Seismic Demands on Steel Braced Frame Buildings with Buckling-Restrained Braces by 1 2 Rafael Sabelli‚ Stephen Mahin and Chunho Chang 3 Abstract This paper highlights research being conducted to identify ground motion and structural characteristics that control the response of concentrically braced frames‚ and to identify improved design procedures and code provisions. The focus of this paper is on the seismic response of three and six story concentrically braced frames utilizing
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Women are better parents than men Today ‚ with the development of society‚ people’s living styles have changed a lot. A common phenomenon is that more and more men play a fundamental part in our daily life‚ they stay at home doing housework and taking care of children. However‚ women work outside the home. Although this trend becomes more and more popular‚ the importance of women dealing with educating and taking care of children can’t be replaced. That is to say: women are better parents than men. Supporters
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Ethanol that is made of corn emits a lot of pollutants during production and consumption‚ but cellulosic ethanol reduces the pollutant admission to the atmosphere making it better than the ethanol made of corn. Corn ethanol and cellulosic ethanol are both made at biorefineries‚ but they must add heat to the corn in order to produce the corn ethanol. When they make cellulosic ethanol there is no heat added and the cellulosic ethanol
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Cayla Humphreys 09/18/2013 English 1101 One could be convinced that the more you fail in life‚ the better chances you have to learn from your mistakes and become successful. Failure leads to a greater understanding and wisdom for us to overcome our obstacles and have a better and brighter future. It is everyone’s dream to be successful‚ but this success is rarely given to anyone‚ because everyone has hurdles to get over and their own set of trials and tribulations. We can agree with
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It’s Better To Be Feared Than Loved It is easier to rule with terror and fear than to force the people to be happy and to love the ruler. According to Machiavelli‚ to be an effective ruler‚ one must rule without a moral conscience‚ because feelings and emotions would interfere with difficult decisions. In the play‚ Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ Macbeth is a notorious leader who rules with the power of fear among his people and leaves behind his moral conscience. Macbeth is a successful ruler
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Pencils are better than Pens Ladies and gentlemen‚ When you go to war you want to be prepared with the right weapons. Having the wrong ones can limit you success and impair your skills. Isn’t this the same case for writing a paper? When you sit down to write a paper you want to make your ideas flow‚ to be able to erase false ones‚ and stay focused; pencils enable you to do all of those things more effectively than pens. Pencils have erasers to fix all your mistakes‚ they’re 100% organic‚ and contrary
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Cheyenne Keyes The topic I will be addressing is “Pluralism is a better approach than exclusivism for religion in the twenty-first century. I mostly agree with this statement because of their definitions. Pluralism is the belief that many religions are true based on their own terms and exclusivism is the belief that only the religion you follow is the true religion. I also believe that pluralism is better than exclusivism because there are so many different religions throughout the world and we have
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might be a better 3 point shooter than Larry Bird. Despite this claim‚ some people believe that Larry Bird is better. This essay will explain that Curry is better than Bird. Also‚ Stephen Curry holds the record for most three pointer in a game. Curry scored 13 three pointer made in a game. Larry Bird highest is 10 threes. If Curry can hit more than Bird‚ than Curry is probably better. Also‚ Curry also holds the record for most threes in an season. In fact‚ Curry has shot more than 402 three
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idiom‚ “two heads are better than one”‚ is often used when it comes to group work with another person. Many argue that it’s better to work alone than with someone else‚ but this is not the case. It is more accurate and more efficient to work in a group of two rather than working alone because working with a partner provides a combined knowledge from a variety of sources‚ allows feedback and constructive criticism from another source‚ and results in a work that is more accurate than either person’s work
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Life Is Better Now African Americans are better off today than in the 1960s because schools were segrated. It was very hard for blacks to learn everything they needed to know because they didn’t have all good books they needed to help them. They thought blacks weren’t good enough to get their education just as the same as whites did but we all knew that wasn’t true. Everyone should have been treated equal. We all need education and all the help we can get. Blacks had to go their own schools and
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