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Significant characteristics of a disease

Virulence is a term that describes “the capacity of a microbe to cause disease after infection”. It is a multifaceted phenomenon is dependent on the “context and nature of the interaction between the host and the microbe.” The number of fatalities that occur as a result of infection by a given pathogen is used as a measure of the virulence. Based on this parameter, the Ebola virus would therefore be considered to be highly virulent as compared to small pox. Give that research has provided better understanding of pathogens thus led to the development of potent forms of therapy; some of the pathogens ...

Globalization brings about the needs of global companies to operate more efficiently with the aim to gain competitive advantages and to face the contemporary issues and challenges in the contemporary world. A critical factor in optimizing organizational efficient operations of these companies is the IHRM (Guest et al., 2000a; Guest et al., 2000b). The HRM operations helps in developing and motivating the workforce of the companies to improve skills, knowledge, and the modernization required for the companies to vie with ...

The Problem Statement

Imagine you are in charge of development of a developing economy and were approached by a multinational corporation interested in locating in your country.

Identify some of the benefits and some of the costs to the host country from the allowing the multinational corporation to locate to a country with a developing economy. Discuss with your classmates if development assistance from world development agencies, such as World Bank or United Nations, would be preferable to private investment.

Introduction

The above statement is a situation of Foreign direct Investment ( the investment into business in a country by a company of foreign country either by a buying a company in the ...

Chapter 4: Prokaryotic Cells and microorganisms

This chapter looks at the morphology, and pathogenic mechanisms of prokaryotic cells and microorganisms respectively. It discusses in detail the structural components, functions of the different organelles of prokaryotic cells as well as feeding and survival mechanisms of prokaryotic microorganisms.

Prokaryotic cells have a specialized cellular structure. Prokaryotes are unicellular and their cells have no cellular organelles, that is, a membrane does not surround their nucleus. These cells contain intricate phospholipids, sterols, and sphingolipids. They are typically 1-5µm in diameter .

Their outer surface is covered by glycocalyx, which is a gel like cellular envelope that provides prokaryotic cells with protection against ...

Network security is a significant aspect when managing network. There are issues that should be put in place in order to have security over a network. One of the significant components that are of great use is firewalls. Firewalls provide a great tool that network administrators use to secure their networks. We have had a chance to look at computer networks and the use of VPN in the security aspects of the networks. We have had to go in-depth on how the networks relate to security.

One of the most significant aspects of a firewall is the installation and implementation process. Firewalls should be ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome is a life threatening condition that is caused by a virus from the Coronaviridae family. The SARS virus is believed to have originated from the Guangdong province of southern China before spreading to Hong Kong, Canada and the United States of America. The virus has an incubation period of 2 to 7 days but it may last up to 10 days. Like other respiratory disease, SARS is spread through direct contact; long range and short range. The major agent of transmission is the droplet nuclei. The symptoms of the disease include: fever, chills, malaise, cough, dyspnea and ...

Q1.Advantages and Disadvantages of adopting server virtualization

Virtualization refers to the separation of a service request from the essential physical delivery of the same service. Virtual memory is used to create more space than the physical memory.

a) Advantages

The deployment of virtual infrastructure by the organization provides an obstruction layer between storage, computing and networking hardware. By using this obstruction technique, it is non-disruptive because the layout remains unchanged once it has been deployed. Virtual infrastructure also helps in managing resources in a pooled manner across the enterprise being used as a single entity (Menasce, 2005). In this way, the Information Technology administrator responds to the dynamic ...

Introduction

The IFRS are accounting standards, rules and principles that were introduced by an independent organization in the United Kingdom, known as the International Accountants Standards Board. The institution puts forward that the standards would better serve public companies worldwide than the local standards in the country due to the aspect of comparability, transparency and economic growth. There are several countries that have adopted the IFRS over the recent years. The transition to IFRS for the companies in these countries has considerable costs. There are technical and training costs that are incurred that may cause several companies to be cautious ...

