in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Civil Engineering) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA December 2006 © ALI AMINI ASALEMI‚ 2006 ABSTRACT The objective of this thesis was to gain a better understanding of the physical process of ground improvement by vibro-replacement and of how the induced changes in ground conditions affect the interpretation of seismic cone penetration testing used to assess its effectiveness. This was achieved by a combination of field testing and monitoring supported
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twelve productivity improvement techniques are explained as follows:- 1. Value Engineering (VE) : Value Engineering (VE) is the process of improving the value of a product at every stage of the product life cycle. At the development stage‚ VE improves the value of a product by reducing the cost without reducing quality. At the maturity stage‚ VE reduces the cost by replacing the costly components (parts) by cheaper components. VE also tries to improve the value and quality of the product. Value
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Barack Obama signed a law that notably looks back on September eleventh‚ the law that he signed was permission to allow the National Security Agencies to collect phone records. The ones who oppose the Patriot Act said that the NSA massive record collection is a direct violation of one person’s privacy and the Fourth Amendment‚ which bars warrantless search and seizure. However‚ they argue that the program was a pivotal to national security and was unfairly criticized. The law changes how phone records
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1. Environmental pollution is a serious issue and it is important to take steps on an individual level to reduce it. But now‚ since it is becoming an international issue‚ it is time to take environmental protection to a higher level. To what extent do you agree or disagree? 2. Theoretical subjects like mathematics‚ philosophy and economics should be removed from the university education‚ whereas most of the students are interested in taking practical subjects such as computer programming‚ engineering
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Definition: Statistics is the study of the collection‚ organization‚ analysis‚ interpretation and presentation of data. It deals with all aspects of this‚ including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments. A statistician is someone who is particularly well-versed in the ways of thinking necessary for the successful application of statistical analysis. Such people have often gained experience through working in any of a wide number of fields. Some
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Supply chain improvement Increasingly important in supply chain practice are attempts to improve supply chain performance. These are usually attempts to understand the complexity of supply chain processes; others focus on coordinating activities throughout the chain. • The SCOR model The Supply Chain Operations Reference model (SCOR) is a broad‚ but highly structured and systematic‚ framework to supply chain improvement that has been developed by the Supply Chain Council (SCC)‚ a global non-profit
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Secondary data refers to the data which an investigator does not collect himself for his purpose rather he obtains them from some other source‚ agency or office. In other words‚ this data has already been collected by some other source and an investigator makes use of it for his purpose. Secondary data is different from primary data on the basis of the sources of their collection. The difference between the two is relative - data which is primary at one place become secondary at another place.
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Process Analysis and Improvement Ronald E. Silvera OPS/571 March 11‚ 2013 Dr. Gary Harris Process Analysis and Improvement Examination of the documentation of the process of co-mediation at the Fifth Sessions Court along with further analysis of additional data‚ the functioning of the established process divulged areas that could attain through modification improvements using the problem-solving approach of the “Theory of Constraints”. Dr. Ted Hutchin expounds on the five focusing steps
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project. In primary data collection‚ we collect the data ourselves by using methods such as interviews and questionnaires. The key point here is that the data we collect is unique to us and our research and‚ until we publish‚ no one else has access to it. There are many methods of collecting primary data and the main methods include: • QUESTIONNAIRES • INTERVIEWS • FOCUS GROUP INTERVIEWS • SURVYES • OBSERVATION • DIARIES • ANALYSING THE DATA The primary data‚ which is generated by
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Seven Basic Management Tools "The Old Seven." "The First Seven." "The Basic Seven." Quality pros have many names for these seven basic tools of quality‚ first emphasized by Kaoru Ishikawa‚ a professor of engineering at Tokyo University and the father of “quality circles.” Start your quality journey by mastering these tools‚ and you ’ll have a name for them too: "indispensable." 1. Cause-and-effect diagram (also called Ishikawa or fishbone chart): Identifies many possible causes for
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