Infrastructure Term Papers Samples For Students

Introduction:

The security of maritime field plays a significant role in the economy. Every day, thousands of cargo containers from around the world in field of exchange benefit pass through the nation’s seaports carrying items, goods and, possibly some that are not so welcome, such as drugs, explosives and weapons. The industry of the container shipping industry is highly vulnerable to terrorist attacks. In the U.S. maritime system, there are over 300 sea ports and river ports with more than 3,700 passenger and cargo terminals.

Major Concerns and Threats:

There are significant and various forms of threats to the container shipping network; however, ...

The Middle East has historically been viewed as a region of underdevelopment in almost all areas, particularly in education, recreation and real estate and infrastructure. Further, not only development in Middle East has been viewed as an anomaly in a region long known for conflict and destruction almost exclusively but also forunsustainability of development efforts particularly in areas requiring longer and insightful strategies such as education, recreation andreal estate and infrastructure. This view has recently, however, shifted given unprecedented changes inpublic policies for areas in question. This paper aims, hence, to explore recent developments in education, recreation and real estate and ...

Introduction

The Great Belt Fixed Link (Storebæltforbindelsen) is the fixed link connecting the islands of Zealand and Funen across the strait of Great Belt. The link is composed of three mega structures: a road suspension bridge (known as the East Bridge), a railway between Zealand and Sprogø, and a box girder bridge (known as the West Bridge) between Sprogø and Funen (Railway-Technology, n.d.). The link was purposely designed to replace the primary means of crossing the Great Belt (Transportation Research Board, 1995). Combined purpose and aesthetic perfection, this majestic link exhibits eccentric engineering skills and craftsmanship, a true man-made wonder.
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The Flip Side series of short movies (up to four minutes per movie) directed by Jay Diaz is a fine demonstrator of gender roles and how they are applied in societies. It shows the life of five couples, in everyday instances, like going camping, celebrating a birthday, and watching a football game, and how each gender performs and thinks in the workplace, vacation, and clubbing, among others. Parenting and dating are also showcased. The exciting part of the series is that roles are completely reversed, and men appear more emotional, sensitive, and having acquired all traits and attributes that a woman usually has, ...

INTRODUCTION

In recent times, there has been an intense exploration of the Tunneling field effects transistors. This is because it has been discovered to have the potential to offer a way out of many concerns, especially the power concerns, in nanoelectronics. “Graphene nanoribbon was recently discovered and has been deemed ideal for tunneling FETs,” [1]. For graphene nanoribbons tunneling transistors, the subthreshold swing has been investigated to be a nonlinear function of temperature. The graphene nanoribbon has been declared as the best candidate for tunneling field effect transistor owing to its compatibility with planar processing, direct and narrow band gap, and low ...

Since ancient times, philosophers have been elaborating on the visions and ideas that can help individuals to make decisions in complicated life situations. Ethical philosophy is different from variety of other sciences and branches of philosophy, because it is more normative or prescriptive, rather than aimed at describing and explaining particular phenomena, encountered by individuals (Icheku 21-22). In other words, ethical philosophy is aimed at find out how one is ought to act, while other sciences tend to observe natural and societal phenomena. Making an ethical decision requires usage of one of the ethical decision-making frameworks. Among most famous ...

Question One: Homeland Security

Homeland security in essence refers to the protection of the United States of America against terrorist attacks. However, the department’s work is not limited to terrorism activities only. In that context, homeland security may be defined as the national concerted effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the US, reduce the vulnerability of the US to terrorism and minimize the damage from the attacks upon occurrence. From the definition, it can be gathered that Homeland Security is especially designed for the prevention of terrorist attacks and or mitigation of the effects of the attacks upon occurrence. It can be ...

Super-W is a large retail company operating in the Midwest US. According to the case study, the company has been traditionally operating with a single corporate campus location and a distribution center supporting twenty retail locations. Recently, it acquired several businesses increasing its large distribution centers to four of which supports more than 200 retail locations. This desires an internetwork that efficiently serves these locations as well as provides the desired security measures. An upgrade is required with key considerations given to redundancy and security. In order to satisfy business functions, an uptime of four 9s is desired.
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Bolman and Deal’s examines the organizational set up the concepts related to, the four- frame model. This is in the view that seeks to highlights the various aspects of the organizational culture and management in the context that highlights it as a factory, family jungles and rather theaters or temples in that order specifically.