Question 1

When to conduct the training – before or after leaving for the foreign country
The type and amount of training in terms of duration and content of the training
Family involvement in the training – should the manager’s family be involved in the training?
The manager’s ability and willingness to relate to foreign culture
The manager’s interest and ability to learn the foreign language in case of difference in languages, and
The willingness of the manager to learn and practice the new information

Question 2

The components I will need covered are cultural ...

Chapter 1

1. Some of the factors that affect investors’ interests in foreign investment are the region of the world, the maturity of the hotel industry in that region, and the varied real estate and capital markets throughout the world. Among these, the first two are the ones most related to the host country.

2. Hotels are considered high-risk international investments because unlike the products of manufacturing companies, unsold hotel rooms cannot be stored for later use. In addition, real estate and construction costs constantly increase. Still, other risks include natural disasters, political instability, terrorist activities, fluctuations in exchange rate, and ...

1. Competitive business environment comprises of dynamic set of relationships among cultures, financial markets, technologies, government policies and many more. This business environment is driven by the hyper-competition faced by companies across the globe.

2. Globalization means an increasingly inter-connected and interconnected which is propelled by the innovation and technological emergence in markets. There are other forces also which fuel the globalizations, namely, opening of closed economies, emerging market economies, prominence of China and India in global economy, continuing free trade and trade agreements, and growth of multinational enterprises.

3. a) The competencies I possess already are the knowledge of ...

Cloning As an Application of Biotechnology

According to Levine (2009), Cloning can be defined as the reproduction without sex. The basic definition of sex in this context is the joining of genetic material from two parents to form an embryo. Cloning, however, does not use the technique of directly joining the female and male gamete, but it uses the fact that DNA can be duplicated by inserting DNA into a host cell (Levine, 2009).

During cloning, a fragment of DNA extracted from a cell and containing the gene to be cloned into a vector (Brown, 2010). The vector in this case acts as a vehicle that is going to be ...

ABSTRACT

With the growth in computer networks that are used in organizations, there is a need to have a way in which networks are managed and monitored. This phenomenon is taking shape as more and more companies develop new applications to sustain their networks. There different types of traffic that are found to be traversing computer networks need to be monitored. SNMP management console is one of Network Instruments application that brings cross-platform SNMP standards to the Observer. Network administrators and consultants will find SNMP management tools important in the monitoring, diagnosis and repair of networks. Network monitoring helps in having continued ...

According to Luthans and Doh (2012), there are four cultural strategic predispositions that MNCs adopt when dealing with issues in the global market. These predispositions include geocentric, regiocentric, ethnocentric, and polycentric strategies. My go-to strategy is the geocentric predisposition because it integrates global systems during the decision making processes.

As an international manager, I would use this strategy by hiring employees on the basis of performance. This means that the company will be sourcing for the best employees in the global labor market regardless of their place of origin. This will strengthen my ability to promote diversity and innovation ...

Describing the HIV/AIDS

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) belongs to the group of retroviruses and carries ribonucleic acid (RNA) as genetic material. HIV infection occurs when the virus enters CD4+ T-cells of the host and causes the host cell to replicate viral RNA and proteins, which in turn invade the other host cells. HIV infection may be divided onto four stages depending on the clinical history, physical examination, status of immune dysfunction, signs and symptoms and infections/malignancies. The first stage or the primary infection is characterized by acute HIV syndrome with a dramatic drop in CH4+ T-cells (500 to 1500 cells/mm3). The second stage ...

Microbial nutrition is essential in the survival and growth of microorganisms. Talaro and Chess considers several factors which are key players in the survivability of microbes in order to adapt or “inhabit all parts of the biosphere.” Among these factors include nutrients, temperature, pH, water availability, atmospheric gases, light, pressure and other organisms inhabiting the earth. Nutrition in essence is that which chemical substance in the form of nutrients are ingested inside the body such that when assimilated leads to the formation of energy to be used for metabolic activities.

Organisms require organic forming compound elements such as ...

Information Technology Review Consultancy

Call center
Cape Schools has a centralized customer service system. The system known as Connect streamlines customer support processes. It contains help desk support, service ticket support, self-service support and mobile integration. The system runs on a centralized SQL database and has a client based interface. It integrates a Toshiba PBX Phone system for telephone conversations. It is used to maintain all inquiries, complaints, complements and correspondences either internal or external made to Cape Schools. Since numerous inquiries are made on a daily basis either by internal or external parties, the District has implemented an independent standalone server on a Dell PowerEdge R520 and ...

