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    GROUND IMPROVEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION When a project encounters difficult foundation conditions‚ possible alternate solutions are: Avoid the particular site Design the planned structure accordingly. Remove and replace unsuitable soils. Attempt to modify the existing ground. Relatively few options are available in choosing the ground materials and site conditions that must be accounted for in the design of highway projects. The project must

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    Approaches to the Study of Political Philosophy & Problems and Challenges of Interpretation *Notes compiled from David Boucher & Paul Kelly’s ‘Introduction’ in Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present‚ and Terence Ball’s ‘History and the Interpretation of Texts’* Political thought is thought about the State‚ its structure‚ nature and purpose. It is concerned with the moral elements of human behaviour in a society. Differentiating between the purpose of political life and life itself is

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    0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): B 43. Which of the following is a good explanation of why parts of some caves are filled with air rather than water? A) Streams formerly flowing on the surface were diverted into the groundwater system through sinkholes. B) A nearby‚ downcutting stream lowered the water table after the caves had formed. C) The main water table is perched above the cavern roofs‚ allowing air to enter. D) The caves formed and later the water table rose. Points Earned: 1.0/1.0

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    2012 A Survey of Intrusion Detection Systems for Wireless Sensor Networks Report This is the paper review of the paper “A survey of Intrusion detection systems in WSNs by Ashfaq Hussain Farooqi and Farrukh Aslam Khan”. This report is being submitted to Madam. Dr. Mehreen Afzal in the course “Advanced Cryptography and Cryptanalysis” by “Iftikhar Zafar” Center For Advance Studies In Engineering‚ CASE‚ Islamabad‚ Pakistan 12/22/2012 2 ABSTRACT: Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are in

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    Municipal Solid Waste Andrew McClarren Final Project Outline EGEE 439 April 12‚ 2015 Introduction Through the years‚ especially in the most recent few decades‚ the use and creation of biomass has been under study and practice as to maximize how much it can benefit society as well as the planet as a whole. Biomasses are being used around the world for a magnitude of purposes. So what exactly is a biomass and what can they be used for? Biomasses are any materials and matters derived from

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    Groundwater Use and Overuse The biggest reservoir of fresh‚ liquid water on earth is groundwater. There is more than 20 times as much water stored within the ground as in all the lakes and rivers combined. In many parts of the world‚ agricultural‚ industrial‚ and domestic water demands can only be met by pumping water out of the ground. As you’ll see in the diagram below‚ wells work only if they penetrate the water table - the name given to the subsurface boundary that separates saturated and

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    THE EARTH At the beginning our planet is no more than a case of fire and cloud with glutenated dust particles similar to so many similar cloisters in the universe. This was the miracle where our life exists in this universe. Today life our life is just a link or chain of so many numerable living beings that was succeeded one another honours over nearly 4 billion years and even today new volcanoes continue to sculpt our landscapes it appears like molten rocks from the depths‚ solidifying‚ cracking

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    by friends and the economic devastation that truly results from AIDS in Africa‚ a place where over 18% of people suffer from it. The goal and intent of my topic is to show that AIDS in Africa is not just killing people. It is creating a massive sinkhole in the economy by lowering the size of the workforce‚ stealing a large portion of family budgets that would otherwise contribute to the economy to pay for medication‚ and forcing women into prostitution to afford basic necessities. AIDS is also a

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    Deforestation

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    Introduction Trees are one of the most important aspects of the planet we live in. Trees are vitally important to the environment‚ animals‚ and of course for us humans. They are important for the climate of the Earth‚ as they act as filters of carbon dioxide and most importantly provide oxygen to us. Forests act as a habitat and shelters to millions of species. However‚ these trees are being depleted at a very fast rate. According to some estimates‚ more than 50 percent of the tree cover has disappeared

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    PLANET EARTH A Term Paper Presented to Ms. Lenie Jabagat Department of English In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for English III By Jim Paul Sencil January 30‚ 2013 PLANET EARTH Jim Paul C. Sencil Himamaylan National High School January 30‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION: Earth is the planet on which we live. Earth is the third planet from the sun. The particles which compose of the mass of the earth but more particularly the particles which from the mould on the surface

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