ORIGINAL PAPER The urban heat island and its impact on heat waves and human health in Shanghai Jianguo Tan & Youfei Zheng & Xu Tang & Changyi Guo & Liping Li & Guixiang Song & Xinrong Zhen & Dong Yuan & Adam J. Kalkstein & Furong Li & Heng Chen Received: 17 December 2008 / Revised: 29 July 2009 / Accepted: 3 August 2009 / Published online: 1 September 2009 # ISB 2009 Abstract With global warming forecast to continue into the foreseeable future‚ heat waves are very likely to increase
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P6- Describe different types of energy transfer For us to do work‚ we need energy. Energy is measured in joules‚ (J) or kilojoules (kJ) Energy exists in many different forums such as Kinetic and potential energy – Kinetic energy is the movement of energy and potential is stored energy‚ energy ready to go. A lawn mower filled with gasoline‚ a car on top of a hill‚ and students waiting to go home from school are all examples of potential energy. Gravitational potential energy is the energy crazed
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Heat of Mixing: Ethanol and Water Abstract The temperature change when known amounts of water and ethanol were mixed was determined to see the enthalpy change in an isothermal and isobaric environment. Agreeable data was found compared to similar experiments. As the mole fraction increased of the solution so did the enthalpy until a certain limit of about 0.32. Since water’s structure and unique properties affect many aspects of a solution‚ the solutions enthalpy’s decreased at a certain time
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Since the Miami Heat have won their second franchise championship there has been a lot of speculation on the next moves the organization as far as the who will be on next years roster. Ray Allen‚ a future hall of famer‚ is a highly sought after 3-point sharpshooter who is an unrestricted free agent. There has been much controversy in regards to what team will be a best fit for the 37-year-old veteran. According to a blogger on the Bleacher Report he feels that it would be sacrilegious and cowardly
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thermal‚ mechanical and hydraulic design response report to a heat exchanger problem where ethylene glycol and a poor quality feed of water are put through a shell and tube exchanger with the objective of cooling the ethylene glycol feed. A shell and tube exchanger was chosen over several other exchangers due to its high efficient performance and its relative ease of maintenance in processing these fluids. From the data given and specific heat capacity researched for ethylene glycol‚ a MatLab script
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corrective measures to curb the losses that might occur in a disaster. Step 5: Scenario Transfer The final stage of the Scenario Process is the dissemination of the message and its implementation on the ground. Process in scenario transfer: 1. Decide the scenario to prefer first- Amongst the various scenarios: This involves rereading the scenarios and questioning them a second time. The team is thereby able to reengage intellectually and emotionally with the material. 2. Identify the major opportunities
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costs. Most children are working to earn money for their families‚ which increases the child labor in the country. A survey of these child laborers reported that 240‚000 children that work are between 5 and 17 years old. Part of the conditional cash transfer programs are aimed at decreasing the child labor and increasing the child education because most students are required to attend school until they are 12 (Lakhani). The life expectancy at birth for
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Embryo transfer in cattle has gained considerable popularity with seed stock beef producers. While most modern applicable embryo transfer technology was developed in the 1970s and 1980s‚ the history of the procedure goes back considerably farther. ‘‘Walter Heape performed the first embryo transfer in Angora rabbits in 1890’’ (J.C. Remsberg‚ ‘Herdsmen and vets benefit from E.T. training’). ‘‘Embryo transfer in livestock began in the 1930s with sheep and goats‚ but it was not until the 1950s that Jim
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Operational Readiness and Airport Transfer (ORAT) For King Abdull Aziz International Airport INTRODUCTION Different types of operational problems are witnessed when commissioning new facilities‚ especially during the first day of operations‚ potentially resulting in poor performance and disruptions reflecting negatively on the organization. Many organizations require carrying out a readiness assessment of the new systems and facilities An operation readiness strategy will allow airport operators
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wireless power transfer has been developed. In the early 20th century before the electrical wire grid Nikola Tesla shows much of his work on wireless power transmission. As revolution is taking place‚ and technology is getting more and more‚ the idea of power transmission is also changing. The demand of generation is changing. So keeping the demands in mind‚ the idea of wireless power transfer has been strived to develop in this project. Firstly this project involves the transfer of power wirelessly
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