It is approximately six in the afternoon on this bright shiny day in September. Today is a day like no other‚ for today we will experience the beauty and grace of the beach at night. For quite some time I’ve been meaning to experience this illusive phenomenon at night. With all the rumors about the beach being a gloomy and mysterious place under the moon lit sky‚ I just had to see for myself. The thought of reaching the beach was so tantalizing‚ that anxiety overwhelmed me. I packed the basic beach
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introduction of concrete as a construction medium and the true arch as a structural component made it possible for the Romans to build strong‚ elaborate‚ expansive structures that would endure the test of time. Concrete Roman concrete‚ called opus caementicium‚ was made by mixing traditional lime mortar with stone aggregate called caementa. This material used less water and was very thick compared to modern concrete; therefore it was laid rather than poured (Roman Architecture‚ n.d.). Concrete was an important
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Concrete Utopia: Utopia is the name for an ideal place society. The idea of Utopia is to improve the society for the community which refers to social equality. The name is taken from the title of a book by Sir Thomas More describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempted to create an ideal society‚ and fictional societies portrayed. Concrete portrayals of ideal societies‚ after the manner of Utopia‚ contribute little
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Recall of concrete and abstract word pairs: a study of word concreteness effect Abstract This experiment studied the effects of concreteness of unrelated noun pairs on free recall. Paivio’s Dual Coding Theory suggests that memory can encode information in verbal or non-verbal forms‚ depending on the format of the information‚ and word concreteness has additive effect on memory performance. This experiment explored whether concrete words are better recalled than abstract words. The design was
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Concrete is a composite construction material composed primarily of aggregate‚ cement‚ and water. There are many formulations‚ which provide varied properties. The aggregate is generally a coarse gravel or crushed rocks such as limestone‚ or granite‚ along with a fine aggregate such as sand. The cement‚ commonly Portland cement‚ and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement‚ serve as a binder for the aggregate. Various chemical admixtures are also added to achieve varied properties
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of Concrete and their Sustainability Concrete was first made with fragments of stone or sand mixed with cementatous materials and water. Concrete has changed over the many years and today it is made with basically the same materials‚ but the main differences between concrete when it was first made and now‚ is the concretes strength and that it is produced in larger amounts. Some of the different types are: • Reinforced concrete • Prestressed concrete • Pre-cast concrete • Concrete Masonry
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Abstract nouns can create a challenge within language. Yourdictionary.com states‚ “A noun that is abstract is an aspect‚ concept‚ idea‚ experience‚ state of being‚ trait‚ quality‚ feeling‚ or other entity that cannot be experienced with the five senses.” Yet the ability that these types of nouns bring to language is the ability to convey both simplistic and complex ideas. Utilizing the abstract noun beauty‚ this paper will demonstrate the difference between cognitive and denotative concepts‚ definitions
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Abstract art Abstract art uses a visual language of form‚ color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been‚ from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century‚ underpinned by the logic of perspective and an attempt to reproduce an illusion of visible reality. The arts of cultures other than the European had become accessible and showed alternative ways of describing visual experience to the artist
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Aulora Ellis HFST 1500-400 Abstract Abstract #1 By: Yie-Chu Foo; Cai-Lian Tam; Teck-Heang Lee. International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine & Public Health (IJCRIMPH). Mar2012‚ Vol. 4 Issue 3‚ p190-201. 12p. Drugs have been around for ages and it comes in many different forms throughout its existence. With changes in the forms of drugs‚ technology and other environmental factors over time‚ underlying the mechanisms causing drug abuse could have evolved too. Therefore
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Review Motivational Interviewing in improving oral hygiene behaviora review of literature with possible application in Periodontics H. Esther Nalini1‚ Punithavathy. R2 Abstract: Success in periodontal therapy is highly dependent upon the ability and willingness of the patient to maintain a good oral hygiene. There is a great need to increase the patient’s adherence to oral hygiene instructions‚ which requires changes in the patient’s behavior particularly to improve the long-term treatment success
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