The four- frame model highlights the four issues in this order;

- The Structural Frame: This explains how to organize teams and groups to effectively deliver results.
- The Human Resource Frame: which effectively illustrates how to narrow the organizations to satisfy human wants, human resource management and effectively build positive dynamics on how to ...

Introduction

Governments are tasked with a challenging responsibility of adopting informed and justifiable decisions when budgeting for the country’s resources. Investing in unproductive or unhelpful projects is not acceptable because this characterize misuse of public resources. Amtrak is one of the major projects in United States that has realized attention of policy makers. A group of policy makers has lobbied for the continued funding of this project while other argues that the company should lose its subsidiaries. Deciding whether the government should withdraw its support from Amtrak or continue funding the project is challenging because either of the options carry ...

Roads Network Protection Agency

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The Roads Network Protection Agency Act of 2013 is a federal law in the United States that has been designed to control the road network in the United States. The Act aims at ensuring that all roads in the United States are well maintained and all facilities have been put in place. This is to ensure that rates of accidents in the country as a result of poor roads are reduced to the lowest level possible. The agency is in charge of ensuring that it follows on accidents that occur as a result of poor status of a road. ...

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Introduction

Loss prevention stands as a strong issue in studies pertaining to security maintenance. It is important to prevent problems involving the disappearance of important articles ranging from computer data to cargo contents to ensure proper transportation of private information. As an added insurance of securing exchange of articles in data and cargo formats, loss prevention is a crucial arena that requires constant improvements. Yet, to help identify the needed improvements, it is important to focus on a particular issue on loss prevention – the involvement of well-meaning factors as intrusions.
This study aims to identify ...

Abstract

Railway transport is one of the most preferred forms of transport as a result of the cheap transport cost involved as compared to other means of transport. It involves the use of conveyed wheeled vehicles which runs on a rail track as compared to the normal vehicles that uses a prepared road. Railway transport system has been in existence since the 6th Century B.C. and its development intensified during the industrial evolution and yet, the system has maintained a distinct construction method (Hylton, 2007). The railway system involves the use of continuous rails usually made of steel that are installed on ballast and ...

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Introduction
A world trendsetter pace in global merchant mechanism has emerged through automated lifecycle in this new era by the use of (PKI), this has been possible through; issuing, revocation, retrieving, creating and publishing both certificates and CRTs. Thereby raising t levels of transaction standards through provision integrity, trust and well established coherent business mechanisms in most of the sectors in the economy hence counted infallible.

The Fundamentals of the Public Key Infrastructure

The backbone fundamental of the (PKI) includes; the public and the private key, basics components for systemmetric cryptography, the main transformer of the ordinary data to coded form as they are capable ...

In order to address the issue of increasing energy cost as a percent of revenues firstly it is important to understand what the main drivers of the change are. Variance analysis could help to evaluate the contribution of different components to the raise in energy cost to revenues ratio (Lipczynski, Wilson & Goddard, 2005). This step will help to identify areas to address or may point out the root cause of the problem that is responsible for the whole deviation. The first area to explore is the profitability of the business itself. If the problem lies in low sales, customer dissatisfaction, ...

Over the recent past decades, municipality has been pushed to be involved in providing a public transport system as a business initiative. The public transport sector over the years has been lucrative in terms of profit and suitability. The intent of this paper is to scrutinize the evaluation, criteria, and approach of the public transits system.
The measurement of performance in urban transit system is a significant to define quality transit services as product development and marketing are to a successful business. Evaluation and monitoring service performance is important to the efficient provision of transit to the entire public. Performance indicators are a ...

I am Mike. I am a young man aged 19 and I live in Southington, CT. I had to move here – against my wish - from Boston simply because I could not afford to cater for the living expenses at Boston. It so happens that there is no member of my family who lives anywhere within, that is, I have to take care of myself and do everything for myself. As such, I have to work extra hours and try to earn an extra living so as to make the ends meet. This is no easy feat. First of all, ...

