DECAY AND DRTERIORATION OF BUILDINGS CAUSES OF OCCURANCE OF CRACKS The important causes responsible for occurrence of cracks in buildings‚ are as under: 1) Cracks due to moisture changes. 2) Cracks due to temperature variation. 3) Cracks due to elastic deformation and creep. 4) Cracks due to effect of chemical reaction. 5) Cracks due to movements of ground. 6) Cracks due to vegetation. The various causes of formation of cracks and measures adopted to prevent them are described
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fear of failure can immobilize – it can cause us to do nothing‚ and therefore resist moving forward. But when we allow fear to stop our forward progress in life‚ we are likely to miss great opportunities along the way. According to the Reiss Motivational Profile‚ fear of failure in the number one reason for low achievement in school. Students that display this fear of failure often feel that failure hurts less if they don’t try to succeed. Signs that a student may have a fear of failure are a
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WESTBAND CONSTRUCTION LTD. 9910 39 Avenue P.O. Box 2408 Edmonton‚ Alberta T5J 2R4 October 27 - 2011 City of Edmonton Drainage Branch Dear Madam / Sir‚ Request for Change Order: Regarding to our meeting dated July 30‚ 1993; WestBan Construction Limited needs City’s approval for extra time and cost to precede with additional scope of the construction work (changing slope in North and East banks‚ adding required shoring for stabilizing the soil‚ leaving shoring in the ground‚ pouring
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APPLICATION OF QUEUEING THEORY TO SEAPORT CONGESTION PROBLEM IN NIGERIA By 1Oyatoye E.O. Ph.D Department of Business Administration‚ University of Lagos. Nigeria Email: eoyatoye@unilag.edu.ng 2Adebiyi‚ Sulaimon Olanrewaju Department of Economics and Financial studies Fountain University Osogbo‚ Osun state. Nigeria. Email: lanre18april@yahoo.com 3Okoye John Chinweze Torcelik International Company United. Apapa‚ Lagos. Nigeria ABSTRACT This paper stresses the importance
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Track Software Inc Integrative Case Assignment 1 Rey-Anne Paynter808000390 2/19/2013 a. (1) Stanley’s focus is o n maximizing profits. This is the correct goal because the goal of anyfirm‚ and therefore its financial manager‚ should be to maximize its value and by extensionthe wealth of the shareholders. (2) There is potential for an agency problem if Stanley decides to go ahead and invest in thesoftware developer. This investment will cause a temporary decrease in the
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Det naturvidenskabelige Fakultet Københavns Universitet 21.03.2011 Exercise adherence and Motivational interviewing Astvaldur Heidarsson 140173-3651 Supervisor: Mr.Reinhard Stelter Ástvaldur Heiðarsson There is a difference in exercise adherence among non-athletes between those who use MI counseling and those who don´t INDEX Hypothesis........................................................................................................................................4 Abstract
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The Miller and Rollnick reading defines Motivational Interviewing as “a collaborative conversational style for strengthening a person’s own motivation and commitment to change.” However‚ there is so much more to it and it cannot be summed up in just one sentence. I was slightly confused on what MI was at first after hearing so much about it in class‚ but the ballroom dance metaphor certainly made it easier for me to understand. One person is leading the other slightly to make a change and come up
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How to Create a Decision Tree Edited by Madhva_madhu‚ Leona 0 Article EditDiscuss A decision tree is a kind of flowchart -- a graphical representation of the process for making a decision or a series of decisions. Businesses use them to determine company policy‚ sometimes simply for choosing what policy is‚ other times as a published tool for their employees. Individuals can use decision trees to help them make difficult decisions by reducing them to a series of simpler‚ or less emotionally
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she wants a better grade in the class. MOTIVATION IN BUSINESS: Companies can motivate employees to do a better job than they otherwise would. Incentives that can be offered to staff include increased pay or improved working conditions. Motivational theories suggest ways to encourage employees to work harder. A motivated workforce results in: Increased output caused by extra effort from workers. Improved quality as staff take a greater pride in their work. A higher level of staff retention
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ABSTRACT The objective of this project is to design LCD digital oscilloscope for practical use. The basic concept for the project involves reading the voltage signal at the input and displaying it on the screen of an alphanumeric LCD. The input analog signals are supplied to the ADC(Analog to Digital Converter)‚ which are then sampled by it and the amplitude of the signal(voltage) is displayed on the LCD. Device Components: Microcontroller or processor: We used Atmega16- an Atmel AVR series
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