1. Define what is meant by the term “natural hazard”. A natural hazard is a threat of a naturally occurring event that will have a negative effect on people or the environment. 2. Provide a brief description of the type of hazard you have been allocated. Bushfires: A bushfire is a large out-of-control fire occurring in areas with large amounts of flammable vegetation. Bushfires are hard to control as the right weather conditions and wind direction can cause a bushfire to spread from the
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Conor Unruh Geography 108 The Effects of Natural Disasters Natural disasters have been shaping and reshaping our planet since the beginning of time. These natural disasters have had a devastating effect on communities all around the world. No matter how far societies have come throughout history‚ natural disasters humble mankind with their disrupting nature. Natural disasters come in all shapes and sizes. Earthquakes can rip apart the earth and destroy infrastructure along the way. Hurricanes
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Awareness for Natural Disasters Disaster may happen any time in any place that is why we should be prepared for these scenarios. They are destructive and deadly if we aren’t ready for them. The school held an earthquake preparedness headed by Mr. Renato U. Solidum Jr.‚ director of PHIVOLCS- an institute of the government assigned to regulate and monitor volcanic activities as well as earthquake predictions‚ effects and sources. The aim of this symposium was to inform the students‚ faculty members
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Auto-Coding and Natural Language Processing Executive summary Without changes to current coding technology and processes‚ ICD-10 adoption will be very difficult for providers to absorb‚ due to the added complexity and coding overhead of ICD-10. Automated coding‚ based on NLP‚ can help reduce the coding burden. Richard Wolniewicz‚ PhD‚ Director‚ NLP Advanced Technology 3M Health Information Systems Natural Language Processing (NLP) promises to reduce costs and improve quality
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Are You A "Natural"? Most people will answer the question of who they are by describing environmental influences in their life. They will describe their values‚ goals‚ and priorities as being completely influenced by someone significant to them such as a family member or idol. Genes are considered to be accountable for physical attributes such as height‚ weight‚ hair and eye color‚ and body type. The theory of behaviorism has dominated psychology during the second half of the twentieth century
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According to Jenkins‚ “The natural law theory begins with theories about the nature and purpose of the world and moves on to ask about the purpose of every action or object. The right thing to do is that which fulfils the natural purpose.” Natural law was developed by Thomas Aquinas‚ in which he believed that there is such a thing as natural moral law. Natural law ethics depends on the belief that the world was designed by a creator‚ God. It teaches everything God made has a purpose‚ including every
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about 90.2% of our land area being developed (Tan‚ 2006)‚ exhausting much of our natural heritage in the process. Due to the limited amount of land‚ our natural heritage is insufficient to provide us with much economical goods; we are thus very dependent on imported food and material from other countries (Tan et al.‚ 2007). Even though these goods and services can be easily enjoyed from nearby countries‚ our natural heritage is endowed with unique characteristics which provide us with a plethora
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of irrelevant things not pertaining to a healthy way of life. All I could think to myself is this‚ in twenty years if we are disrespecting the earth like this; what are our successors going to do? It is absolutely astonishing that anyone can waste natural resources considering the fact that we are running out of it at an alarming rate. Also one of the things that is under looked is smoking. Abbot Park is a place everyone goes to smoke and it’s so bad some consider Abbot Park to be a smoking chimney
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Compressed natural gas From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search "CNG" redirects here. For other uses‚ see CNG (disambiguation). Blue diamond symbol used on CNG-powered vehicles in North America Green bordered white diamond symbol used on CNG-powered vehicles in China A CNG powered high-floor Neoplan AN440A‚ operated by ABQ RIDE in Albuquerque‚ New Mexico. CNG (Compressed natural gas) (Methane stored at high pressure) can be used in place of gasoline (petrol)‚ Diesel
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Floods There are many natural disasters that occur all over the world. Earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ tornados‚ and even volcanic eruptions are dangerous to humans and can negatively affect their lives for the worst. There is one natural disaster that some people fear the most‚ which is known as floods or flash floods. Floods have devastated the United States for centuries and have taken many lives and resources. These natural disasters have been seen in the Midwestern and Southwestern areas of the United
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