Marketing Petrochemicals

Abstract

Petrochemicals are a word used to mean all the chemical compounds or products that are obtained from petroleum and natural gas. Petroleum and natural gas are used in making petrochemicals since they are cheap and available. Their processing procedure to obtain the petrochemicals is also easy. Examples of primary petrochemicals are aromatics, methanol and olefins. From the primary petrochemicals, intermediate and derivative products can be obtained through chemical conversions.
The chemical conversion usually varies depending on the desired end product. Petrochemicals, just like any other manufactured or processed commodity has to be marketed well in order to make ...

Recently United Kingdom research community has proposed several challenges in computer science research with the ambition for development implementation in a wide research area. These Grand challenges would address areas in Non-classical computation which would include the exploitation of the natural world such as DNA and quantum computing in order to develop new areas of computations key being the artificial immune system (AIS). This has been well commented considering the lack of certain issues key being the lack of thought in areas of AIS, theoretical work and the limited view of the immune system. However it has to be agrees ...

Logistics

It involves the process of implementing and controlling the effective or efficient streaming of goods and services from the original place to the consumer. Another way of defining it is that logistics is the management of goods channel from raw materials to finished products or goods in an organization. It may also be referred to as the supply or provision of a need.

Product distribution to South America

The first thing I will look at is how to meet the demands our customers abroad. This purpose has to be fulfilled while considering the costs that are involved and also the profit to be realized. To ...

The United States rail industry came up in 1827, after the formation of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company (Williams 2004). This company was the first to be chattered as a carrier for both passengers and freight. With time, the railroad gained importance during the settling of North America. This introduction to the people made it possible for the agricultural industry to develop greatly. Before long, several railroads had emerged, which made it possible for rail transport to expand its reach (Williams 2004). People therefore stopped over-relying on water and road transportation, since they now had more options. This industry ...

Introduction

Efficient transport in terms of cost and transportation time is a vital element towards the realization of economic development; this implies that transport activities are bound increase steadily due to the need to achieve economic development. Railroad transport is a means of moving passengers and freight by use of wheeled vehicles on fixed rail tracks, whereby the locomotive is channeled by the infrastructure of the railroad tracks. Rail transport serves as one of the effective means of transport that can be used to meet the increasing transport demands such as freight and passenger transport (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 58). ...

Scope

The scope of our company audit plan will define boundaries within which the audit should be done. The scope of the audit of our company will include relevant personnel, records and systems compliance. It will go through the various security issues as far as protection of the IT infrastructure is concerned, the cost used in the IT infrastructure and the efficiency of the IT infrastructure facilities. The implementation of the recommendations of the previous audit will also be investigated and the recommendation on the current audit done. The audit will also deal with the analysis of the regulations on ...

Executive Summary

Corporate responsibility is made of three key sectors of corporate action: community involvement, environmental action, and economic growth. Winnipeg transit has an advanced sense of responsibility when it comes to sustainability and environmental action, however it has failed to provide a positive partnership with the community and employees, in order to gain an overall high reflection of corporate responsibility. More specifically, Canada has a growing dedication to the implementation of sustainable technology, and the growth of public transportation as a means of lowering the national carbon footprint. As such, the Government of Canada has provided financial support for the ...

Executive summary

This report provides the network design of the Fiction Corporation project. The report follows the project management book of knowledge (PMBOK) processes and propose an organized study of the problem. The report provides an approach to solve the problem in a comprehensive manner. It starts with the study of the current network design and the technologies that deployed in the system. The management and network team will closely analyze the current system and propose a plan, how to migrate the data center of the organization from the old site to the new site (headquarter). The network design and engineers team will ...

Kohl’s International Expansion

Before any company or organization proceed with plans to expand internationally, the management needs to assess the viability of doing so. Part of assessment is determining the advantages and potential contributions of international expansion to the organization (Hines & Bruce, 2007). The organization may also assess and plan expansion simultaneously. In this way, the management can determine where the organization will invest for foreign expansion and how the organization would do it. Practices in planning and assessment will be applied in this discussion in relation to Kohl’s. Kohl’s is a retail chain store based in the United States and ...

