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The Benefits of Green Infrastructure (GI) for Flood Damage Reduction

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                                                                   Green Infrastructure                                                                        Introduction Green infrastructure describes using ecological and natural processes to manage water and develop a sustainable and resilient society. According to Newman et al. (2022), the U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) defines green infrastructure as different technologies, practices, and products that utilize natural systems or engineered strategies that resemble natural processes to improve general environmental quality and offer utility services. Therefore, based on the EPA’s definition, green infrastructure encompasses innovative strategies to reduce the adverse effects of floods. From the perspective of flood damage reduction, green infrastructure provides various significant benefits for the local governments, which are responsible for assisting the affected communities. For instance, Kousky et al. (2013) arg

Javan MacAjudo Challenges Slay queens through his Song “Olwenda” to be Real

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Javan MacAjudo, whose real name is Javan Onyango Otieno, is one of Ohangla's musicians. He plays well-organized ohangla music with soothing rhythms with educational messages. If you listen to his songs, you can tell the difference between his songs and other ohangla's songs. In one of his songs, "Olwenda," he challenges "slay queens" or ladies who fake life to be real. The song is named “Olwenda," which means cockroach, which depicts the play-acting behaviors of slay queens. In the song, he questions why ladies pretend they cannot kill cockroaches when they visit boyfriends. In one of his songs, "Olwenda," he challenges "slay queens" or ladies who fake life to be real. The song is named “Olwenda," which means cockroach, which depicts the play-acting behaviors of slay queens. In the song, he questions why ladies pretend they cannot kill cockroaches when they visit boyfriends. Javan wonders why these ladies fear killing cock

A Passion for Creating Makes a Great Artist

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  Instructions:  Write an essay about  an artist named Matthew Hamblen   following the guidelines: Pages: 1 Sources: 2 Format: MLA How he first thought of painting trees, and what type of meanings do his paintings have? Must have at least four transitional words and phrases. Each point made after the topic sentence needs to connect to that topic sentence. Each sentence in the essay needs to build or connect to make one overall point related to the topic sentence. The title has to be something other than the name of the artist/art, something creative. Explain the connection between his paintings of trees (must be on the second page) and the idea in the essay. An artwork of Mathew Hamblem A passion for creation motivated Matthew Hamblen to begin a serious painting of trees in the 1990s. Matthew realized that his passion for creating was a cathartic experience for him. Hamblen grew up in an artistic environment. For instance, Hamblen’s father was an oil painter. Furthermore, his famil

The Reaction between Potassium Hydroxide and Sulfuric acid

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 Answer the question in Figure 1.  Figure 1: The Reaction between potassium hydroxide and sulfuric acid First, students must write a balanced chemical equation between sulfuric and potassium hydroxide to answer this question. Potassium hydroxide is a base, and when a base reacts with an acid, salt, and water is produced. Therefore, the general equation of the reaction between sulfuric acid and the base becomes:  Base + Acid Salt + water                                                   Equation 1  Figure 2: A conical flask for titrations Now, by inserting potassium hydroxide and sulfuric acid in Equation 1, the equation leads to Equation 2.   KOH (aq) + H2SO4 (aq) K2SO4 (aq) + H2O (l)                  Equation 2  (Unbalanced equation)  On the left side of Equation 2 are one mole of potassium, three moles of hydrogen, one mole of sulfur, and five moles of oxygen in reactants. On the right hand of the same equation are two moles of potassium, one mole of sulfur, five moles of oxy

Short Questions(Statements) and Answers in Chemistry

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(1)Useful for jet engines and aircraft (A)Fuel Oil (B)Petrol (C)Diesel (D)Kerosene Correct Answer: D (2)Not a classification of a coal (A)Bituminous (B)Lignite (C)Anthracite (D)Anthacite Correct Answer: D (2)Process of incompletely combusting wood or coal to produce flammable gases that can be used as a fuel. (A)Gasification (B)Incomplete combustion (C)Complete combustion (D)Pyrolysis Correct Answer: A (3) Takes place when there is no enough oxygen (A)Complete combustion (B)Incomplete combustion (C)Evaporation (D)Smoking Correct Answer: B (4)Description of the ordered arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules in a crystalline material. (A)Crystallographication (B)Crystallographic operation (C)Crystallegraphy (D)Crystallography Correct Answer: D (5)Useful for cars  (A)Fuel oil (B)Kerosene (C)Diesel (D)Petrol Correct Answer: D (6)Symbolic vector representation for the orientation of the atomic plane in a crystal latti

SG2058: Victimology: Victim Portfolio

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  Introduction The high upsurge of incarceration in the USA due to the drug war has negatively impacted the black communities. Blacks are 5-7 times are likely to be charged in court with offenses associated with the drug than whites (Rosenberg et al., 2017). As a result, there is racial bias in the judicial system, encompassing judicial policies, sentence length, arrest rates, convictions, police practices, mandatory minimum sentences, community supervision, diversionary opportunities, and media trends. Therefore, understanding this racial bias would enable relevant policymakers to develop measures to reduce or eradicate this vice and embrace equal treatment of all races in the USA. This portfolio explores the key concepts and socio-historical background of racial bias in the U.S. judicial system. Moreover, the portfolio presents statistical (quantitative) and qualitative findings related to racial bias in U.S. criminal justice. The portfolio also incorporates a case study to demonst

Basics of Mole Concept

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In chemistry, substances consist of large particles. As a result, the best way of expressing these particles is through a unit called a “mole." Therefore, a mole represents the amount of these particles in chemical substances such as chemical elements and molecules. For instance, a specific gram of a chemical element can contain many atoms. A mole is described as the quantity of a chemical substance with 6.02214076*10 23 discrete entities as the number of atoms present in 12 C, which weighs 12g. This number represents Avogadro's constant (N A ). Particles represented in a mole encompass molecules, polyatomic/monoatomic ions, atoms, electrons, etcetera.  The Avogadro's constant is considered "per mole" in chemistry and rounded off to 6.022*10 23 /mol. For this reason, one mole of a specific element comprises the same amount of atoms as represented in one mole of another element. However, a mole of distinctive elements contains different masses since specific atom