For any computer device machine deprived of a firewall, then a personal or company computer has its operating open to attacks and this is considered risky. In recent occurrences, hacked computers have been subject to the passwords cracking, credit card numbers stealing, bank account information fraud, and virtually any sensitive information on stored on the computer becomes accessible to malicious computer hackers. In this case scenario hackers can get in, take what they want, and even leave an opening port they can frequently use to access the information over and over again without the owners noticing.

The first test carried out ...

INTRODUCTION

Securing web server applications has become a vital process as the information being processed by web applications is very critical to customers, organizations, corporations and countries. They manage a wide variety of information including but not limited to social security numbers, financial information, and health records, national security information and academic data.

All these information is important to the owners; therefore, the web servers must secure the information at all times (Christ, 2007). Firewalls are doing an incredible job in protecting operating systems and common network layers. The application layer is what is left making web applications the prime target for ...

- Discuss and compare hedging transaction exposure using the forward contract versus money market instruments. When do alternative hedging approaches produce the same result?

International trade is a growth strategy that many firms have taken because of the many benefits a firm gets from it. However all business activities have inherent risks. Traction exposure is the term for the risk that companies doing international trade face. Investopedia (2012) defines this as the risk associated with the fluctuations in exchange rates which affect corporations that have entered into financial obligations thus leading to possible losses. Transaction exposure is well-defined and is often ...

Patient

Lillian was an 84 year old diagnosed with sickle cell anemia and uncomfortable with the American culture. She went to America from Philippines at a young age of 24 as a bride of war. She married a Caucasian American and became a neutralized citizen and according to her, she was a Filipino. Having lived in America for many years, she assumes some American traditions and continues to practice Filipino traditions. Philippines fall under the Asian culture, which includes many races with a variety of illness and health beliefs. She has a problem with the Asian culture because some of the Asian generalized beliefs differ with Filipino ...

One of the most successful companies to set up business abroad is the famous shoe and sports apparel manufacturing and marketing company Nike. The Oregon-based company does business in 45 countries, employing nearly a million people, outsourcing products from more than 500 factories worldwide. The company reaps the benefits of this global strategy by the billions, with Nike’s revenues for 2010 reached US$ 19.014 billion and a net income of approximately $2 billion in the same year.

A company of this size and reach would not set up shop in one country in the same manner as it would in ...

Mr. Nick ideas of holding virtual meetings in Ottoman Empire is a good idea since the company is growing up fast at a rate of 12% annually. According to Mr. Nick the virtual meetings are going to reduce the expenses incurred in transport, meals and accommodation as the Ottoman Empire has several regional outlet around Chicago. The company day to day business is going to run as per company requirement because no activities are to be interfered with. Virtual meeting will help the staff to think critical and air their views without the fear of facing other. Through this the company ...

Question one

When multinational enterprises invest in any foreign country, they should consider the legal compensation laws of that country. The compensation practices differ from one country to another. Multinational firms should understand these foreign country compensation practices so that, when they invest in any country, they are able to carry out the compensation practice according to the law of that country.Multinational firms have their own compensation procedure and are also guided by the international policies of human resource management. The study of a foreign country’s compensation laws helps the firms to harmonize the three aspects of compensation. It also helps ...

The primary considerations would be the size of the patient and employee data since the size of the patients will have increased, the storage will have to be considered. The activities will also increase so the servers speed will be a critical consideration so to avoid speed decrease (Ciccarelli, 2004). The network capacity will have increased in size and so the changes to accommodate this should be considered. Since Western Arizona Thoracic Hospital is distant, there will be primary consideration of wireless connectivity and this entails wireless devices and also considers necessary configurations
Security for the wireless connection will ...

ACME manufacturing company is a prime manufacturer of a variety of metal products. There are several departments under this company. The company requires a network to facilitate communication in the company. The company also expects a network design document that includes different recommendations for different network services in the company. ACME manufacturing company is growing steadily and recently acquired a manufacturing plant in China. The company believes that such acquisitions will help it continue to grow. This company has several other offices in the United States of America. The company wants to be able to connect all their operational facilities and offices together. This ...

