Prestressed concrete construction Prestressed concrete Prestressed concrete is a method for overcoming concrete’s natural weakness in tension. It can be used to produce beams‚ floors or bridges with a longer span than is practical with ordinary reinforced concrete. Prestressing tendons (generally of high tensile steel cable or rods) are used to provide a clamping load which produces a compressive stress that balances the tensile stress that the concrete compression member would otherwise
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Psychological Theories and Real Life Situations Psychological theories and perspectives have been around for many years. It is one thing for a person to come up with ideas and thoughts about how people function‚ but it becomes much more interesting when these ideas are related to real life situations. It is much easier to understand how these theories and models were developed when looking at them from a real life standpoint. The first example of a psychological theory in practice is when I
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able to do‚ and the need for education and training. Much work has been done in different countries with regard to competencies for palliative care‚ not just for nurses‚ but for the multidisciplinary team as a whole. While we believe in the multidisciplinary nature of palliative care and the need for multidisciplinary training‚ we were also clear that nurses have a unique and pivotal role to play in the provision of palliative care and that this
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an Italian-American television personality and journalist. She is currently a co-anchor on E! News‚ the flagship entertainment news program of E!‚ and co-hosts "Fashion Police" on E!. Since she was made anchor in 2005‚ viewership for "E! News" has risen over 50% across the board. In addition to her news anchoring duties‚ Rancic often co-hosts red carpetevents for award shows‚ such as the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards. On March 13‚ 2006‚ she was joined as anchor of E! News byRyan Seacrest. She is the creator and executive
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She has many shows and special telecast to her name‚ as a host and anchor. She conducted many high profile interviews which includes Dalai Lama and Astronaut Buzz Aldrin to Sarah Palin. She was ranked Boston’s best Anchor by Boston Magazine between 1996 and 1997. She has been in the reporting and investigation section of journalism and has received Emmy Awards for her various contribution to
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crime‚ and to define their personalities. However‚ these attempts were only a tiny seed. It was not until about 200 years ago began to seriously address the causes of the emergence of crime. It was the beginning of science called criminology. Multidisciplinary of that discipline makes that some people think is considered to be irrelevant as the field of study. However‚ a huge level of knowledge contained in criminology‚ is very useful in everyday life‚ not only for ordinary human but also for smaller
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Provision of interdisciplinary collaboration and care is necessary. Nurses must ensure there is adequate access to multidisciplinary resources to ensure the needs of the family are adequately met. Access to spiritual‚ physiological and emotional care‚ as well as peer support‚ from parents who have survived similar life events‚ is critical for the family during the bereavement
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Conclusion Cleft palate is recognized as the fourth most common congenital malformation‚ and is a key feature of over 200 syndromes (Cielo & Marcus‚ 2015). Researchers universally recognize the importance of a multidisciplinary team approach when evaluating and treating CLP patients. CLP creates deficits in feeding‚ swallowing‚ respiratory function‚ and speech among many others insufficiencies due to velopharyngeal incompetence (Ysunza et al.‚ 2015). Evaluations for feeding‚ swallowing‚ and speech
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American people implementing and enforcing new laws to be made. Two important issues facing the United States are Obamacare and illegal immigrants using anchor babies to stay in the country. On the issue of Obamacare‚ the best policy to follow is to recall Obamacare and create a new bill that is more specific‚ fixing one level at a time. On the issue of anchor babies‚ the best policy to follow is to amend the Constitution’s 14th Amendment to clarify the standards of citizenship. On March 10‚ 2010 President
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main contractor for all of these projects Weinhardt and his management team developed plan a year ago to become key supplier of safety anchors for these plants Failure of anchors and fasteners could be catastrophic Value of anchors is tens of millions of dollars Competition Only one competitor in country Competitor was not manufacturer but distributor of US made anchors. Similar quality to Lenhage AG’s products. Competitor: no engineering or technical support staff‚ no technical information‚ no quality
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