newly vacated space. The project took 15 years to get done and finally concluded on December 2007. Even though there were several issues and problems along the way that today teach us lessons about managing megaprojects including increase of cost estimations‚ risk control and collaboration between the involved groups‚ the Big Dig was a success considering its complexity and technical challenges. One interesting concept during the Big Dig construction was the way government mitigated risks all along
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Comparing and contrasting majority influence and minority influence Majority influence is usually thought to produce public conformity‚ a good example of majority influence in how people behave in the society‚ In our daily lives‚ we involuntarilyfollow others so that we can fit in even if we disagree in private‚ this is also known as normative influence (Manstead & Hewstone‚ 1996).People comply to others to avoid conflicts‚ blend and integrate well with the rest‚ even if it means that they act in
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STA304 H1 S/1003 H S Winter 2013 Dragan Banjevic (I) Note: A lot of material will be used from Internet‚ some with reference‚ some without. 2 CITY OF TORONTO NEIGHBOURHOODS 1 West Humber-Clairville 19 Long Branch 36 Newtonbrook West 54 O’Connor-Parkview 2 Mount Olive-SilverstoneJamestown 20 Alderwood 37 Willowdale West 55 Thorncliffe Park 3 Thistletown-Beaumond Heights 21 Humber Summit 38 Lansing-Westgate 56 Leaside-Bennington 4 Rexdale-Kipling
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Markets for DVB‚ the T&D losses have been estimated as 58%. This is contrary to claims by DVB that their transmission and distribution losses are between 40 and 50 percent. With the setting up of State Regulatory Commissions in the country‚ accurate estimation of T&D Losses has gained importance as the level of losses directly affects the sales and power purchase requirements and hence has a bearing on the determination of electricity tariff of a utility by the commission. Components of T&D losses
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the objectives to be achieved and how it is ensuring that these objectives to be achieved effectively . • Planning is also an intellectual process ‚ determination and intelligent action based on the results of the purpose ‚ knowledge and estimation ( estimation ) high . The importance of planning is to determine : • Where an acceptable idea ? • What can be added to this idea ? • What should be rejected? • What are the alternatives to choose from ? What is our priority ? Through our planning
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feasibility of using Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) for rural public safety. First‚ we discuss a QoS enhancement to a standard routing protocol‚ Dynamic Source Routing (DSR). By incorporating a new routing metric and the available bandwidth and delay estimation algorithms with DSR‚ we design a new routing protocol‚ QoSAware Source Routing (QASR)‚ to meet the QoS requirements specified by Statement of Requirements (SoR) for public safety communications. We then evaluate the performance of QASR and the well-known
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ECONOMICS INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CHINA by Yanrui Wu Business School The University of Western Australia DISCUSSION PAPER 10.10 Innovation and Economic Growth in China Yanrui Wu ( ) Economics UWA Business School University of Western Australia Australia yanrui.wu@uwa.edu.au Abstract China has enjoyed high economic growth for three decades since the initiative of economic reform in 1978. This growth has however been driven mainly by labour-intensive‚ export-oriented
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ABSTRACT: Medicinal plants are potential sources of new drugs to improve the treatment of diseases whose treatment is associated to anti-oxidative agents. In the current study‚ we carried out a comparative analysis of the antioxidant activities of extracts of the selected leaves of 6 common medicinal plants. Total Ascorbic Acid Content‚ Total Carotenoid Content‚ Antioxidant potential using FRAP assay and Total Phenol Content was quantitatively estimated from leaves of Rauvolfia serpentina‚ Cymbopogon
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Forensic odontology requires knowledge of both dentistry and the law. Practitioners in this branch of science need to have a solid understanding of dentistry and how it can be helpful in a medico-legal investigation. A forensic odontology practitioner needs to have an understanding in areas including injury interpretation‚ evidence interpretation‚ dental anthropology‚ imaging technology‚ mortuary practice and the art of medico-legal report writing. The forensic odontology practitioner must have a
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Introduction It is known that Mexican trade has expanded significantly since 1983 to date. What has been the contribution of the North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to the expansion of Mexican trade? Has the expansion of Mexican trade contributed to the growth of the Mexican Economy? This paper investigates the historical relationship between trade and growth in Mexico‚ from 1970 to 1998. More specifically‚ it measures the importance of NAFTA on the opening of the Mexican economy. The above period
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