For any business, entering new markets comes with its fair share of regulation. This could be political, social and economic. Political analysis, however, passes as the most important thing to analyse before entering new territories. According to Luthans and Doh (2012), there are three main techniques that can be used to analyse political risk.

Firstly, there is the relative bargaining power analysis. Here, the company making an entry into the said country should strive to ensure that its bargaining power position is better that that of the country. This essentially provides the company with an upper hand in ...

Introduction

Proteins are food substances that are consumed with intention of maintaining the human hygiene and improving the status of health of living beings. However, there is a differentiated class of proteins that is referred to as the deceptive proteins. Grammatically, the term deceptive means something that is likely to create a notion that is different from the truth. In this case, the term deceptive protein is used to mean a category of protein that is intended to ensure balanced diet but instead creates a different impact in the performance of the body organs. For instance, deceptive proteins are said to create ...

- Introduction

IBM is a world leader company in information technology and stands as the largest revenue generating Company in its field. In the past 50 years, IBM has earned a place for itself as the pioneer in information technology developments and innovation. The Company manufactures products ranging from hardware to software for its impressive clientele around the world. These products are designed for another range of storage products, line of business servers, customized microchips including the application software. In addition to manufacturing, IBM also serves as a consulting and outsourcing agent. The new information age is quite challenging to compete ...

Introduction

Costco, the third largest retailer chain in the U.S. and the seventh largest retailer in the world, has significantly grown in the last ten years, a critical period disrupted by the great recession, e-commerce revolution, and global competition. Although a big number of retailing enterprises failed to survive the difficult challenges of the decade, Costco demonstrated an outstanding revenue growth performance over its key competitors – Wal-mart (includes Sam’s Club), BJ’s, Target, Sears, and JC Penney. However, based on an analysis of the 10-year financials of Costco and its key competitors, the profit performance of Costco has not ...

Cover Letter,

Mercy Medical Center has enlisted Howard Electronics as a potential bidder for the supply of one computer server. Howard company was considered for the supply after careful review and analysis of the company’ background information captured in the website and other business reports. To this end, the hospital is seeking information regarding the company’s services and product. The required information is captured in the Request for Proposal document attached to this letter.

The hospital is currently using four servers located in the departments of pharmacy, clinician, laboratory, and admission. These servers host patients’ health records handled by the departments. ...

Introduction:

Enzymes are protein molecules that act as catalysts to break down substances living thing need to sustain life. Most chemical reactions are too lengthy to do this on their own; even in the cases of relatively thermodynamically favored reactions like that of the oxidation of a sugar. An example of this is the oxidation of glucose to produce water, carbon dioxide and energy. Glucose on its own can remain exposed to air for years without any appreciable oxidation. Nevertheless, it is one of the substances most quickly broken down and absorbed in the human body due to the digestive system’ ...

Introduction

A web server is defined as a program that uses server or client model to respond to user. It is also used to accept a network connection, read a file, parses the request and sends contents. HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and WWW (World Wide Web) are examples of protocols that host the web page files facilitated by users. Each computer that is connected to the internet and hosts a website must always have a well-defined web server program. The most significant web servers are IIS (Internet Information Server) and Apache (Vermeulen, 2004). However, Novell, AS/400 and Lotus Domino are examples of web servers that ...

EVALUATION OF WOOD GROUP EXISTING STRATEGIES - AN OIL AND GAS SUPPORT/SERVICES COMPANY BASED IN SCOTLAND THAT OPERATES IN SOME 50 COUNTRIES

Executive summary

Wood Group Engineering Wood group is an autonomous supplier of pivoting tool services and clients who are in demand of the energy of oil and gas markets. The services the GTS provides include industrial designing, architecture, obtainment and construction. They also provide office operations and support, updates, optimization and overhauls of gas and steam turbines, pumps, compressors and other many services. Their strategy and goals work on ensuring that they are a global leader in their callings, hence ...

