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Introduction

“Demand for palm oil has further increased in recent years as many developed economies are shifting away from the use of trans fats, to healthier alternatives.”—World Growth (2011, p. 6), The Economic Benefit of Palm Oil to Indonesia
The demand for palm oil was significantly high before recent research studies that confirm the fact that trans fats and hydrogenated fats impact negatively on one's health by causing diseases influenced by inflammation. However, after the revelation of the findings of these research studies, leading producers of palm oil, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, felt the need to increase ...

Every successful AMBER plan has clear criteria that must be met before going into effect. The following information is designed to achieve a network of compatible plans across the country, and to minimize potentially deadly delays because of confusion among varying jurisdictions. The following are criteria recommendations:

Law Enforcement Confirms an Abduction

AMBER plans require law enforcement to confirm an abduction prior to issuing an alert. This is essential when determining the level of risk to the child. Clearly, stranger abductions are the most dangerous for children and thus are primary to the mission of an AMBER Alert. To allow activations without valid information that ...

Teen Driver Alert Zones App is an app that is designed to help teens to be aware of the hot spots while driving. The app helps teens to learn about the places where there are more traffic accidents occur in Tennessee. The app is designed to use data on car crashes for the past five years, basing on the location, the time of the day, and the number of accidents. It is an application that familiarizes our teens with the hot spots given on the maps, and this makes them avoid causing more accidents. The Teen Driver Alert Zones ...

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Introduction

According to a 2014 surveillance analysis, approximately 1 in every 272 women in the US suffers from the pelvic inflammatory disease each year (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). The same report furthered suggests that 1 in every 8 patient experiences difficulty in pregnancy. Given the alarming statistics, the incidence rate continues to increase considering that pelvic inflammatory disease often goes undetected because women who were infected with the disease can hardly tell when they already at risk. While numerous literature and informative references have identified a number of risk factors to speculate PID, it is ...

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Connected Health: A Review Of Technologies And Strategies To Improve Patient Care With Telemedicine And Telehealth

- Joseph Kvedar1,
- Molly Joel Coye2 and
- Wendy Everett3,*
+ Author Affiliations
- 1Joseph Kvedar is director of the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare System, in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 2Molly Joel Coye is chief innovation officer ...

Since the dawn of the 20th century, various breeds and mutations of viruses have caused panic to ensue in several countries around the globe. Some of the most popular names that became synonymous to new breeds of illnesses and disease were Anthrax, Mad Cow, and the recent A H1N1. Scientists noted that even the common cold and flu have already transformed due to climate changes, and the advancement of chemicals. Out of all the new breeds of illnesses and viruses that have struck the globe, the Influenza A H1N1 Virus strain had caused much turmoil in both developed and ...

Compare and contrast essay

- The day the Earth Stood Still

Producer decided to produce a film that demonstrated the suspicion and fears that penetrated the early Atomic Age and the Cold war. He decided that Science fiction was suitable for metaphorically discussing these grave issues. He reviewed various novels and short stories to get a storyline that he could use. Darryl F. Zanuck gave a green light to this project. The producer hired the service of screenplay writer Edmund North. The ideas were picked from Farewell to the Master, a short story written Harry Bate. Edmund completed the revised version of the screenplay on the 21st ...

IDS CHALLENGES

Network security refers to policies and provisions implemented by a network administrator. It forms part of computer networking that deals with providing security for computer networking infrastructure. This aims at monitoring and preventing authorized modification, denial and access of network accessible resources and computer network. This process involves access authorization to a network data under the control of an administrator.
Authorized users are assigned a password and an ID or authenticating information. Through this, unauthorized users are denied access to the computers in the network. A system of network protection depends on protection layers and consists of several components. This includes ...

Currently people are living in the era of globalization. More information is becoming available for users of the World Wide Web in the whole world. It is important to be alert about the possible ways of leakage of information. Businesses become victims of scams and information leakage which has a negative effect on the overall success and prosperity of the enterprise. Industrial espionage is a term which is not often mentioned or being acknowledged by the big businesses. Oftentimes the heads of big companies do not want to accept the fact that they were victims of the espionage. Most ...

