Awareness on Eye Pledging and Eye Donation ‘Gift Your Sight’ Campaign @ iGate Bangalore on 22nd Feb 2006 The campaign was conducted to increase the Awareness of Eye Donation among the public‚ as of now‚ Bangalore. This is in-line with my efforts to spread the message among the people of the Importance of eyes and Importance of eye donation‚ done after death. Lots of eyes are getting wasted‚ either thru burial of the dead body or thru burning. Instead of this‚ eyes can be donated so that a Corneally-blind
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Tsunamis‚ the ins and outs What is a tsunami? Tsunamis (Japanese for “Harbor Wave”) are series of waves that are characterized by their massive wavelengths‚ often about 120 miles long‚ whereas a normal wave has one of about 333 feet‚ and destruction that they bring when they hit land. They are often called tidal waves‚ but incorrectly so. They have virtually nothing to do with the tides. Tsunamis can range from a few feet in height to over a hundred feet
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TAMOY LOGAN GRADE 8E What is a Tsunamis? Tsunami are waves caused by sudden movement of the ocean due to earthquakes‚ landslides on the sea floor‚ land slumping into the ocean‚ large volcanic eruptions or meteorite impact in the ocean. • Tsunamis generally consist of a series of waves withperiods ranging from minutes to hours‚ arriving in a so-called "wave train".[4] Wave heights of tens of metres can be generated by large events. Although the impact of tsunamis is limited to coastal areas‚ their
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EMBEDDED SYSTEM FOR THE DETECTION OF TSUNAMI A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF Bachelor of Technology In Electronics and Communication Engineering By Sidharth Das Roll No: 108EC014 & BiramBaburayBaskey Roll No: 108EC017 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering National Institute of Technology‚ Rourkela May‚ 2012 1|P ag e DESIGN OF AN EMBEDDED SYSTEM FOR THE DETECTION OF TSUNAMI A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT
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OUTLINE THESIS: The tsunami is a dangerous natural disaster that should be analyzed and studied to prevent unnecessary deaths. What is a Tsunami? A. Definition B. Historical background C. What effects do they cause What causes Tsunami? D. Why do tsunami occur? E. Where do they occur? F. How often do they occur What damage do they cause? G. The financial cost H. The environmental cost I. The human cost Analyzing and researching J. Detecting a tsunami K. Planning L. Learning
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Asian Tsunami Project Introduction I’m going to talk about a tsunami which hit many places in Asia and some parts of Africa which left many homeless and Thousands dead. Introduction I’m going to talk about a tsunami which hit many places in Asia and some parts of Africa which left many homeless and Thousands dead. A tsunami is a giant wave of series of waves usually caused to be a volcanic eruption or earthquakes o the seabed. As the Tsunami travels through deep water‚ the wave may
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Tsunamis become disasters because of the human context in which they occur. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Use examples of known tsunami events recently and in the past to illustrate your arguments. According to Wisner et al 2004‚ "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability‚” implying that in unpopulated areas hazards can not become disasters as there is no vulnerability (Quarantelli E.L. 1998). Without humans being involved‚ tsunamis are nothing but giant waves; they may modify
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Personally I would start with the first recorded tsunami‚ which if wikipedia is right was as far back as 426 BC. To me that is shocking because I hadn’t heard of Tsunamis until late 1990’s‚ so the fact that this isn’t a "new" phenomenom is a little surprising to me. Then I would have a small paragraph on what causes tsunamis. Then I would decide since you only have 2000 words if I want to focus on the dollar destruction‚ the lives destruction‚ or the infrastructure destruction. You may be
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Introduction Mistakenly called "tidal wave" the word tsunami is a Japanese word meaning‚ "harbor wave". A tsunami is a series of traveling ocean waves of extremely long length generated by disturbances associated primarily with earthquakes occurring below or near the ocean floor. Tsunamis are primarily the result of a vertical displacement of water and rank high on the scale of natural disasters. Since 1850‚ tsunamis have been responsible for the loss of over 440‚000 lives and billions of dollars
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In Indonesia they are having trouble coping with the effects of the Tsunami that happened last year. This caused a violent change to their life style. Some challenges the people of Indonesia are facing multiple health problems including physical‚ mental‚ and emotional health. In this research paper I will explain these problems and how we can try to fix them. In Tsunami¡¦s Destroy the World by: John Johnson talks about the tsunami that happened last year. After a huge earthquake on the 26th of December
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