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identifying the critical assets and functions within buildings, determining the threats to those assets, and assessing the vulnerabilities associated with those threats. Based on those considerations, the methods presented in this How-To Guide provide a means to assess the risk to the assets and to make risk-based decisions on how to mitigate those risks. The scope of the methods includes reducing physical damage to structural and non-structural components of buildings and related …

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after it had been destroyed by fire in 1995. DOE provided financial and technical support to develop a cogeneration plant that has one of the lowest emissions of any industrialized heat and electric combined facility in the United States. Four Times Square—a 48-story skyscraper—is one of the most environmentally and technologically advanced buildings in the nation. Assistance with these advanced technologies was provided by New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

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diverse opinions concerning corporate goals. The high percentage of institutional ownership might lead to a higher degree of agreement between owners and managers on decisions concerning risky projects. In addition, institutions may be better able to implement effective monitoring mechanisms on managers than can individual owners, based on the institutions’ deeper resources and experiences with their own management. The increase in institutional ownership of stock in the United States…

concepts of TQM 16 4.1 The foundation and the four sides of the TQM pyramid 17 4.2 Focus on the customer and the employee 22 4.3 Focus on facts 26 4.4 Continuous improvements 32 4.5 Everybody’s participation 35 5 Quality management systems and standardization 42 5.1 The concept of system 42 5.2 Quality management systems 43 5.3 Joharry’s new window on standardization and causes of quality failures 45 5.4 Standardization and…

∗ This essay in comparative constitutional theory considers whether an American-style separation of powers should serve as a model for other countries. Professor Ackerman argues against the export of the American system in favor of an approach based on the constitutional practice of Germany, Italy, Japan, India, Canada, South Africa, and many other nations. According to this model of “constrained parliamentarianism,” the constitution should not create an independently elected presidency…

Scientific and Cultural Organization International Hydrological Programme Conflict and Cooperation related to International Water Resources: Historical Perspectives Selected Papers of the International Water History Association’s Conference on The Role of Water in History and Development Bergen, Norway 10-12 August 2001 Edited by S. Castelein and A. Otte A contribution to IHP-VI, Theme 4 “Water and Society”and the UNESCO / Green Cross International initiative…

and the Gains from Trade Part Two: Supply and Demand I: How Markets Work 4. The Market Forces of Supply and Demand 5. Elasticity and Its Application 6. Supply, Demand, and Government Policies Part Three: Supply and Demand II: Markets and Welfare 7. Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets 8. Application: The Costs of Taxation 9. Application: International Trade Part Four: The Economics of Public Sector 10. Externalities 11. Public Goods and Common Resources 12. The…