Introduction

The constant development in almost every aspect of the society has led to a lot of new inventions, needs, and growing trends. With growing population all around the world, new businesses have been formed while the existing business has grown. Security issues have also been in the spotlight with different incidences and threat on different aspect demanding for an improved security system (Wilson, & McCreight, 2012). There has always been the need to advance security measure throughout history as security issues are prone to societal changes and advancement of technology and know-how. Currently, most security measures that were being used ...

A ticker symbol represents a group of letters associated to every traded stock in the stock market listings. When a company goes public, it chooses an available ticker symbol that is then used by investors when they engage in trade with these securities. The NYSE uses up to four-character symbols. Some examples: for the 3M Company the ticker symbol is MMM, for International Business Machines the ticker symbol is IBM, for Dell Computer it is Dell, for Advanced Micro Devices it is AMD, for American Standard Company it is ASD while for Bed, Bath & Beyond it is BBBY.
The ...

U.S. AIRWAYS FLIGHT 1549

Summary of Event

U.S. Airways Flight 1549 struck a at least two Canadian geese around 3:27 p.m. on January 15, 2009, after departing New York’s LaGuardia Airport headed to Charlotte, North Carolina. As a result, both engines on the plane lost thrust. The pilot notified air traffic controllers of the strike less than three minutes after takeoff, and an emergency was declared. As Captain Chesley Sullenberger communicated with air traffic control, he determined that he would be unable to turn the plane back to LaGuardia Airport and land safely. The captain made the decision to land the ...

Question1

There are roles that law enforcement agencies play in the areas of cyber exploitations. One of the roles is that they can collect intelligence information about the perpetrators so that they are able to understand the connections that these perpetrators have. The law enforcement agencies can then break these networks of the perpetrators of cyber crime. They can then prosecute the subjects. Cyber crime is taken to be another crime that can be committed by an individual. The prosecution and the process of undertaking investigations are done by the law enforcement agencies. There are some agencies like the Secret ...

In June 30, 1956 at around 1031hrs, a United Air Lines Douglas DC 7, N63240 and Trans World Airlines Lockheed 1049A, N6902C collided over the Great Canyon, both of them falling into the Canyon. Both regularly scheduled passenger service flights flew under Visual Flight Rules VFR.

Flight Plans

TWA Flight 2 was on an Instrument Flight Rules IFR, flying from Los Angeles in California to Kansas City in Missouri. It was scheduled to depart Los Angeles at 8:30hrs and was to fly through a controlled airway from its departure point in L.A through Daggett in California and then via various direct points off ...

Humans and animals have a particular partnership that goes back a long way. These days’ animals have provided certain response to help humans in terms trained services and assistance to people with disabilities. They help people in accomplishing their tasks in ways that were regarded difficult in the past. People have changed the tendency where they consider animals as pets but as animals doing a job. Working animals are those animals that are domesticated and kept by humans (Devantier, 41). They are usually trained to carry out various tasks that range from carrying goods from one place to another, assisting blind people ...

Abstract

The United States has been a victim of terrorism severally. However, the most devastating event happened on eleventh September 2001. Since then, all the security agencies in the United States were placed on high alert regarding the terrorism situation. Unfortunately, some of the terrorists have devised methods of breaching the security placed by the government. In such cases, the security agencies are forced to deal with the terrorists from inside the country. This is both a difficult and risky situation as the lives of civilians are risked in the war against the terrorists. Astechnology develops, the terrorists are finding more sophisticated ...

Personal Background

- Personal History Page 2
- Work History Page 2

Introduction

- Summary of what I learned Page 3
- Benefits of further development Page 3
- Target Areas for Improvement Page 4

- Where am I? Page 4
- Where would I like to be? Page 4
- How will I accomplish my goals? Page 5
- Target Time-Line Page 5

Target Area Two: Face-to-Face Communication

- Where am I? Page 5
- Where would I like to be? Page 6
- How will I accomplish my goals? Page 6
- Target Time-LinePage 6

Target Area Three: Listening Skills

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Introduction

The radical conception of power is the failure to keep normative and analytical questions which means that some scholars mistakenly confuse the critique and identification of power relations. In this paper, the argument is that the definition suggested by several authors does not meet their intention. The fundamental conception of power may be made to work within the terms originally expressed by the authors and they are forced to draw a challenging comparison between objective and objective an interest, which makes the identification of third dimensional power value burdened and irrational. At the same time places the analyst in the ...