Executive Summary

Technology is one of the best scientific developments that have brought about economic, social, and political change in most of the world’s economies. Nevertheless, there are varied reactions on the effect of technology on the environment, the economy, religion, culture, and politics among a host of many social, economic, and political phenomena. Conversely, these factors also affect technology in different ways as will be discussed in this paper. Nevertheless, selecting technology for a specific situation depends on a list factors that either support or oppose such incentives.

Introduction

Science and technology are the current century’s most influential challenges since it affects ...

An analysis of Coinmach Strategic Planning

Executive Summary
According to various research works, Laundry and dry cleaning businesses across the world provide a huge revenue payback of up to $120 billion annually. Coinmach is the largest market player in the United States and its operational scope is hugely diverse as its work framework is based on the growing needs for commercial and industrial laundry services. Laundry service delivery provision is based on changing clientele needs and the core factors attributed to this are satisfaction, better link to the wider business array and improved convenience for a real market. In 65 years, Coinmach service provision has significantly ...

Building a Sustainability Assessment Framework

Building a Sustainability Assessment Framework

The necessity of a new environmental assessment regime

The need to undertake a new environmental assessment regime as proposed by the Liberal Party of Canada is driven on the point that, over almost half a century the since the nation’s first environmental assessment processes and laws were introduced, the have been advances as well as reversals across the globe. The recent changing times have put the dominant record on the environmental assessment as one of the gradually expanded scope, application, openness, ambition and understanding (Noble, 2012). Therefore, in order to put the environmental assessment just like the other areas of environmental ...

History of Community Policing

The concept of community policing was formed in the 1960s during the struggle for the civil rights movement (Brunschot, 2003). Before this time, law enforcement executed the methods of power and violence in order to control the citizens. The core root of the community policing was a failure of the formal police authorities to fulfill their duties productively, which resulted in various protests and rebellion against the authorities. It is believed that the crucial trigger initiated the development of this movement is a crisis in the interactions between the law enforcement and the public.
During the 1960s, police managed ...

Introduction

Drunk driving is the operation of automobiles while one is under the influence of mind intoxicating drugs and or alcohol. It remains a serious public health issue that should become the concern of the society that we live in today. Driving while under the influence of these drugs or alcohol has brought serious tales that people fear to tell or to be told. The number of road accidents that could have otherwise have been avoided have been on the rise as a consequence of drunk driving. There are families that have lost their loved ones to accidents that have resulted from ...

INTRODUCTION

Internet is arguably the most vital and central infrastructure for the daily economic life of every citizen. Few technological enhancements hold as much potential to change the productivity, come up with jobs and enhance life quality of many internet users. With wireless services that are growing by the day, there is a need to have wireless networks. Wireless networks are becoming essential services for many people. With wireless networks comes security. Security is an important factor when connectivity is concerned. Important data is stored in devices that are connected. The whole is advancing to the transforming from the dial up ...

Abstract

Ever since deregulation in the airline industry, airlines have had the freedom, to select their choice of routes and have been given the freedom to determine fares. The paper gives a discussion of three basic route architecture networks that are in adoption, in the airline industry. These route networks include hub and spoke, point to point and multi-hub networks. Hub and spoke network is the most widely used route network architecture owing to its high cost and revenue advantages.

Keywords, Route, network, hub and spoke, point to point network

Introduction
Aviation management forms a significant and one of the most crucial parts in the aviation industry. Over the years, the ...

Psychology: Baddeley’s Working Memory

Introduction – Baddeley’s Working Memory
Short term memory is an important aspect in human lives as it influences behavior and outcomes in daily lives in more ways than one – of which the role played in development of working memory is an important factor. Even though short term memory is considered to have significant differences from working memory, they are considered to be related by eminent psychologists. The most common factor behind this perspective is that both short term memory and working memory are involved in the storage of information temporarily in an individual. Working memory can be best described ...

