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Showing 1 to 20 of 143 for “"Bricks"”.
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Developing programming environments for programmable bricks
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1996.
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Modeling environmental impact of unfired bricks in India
… world. The environmental impact of unfired bricks in India is investigated through modeling the effects of materials composition and processing on energy consumption, carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, and land surface area use. The analysis uses a cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment to …
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Evaluation and improvement of frost durability of clay bricks
… approaches to ensure frost durability of clay bricks were studied in this research. One involved the evaluation of durability, while the other studied the improvement of durability through impregnation. In order to carry out these studies, three major objectives were set out for this research. …
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Village People : quartering De Waterkant in discourse and bricks
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Characterisation and behaviour of recycled concrete and bricks as engineered fill.
… waste materials mainly consist of concrete and bricks and arise from the demolition of existing structures and buildings. Environmental and economical reasons make their recycling necessary but up to date little research has been undertaken to what is perceived as low level reuse of these …
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Tangible programming bricks : an approach to making programming accessible to everyone
… directly with our hands. Tangible Programming Bricks are physical building blocks for constructing simple programs. In this thesis I provide technical details of the Bricks themselves, demonstrate that they are useful for controlling a variety of digital "everyday objects," from toy cars to …
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Decreasing water absorption in and environmental analysis of alkali activated bricks
Alkali activated bricks offer an alternative to traditional clay fired bricks for use in construction in the developing world. Previous work in this lab focused on creating a robust mix formulation to create these bricks, but they faced high water absorption and were not optimized under pressure …
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Mineralogical Reactions Between Fireclay Ladle Bricks and Basic Slags at High Temperature
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Manufacturing bio-bricks using microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation and human urine
… in the natural MICP for the production of bio-bricks while at the same time recovering phosphorus from urine. Firstly, a thorough review of literature was conducted to assess current innovations pertaining to the dissertation topic. The process of bio-brick production by MICP requires a urea …
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Properties and environmental impact from mosaic sludge industry incorporated into fired clay bricks
… have been investigated to be incorporated into bricks. The utilization of these waste materials in fired clay bricks usually has positive effects on the properties such as lightweight bricks with improved shrinkage, porosity, and strength. The main objective of this study is to focus on the …
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Molecular mechanics of DNA bricks: in situ structure, mechanical properties and ionic conductivity
The DNA bricks method exploits self-assembly of short DNA fragments to produce custom three-dimensional objects with subnanometer precision. In contrast to DNA origami, the DNA brick method permits a variety of different structures to be realized using the same library of DNA strands. As a …
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WORDS, BRICKS AND DEEDS: THE FOUNDATIONS OF HOME RULE IN THE BRITISH-AMERICAN COLONIES
… of towns, is used to explain how the “words, bricks and deeds” of settlers give evidence of their home rule. It provides background on other settlements, including Spanish, French, indigenous and maroon communities. The interdisciplinary analysis is given in contrast to the analysis of the …
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Transformative bricks and sticks : boosting commercial and mixed-use rehabilitation projects in TDI districts
MassDevelopment's Transformative Development Initiative (TDI) has brought coordination, local capacity building and in some cases, added investment to Gateway Cities struggling to bring investment into their cores. However, real estate development in weak markets remains fundamentally challenging, …
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Physical, mechanical and environmental properties of fired clay bricks incorporated with palm oil mill waste
… material for brick making. In this study, bricks were manufactured with 0, 1, 5 and 10% of POMW and fired at 1050°C (heating rates at 1, 3 and 5°C/min). The results showed that bricks with 5% of POMW and fired at 1°C/min are significant to reach equilibrium between positive (decrease of …
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From clicks to bricks : the impact of digital-native consumer brands on retail real estate
Digital-native retail brands have business models that sit at the intersection of two major narratives in retail: technology and brick-and-mortar stores. Founded online, they rely on technology to attract a Millennial customer base that gets most of their brand information over the internet. …
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Bricks Without Straw: The Mirage of Competition in The Desert of Phoenix Daily Journalism Since 1947
Contrary to the rationalizations of apologists for free enterprise, it has become almost impossible to establish a new metropolitan daily newspaper in a city with an existing morning and evening monopoly of the market. This holds true even in Sunbelt areas enjoying phenomenal growth, and the …
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Rising from the bricks: the historical development of East St. Louis State Community College, 1969-2004
This dissertation studies the historical development of State Community College of East St. Louis, a local educational institution of extreme value to the economic and educational prospects of the residents and the city of East St. Louis. It looks at the ways in which the residents of the …
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Influence of ureolytic bacteria (UB) on the engineering properties and microstructure behavior of interlocking compressed earth bricks (ICEB)
… Earth Brick (ICEB) are cement stabilized soil bricks that allow for dry stacked construction. This characteristic resulted to the quick process of building walls at the same time, it requires less skilled labour as the bricks are laid dry and can easily be locked into its place. However, there …
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Assessing low thermal conductivity of bricks which contain rice husk, corn cob and waste tea as an additive material
… mechanical and thermal properties of fired clay bricks. The percentage of RH, WT and CC used are 2.5%, 5%, 7.5% and 10%. Standard size of fired clay brick are 215 mm x 102.5 mm x 65 mm. Compressed Stabilized Earth Machine (CSEM) with 900-1000 psi pressure was used in producing these bricks. This …
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