Given the significant threat that earthquakes pose, especially to towering skyscrapers and long-span bridges, a lot of energy and effort has gone into the development of solutions that can dissipate the violent energy released during seismic events. One such innovative solution is the tuned mass dam...
The empirical evidence suggests that sudden-onset climate events make individuals more likely to link environmental conditions to their migration decision and, hence, to identify themselves as "environmental migrants." Regression analyses support these results and are consistent with the view that slow-...
So today, Michele Steele and Ben Solak break down how the teams that are in got there, and what everyone else needs to do in order to have a shot. You can honor Jim Valvano and support ESPN's V Week with a donation to the V Foundation for Cancer Research....
He believes that being in the so-called habitable zone, a region around the central star where liquid water can exist, is not enough for an Earth-like planet to host life. However, how exactly Milankovitch cycles affect habitability is not clear. "Some studies have found that having strong ...
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Avoid fast starts, turns and sudden stops! These movements could cause the lift truck to tip over. Do not tilt elevated loads forward! Do not tilt elevated loads forward except when the load is in a deposit position over a rack or stack. This could cause the lift truck to tip-over. ...
A crisis can cause a sudden shift in the way your organization operates. Crises that have significant organizational impacts range from natural disasters and socio-cultural events to market shifts and economic downturns. We only need to think back a few years to remember how the global pandemic ...
which I think is such a fascinating thing where we can live in this moment where lots of people are suspicious of a technology or think that it's going to adversely affect their business or society or their livelihoods, but they also just think, "Well, I guess there'...
When there is a mutual combat upon a sudden quarrel, both parties are the aggressors, and if in the fight one is killed it will be manslaughter at least, unless the survivor can prove two things: That before the mortal stroke was given they had refused any further combat, and had retrea...
What communities and institutions will hold together through the coming decades, which are gonna be fragile, and how can you live and build a life in a way that your happiness is not hostage to sudden shocks, big impacts. So really practical things about just the, the way that you choose...