Increase in Income as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Canada

Poverty has been a major barrier in proving healthcare services to the general public in Canada and around the globe. Poverty is known to affect over 1.8 million Canadians due to poor economic conditions and rising mental health issues. Based on recent reports, people in Canada experience economic hardships owing to many situations such as job loss, death in family, divorce etc. The loss of income is associated with poverty and the ability to access basic resources such as employment, education, and housing. The poor health of Canadians is associated with social deprivation linked with material and poverty. Most ...

The British Occupation of Egypt in 1882

Introduction
Mixed reactions were rampant with reference to the occupation. The European had various opinions and reasons for occupying the country including promotion of trade and development of perceptions and civilization in the country. On the other hand, the Egyptians felt their land was being taken, and their heritage was being taken away from them as well. Both reactions of resistance and collaboration led to different results in the country. The results were both positive and negative to the people especially concerning the economic sector. There is a great relationship between the historical occupation and economy.

Origin of the Occupation

After constructing and ...

Logistics Industry Overview

The manufacturers are eager to reduce the cost of production, and they are prepared to source the materials from any corner of the world if the costs are contained. The international trade agreements and globalized scenarios make exchange of goods between countries smoother. On the other hand, individual customers too do not hesitate to place orders with far off suppliers. Rise on the internet based services and e-commerce has made overseas suppliers search for ways to supply to remote customers. These changes in the international /domestic trade and commerce practices drive the logistics companies to adapt to the situation. ...

ABSTRACT

Virtual Private Networks have evolved overtime to become one of the business-driver for corporate communication. This is due to its ability to leverage ubiquity and low cost of internet access in addition to high performance and security. VPN extend the characteristics of WAN to small, medium and individual users.
VPNs are logical private networks deployed over public network infrastructure such as the internet. The exploding nature of the internet has presented an opportunity to build VPN on its vast infrastructure. Just like the way Email and web-browsing have brought internet to where it is today, business networking on ...

Disseminating Organizational IT Security and Troubleshooting Best Practices

Part 1
Memo: Action Plan
Attn: All Employees
The strategy to improve security of the company’s IT infrastructure in response to a recent series of enterprise network systems breaches is a multi-level plan for controlling risk to data and operations. The deployment of the IT user authentication plan will ensure that designated user access to the network is effective enough to sustain future security breaches; and including threats posed by social engineering. The Action Plan outlines the : 1) wireless encryption; and 2) designated user credential process, as well as cloud data storage and the company’s ...

International management

International management

Introduction

Expansion to foreign markets is an important prerequisite for success of any modern business. Sustainable growth strategy serves a number of aims, such as supporting the growth of markets and products, expanding a business, improving margins, increasing revenue and reducing a time of a business cycle (Kumar, 2010, p.1). Furthermore, expansion to foreign markets is crucial for companies that manufacture products, targeted for the markets of developing countries, so that as many economies as possible can benefit from innovative solutions.
One of the crucial problems of African countries is water supply. Every day a lot of individuals ( ...

American Public University System

Abstract
Oracle has extensively used IT as it forms the heart of its dealings. The corporation deals with computer technology itself and it has been in the front line to benefit from its own innovations as well as those of its competitors. Oracle as an industry is associated with information technology, which includes the computer hardware and software, electronic, the internet, telecommunication equipments, ecommerce, semiconductor, as well as computer services. The corporation has used various own developed suits to achieve the organizations goals. IT has enabled Oracle Company to market its hardware, software, and services through e-commerce. Oracle ...

Airline Deregulation Act of 1978

In the field of aviation and transport, airline regulations had been a cause for debate considering the nature of its policies and restrictions. In the past, airlines were seen as regulated utilities, putting them in harsh conditions that prevents them from practicing flexible competition and providing service that would not hamper their service to their clients. Requests for reform and approval were either rejected or refuted by advisory boards that would stop all reform, believing it would be detrimental to the industry. The United States aviation sector had longed felt this sentiment from the 1930s up to the late 1970s ...

In the early traditional ages, Japans cultural set up majorly favored men in the society. In the ancient times, women in japan were generally viewed to be inferior to their male counterparts. “I don’t interfere with my husbands business, not with my mouth, hands or legs.” This statement, made by Kumiko Hashimoto, the wife of former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutario Hasimoto, basically underlines the traditional role of women in Japan. These sentiments clearly show us that a woman’s roles in the house were much defined and that at some point they had to seek for permission from their ...

