Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering‚ 6 (2006) Seismic Pounding between Adjacent Building Structures Shehata E. Abdel Raheem Civil Engineering Department‚ Faculty of Engineering‚ Assiut University‚ Egypt E-mail: shehataraheem@yahoo.com ABSTRACT: Investigations of past and recent earthquake damage have illustrated that the building structures are vulnerable to severe damage and/or collapse during moderate to strong ground motion. Among the possible structural damages‚ seismic induced
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Why Organizations Change Organizations change for a number of different reasons‚ so they can either react to these reasons or be ahead of them. These reasons include: 1. Crisis: Obviously September 11 is the most dramatic example of a crisis which caused countless organizations‚ and even industries such as airlines and travel‚ to change. The recent financial crisis obviously created many changes in the financial services industry as organizations attempted to survive. 2. Performance Gaps: The
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This was a fascinating video that touched on an array of topics related to dreams and the psyche. One of the things that I noted while watching the video was that Carl Jung wrote on the beginnings of Zen in Buddhism and studied Native American culture in his work. It was also interesting the thoughts that Jung had about the psyche. In the beginning of the video Jung discussed that the psyche is the “great danger”. The video went on to discuss the psychology of war‚ architecture‚ alcohol and drug
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I think that the principal should change the rule‚ no drinks in class. I think that because what if people really need a drink because they just got out of gym and they are about to pass out? You can’t send them to the hallway to get a drink when they are on the verge of passing out. Well I am gonna tell you why you should let students drink water while they are in class. I don’t think it’s fair when teachers get to have drinks such as coke‚ pepsi and sprite. Water doesn’t stain anything if you spill
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In "Walking and the Suburbanized Psyche" Solnit sheds light on the fact that "an ancient and profound relationship between body‚ world‚ and imagination" are lost when walking is an undervalued action in our society. People are not treasuring the perks that come along with walking. Solnit believes the positive effects of walking include using it as a way of travel‚ as a cultural activity‚ and as a pleasure. Walking is being tossed aside and forgotten about. Mark Watney’s relationship to the landscape
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As humans‚ we have struggled for thousand of years trying to define what it meant to be human and what rights we have as human beings. With the establishment of the United Nations‚ the general assembly was able to adopt a universal declaration of human rights on December 10‚ 1948. However‚ with the rise of technology and creation of AI‚ it now raises the question as to what rights do these AIs have and does human rights extend to them as well. When we look at the bigger picture‚ AIs are merely creations
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. bp3 Why did the salaries change from 1960s-2017? There was a time in history when players earnings were capped ice they were not allowed to earn over a certain amount the most a player could earn was 20 pounds a week jimmy hill campaigned in the 60s to have this rule changed he was successful in doing so and now players can earn whatever they are worth. Jimmy hill was well known player manager coach and practically everything else you could think of in football. He was on a football show called
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus September 22‚ 2013 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus also known as MRSA‚ is a bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics. In the community‚ most MRSA infections are skin infections. In the medical facilities‚ MRSA causes life-threatening bloodstream infections‚ pneumonia and surgical site infections. (Methecillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections‚ 2013) Individuals would
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Molecular Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Nasal Colonization and Infection Isolates in a Veterans Affairs Hospital Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) belongs to the genus Staphylococcus. It is Gram-positive‚ cocci shaped anaerobic bacteria that forms clusters and produces catalase‚ which catalyzes hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen. It contains a cell wall structure (including peptidoglycan and teichoic acid) and a low G + C content of DNA between 30-40 mol
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Definition for antibiotic resistant bacteria: WebMD definitions: Antibiotic resistance is a type of drug resistance where a microorganism is able to survive exposure to an antibiotic. Genes can be... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotic-resistant_bacteria Antibiotics were designed to kill bacterium that infect us. Unfortunately‚ they are indiscriminate and also kill the good bacterium that are mostly found in the large intestinal tract. This leaves a person open to reinfection‚ or other more
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