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    Natural Lighting

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    LIGHT AND ARCHITECTURE CÉSAR PORTELA Architect There is no need to define what natural light is‚ but we do need to remember that this light allows us to define what is around us‚ by day and night: the changing perception of the things or the bodies on which it impacts‚ and the space that contains them. Light‚ or absence of light‚ can also transform this space in each season‚ each day of the year‚ each hour of the day‚ each moment. With regard to Architecture‚ What is Architecture? Lao-Tse said

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    Natural Disaster

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    A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover.[1] An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in an area without vulnerable

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    Natural Resources

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    Natural Resources Resources on the Earth Biosphere: The whole combination of animals‚ plants and non-living beings which by their interaction make the planet earth a live and vibrant place is called biosphere. Biotic Components: Living things constitute the biotic component of the biosphere. Abiotic Components: The air‚ the water and the soil form the non-living or a biotic component of the biosphere. The air is called the hygrosphere‚ the water is hydrosphere and the soil is called lithosphere

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    The natural environmental problem is the one of the most important problem to impact our world. Some problems are very famous like “global warming” and “Marine pollution”. We usually the government determine to spend millions or billions dollars to curb environmental pollution from news. In fact‚ we can save the money because we always curb environmental pollution after we did it. The natural environmental problem was already permeated our life. We almost can find it everywhere. For example‚ in

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    Cotton Chemistry of Cotton Fiber The chemical composition of cotton fibers and the quantity of different constituents vary greatly with the type of plant‚ soil and climate. Row cotton fiber‚ after ginning‚ is essentially composed 94% cellulose. Chemical composition of cotton fiber:  Constituents                                     Percent Cellulose                                           94.0% Protein                                              1.3 Paretic substances                             1

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    Natural Disasters

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    reveals overconfidence decision-making biases. His decision also discloses an anchoring bias as it looks like that Nationwide did not take into consideration some information that others did. Insurance was not the only affected industry with natural disasters; also Airlines were very affected with this whole hurricane and weather situations. Jet Blue was one of these affected airlines due to the weather. They held the passengers on its planes for about 10 hours with closed bathrooms. They

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    abiotic components and biotic components Describe the function of the ecosystem: How do the abiotic and biotic components interact in biogeochemical cycles? Describe both the carbon and nitrogen cycles Describe disturbance and recovery: Describe one natural and one human caused disturbance to the ecosystem. Explain the damage to the ecosystem‚ including how the abiotic and biotic characteristics of the ecosystem changed. Explain how ecosystems recover naturally based on resilience mechanisms and the

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    Art Museum Visit

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    1. A piece that uses actual light as a medium. (hint: there’s a really cool one under the street connecting the two buildings.) The Light Inside‚ James Turrell‚ 1999   2. A piece that is by an Asian artist. White Porcelain Jar with Cloud and Dragon Pattern‚ Joseon Dynasty‚ 19th Century     3. A piece that is of an idealized form.(hint: the Greeks tended to do this in their sculpture) Standing Yaksi‚ Kushan Empire‚ Mathura‚ 2nd-3rd centuries   4. A piece that plays with scale.   Apollo Flaying

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    Natural Gas

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    Electricity from Natural Gas Natural gas is a fossil fuel formed when layers of buried plants and animals are exposed to intense heat and pressure over thousands of years. The energy that the plants and animals originally obtained from the sun is stored in the form of carbon in natural gas. Natural gas is combusted to generate electricity‚ enabling this stored energy to be transformed into usable power. Natural gas is a nonrenewable resource because it cannot be replenished on a human time frame

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    Natural Disasters

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    Risks‚ Regulations and Management of Natural Disasters Brooke McGuire Park University GO125 Natural Disasters Carla Contes Risks‚ Regulations and Management of Natural Disasters Introduction There are many risks involved in any natural disaster and the regulation and management of these disasters needs to be simplified and standardized. This essay will summarize two articles that pertain to natural disasters and the improvement of responses and policies surrounded them and

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