Abstract

The following assignment is dedicated to the topic “Crime scene investigation”. The Introduction presents basic ideas related to the concept of investigation, the role of crime scene investigation in investigating the crime and most important functions, performed by crime scene investigator. Thereafter legal background and other relevant concerns are emphasized. Other concerns include adhering to ethical principles of crime scene investigator’s job, health and safety issues, and planning, organization and coordination phase, which precedes core crime scene investigation activities. Special attention is paid to practical importance of each of mentioned concerns. The rest of the course work contains a ...

Abstract

The smart grid system makes use of digital information technology to transmit and distribute power. Hence, the operations of this system rely on the complex computer networks coupled with communication technologies that are available in the global information technology network domain. This is the leading cause of the vulnerabilities of the smart grid system.
This paper will focus on the vulnerabilities of the system that are evident in SCADA, substation security, communication networks and wireless networks security. While proponents of the system tout its ability to increase efficiency, it cannot be denied that the smart grid system is ...

Netflix’s marketing strategy change

Introduction
Change is an integral part of everyday life both for organizations and individuals. It is often considered negative, since it involves a certain level of stress for the system and a disruption of the conventional organizational practices. However, along with the negative side, change also entails benefits, if it is conducted in the right way. This paper aims to present an example of the recent change in Netflix strategy and to explain the possible reasons for its failure. This example applies change management theories and concepts to the Netflix case, in order to identify what went wrong and, thus ...

In this paper, we will explore the psychological impacts of two human-made disasters. One that happened during the First World War, and the other one is a recent terrorist attack in Paris, in 2015. The Lusitania Disaster was an attack from the German army to a British ship liner coming from New York to Liverpool, UK. The terrorist attack in Paris however was not a war attack, so people were not expecting anything as such. However, it can be argued that we are on a war today, that begun by several attacks of radical Islamic groups against the West. ...

Introduction

The 21st century has seen tremendous improvements in technology, making it the current leveraging factor in the completion age. Since websites provide a way through which most businesses sell their brands it is only prudent that they embrace internal hosting as it enables direct oversight as well as control while guaranteeing maximum reliability especially when everything is properly set up and maintained. In this paper, I aim to address the dynamics that is associated with website migration mainly using the SDLC in the implementation of the project.

Building the Web Architecture

Since the company already has a running website, then the first thing ...

Conflict amidst nations is a historical issue. Almost each and every country around the world has undergone either internal or external conflict. Some of the conflicts have been the most useful platforms for reconciliations. Meaningful reconciliatory talks have led to magnificent developments in the countries that had huge war problems. Equally, there are some other countries that have continued to stay behind because of the never ending wars. The consequences are deaths, tensions and poor cross boarder relations. The paper will take an in-depth study of the North and South Korean wars. The Korean wars are primarily the political, ...

Introduction

The Internet has greatly transformed our everyday lives and is an integral part of our national security. Nowadays communications systems are the mainstay for much of the national infrastructure. The communications sector creates the foundation for vital informational exchange, including audio, video and data connectivity, but with greater openness, interconnection and dependency comes greater vulnerability. The United States of America, just like any other modern and developed country, is very dependent on information infrastructure. Moreover this relation is constantly strengthening. Computer-based systems frequently face cyber attacks, which vary from pure innocent curiosity to critical intrusions. The consequences of these ...

Part 1: Background information

Honduras is approximately 1000 miles from Miami. It is located in the north- central part of Central America. It borders El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Honduras is a mountainous country, with river valleys and coastal plains. It is a small country with an area of 48, 200 square miles. The capital city of Honduras is Tegucigalpa. The main language is Spanish. In 2012, statistics showed that the population of Honduras was 8,296,693. Honduras is a democratic constitutional republic. As of 2014, the president of Honduras is Juan Orlando Hernández and he won with a National Party ticket. Honduras has a constitution, ...