Introduction:

The term ‘fore’ meaning “look ahead” in golf game is shouted as a warning when it appears possible that the golf ball can hit spectators or other players. The mention of this term in 1881 British Golf Museum shows that the term was used at least as early as this period. The term is believed to have come from the military “beware before”, and it was shouted when the battery was fired behind a friendly troop. Another possible origin include it derived from the term “fore-caddy” a caddy which is waiting down range from a golfer in finding where the ball lands. This ...

Violent conduct within the workplace environment can be manifested in four different ways. In the first place, total strangers to the organization may intend to bring harm to employees within the organization. Secondly, customers or clients of the organization can also be a threat to the security of the organization. Thirdly, the violence may be exhibited from the very employees of the institution. Finally, all organizations face a threat of violence from outside persons who have a direct connection with one of its members or its workers and this threat could be in relation to a totally private dispute ...

Outbreaks of infectious disease is a problem that has existed throughout the history of the United States of America with three influenza outbreaks in the 20th century killing approximately 604,000 Americans between 1918-1968 (Johnstone, 2008, p. 1). While pandemics are quite noticeable, a biological weapon attack may be less noticeable. This is a huge issue when it comes to Anthrax which can remain dormant and undetected within an area for a number of years before finding a host to contaminate (Johnstone, 2008, p. 2). Another issue with Anthrax is that it is near indestructible. However, the United States ...

Introduction

External environment analysis is a comprehensive look at the organization’s strengths and weaknesses through examining the external factors of the market. There is a wide range of external forces that directly affect the sustainability and performance of the organization. The external environment analysis assesses the level of threat, risk, and opportunity in the outside environment. It helps the organization to make effective decisions on the basis of evaluation and improve the organizational performance. It helps the management to align strategies with the company’s environment. External environment factors are difficult to handle and some factors are uncontrollable that ...

1.Pressure sensing floors- Automatic control of lights during night. 2. Motion detectors-To detect human presence in room and automatically control electricals. 3. Automatic coffee maker- Mobile linked with coffee maker makes coffee as soon as the alarm is turned off. 4. Voice control- For automatically opening doors and windows as per the voice command. 5. Bath tub linked to mobile phone- Hot tub filled as and when required. 6. Smart closet- detects pattern and frequency of clothes worn by you and makes suggestions. 7. Stink detector- Unwashed clothes kept in closet are separated for washing. 8. Auto lock door- ...

Section 1

Property crime entails taking of property without involving threat or force against the victim. It includes motor vehicle theft, shoplifting, arson, larceny, burglary, as well as vandalism. Motor vehicle theft is among the common forms of property crime. There are several criminal motivations for motor vehicle theft. These include financial gain, commercial, spare parts, object to commit other crimes, as well as transportation. In most cases, those who are involved in motor vehicle theft are motivated by the financial gain (Stauffer & Bonfanti, 2006). In fact, they need money to meet their gambling, drug and alcohol addiction. Financial gains tend ...

The article 2 of the Human Rights Act of 1998 is a fundamental provision that is usually invoked to safeguard the right to life of individuals and that which imposes the legal obligation of contracting states to take appropriate steps not only in refraining from taking life intentionally, but also to take the appropriate steps to safeguard life. This provision has become the controversy in many cases involving human rights torts, by virtue of the section 6 of the Act that provides a statutory cause of action against the public authorities or bodies. In many occasions the article 2 ...

Communication is vital in every organization, and more so in the inception and incorporation of disaster management. Different modes of communication instigates collaboration in various operations. There are different methods of communication, they involve techniques such as; physical interface, which is commonly referred to as face-to-face communication, and online communication. (Whybark, 2007). Online communication is the most popular and highly utilized form of communication in the world today. It is in this perspective, that online communication has been widely embraced and popular across the world, allowed to the vast and fast growth of technology over the years. There are ...

