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  2. Global Health Initiatives - Wikipedia

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    The Global Health Initiative is a six-year plan, "to develop a comprehensive U.S. government strategy for global health, building on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to combat HIV as well as U.S. efforts to address tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, and augmenting the focus on other global health priorities, including ...

  3. Carvel (boat building) - Wikipedia

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    A comparison of clinker and carvel construction. Carvel frames are much heavier than clinker ribs.. Carvel built or carvel planking is a method of boat building in which hull planks are laid edge to edge and fastened to a robust frame, thereby forming a smooth surface.

  4. Engineering, procurement, and construction - Wikipedia

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    The EPC contractor coordinates all design, procurement and construction work and ensures that the whole project is completed as required and in time. They may or may not undertake actual site work. EPC companies are often used in large-scale projects, such as power plants, refineries, chemical processing facilities, infrastructure projects, and ...

  5. Bridge scour - Wikipedia

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    A diagram showing how scour holes are formed. Bridge scour is the removal of sediment such as sand and gravel from around bridge abutments or piers. Hydrodynamic scour, caused by fast flowing water, can carve out scour holes, compromising the integrity of a structure.

  6. Opinion: A San Francisco carve out could wreck California's ...

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    California's need for housing doesn't require unraveling a legacy of balancing access, preservation and development at the beach.

  7. Construction surveying - Wikipedia

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    Plans would often show plan views (viewed from above), profile views (a "transparent" section view collapsing all section views of the road parallel to the chainage) or cross-section views (a "true" section view perpendicular to the chainage). In a plan view, chainage generally increases from left to right, or from the bottom to the top of the ...

  8. Loved ones gone, businesses destroyed: A Tennessee town ... - AOL

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    In Erwin, Tennessee, as families of the dead deal with their loved ones' absences, businesses at a destroyed industrial park still hope to reopen and officials look for ways to pay for costly ...

  9. Carveout - Wikipedia

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    Carveout or carve-out may refer to: Divisional buyout; Equity carve-out; A specific exemption incorporated into a law. This page was last edited on ...