J.R. Casas University of Catalonia‚ Barcelona‚ Spain casas@etseccpb.upc.es Abstract The objective of this paper is to compare the reliability level of prestressed concrete bridge girders designed using three codes: Spanish Norma IAP-98 (1998)‚ ENV 1991-3 Eurocode 1 (1994)‚ and AASHTO LRFD (1998). Typical precast girders used in Spain are considered. Load and resistance parameters are treated as random variables. The statistical parameters are based on the available literature‚ test data and
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J. Bio. & Env. Sci. 2015 Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES) ISSN: 2220-6663 (Print)‚ 2222-3045 (Online) http://www.innspub.net Vol. 6‚ No. 4‚ p. 75-79‚ 2015 RESEARCH PAPER OPEN ACCESS Contribution to the study of coastal floristry biodiversity in Oran Haddad Fatma Zohra1‚ Frih Faiza1‚ Noureddine Benaissa1‚ Zitouni Boutiba1‚ Ionela Dobrin2 1 Department of Biology‚ University of Oran‚ Laboratory Network for Environmental Monitoring (LRSE)‚ Oran‚ Algeria 2 Department of
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Municipal Solid Waste Management: Texas ENV/420 Municipal Solid Waste Management: Texas Long-term Costs & Benefit of Course of Action Municipal Solid Waste has a definition all its own. This means more than just trash; but rather what makes up all the bits and pieces of trash and garbage. Society‚ as a whole‚ tends to throw away almost anything that is no longer of value to them. However‚ the plastic‚ cardboard‚ paper‚ books‚ clothing‚ metals‚ foil products‚ and some glass items can be recycled
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1. Develop and demonstrate a XHTML document that illustrates the use external style sheet‚ ordered list‚ table‚ borders‚ padding‚ color‚ and the tag. p‚table‚li‚ // mystyle.css { font-family: "lucida calligraphy"‚ arial‚ ’sans serif’; margin-left: 10pt; } p { word-spacing: 5px; } body { background-color:rgb(200‚255‚205); } p‚li‚td { font-size: 75%;} td { padding: 0.5cm; } th { text-align:center; font-size: 85%; } h1‚ h2‚ h3‚ hr {color:#483d8b;}
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SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT: IS IT PROFITABLE?∗ PHOEBUS J. DHRYMES Columbia University July 1997; revised June 1998 1 What is Socially Responsible? Before we can answer the question we posed in the title‚ we need to define just what is “socially” responsible. Evidently‚ the meaning varies with time and place‚ since social responsibility is defined by a group’s cultural and ethical values. For example in the middle ages lending with interest was not considered ethical‚ let alone “socially
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Rafique Sheikh. MGMT 518: Legal & Ethical Env. of Business BP’s ethical conduct concerning the Deep Horizon blowout Background: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill or the BP oil spill refers to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which flowed for three months in 2010. The spill was a result of the explosion of Deepwater Horizon‚ which drilled on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. The explosion killed 11 men working on the platform and injured 17 others (Summarized from Wikipedia article on:
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¬¬¬¬¬ ENGINEERING STABLE PROT¬¬¬EINS Stable and soluble HIV spike proteins Appendix Abstract……………………………….................................................1 Introduction………………………………..........................................1 Structure and function of gp120 and gp41.…………………………2 Mutation 1……………………………….............................................5 Mutation 2.……………………………...............
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Business Strategy and the Environment Bus. Strat. Env. 13‚ 65–77 (2004) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/bse.395 ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING: AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF BUSINESS STRATEGY Mehenna Yakhou*1 and Vernon P. Dorweiler2 1 2 Georgia College and State University‚ USA Michigan Technological University‚ USA Environmental accounting is on an expansion path. With increasing social focus on the environment‚ accounting fills an expectation
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Business Strategy and the Environment Bus. Strat. Env. 15‚ 157–170 (2006) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/bse.524 Sustainability: Consumer Perceptions and Marketing Strategies Seonaidh McDonald1* and Caroline J. Oates2 1 Aberdeen Business School‚ The Robert Gordon University‚ UK 2 Management School‚ University of Sheffield‚ UK ABSTRACT Studies of green consumer behaviour‚ in particular purchasing and disposal‚ have largely focused on demographics
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To illustrate: In looking for the causes of individual differences in intelligence‚ a major issue is the relative contribution of genetics and environment. 100% Genetics(Nature) 90% Gen. 80% Gen. 70% Gen. 60% Gen. 50-50 60% Env. 70% Env. 80% Env. 90% Env. 100% Environ.(Nurture) Rate the extent to which you believe nature and nature influence (cause) human intelligence. (Ridley‚ 1999) There is a question as to how nature and nurture influence behavior. All throughout history
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