Challenges and opportunities arising at various levels emerge as upcoming trends in emergency management. Generally, the emerging trends, either posing as challenges or opportunities, constitute the factors that impact the future direction of emergency management. The emerging challenges and opportunities arise at the professional, national or the global levels. The paper provides a description of various elements as entailed within the Federal Emergency Management Agency – FEMA chapter 15 as follows;

Global Challenges

In the course of managing emergencies, there are a number of major challenges that are emerging globally. Among these challenges are global climate changes, cumulative risk aversion, increasing levels ...

First Shift (4/7) - 8am to 4pm

I started at C-MED and then I moved to dispatcher and call taker. Basically, C-MED controls the ambulances and ER, and connects them in one line. During my shift, I observed that sixteen ambulances were directed to the Bay State Hospital, four ambulances to the Mercy Hospital, and just one call was directed to the Holyoke Hospital.
Two hours later, I moved to dispatcher and using a headphone listened to how the dispatcher contacts the EMS crew. I observed how the dispatcher balanced ALS and BLS in the city, and sent ambulances to the scene. Also, I observed whether ...

Criminal Justice

Crime Analysis and Strategies for the City of Amber
Executive Summary
The City of Amber is experiencing an alarming rate of burglary incidents for the past two weeks. In this regard, the Amber Police Department will be taking steps in addressing the alarming rate of burglary incidents in the city through a systematic approach in terms of allocating manpower, heightened surveillance, and vigilant patrol of the surrounding communities with the help of the civilian personnel. In order to establish peace and order back to the community through a preventive and pro-active solution, it is important to consider the crime ...

Post Disaster Project: Prepare a Project Plan

Project description
A disaster is natural or man-made occurrence, that causes immense damage to human life, animal life or properties, on a large scale. It creates the need for external human assistance to alleviate the sufferings of the victims, minimize their loss and return them back to a state where they can manage the situation independently. Sometimes, the damage associated with a disaster is irreversible and assistance can only help victims to adapt. A proper disaster management project can help foresee disasters and minimize loss. Preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation are the different stages involved in the management of ...

Protecting citizens, business, and property from the threat of terrorism and naturally manmade disasters is arguably a governor’s most salient responsibility. As the chief executive officer of the states, governors are accountable for overseeing states response to any disaster or emergency. In essence, they must be prepared for the every day events for instance, industrial fires, power outages, tornados, and catastrophes on a scale of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Hence, a new governor must be briefed on the homeland security and how it applies to the state. The paper will provide the new governor with the essential ...

Fritch, Texas was the scene of a wildfire that devastated the small town on May 11, 2014. Prairie fires are not uncommon in the Texas landscape, but they have become more of a threat in recent years secondary to growing populations, the ways in which land is now used, and an ongoing drought in the state. In the nine-year span between 1995 and 2014, more than 157,000 wildfires were reported in Texas with almost 80 percent raging within two miles of residential communities (Warren). The population of Fritch was just over 2000 people. Unlike other small Texas towns ...

Analysis of New Article in Current Technology to prevent Medication Errors

Introduction
In America, medication errors are common and are often associated with significant financial and clinical consequences. Worldwide, the prevention of drugs blunders has become highly prioritized. Therefore, the introduction of new healthcare technologies into the system of healthcare can improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of medical care. Besides, medication errors are known to take place at any point in the medication use process. Therefore, being dedicated to technology innovation as well as patient safety has played a crucial role in preventing medication errors. Consequently, this paper will analyze the current technology put to use to prevent medication ...

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QUESTION ONE

Identify and describe as many distinct sub-systems of Cash Mountain as you can. For ANY TWO of your identified sub-systems, describe the following system components:
Banking is one of the most important foundations in business or personal financial development. Technology has been evolving rapidly from physical traditional banking (Cayazzo, 2006). There before, customer were availing themselves to the bank for any transactions or inquiries. Then banks began the operation of automated teller machine (ATM) making it easier for bank customers to access cash at their convenience. ATMs have evolved to a point where a customer can withdraw ...

