Engineering Structures 28 (2006) 1266–1274 www.elsevier.com/locate/engstruct Applications of shape memory alloys in civil structures G. Song a‚∗ ‚ N. Ma a ‚ H.-N. Li b a Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ University of Houston‚ Houston‚ TX 77204‚ USA b School of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering‚ Dalian University of Technology‚ Dalian‚ 116024‚ China Received 24 June 2004; received in revised form 19 December 2005; accepted 26 December 2005 Available online 17 April 2006 Abstract Shape
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How does computer software and hardware work together? This is kind of a complex question. I think the most important thing connecting software and hardware would probably be the register. Commands or services requested by the software are encoded into binary values of 0’s and 1’s and are written into a register. For example‚ some register may hold a value of "01101100". This encoding has a total of 8 bits. Each value of either 0 or 1 is called a bit‚ and 8 bits are called a byte. At the hardware
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Info from case total revenue for last reporting = 110 million cio reviewed 3 following implementation strategies: -classic disintermediation - removal of intermediaries in a supply chain. connects supplier directly with customers -remediation-working more closely with ecisting middlemen partners. strategy could be affected by high contracting risks. -network-building alliances and partnerships with both existing and new suppliers and distributors involving a complex set of relationships
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CHAPTER 6 SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE Thomas M. Pigoski Technical Software Services (TECHSOFT)‚ Inc. 31 West Garden Street‚ Suite 100 Pensacola‚ Florida 32501 USA +1 850 469 0086 tmpigoski@techsoft.com Table of Contents 1. Introduction............................................................... 1 2. Definition of the Software Maintenance Knowledge Area .......................................................................... 1 3. Breakdown of Topics for the Software Maintenance
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"Freedom without morality inevitably becomes merely the liberty to perpetuate evil." The topic I will be presenting on is: “Family is responsible for the general moral decline in society”. Do any of you know what a ‘moral’ is? The Collins English dictionary defines a moral as the difference between right and wrong or good and bad. What about the word ‘decline’? It simply means a decrease. Thus‚ a moral decline is a decrease in the difference between knowing what is right and wrong or good and
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Recommendation Report In this report‚ you are going to find two software programs with business applications and compare them according to four well-defined criteria. You will then recommend one program over another on the basis of your comparison. Your report will be written to me – assume I’m your boss‚ we work together in a small company‚ and I’ve asked you to find the best program for our purposes. The choice of programs is up to you‚ but you must choose two programs that do roughly the same
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Abstract Software architecture plays an important role in the achievement of particular qualities we want to see in our software under development. On the other hand specific software demands some distinct qualities in software architecture. Now question arises how software architecture becomes the base to achieve the certain qualities and how qualities influence the architecture. Architecture provides the base for the development of the core product so by inspecting the architecture we can predict
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Section 4 – Understand how to work with and support colleagues 1. Explain the purpose of agreeing standards for your own work. Give at least two reasons. The ‘components’ (the people who are a part of‚ and the ultimate goals) of the organisation (organisation being the operative word)‚ need to have structure and need to be organized‚ or there will be no organisation. That is why work standards are put in place. Everyone who is a member of the organisation needs to agree with‚ and comply
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The Causes and Consequences of Marital Breakdown Marital breakdowns and divorces have become common in the last few centuries. These are frequently discussed phenomena in our modern society with various causes and heavy consequences. There is no single reason why a relationship begins to break down. However‚ once a relationship does start to decline‚ there is a predictable sequence of events that tends to occur. A marriage and divorce study from Britani‚ 1989-1999 clearly shows the rising tendency
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Marital Breakdown In this assignment I am be going to talk about the different forms of marital breakdown. I am also going to analyse the reasons and trends of marital breakdown and divorce. Marital Rates Since 1981 the number of marriages conducted every year has fallen by a third. Marriages were at the highest rates between 1932 and 1946 . in 1981 marriage rates were in the UK was at 7.1 but by 2001 it was down to 5.1 per 1000 of the population per year. Cohabitation is on the increase
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