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    The Scientific Revolution

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    Baroque Art‚ as a distinct style‚ emerged during the 17th century. It ran in parallel with the Scientific Revolution in Europe‚ and was a direct product of the Counter-Reformation movement of the Roman Catholic Church. The philosophy behind the style emerged in the 16th century during the Council of Trent when the Roman Catholic Church felt the need for an art form that would help reinforce its power and clarify its ideology following the Reformation. Baroque Art was created with the dual purpose

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    Scientific Management

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    was even expanded throughout the Western Electric company system between 1936[-]1955. The Hawthorne effect‚ defined as the tendency under conditions of observation for worker productivity to steadily increase‚ was discovered during the earliest "scientific management" phases of the research. It was suggested that when human work relations (ie.‚ supervision and worker camaraderie) were appropriate‚ adverse physical conditions had little negative effect upon worker

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    Construction and Safety

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    1: P 1.1 Discussing the use of approved codes of practice to ensure compliance with health and safety legislation. PAGE 2 P 1.2 Explaining the responsibilities for providing welfare facilities on-site. PAGE 4 P 1.3 Explaining the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007. Evaluate the penalties for non-compliance with current health and safety at work legislation. Give at least two examples for easy understanding. PAGE 7 P 2.1 Analyse organizational health and safety

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    Construction Economics

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    be compared in terms of value of the product at the first stage of production and at its last stage of the product‚ that is the output itself‚ it can also be calculated on a step-by-step production level basis. To illustrate‚ suppose a production process has four stages‚ starting from raw materials‚ to usable inputs and intermediate inputs‚ before culminating into the final product. Let’s also assume that the raw the monetary value of the product at the four stages are 10‚ 17‚ 23 and 31 respectively

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    The Scientific Revolution

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    Before the Scientific Revolution‚ the Bible or Greek philosophers such as Aristotle or as-tronomers like Claudius Ptolemy‚ whose ideas were sanctioned by the church‚ answered any questions regarding the natural world. In the bible it writes‚ "Mankind is the most important of God’s creations and occupies the centre of his universe." Astronomers there-fore stated that‚ "The earth is at the centre of the universe. The sun‚ the moon and the stars all move around the earth." During the scientific revolution

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    Social Constructionists‚ advocates of the "Theory of Social Constructionism‚" are of the belief that all concepts or practices which may seem natural to humankind are in reality an invention of a particular culture or society (Wikipedia‚ Social Constructionism). These practices and beliefs are called social constructs‚ believed to be by-products of (often unintended or unwanted) decisions of an individual (Wikipedia‚ Social Construction). Meaning‚ an individual believes he is making a decision of

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    Social Construction

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    Everyone ’s life is affected by social construction. This is the belief that social standard is determined by society‚ and it is formed by the individuals that belong to the society. Just Like when an individual thinks of a doctor‚ lawyer‚ priest‚ engineer‚ or manager‚ they usually picture males. Similarly‚ the nurses‚ teachers‚ and housewives might be purely female professions in our society. This is social constructionist thought on the role of equity and equality should play in today ’s society

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    Scientific Method

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    SCIENCE TEST #1 SEPTEMBER 2013 I. SCIENTIFIC METHOD a. The scientific method steps are: 1. Problem or question 2. Hypothesis 3. Experiment 4. Data 5. Conclusion b. The scientific method is a logical organized mechanism for identifying and researching a problem and devising a strategy for solving it. c. In the problem or question step‚ the researcher must decide what it is that you will be studying what you wish to learn.

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    Scientific Revolution

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    The Scientific Revolution is a period of time from the mid-16th century to the late 18th century in which rationalism and scientific progress made astounding leaps forward. The way man saw the heavens‚ understood the world around him‚ and healed his own body dramatically changed. So did the way he understood God and the Church. The result was a revolution in both the sense of causing an upheaval—of ideas—and consisting of not just one‚ but many scientific advancements. This paper will look first

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    Road Construction

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     Later the Arabs built roads that  were covered with tar. The roads were constructed by preparing earthworks and lifting road foundation  at the center for the water drainage. The road construction techniques gradually improved by the study  of  road  traffic‚  stone  thickness‚  road  alignment‚  and  the  slope  gradients.  The  initial  road  construction  materials were stones that were laid in a regular‚ compact design‚ and covered with smaller stones to  produce a solid layer.    Depending on the main function‚ 

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