SAFER CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is a systematic approach to identifying‚ assessing and reducing the risks of disaster. It aims to reduce socio-economic vulnerabilities to disaster as well as dealing with the environmental and other hazards that trigger them: Heddre it has been strongly influenced by the mass of research on vulnerability that has appeared in print since the mid-1970s.[1] It is the responsibility of development and relief agencies alike. It should be an integral
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BASIC MATERIALS FOR CONSTRUCTION : STONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Stone has been used as a construction material for thousands of years. It has long been recognized as a material of great durability and superior artistic quality‚ the foremost choice for buildings associated with status‚ power and religion. 2.0 TYPES OF STONE Building stone‚ also called dimension stone‚ derives from one of three naturally occurring rock types: Igneous - Hard and non-porous rock formed from the slow or quick
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Kaplan Summary In “Welcome to the Infotainment Freak Show”‚ Martin Kaplan explains how the world is under the reign of entertainment. People are glued to today’s technology because of how easy it is to give and receive news. The era is known as postmodernity‚ or “pomo” for short; it is an era of subjective knowledge and the truth is what society makes it. News stopped being about content and truth and gained a political and profit-based agenda. People no longer tune in to the news for truthful‚
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INTODUCTION India is witnessing construction of very interesting projects in all sectors of Infrastructure. High rise structures‚ under construction‚ include residential/commercial blocks up to a height of 320 m and RC chimneys for thermal power stations extending upwards up to 275m. Majority of the structures are in structural concrete. The functional demands of such high rise structures include the use of durable materials. High Strength Concrete‚ Self–compacting Concrete are gaining widespread
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Basement construction and waterproofing The term basement refers to an enclosed space that is below the ground floor of the building. A residential basement is generally one floor deep‚ with a floor height of 8 to 10 feet‚ with the top of the basement wall terminating approximately 2 to 3 feet above the finished ground level. On a sloping site‚ the basement floor may be above the ground level on one or two sides‚ referred to as a walk-out or daylight basement. Residential basements are more common
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COMPILER CONSTRUCTION TOOLS INTRODUCTION: Writing a computer is tedious and time consuming task. There are some specialized tools for helping in implementation of various phases of compilers. These tools are called compiler construction tools. These tools are also called compiler-compiler‚ compiler-generator‚ or translator writing system. TOOLS FOR COMPILER : Lex Flex lexical Analyser Quex Ragel Yacc Antlr LEX: Lex is a computer program that generates lexical analyzers ("scanners"
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D. Geskus Design and construction of regenerative amplifier and compressor for chirped pulse amplification D. Geskus Design and construction of regenerative amplifier and compressor for chirped pulse amplification University of Twente Department of Science and Technology Laser Physics and Non-linear Optics Enschede‚ July 11‚ 2006 Graduation Committee: Prof. Dr. K.J. Boller Dr. Ir. F.A. van Goor Prof. Dr. M. Pollnau Dr. H.J.W.M. Hoekstra Summary Research on acceleration of electrons by plasma
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The building of the Panama Canal had impacted the history of the United States. As imperialism continued‚ Panama had sparked an interest to the Land Of Liberty. For the United States Panama could bring a whole new experience in market and trade with other nations. Many people‚ the Americans believed building the aqueduct was a new hope for America’s forthcoming. The Panama canal is a key piece of global force in the United States. The waterway brought many emulation between the US and other countries
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The Social Construction of Consumer Needs: A Case Analysis of the “Healing Boom” in Japan * Takeshi Matsui Graduate School of Commerce and Management Hitotsubashi University Tokyo‚ Japan 186-8601 Department of Sociology Princeton University Princeton‚ NJ‚ US 08544 [ Word Count: 9‚555] September 2008 * I would like to thank Paul DiMaggio‚ Russell Belk‚ Jennifer Lena‚ Richard Cohn‚ and Ikuya Sato for helpful feedback and encouragement. Please address correspondence to Takeshi Matsui‚
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Lesson Construction Template ELA8_SB_U5_L9 Introduction and Objective Writing can seem like an overwhelming task. There’s so much pre-writing work to be done that you may seem like you’ll never get to actually write anything. It helps to keep breaking down the process. So what happens after you’ve chosen a topic and know your audience? Now it’s time to expand on that topic and get some facts to support it. Link: https://pixabay.com/static/uploads/photo/2015/04/03/18/56/digits-705666_640.jpg
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