Preprint from Symposium on Improving Building Systems in Hot and Humid Climates Dallas 2004 Innovative Design Concept for the New Bangkok International Airport‚ NBIA Wolfgang KESSLING‚ Stefan HOLST‚ Matthias SCHULER Transsolar Energietechnik‚ Munich‚ Germany ABSTRACT Thermal and visual comfort for the occupants of a room are not defined by air temperature only‚ but also radiation with its three components solar radiation‚ daylight and heat radiation has to be taken into account (among other
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Airport Security vs. Passenger Privacy In the past few years the public has become vocal about airport security and their right to privacy. The issue has been with the new security measures implemented by the government. However upset the public may be with these new measures‚ they were implemented for the reason of protecting the public from harm while traveling by plane and the public needs to get over it. Due to the tragedy of September 11‚ 2001 airport security became more restrictive
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traveling for the holidays‚ visiting family‚ or important business trips. This must mean that they must have been at an airport‚ and if they have been to an airport‚ that means they have shared the experience of airport scanners. After 9/11‚ security measures have been increased which seems to have led to racial profiling. The major frustrations for many Americans are the Airport Security Scanners. Scanners were created since 1992 when Dr. Steven Smith first created them. Their primary purpose is
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My first time in London I think that the most exacting trip that I have ever made was the one when I went to London England. I was on summer vacation in Thailand at the time and was supposed to be returning home to the Dominican Republic; however‚ I had a better idea‚ I was going to England instead. Leaving through the airport in Bangkok was absolute chaos; they were building another airport at the time to accommodate the increasing number of people‚ and judging by my experience‚ it couldn’t come
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The Tenerife airport terminal debacle was a lethal runway crash between two Boeing 747s on Sunday‚ Walk 27‚ 1977 at Los Rodeos Airplane terminal (now Tenerife North Airplane terminal) on the Spanish island of Tenerife‚ one of the Canary Islands. The accident murdered 583 individuals‚ making it the deadliest mishap in flying history. As a consequence of the intricate communication of hierarchical impacts‚ natural preconditions‚ and perilous acts paving the way to this airplane setback‚ the debacle
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later assigning more favorable prices. Also‚ the author is addressing why the OCC was unaware of the losses and the risk associated with the SCP. The most important information in this article is the deceptive actions committed by the CIO in the London Whale Trades. It became apparent that senior managers downplayed the problems of the SCP and kept describing the portfolio as a risk-reducing hedge‚ when in actuality it was a massive portfolio losing billions of dollars and had stopped providing
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about the information processing systems which are used at the Dalaman Airport. The international terminal of airport is operated by ATM Airport Construction and Operation Inc. which is serving under the name of YDA Group. During our visit we got the chance to see a lot of systems applied in airports. First of all we passed through the door for the entrance of the airport fulfilled by x-ray devices for the security of the airport. After the security check we went to the auditorium for the orientation
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The London Ambulance Service (LAS) is one of the biggest services in the world. The LAS covers a geographical area of over 600 square miles which consists of a resident population of 6.8 million people. It carries over 5000 patients every day through the recipient of 2000-2500 calls of which 1300-1600 are emergency calls. [?] In 1990 the service was not up to standards for ambulance response times. Although other parts of the National Health Service (NHS) had undergone improvements‚ the LAS had not
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on the World Trade Center was a devastating and traumatizing event‚ it created lasting effects on air travel‚ Homeland security‚ and The Patriot Act by fortifying the United States’ security. I. Before the attack on the nation on September 11th‚ airport security was not as it is today; airlines have become stricter and now requires to follow a number of steps for individuals to be able to travel. A. Traveling to foreign lands quickly became more difficult because of the terrorist attack‚ “The new
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Table of Contents |Introduction |2 | |The Evolution of Airport Passenger Screening |3 | |Legal Implications |6 | |Other Concerns
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