Published online in Wiley Interscience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/tal.368 PROS AND CONS OF MULTISTORY RC TUNNEL-FORM (BOX-TYPE) BUILDINGS EROL KALKAN1* AND S. BAHADIR YÜKSEL2 2 1 California Geological Survey‚ Sacramento‚ CA‚ USA Department of Civil Engineering‚ Selcuk University‚ Konya‚ Turkey SUMMARY Tunnel-form structural systems (i.e.‚ box systems)‚ having a load-carrying mechanism composed of reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls and slabs only‚ have been prevailingly utilized
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Pandora’s Box is a myth that is centered on the idea of curiosity as well as the origin of the worlds suffering. The myth evolves over time to include seemingly sexual themes that are centered on women. A common pattern that emerges over time is that of possible stereotypes against women; being curious has negative effects‚ in turn implying that it is frowned upon for women to be curious. The story of Adam and Eve‚ paintings from John Waterhouse‚ and even the children’s book Be Patient Pandora‚ all
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Stewart Box Company Executive Summary: The management control systems and organization structure should support the overall corporate strategy for the effective and efficient accomplishment of its goal. This is the essence of the Stewart Box Company or SBC case. SBC was a well-established manufacturer of paperboard cartons and boxes. These were sold as packages for consumer products. SBC’s main strategy was to produce high quality products primarily by designing to customer specifications
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proairetic by explaining how each film has multiple “mystery boxes”. The “mystery box” is a combination of the hermeneutic and proairetic codes. He mentions that there is always question of who‚ what‚ how‚ and what happens next‚ which create suspense to keep the audience drawn into the story. His example was from Star Wars‚ the droid‚ R2-D2‚ who meets mysterious women‚ the audience does not know‚ that is one “mystery box”. Next Luke Skywalker finds the droid‚ it’s a hologram with a message‚ and the
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extreme curiosity. Both Pandora and Norma receive two strange gifts. Pandora receives a special box presented by the messenger of the gods‚ Hermes. With the box she also got a warning to never open it. Making this task a bit harder‚ Hera the wife of Zeus gave Pandora the gift of curiosity. Curiosity and a mysterious box? Not such a great combination. Pandora tried extremely hard to fight the urge to open the box‚ she even chained it up and buried it in the ground‚ and sadly her temptation was to powerful
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Box JellyFish BOX jellyfish can kill with their powerful venom. Their venom is one of the deadliest in the world.it attacked the whole body and kills you very quick. A box jellyfish is about 10 feet long 4.4 weight. Coral Coral organisms‚called polyps can live on their own.coral polyps are tiny and soft bodied organisms related to the sea. Coral live in tropical waters around the world. Cuboza Cubozoa is jellyfish that live in tropical warm waters around the earth.It has verey dangreouse teticlaes
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Analogy Life is a box of chocolate. A box of chocolate contains pieces of identical chocolates. But they all have different types of flavor‚ smell and texture. Some taste like sweet heaven‚ some taste like vicious inferno. Nonetheless‚ every time when you reach within to snatch a piece‚ the outcome is unexpected and unpredictable. Similar to what life is all about- It is full of surprises; you never know what you will get. One second you can be in heaven on earth‚ and then a second later be in
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Particle in a Box Lab March 25‚ 2014 Kassandra Brady‚ Samantha Imler‚ & Michael Montone CHEM 353 Abstract: Introduction: Method I: Absorption Spectra of Conjugated Dyes This method analyzes a series of dyes with alternating double bonds. It is assumed that the π electrons are free to move and ignoring the electro static repulsion among the π electrons themselves. The theoretical model applied in this experiment is the particle in the box. The model states that a single particle moves free
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is a proposal of ‘Sing K Box’‚ a karaoke mobile application project. We would like to provide an application platform for users to enjoy karaoke at anywhere and anytime through portable devices. The proposal introduces the features of the application and feasibility analysis. 1. INTRODUCTION We observe a trend of singing context on TV shows which drawn public attentions towards karaoke and pop music culture. However‚ people in this modern society are usually under a
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MKT9M6 – Living Outside The Box A report to the founder of the new online company 16/04/2013 Executive Summary This report aims to establish the appropriate business model to adopt for a new online retailer. The content of this report will cover the changing trends in the current market environment that will affect the prospects of this new company‚ focusing on four key areas‚ technology‚ ethics‚ population and the recession. The technology
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