Commentary on opening pages „Nectar in a Sieve“ The novel starts off with the narrator(Rukmani) as an old woman reflecting on her past. She says that she is now at peace; however things have not always been this way. After briefly mentioning the people important to her‚ such as her now dead husband‚ her son and daughter‚ Puli and Kenny‚ she begins to tell the story of her life in a flashback. The novel is written in first person narrative. Apart from a few paragraphs‚ the novel is told in flashback
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Stipulation – a) Characteristic compressive strength required in the field at 28 days b) c) Maximum size of aggregate Degree of workability - 10 N/mm2 - 20 mm - 75 – 125 mm - Good - Moderate - 2% d) Degree of Quality e) f) Type of Exposure Entrapped Air content (max 20 mm) 2) Test Data for Materials – A) CEMENT a) Cement - Shree Ultra OPC 43 grade b) Specific Gravity - 3.15 B) AGGREGATE - Sieve Size 1. Impact Value 1.% Water Absorption 2. Specific Gravity 3. Silt Content 4.Flakiness Index 5 Fineness
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construction of temples‚ aqueducts and other ancient infrastructures. The word concrete comes from the Latin word concretus‚ which means “mixed together” or compounded with particular materials; it is commonly comprises with coarse aggregates (gravel)‚ fine aggregates (sand)‚ cement‚ and water. But usual concrete is not enough to build superior structure that can resist all concrete problems aside of poor manufactured of concrete but considering also
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Aggregate Planning Aggregate Planning Aggregate planning is essentially a big-picture approach to planning. It is intermediate-range capacity planning that typically covers a time horizon of two to twelve months‚ although in some companies it may extend to as much as eighteen months. Aggregate planning is also sometimes known as sales and operations planning. Sales and operations planning is the intermediate-range decisions to balance supply and demand‚ integrating financial and operations
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increase by a smaller amount. 4. The aggregate supply curve will shift to the left if a. the capital stock of the economy increases. b. the money wage rate increases. c. technology and productivity increase in the economy. d. energy prices fall. 9. If the price level in Figure 10-1 were 100‚ a. inventories would be accumulating. b. firms would have to lower their prices. c. shortages of goods would exist. d. aggregate quantity supplied would exceed aggregate quantity demanded. 1 Name:
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Aggregate Demand and Supply Models ECO/372 07/09/2013 Aggregate Demand and Supply Models As it stands currently the existing effect of the economic factors on aggregate demand and supply are: unemployment‚ consumer income‚ and interest rates. In this paper we identify the existing effect of the economic factors on aggregate demand and supply. The American people have little to no income when unemployed‚ this in turn causes a decrease in demand for the economy. This type
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Aggregate Demand and Supply Models Economic Critique Ken Drake‚ ECO 372 Macroeconomics September 10‚ 2012 Jason Foster Aggregate Demand and Supply Models Economic Critique In the United States the economy is currently in a recession‚ although signs are indicating that the economy is slowly recovering. In an effort to analyze the Unites States economy the unemployment rate‚ expectations‚ consumer income‚ and interest rates have been evaluated. The results of these evaluations are included
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LGT 2106 Principles of Operations Management Lecture 4 Capacity Management & Aggregate Planning Capacity Management • Capacity is the ability to hold‚ receive‚ store or accommodate. • Commonly viewed as the amount of output a system is capable of achieving over a specified period of time. – In a service setting‚ it can be the number of customers that can be handled from noon to 1pm. – In a manufacturing setting‚ it can be the number of automobiles that can be produced in a single shift. Capacity
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Chapter 13 – Aggregate Planning Operations Management by R. Dan Reid & Nada R. Sanders 4th Edition © Wiley 2010 © Wiley 2010 1 Learning Objectives Explain business planning Explain sales and operations planning Identify different aggregate planning strategies & options for changing demand and/or capacity in aggregate plans Develop aggregate plans‚ calculate associated costs‚ and evaluate the plan in terms of operations‚ marketing‚ finance‚ and human resources Describe differences
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Explain the effects of an increase in aggregate demand. Aggregate demand is a term used by economists to denote the total spending on goods and services produced in an economy. Aggregate demand consists of four elements: consumer spending‚ investment expenditure‚ government spending and the net expenditure on imports and exports. From a Keynesian economist’s perspective‚ they would state that an increase in aggregate demand when the economy is at full employment will be purely inflationary. However
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