turns on when you enter a room‚ has silent air conditioning and automatic doors? Maybe walls incorporating digital art that changes with the mood. Sure‚ that’d be great‚ but those are toys. A smart building is designed to do one thing really well: To keep the outside out and the inside in.The building itself is an envelope‚ keeping the elements one step away and the environment inside to your taste. How well it does that tells us how smart it is. smart also means being different What makes
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Textiles are made up from natural or man-made fibres or a combination of both. “Fibres are thin‚ hair-like structures” (Blair‚ n.d: online) that are categorized into two types: long filament fibres and short staple fibres. Natural fibres are usually staple‚ whilst man-made fibres are filament‚ with the exception of silk that comes from a natural source. These raw fibres are spun to produce a long‚ continuous thread referred to as yarn‚ which is then used in a series of methods that include‚ stitching
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Discovery of PHB... Polyhydroxybutyrate‚ or PHB‚ was discovered in 1926 by French microbiologist‚ Maurice Lemoigne‚ who was researching the use of bacteria to produce polyesters‚ at the time. However‚ it was overlooked and forgotten for over 30 years‚ as there wasn’t any need for such a biopolymer; petroleum was still inexpensive and abundant so PHB was unnecessary. In 1957‚ PHB was rediscovered in Britain and USA‚ and was further developed and researched during the 1960s. The mass production
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MATERIAL REQUIREMENT PLANNING MRP is a computerized ordering and scheduling system for manufacturing industries. It was developed in the 1950’s but became popular only in the 1980’s.It stemmed from Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). It essentially is a backward scheduling system. It utilizes the bills of material data‚ inventory data and also the master production schedule to project what material would be required along with the quantity in which it would be required.MRP facilitates in placing
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Chapter 6 DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS • How does diffusion occur? • Why is it an important part of processing? • How can the rate of diffusion be predicted for some simple cases? • How does diffusion depend on structure and temperature? Driving force for movement In general‚ force is a position derivative of energy (F = - dE/dr). In other words‚ if there is any energy difference in space‚ there is a force which will act on matters - Force will move things. (ex1) Potential energy by gravity:
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purpose of this assignment is to help you develop the critical thinking skills necessary to write a basic‚ college-level analytical essay. You may type directly into this file and then upload when finished. Remember that you need to connect what you read in the book to what you are learning from other course materials to complete you answers. Step I: Basic‚ factual analysis of a reading 1. List three examples of events/methods from Voltaire’s Candide which you believe best illustrate the issues
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Material & Immaterial Space The concept of space has massively changed since the evolution of mankind. Spaces that were defined by material‚ culture‚ context and climate have now been redefined by other factors such as technology and new invincible forces. Based on Jonathan Hill’s Immaterial Architecture‚ the book that traces the changing science of space and the forces that define it‚ i.e.-material aspect (presence of matter) and the immaterial aspect (absence of matter)‚ this paper also
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9 A Journey through Anglo-American Literature (Learner’s Material for English) This instructional material was collaboratively developed and reviewed by educators from public and private schools‚ colleges‚ and/or universities. We encourage teachers and other education stakeholders to email their feedback‚ comments‚ and recommendations to the Department of Education at action@deped.gov.ph. We value your feedback and recommendations. Department of Education Republic of the Philippines
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The future use of structural composite materials in the automotive industry Enrico Mangino Centro Ricerche Fiat‚ Strada Torino 50‚ 10043 Orbassano (TO)‚ Italy enrico.mangino@crf.it Joe Carruthers NewRail‚ School of Mechanical & Systems Engineering‚ University of Newcastle upon Tyne‚ NE1 7RU‚ UK joe.carruthers@ncl.ac.uk Giuseppe Pitarresi Dipartimento di Meccanica‚ University of Palermo‚ Viale delle Scienze‚ 90128 Palermo‚ Italy pitarresi@dima.unipa.it Abstract: The automotive
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MATERIAL COSTING & CONROL BY BUKENYA MOSES Lecturer‚ Makerere University Business School-MUBS. MSc. Accounting & Finance-Mak BCom-Accounting-Hons‚ ACCA Level II‚ Email: mbukenya@mubs.ac.ug or mosesbukenya@yahoo.com Mobile Phone contact: +256772881525 MUBS EMBA MAC by Moses Bukenya OUTLINE: Students should be able to understand 1. AIM/purpose/objectives of principles of material Materials cost management. 2. Basic management 3. Procurement cycle 4. Relevant control documents 5. Functions
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