Supply Chain Management

In every business, there are some suppliers as well as some customers. For our suppliers we are customers and for our customers we are suppliers. Moreover, our suppliers also have suppliers and our customers have customers too. Therefore, the concept of supply chain management is to manage the coordination in flow of materials or service from our supplier's supplier to our customer's customer. The aim of supply chain management is to generate information from company's supply chain activities to gain competitive advantage by reducing cost and through increasing sales because of the customer satisfaction (Boyson, Harrington, & Corsi, 2004). With ...

Introduction

Currently the distribution of tigers extends from the Pacific coast of Russia to West and Southern India, continuing East into the Malayan Peninsula and Sumatra. They inhabit a wide range of habitats from impenetrable tropical forest of Sumatra to the semi-arid tracts of Western India and the human dominated agricultural landscapes of the Gangetic Plains of India. The tiger (any sub-species) is always the top carnivore and the apex predator of any ecosystem wherever it is present. Being on top the food chain, they regulate the population of other predators, prey species (herbivores) and in turn the plant population of a ...

Introduction

The information system that is used in HSO has several security flaws which need to be corrected. There is also lack of information technology security policies that have been set to guide and protect the users from the flaws and damages that can occur. This paper will focus on the remedies and steps that should be taken in the HSO in order to correct the situation that has been presented in the hospital. With the suggested steps, there are many benefits that the hospital will benefit and will get in order to improve the situation that has been presented ...

Disaster and emergency management have increasingly become challenging in different countries due to increasing complexity, frequency and magnitude of disasters. There are four stages involved in the management of a disaster. These include the mitigations stage prior to the occurrence of the disaster, where various mitigating activities and actions are put in place. Disaster preparedness is the second phase of disaster management, which involves education, outreach programs and trainings to the local communities in planning for disaster. The response phase is the phase after the occurrence of the disaster and involves a response from various involved stakeholders. The final phase is ...

Introduction

The importance of automobiles in a highly dynamic society is seminal in the existence and harmonious flourishing of a society. The world has been in a continuous process of evolution (Neumann, T., 2006). Mobility and communication have been revolutionalized with the advent of new channels of communication. Therefore, the argument of abolishing automobiles from the American society would be a controversial one. The society is highly dependent on vehicles and other machinery in propagating itself, hence any action that would sabotage the efficiency with which the ordinary man has been used to will lead to a crippled society, not mentioning the dire consequences on ...

Successful planning, construction, and completion of a large scale project like the one undertaken for completing the One World Trade Center is not easy since it requires a strategic focus on the construction plans in a realistic manner. Project leaders need to give external reviewers an opportunity to have an outside view of the whole project and suggest ways that can ensure completion within the stipulated time while avoiding deviations from the initial budget. The delays experienced during the construction of the Freedom Tower create the impression of how ineffective functional operations can lead to major changes in designs ...

Since it has earned its independence from the English Empire, the United States of America slowly worked its way to the top of the international arena as the strongest nation in the world. It has managed to survive several major and minor conflicts and while it has found itself threatened by various groups, the United States has remained strong against these odds. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the US became the world’s only superpower and many nations adored the country and saw the US as a protector. However, in recent years, several new threats are starting ...

Abstract

Hurricane Katrina touched ground in Louisiana in August 2005. The resulting lack of coordination in a catastrophe of this size by federal agencies led to large numbers of evaluations, reports, and recommendations for improvement. Particularly under fire was the FEMA organization tasked with management of the disaster operations. The inability to coordinate local, state, and federal resources lead to billions of dollars in waste and additional loss of life secondary to lack of food, water, and shelter. Government policies and restrictions in addition to complicated definitions of responsibility delayed relief for the stricken areas by as much as a ...

For years, taxi drivers have been exploiting unsuspecting tourists and residents of cities in countries around the world. This has created an enormous demand for a reliable taxi service that was classier than a taxi but not as expensive as having one’s own personal chauffer. This demand was particularly prevalent in the United States where taxi drivers did not accept credit cards, drove in taxi designated zones within cities to raise the fares, and whose taxi drivers made customers uncomfortable due to their driving or manner towards clients. Taxi drivers were notorious in the United States for not ...