Design concepts in architecture: the porosity paradigm Sotirios D. Kotsopoulos 129 Franklin Street‚ # 203‚ Cambridge‚ Massachusetts 02139‚ USA; e-mail: skots@alum.mit.edu Abstract: Presented is a paradigm of how a design concept can be converted into a system of production rules to generate designs. The rules are expressed by the means of shape grammar formalism. The paradigm demonstrates how porosity a concept transferred from biology‚ medicine and organic chemistry was implemented by architect
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Chapter I Introduction: The number of pests in our homes and environment are increasing. Nowadays‚ people preferred buying chemical products to kill the harmful pest on our surroundings. These chemical products pollute our environment and it is really dangerous to our health. Because of these problems‚ researchers had found and discovered new and organic alternative pesticides. The researchers want to find much cheaper and environmentally friendly pesticide. But here the pesticide will not be
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Erica Sawyer Dr. Ed Baker Health Delivery Systems 202 10 November 2011 Bursting the Health Care Bubble A source states that‚ the 30 million uninsured Americans have forced the United States to put part of the responsibility of health care into the government’s hands (Terry 116). By 2014‚ the changes in the health care system will be life changing for some‚ while others will have little to no effect by the reform. A surgery specialist from New York states that‚ “…46 million people in America
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Demand Flow® Technology and Value-Stream Mapping Shanghai‚ February 2005 The principles of Demand Flow® Technology are a close complement to those of Value-Stream Mapping. Value Stream Mapping shows how product and information flow across all the process steps in the supply-chain. It compares the current state with the future state to provide a visual description of the target objectives that need to be achieved. Demand Flow® Technology provides a complete set of tools for all of the manufacturing
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02‚ 2002 PROD. #: 603080-PDF-ENG Reader’s comments would be much appreciated and replied to!!! Analyze Commerce Bank’s service delivery system prior to ‘Retailtainment’. Base your analysis on the following heads: Service Offering Funding Mechanism Employee Management System Customer Management System ANALYSIS: Commerce Bank’s Service Delivery System Commerce Bank’s entire banking and operational philosophy is designed around creating a retail experience for the customer
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Week 4 Assignment: Descriptive Essay John Barkle IV ENG 121 English Composition I Instructor: Antoinette Oesterlein 11/24/12 It is a very merry Christmas. It’s my favorite time of year. For some people‚ Christmas lasts one day. For me it starts the week before Thanksgiving and last the whole month long. I have been celebrating month long Christmases since I was a little boy. My family owns 5 Christmas tree lots‚ and I have the pleasure of working on our main lot; Deejohn’s Christmas
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Lab – Cloud Delivery Models Read the three scenarios below In each case‚ indicate which Could Delivery model would best fit the situation described. Include a brief description explaining your answer Scenario #1 XYZ is a large real estate firm. Their core competence is their understanding of the real estate market‚ and their understanding of their customers and the customer needs. Their most critical tools are their CRM and email servers. They are growing‚ and so is their customer list and their
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Managed Care Delivery Systems Introduction: According to Terence Shea in an article published by HR Magazine (2005)‚ in the last fifty years‚ employers’ health cost have soared as coverage has expanded and medical care has been revolutionized. Since the early 1980s‚ there have been a number of governmental and corporate attempts to slow this dramatic rise in health care expenditures. Most health plans in the U.S. today involve some form of managed care. Nearly 90 percent of Americans
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Argos Home delivery service Introduction : Argos is a well-known retailer in UK. There are about 20‚000 products for customers to choose that including garden‚ furniture‚ sports‚ jewellery‚ toys‚ leisure equipment and so on. (Argos company‚ 2010). It is different between Argos’s operation and the traditional retailers’. Customers can not see the shelves‚ or the goods in the Argos warehouse. Argos provides different ways for the customers to purchase goods‚ such as to go to Argos store‚ or
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Shipping and Delivery: As you know‚ with every shopping site‚ there will be a tag known as shipping and delivery. It is to clearly mention about shipping responsibility of a site. Shipping is a main category under which there will be several attributes which ensures shopping by consumers. Wonder mega mart is a shopping place established in the year 2015. It is an e commerce company has agreement with multiple brands. We sell products like cosmetics‚ kitchen wares‚ furniture‚ jewel‚ apparels‚ electronics
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