Summary of the video/documentary

The topic that will be conveyed in the video/documentary will be Interest Groups and the audience for this video will be investors and those people who have the power to invest for government. The topic will cover all the types of interest groups and internal lobbying that is used in interest groups. We will be making video showing the politicians, investors’, different charitable organizations, agricultural groups, labor groups, and professional investors.

As it is said, Americans are thought to be involved more in political and social movements than any other country of the world, and we will be taking ...

Introduction

Our company is U.S. based that holds a patent on the technology that offers affordable computerized sewing machines so that the consumers can feel an ease in stitching, designing and even in embroidery, and they become able to make different designs at home easily. Further, our company has decided to export the raw material used in manufacturing of sewing machines to Hungry, and license the patent rights to the factory that deal in manufacturing of sewing machines. Once, manufactured, we import the sewing machine back into the United States so that the domestic consumers can also be benefited from their ...

There are different perceptions and ideologies among various cultures today. Faux Pas refers to acts that are socially inconsiderate or rude, and are not accepted by a community’s norms and social standards. There, however, are behaviors that may be socially awkward in one society, but do not seem socially offensive to another. Learning and appreciating such acts are an essential element, as it enables a person to adapt to different inter-cultural situations. The rapid globalization effect requires people to understand various cultural differences to avoid the incomprehensible behavior.

Some Asian countries consider stepping over someone as an anti-social behavior. People ...

A firewall is responsible for controlling access among devices such as computers, networks and servers. Firewalls are deployed between the safe zone and the unsafe zones such as the internet. Firewalls acts as filters for network traffic. Network connections traverse the firewall and unauthorized packets are stopped. The filtering mechanism is based on IP addresses and ports.

Originally, firewalls was designed a gateway to deny or access network resources. Firewalls can also inspect the contents of the data packets to filter other packets, block packets that contain offensive information and block intrusion attempts.

Firewall can be configured to monitor different ...

Organizational change is so difficult for organizations because it requires a new set of capabilities that must be realigned with core elements of the organization. The changes must be able to be applied in a variety of situations successfully. Organizational change requires planning and becoming prepared to meet inherent challenges. The major challenges are to initiate the change, maintain an environment that facilitates change, and getting change integrated and sustained in the organization. Organizational change requires effective leadership structures and plans to be effective (Mattiske, 2012).

Human Resource (HR) specialists can assist in making change easier. HR specialists link people, satisfaction, ...

- Where in the Galaxy is the solar system located? a. in the nucleus, b. in the halo, c. in a spiral arm, d. between two spiral arms) e. in the central bulge

The solar system is placed in a spiral arm, considered the most hospitable region in the galaxy. The spiral arms are where the active stars form and they orbit around the Milky Way galactic center and the solar system joins this orbital trip. According to the latest discoveries, the Milky Way galaxy has only two spiral arms (Scutum – Centaurus and Perseus) as opposed of four previously considered ...

1. Discuss the role of networks within different organizations and the resource implications of networks.

Of late, networks have become a principal mode of data transmission helping in collaboration, dissemination of knowledge, creative reproduction and gathering resources to undertake research. The networking system is integral to organizational function. Within different organizations, networks play the following roles:

- The network of an organization helps the employees increase their productivity by allowing them exchange ideas quickly.
- It keeps the employees connected all the time from anywhere by allowing them remote access.
- As there are several computers connected to a ...

Gene therapy is a way of curing or slowing down the action of diseases caused by genetic disorders (gene mutation) using Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA). Unlike traditional drug therapy, the procedure of gene therapy involves injecting a functional DNA to replace a gene that has been mutated. Some diseases however are caused by the failure of not just one but multiple DNA. Two major types of gene therapy are used; somatic gene therapy and germ-line gene therapy. For somatic gene therapy, the genetic material that is transferred to the body of a patient in the course of the therapy is not transferrable to future ...

Hantavirus Cariopulmonary Syndrome

Hantaviruses are a group of RNA viruses, which are members of the Bunyaviridae virus family. several serotypes have been identified worldwide. Hantavirus cardiopulmonary Syndrome is a disease syndrome which is caused by the Sin Nombre Virus (SNV). however, some other strains of the Hantavirus family could also cause disease syndromes which are very similar in presentation to Hantavirus cardiopulmonary Syndrome. (Cunha, 2011). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Hantavirus infection in humans is classified as an emerging infectious disease. this is because a lot of facts remain unknown about the disease and its presentation in humans. however, Hantavirus ...

