design: introducing parametric Gaudi Carlos Roberto Barrios Hernandez‚ Department of Architecture‚ Massachusetts Institute of Technology‚ 77 Massachusetts Avenue‚ Room 10-491M‚ Cambridge‚ MA 02139‚ USA parametric design as a technique of convergence marta malé-alemany and josé pedro sousa SCI-ARC - Southern California Institute of Architecture Email address: martamale@earthlink.net jps-x@mail.telepac.pt Parametric thinking in urban design– a geometric approach Nicolai steinø Aalborg University
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more likely to have a venture survive for the long term. 10) entrepreneur needs to evolve into a manager to shepherd a new venture to long-term survival. 11) new venture survival: conscientious attitude and not being open to various avenues of divergence 12) factors are more predictive of venture survival than industry‚ startup experience or the
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Is it possible to establish trans-national forms of citizenship? Discuss in relation to European citizenship. Introduction In this essay‚ I will argue that it is impossible to establish trans-national citizenship and I will make this argument in relation to European citizenship. There are mainly five aspects supporting my argument. To begin with‚ as education exerts a great influence on the establishment of European citizenship‚ it is necessary to describe the current status of the education
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All the Mathematics You Missed Beginning graduate students in mathematics and other quantitative subjects are expected to have a daunting breadth of mathematical knowledge‚ but few have such a background. This book will help students see the broad outline of mathematics and to fill in the gaps in their knowledge. The author explains the basic points and a few key results of the most important undergraduate topics in mathematics‚ emphasizing the intuitions behind the subject. The topics include linear
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people’s activities; they do not make people the same. If you assume people are the same everywhere‚ global media extend homogeneity. If you realize that people are different‚ extensions reinforce the differences. McLuhan did not include cultural convergence in the concept of the global village. In fact‚ he said the opposite: that uniqueness and diversity could be fostered under electronic conditions as never before. This is exactly what technological development has accomplished. Contrary to expectations
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INTRODUCTION Creativity refers to the phenomenon whereby something new is created which has some kind of subjective value (such as an idea‚ a joke‚ a literary work‚ a painting or musical composition‚ a solution‚ an invention etc.). It is also the qualitative impetus behind any given act of creation‚ and it is generally perceived to be associated with intelligence and cognition. Creativity can also be defined "as the process of producing something that is both original and worthwhile" or "characterized
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need another 20 years to supply its own scarps. Until such time‚ the import of scrap from the matured markets is a better option. Extend value chain by vertical integration: As per the annual report of NALCO (2014‚ p. 86)‚ the cost of the major raw materials constitute about 17 % of the sales amounting to US $ 170 million. According to the company’s internal data‚ there is a rise in the cost of raw materials ranging from 5-15 % per year. Because of price volatility in the LME‚ any minor upward
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Usefulness of title of article The title was sufficiently clear for average reader to understand the further content of the article. Usefulness of Abstract The authors used one well-developed‚ coherent‚ unified and concise paragraph understandable to a wide audience. The objectives and focus of the article were clearly stated and agreed with the title. The authors introduced the methods of accomplishing the task in general‚ without any specifications. The abstract was written in accordance with
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Summary 3 The Practice of Co-operative Inquiry: Research ´with´ rather than ´on´ People (Heron & Reason) Table of contents 1 Introduction to co-operative inquiry 1 2 Four phases of co-operative inquiry 1 3 Different forms of co-operative inquiry 2 4 Co-operative inquiry cultures 2 5 Ways of knowing 2 6 Inquiry skills and validity procedures 2 7 Words and questions 3 Bibliography 4 Introduction to co-operative inquiry The article “The Practice of Co-operative Inquiry:
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be down to the fact that this person knows only the simplest text language and in order for her to understand and him have the ability to write in a language he feels comfortable with he has to use basic text languages. This could be the use of convergence because he uses the simplest of text language that can be easily understood by his mother but also allowing him to be able to use text
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