With cities worldwide facing daunting environmental challenges on a global scale‚ a multidisciplinary team at Arup (an independent firm of designers‚ planners‚ engineers‚ consultants and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services) seeks to create a model for how cities can develop carbon neutrally called Dongtan Eco-City. Dongtan is a plan for a new eco-city on the island of Chongming in Shanghai‚ China. The name of the city literally translates as "East Beach". Dongtan
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Some strains of Acetobacter produce a gelatinous membrane called pellicle or bacterial cellulose (BC) at the surface of liquid culture. BC is also called as “Nata de Coco”‚ a traditional fermented food in southeast Asia. Coconut-water is regarded as a waste from the copra process‚ the cost is low and easily to obtain. Although in these areas using mature coconut water to produce nata de coco obtained a good yield of pellicle was obtained‚ the shortage of coconut water is always affecting the stability
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ARTICLES Effect of large-scale social marketing of insecticide-treated nets on child survival in rural Tanzania Joanna R M Armstrong Schellenberg‚ Salim Abdulla‚ Rose Nathan‚ Oscar Mukasa‚ Tanya J Marchant‚ Nassor Kikumbih‚ Adiel K Mushi‚ Haji Mponda‚ Happiness Minja‚ Hassan Mshinda‚ Marcel Tanner‚ Christian Lengeler Summary Background Insecticide-treated nets have proven efficacy as a malaria-control tool in Africa. However‚ the transition from efficacy to effectiveness cannot be taken for
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What sustainability issues will arise from the large scale adoption of electric cars? With the recent introduction of the electric car into Ireland‚ I am going to outline some of the sustainability issues that will arise from their large scale adoption. The car has already received backing by the government who have recently announced their plans for the induction and eventual change over to electrically powered vehicles. What is an Electric Car? An electric car‚ is a vehicle which like the typical
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¬¬¬ DECLARATION I hereby declare that the project work titled ‘Performance Appraisal using Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale’ submitted to Mahatma Gandhi University is a record of the original work done by me and no part of it has been submitted earlier for any Degree‚ Post Graduation or similar of any other university or institution. Place : Pullikkanam Signature : Date Name : Anish Basheer
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ORGANIC BRAIN DAMAGE WITH THE HELP OF WECHSLER SCALE Shakti Mehrotra Dr. Ambalika Sinha * Scientist ‘F’ Selection Centre East‚ Allahabad. **Assistant Professor‚ Department of Humanities and Social Sciences MNNIT‚ Allahabad ABSTRACT The present study was conducted to evaluate the diagnostic value of Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale Revised ( WAIS-R ) and Weschler Adult Performance Intelligence Scale Revised (WAPIS - PR). The sample consisted of
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A small scale investigation into the factors influencing the conceptual change in children’s scientific thinking Abstract The present study aims to compare how Piaget and Vygotsky theories promote conceptual change in children’s scientific thinking. The investigation is an adaptation of a procedure used in 1930 by Piaget and compares two children’s predictions and explanations of why some objects float or sink. Children’s thinking is then challenged using discovery learning and scaffolding
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Nano-scale Phase Change Materials (PCM’s) and Their Effect on Heat Transfer Fluids Sean Schulte‚ Chaoming Wang‚ Ming Su 1NanoScience Technology Center‚ 2Department of Mechanical‚ Materials‚ and Aerospace Engineering‚ University of Central Florida‚ Orlando‚ Florida 32826. mingsu@mail.ucf.edu Abstract: Introduction: Heat transfer fluids (HTF’s) are often used as carriers in heat transfer equipment. It therefor comes as no surprise that finding a way to make HTF’s more efficient is desirable
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Do you agree that UK manufacturers need to operate on a global scale in order to succeed? Globalisation is the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. UK manufacturers should operate globally because offshoring and outsourced labour‚ especially overseas labour often includes technically skilled‚ highly educated and multilingual workers who are willing to work for much less than typical UK wages. The advantage
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In your own words‚ outline the scale of the post war Golden Age of economic growth enjoyed by Western European nations. The Golden age of Economic growth occurred in the aftermath of World War two and continued until the mid 1970’s and led to the 1970’s recession. During this period of time the World economy expanded at never before seen levels‚ World output of manufactures quadrupled between 1950 and 1970 and at the same time trade in manufactures increased by 10 times the previous levels. Since
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