Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Computers & Industrial Engineering 54 (2008) 513–525 www.elsevier.com/locate/dsw An integrated AHP–DEA methodology for bridge risk assessment q Ying-Ming Wang a b a‚* ‚ Jun Liu b‚ Taha M.S. Elhag c c Institute of Soft Science‚ Fuzhou University‚ Fuzhou 350002‚ PR China School of Computing and Mathematics‚ Faculty of Engineering‚ University of Ulster at Jordanstown‚ Shore Road‚ Newtownabbey‚ Co. Antrim BT37 0QB‚ Northern Ireland‚ UK
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containing over 250 myths. To compare and contrast these two poets and their writing styles‚ I will use Achilles’ battle with Hector in Homer’s Iliad book 22 and compare it with Achilles’ battle with Cycnus in Ovid’s Metamorphoses book 12. The comparison of these battles will give us a better understanding of these poets different views on the Trojan War. This battle also takes place outside the city of Troy‚ at the beginning of the Trojan War‚ nine years previous to Achilles’ battle with Hector
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intercultural comparison between Chinese and foreign humor Summary: Humor is a wonderful work of human civilization and wisdom‚ she smiled as a bridge‚ bond people in different culture‚ and made people recognizing the power of the humor in their normal communication. This paper will trace the historical origins of humor. From the humorous discourse features‚ themes‚ social functions‚ performance practices and seize of the subtle to start the similarities and differences between Chinese and Western
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The River as Bridge At the beginning of the new millennium urban populations outnumbered that of rural populations for the first time in history. Urban areas have long had connotations of being harmful to our environment and the people living in them are often seen as either careless or oblivious in regards to maintaining their surrounding environment; most notably the rivers that flow through their cities. The Trinity River begins in North Texas and flows all the way to the Gulf of Mexico; it flows
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Aquinas College Outward beauty is transient‚ but inner beauty is lasting She’s beautiful because she has long curly hair and light skinned. He’s handsome because he’s tall and has an athletic body. On the other hand a woman is far from gorgeous because of her curvaceous body and dark skin. Or a man is hideous with his four eyes and red hair. We all face a time in our lives where we are judged by our hair color‚ skin color‚ or our body size which all make up our outer beauty. Today we live in a condemnatory
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Compare famous Three Trait Theories The trait approach to personality is focused on differences between individuals. The combination and interaction of various traits forms a personality that is unique to each individual. Trait theory is focused on identifying and measuring these individual personality characteristics. Gordon Allport’s Trait Theory: A generalized and focalized neuropsychic system (peculiar to the individual)‚ with the capacity to render many stimuli functionally equivalent‚ and
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Ellana Slade Mrs. Castleberry 5 November 2012 Comparison Between Fathers of The Chosen and Abraham of Genesis The characters and the stories of the Bible have influenced Western literature more than any other work‚ many becoming easily identifiable archetypes. In the Book of Genesis of the Old Testament‚ Abraham‚ father of Isaac‚ values the word of God above anything else‚ willing to suffer any consequence. His religious beliefs reign above all aspect of life‚ including the lives of his own children
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A Contemplation Upon Flowers - Literature Notes The physical structure of this poem has beenaltered from the original layout in the text. Brave flowers‚ 1.that I could 5.gallant it likeyou‚ and be as little vain;You come abroad and make a 6.harmless show‚And to your beds of earth again;You are not proud‚ you know your birth‚For your embroidered garments are from earth.You do obey your months and times‚ but Iwould have it ever spring;My fate would know no winter‚ never die‚ nor think of such a
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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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Feature Comparison between Windows and Linux Introduction The basic definition of an operating system is a program that provides an interface to interact with the computer. It manages the computer’s hardware and software and provides a platform for other application programs. This report discusses the various aspects of an operating system with respect to Microsoft Windows which is a family of proprietary operating systems and Linux‚ which is a sub-category of UNIX. Operating systems thus not
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