Energy drinks are a comparatively new phenomenon. They appeared on the market not so long ago, but have already managed to win popularity with consumers. Their target audience is young people – strong and healthy who want and, often, need to stay awake, alert, and active for longer hours. Therefore, advertising campaigns and marketing strategies of energy drink companies aim at this age sector of the market. Producers make packaging bright and attractive; they make the taste sweet and flavored in order to appeal to young people; and they stress the characteristics which can be luring to that age category. ...

Introduction

Rapid and extensive constant growth of IP-based networks in addition to increasing dependencies on these networks has made their management and maintenance tremendously challenging. Round the clock monitoring and maintenance of the networks is significant so as to reduce the down time of the network. The increase in the dependencies of Internet Protocol-based network and the importance of their continuous monitoring has resulted in the rapid growth in the application and use of automated network monitoring systems (Chiang et al., 2009). The paper outlines the differences and similarities that exist between two different network management systems: PRTG Network Monitoring ...

The lecture provides a critical review of the subjects of Democracy and Race in the modern world. Through this lecture, Jelani Cobb takes his audience through the American history while challenging them to visualize racial inequalities that are still identifiable in the society. From a general view, one would merely describe American as a nation of equality. However, Cobbs warns his audience against such a misinformed view by encouraging them to think deeply about the real situation that characterized the American community. In justifying his argument, he provides a comprehensive account of some racially inclined incidents that have happened ...

Reasoning is an essential cognitive process that is incorporated almost in every aspect of adult life. Every person lives in a subjective world, the image of which is formed by person’s beliefs, convictions and thoughts. Everything we do and see is the result of mind activity, as our behavior and perception are built on the basis of the experience we have already had with the image of the world. This mind activity depends on the variety of biological, psychological and social factors that all together create our worldview, our unique picture of things that surround us. However, the ...

Lab Report: Food Behaviourism in Japanese Red Belly Newts

Abstract
The current experiment sought to determine the food of choice by Japanese Red Belly Newts. Fifteen Japanese Red Belly Newts were introduced into three sets of tanks. Food was introduced into the tanks in the first tank (control group) was given blood warms while in the other two tanks, beef hearts, blood worms, and crickets were introduced. We found out that salamanders become very active, aggressive, and territorial when it came to securing food for themselves in the tank. At the initial stages before realizing any food was added into the tank, the salamanders were quite calm and ...

Article Comparison

Article Comparison

This paper explores two articles that appeared in the Japan Times and the Asahi Shimbun on March 7, 2016, and March 8, 2016, respectively. The topic is about ‘Yakuza War’ as was covered and reported by Asahi Shimbun and the Japan times. ‘Yakuza War’ is a wrangle between two warring gang groups in Japan, which attack each other, prompting the police to declare it a war.

Compare

The story is in Japan’s two leading news outlets; Asahi Shimbun and Japan Times, covering a similar story of a deadly gang attacks between two leading groups due to internal ...

Abstract

The environmental issues have grown to be extremely urgent in Beijing, as the levels of air pollution are high, while the government works to implement the policies to combat the problem. The current situation with smog and high air quality indexes are the results of the decades of industrialization and urbanization and are directly dependent on the city’s demographics, geography and peculiarities of development. Air pollution in Beijing may have serious effects on the population and environment, as it can drastically affect health, increase morbidity and mortality rates and have social and economic implications for the future of ...

Several media houses target their niche audience. Thus, their news is tailored to meet that particular market segment. Taiwan Independence Movement is an issue that is quite emotive in different ways. Therefore, the media houses have different editorial policies while reporting on issues such as this one. This goes beyond the need for reporting objectively. This paper will, therefore, look into how the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and South China Morning Post (SCMP) report differently on Taiwan independence movement. Thus, the paper will focus on the reporters, graphics as well as the sources used.
The issue of whether Taiwan ...

Introduction

It goes without saying that during the last decades a great number of countries face a growing number of diseases, which noticeably affect our planet’s population. The main danger is posed by the previously unknown viruses or mutated forms of familiar diseases. Obviously, treating such serious illnesses require highly qualified staff, modern equipment and implementing of information technologies in healthcare projects. Fulfilling of all these conditions on a regular basis in health care organizations will surely make diagnostics and treatment of a great number of illnesses safer and faster, reducing medical errors.
Considering all these reasons, in the ...

