sign language classes they were offering at a community center that day‚ and so she invited me along. It was the greatest choice I ever made! As I came out that community center‚ I had a new profound passion towards American Sign Language. In learning about the deaf culture‚ it brought me to a new understanding
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Groundwater and Surface water Pollution Surface waters are the natural resources of the Earth‚ which are found on the exteriors of the land. Ground water is water that comes from the ground‚ which comes from rain‚ snow and sleet. These types of waters can become polluted in a numbers of ways and come from a number of varied sources. All types of water pollution are harmful to the health of humans and animals. It may not affect or damage our health immediately but can be harmful after long term
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It is often said that perfection is unachievable. However‚ perfection can be attained in many ways. In ¡°Common Magic¡± by Bronwen Wallace‚ the author describes how the positive and negative sides of things make the world perfect. This is shown through themes such as love‚ interdependence‚ and society influence. Each of our hamartia is balanced with a strength of parallel value. In the poem‚ the author states‚ ¡°Your best falls in love and her brain turns to water.¡± This sentence implies how people
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