Information security is a sophisticated area of technology that cannot be entirely guaranteed. As asserted by the security experts, security of information can never be absolute. There is a multiplicity of challenges that come with the adoption of technology. Among the many problems is the safety of information being disseminated and stored within the technology-enabled environment (Pagallo, 2011). Moreover, the use of the common network in an environment possesses serious security challenges that make data and information insecure. However, certain security measures can be employed to ensure data and information are protected and made difficult to be infiltrated. There ...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the initiatives that are taken by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in order to bring improvement in the existing health care system. The central goal of AHRQ is to take effective measures that can reduce the medical errors. Moreover, the paper has also emphasized on the effective strategies of AHRQ, which has greatly improved the quality of care (Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality, 2015).

AHRQ was developed to examine the reason for low health care that was provided to the people ...

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is the repeated blockage of upper airway when a person is asleep. It is the most common type of apnea during which the diaphragm and chest muscles open the obstructed airways and pull air into the lungs. This loss of breath reduces the flow of oxygen to vital organs causing irregular heartbeat (Force & American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2009). A person usually snores loudly at night with interruption by a silent period when they are not breathing, they wake up not refreshed in the morning, headaches that are hard to treat, feel sleepy or drowsy all day ...

Asthma is a respiratory disorder that affects the respiratory airways. It is characterized by inflammation and subsequent narrowing of the air passages. It leads to episodes of wheezing, coughing, dyspnea and chest tightness. It mostly occurs in the night or in the early morning hours. It may affect people of any age, but commoner in young children. In the United States, there are approximately 25 million asthma patients, out of these, 7 million are children (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2015).
In this paper we will discuss about a 15 years old boy who is diagnosed with asthma. We ...

Letter to editor

Letter to the Editor and copy to Legislative Representative
Health Care delivery measures require the imparting of high quality medical and paramedical care in primary, secondary and territory care. With the rapid advancement in the fields of medicine, surgery post-operative convalescence and long term geriatric or tertiary cure there have emerged more areas for making mistakes.
With this emergence of new techniques and methodologies of health care delivery there have become possible several levels of care. Along with the provision of such care came the greater responsibility of ensuring the best possible quality of care.
There ...

Since the early years, the automobile industry had experienced many changes, especially technologically and mode of production. In 1895, there were only four registered vehicles in America. However, due to technological advancement the number has increased tremendously to 250 million vehicles. These include SUVs, trucks and cars. The existing main automobile companies in the American Society include General Motors, Olds Motor Company, Ford, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Stanly Steamer, Oakland Motor Car, and Pierce Arrow among others (ABR Staff Writer). The Ford Motor Company is among the flourishing companies and participator of the establishment and development of automobile in America.
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Introduction

National Trust is a non-governmental organization that engages in activities of preserving special places. It has a membership of over 4 million members and welcomes an average of 19 million visitors annually to view its properties and the special places. It has a record of over 350000 houses, 250000 hectares of lands that include gardens, coastlines, natural reserves, island, pubs villages and goldmines. (The Times 100)
National trust is managed by a small group of trustees; therefore it is independent form government influence. To stick to its objective and mission to serve the society, the organization obtains its funds from donors, membership ...

Sensory perception is defined as the recognition as well as interpretation of sensory stimuli on the bases of memory. Sensory perception may be accurate or inaccurate data. Memory is the most outstanding element that may be used in defining the accuracy or inaccuracy of a given data. There are various factors that may be used to determine the accuracy of sensory data. Senses being the connection between the world and the human mind it is an extremely critical element for making proper decisions.
There are three main reasons that may lead to believe in the accuracy of sensory information. ...

Violations of Peremptory Norms committed by Syria

Abstract
The unrest in Iraq and Egypt in early 2011, as well as the outbreak of a full-blown civil war in Syria later that same year, has led to an intricate web of interstate security dynamics. The civil war in Syria has extended unabated, killing more than 100,000 people and displacing millions more. Western military intervention with air strikes on the Assad regime may get forestalled with a possible UN-backed plan to counteract Syria's chemical arms stockpiles. The essay looks into the dishonor of the Peremptory Norms from the beginning of the crisis until now. The Peremptory Norms are ...

INTRODUCTION

Wireless Communication is a much discussed science in the recent times. A lot of research activities have been carried out in this field due to high demand of low-power & interference free communication technologies. Secondly, the humongous developments in VLSI technologies have enabled low-power & low-area implementation of unique DSP algorithms. Many low-end communication technologies have been introduced so far to cater the requirement of short range & secure communication between endpoints for communication, data exchange and automated commands execution .
Near-field Communication (NFC) is basically a Bluetooth-like short-range wireless communication technology for smartphones and other mobile devices to communicate with each other by ...

Mastering the Skill of a Comfortable Coaching/Mentoring Style

The skill of mastering a comfortable coaching and/or mentoring style is not so difficult for an effective leader. As such, the leader should remind himself of his “absolute absolutes” for effective leadership and professional effectiveness (1) Leadership rooted in humility; (2) Purpose that extends its influence over others; (3) Strategy secured in values and purpose; (4) People – they are your team; (5) Measure – validate what is true; (6) Empower – teach people to do this for themselves; (7) Reward – acknowledge, praise, and respect; (8) Anticipate – be prepared for the next step; (9) Navigate – goes hand in hand with anticipate – be alert ...

Introduction

Threat assessment refers to the process of evaluating risk due to a perceived threat in schools, workplaces, communities and individuals. The risk is based on facts and evidence of behavior in a given situation. Threat assessment was developed by the Secret Service in America to deal with incidences of violence in schools. The main aim of threat assessment is to prevent planned violence. It has three major functions: identification, assessing and managing. In identification, the relevant persons seek to know when, how and where concerns can be reported. Assessment involves gathering and evaluating information from different sources such as the social ...

Executive Summary

Recently, the Middle East has experienced high rates of bad weather conditions that among others have caused sandstorms around the region. These conditions continue to affect various socio-economic activities with massive deadly consequences especially for airline companies (Seinfield and Spyros, 2006). For instance, in 2008, sandstorms caused low visibility conditions caused very many cars to pile up on the Dubai-Abu Dhabi border. It is estimated that around 25 people lost their lives in this incident. In late 2013, the same incident did not only cause injuries to a dozen people but also hampered activities around Dubai airport for three days.
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Management

Management
Competitive advantage refers to the advantage a firm has over its competitor. In service industry, competitive industry arises when a firm provides unique services to its customers more than the competition. On the other hand, competitive advantage in manufacturing occurs when a firm possesses efficient production systems that produce unique products that competitors cannot easily copy. Regardless of whether it is in the service or manufacturing industry, competitive advantage involves the presence of unique features that attract more sales and customers than competition. However, the most conspicuous difference between competitive advantage in service industry and competitive advantage in manufacturing industry ...

Introduction

This essay discusses restrictions imposed on the people of China, which stipulated that many couples were forbidden to have more than one child. The essay covers why and when the measure was introduced, the ethics of such a policy and when it might be relaxed. Further, alternative policies are considered, as are the outcomes of the existing policy.

Background to the Policy

The Chinese government’s policy of restricting couples to having just one child was announced in 1979 because the government was seriously concerned about the population explosion. One outcome of the earlier Marxist doctrine prevailing in China was that in the latter ...

I. Introduction
With the passage of time, in every area of human life, automation is penetrating more and more. From the method people commute from one place to another till the way people live in homes, lifestyles are being transformed more and more with the help of computer machines. Since past 50 years lots of researches have been done on automated cars but no one has been able to develop a safe and sound model. Cars however have been partially automated such as the ACC adaptive cruise control; Lane-adherence support and blind-spot support have been incorporated into cars at a ...

In the course of last two decades, cell phones have transformed from a luxury tech gadget to a must-have device that connects people to various services. The cell phone has gone through various transformations in the recent past and now an average cell phone comes with features like full touchscreen control, a decent camera, ability to access the Internet. The smartphone revolution has happened already and no one wants to be left behind. The education system needs to embrace the latest smartphone technology and integrate with it to create a more dynamic and relevant learning environment.
In the following few pages, I ...