Computer networks and the internet have radically altered the way we live and conduct business. Integrated information systems based on vast networks make up the center of operation for current business environments and governmental operations. Governments such as the United States and Canada hold sensitive information about its citizens in such computer networks. Businesses rely on networks in order to perform business transactions that use electronic transfer of money in a new business paradigm referred to as E-commerce. However, as these systems are efficient and effective in management, they present the most vulnerable systems to security breaches.

Unlike physical storage ...

Foreign Direct Investment in India is a debatable topic. Though there are many success stories of FDI in sunrise sectors but there were some debacle with investment that has smeared black on the Government’s face. Above all, India is now been called as emerging market and thus attracting a lot of FDI in almost all the sectors.

Introduction:

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) refers to the net inflow of investment to acquire management interest in any organization which is operating in the economy other than that of Investor’s. FDI is the key ingredient for development of the economy and business. To ...

Question 1

Localization is driven by the cultural environment, institutional environment, the maturity of the organization size, the mode of operation as well as the subsidiary role. The environmental and institutional environment factor of the firm determines the management of people with a respect to their culture as well as the policy to have them work for the firm in that context. The maturity of the firm size determines the number of employees to be recruited and the needs of the firm they will fulfill. The mode of operation determines the working conditions and the skills required of the human resource. Lastly, ...

Introduction

Liver is an important organ in the digestive system. The selected infection is hepatitis C. This viral infection affects the liver and then results in the liver enlargement. This form of hepatitis is one of the major challenges worldwide since its discovery and this could be attributed to the absence of a vaccine against the viral infection. Another important contributory factor is that of the prolong period of inactivity of the virus within the host before clinical manifestation. These all contribute to the level of destruction of the liver caused by the virus.

Etiology

The main aetiology is by the hepatitis ...

Static or dynamic IP routing

IP routing is described as the task of sending data packets via the router from a host to a destined remotely available host on another network (Osterloh, 2001). In order to deliver its data, routers maintain a path which is defined in the routing table.
There are two types of routing, dynamic and the static routing techniques. As the names suggest, dynamic routing protocol uses a dynamic table while the static uses static tables for path determination. Maintaining of static tables is done manually by the systems or network administrator while dynamic tables are done automatically by the system (Long, 2001).
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Directions

Reflect on your learning during the week on the Following topic: Short-Term Memory, Long-Term Memory, Sensory Information Storage, Intelligence Table, Emotional Intelligence. Then, in your own words, write two to three paragraphs on what this week meant to you both personally and professionally. What did you find most interesting? How will you use this information in your career now and in the future? Be sure to discuss what you learned from your reading (lectures, textbook, supplemental articles), discussions with your peers and instructors, and any assignments you completed throughout the week.

Learning on the memory and the types ...

Network Address Analysis (NAT)

Introduction

Network Address Analysis (NAT) is an internet standard that facilitates a local area network to use one set of IP addresses for internal traffic and a second set of addresses for external traffic. A NAT maps an entire network to a single IP address. It is very necessary when the number of IP addresses assigned by the ISP is less than the total number of computers that you are willing to use for accessing the internet. NAT allows one to use the reserved address blocks which are described RFC 1918 – Address Allocation for Private Internets. NAT works by inquiring both the ...

Viruses do not possess all of the qualities of living things and so don’t tend to be classified in the standard hierarchy of living organisms. Therefore, they are not part of any of the five kingdoms of life (Five).
Viruses are one of the major unsolved mysteries in biology (Five). They are not made up of cells, and therefore cannot be grouped with prokaryotes or eukaryotes. They are thought to be somewhere between living and non-living systems.
Viruses aren't living beings because they cannot reproduce independently, unlike fungi and bacteria etc. (ICTV). Additionally, viruses don't contain ...

Assignment Part#1

Explain the advantages and disadvantages of using a hierarchical model, such as the Cisco Three-Layer Hierarchical model, to build a network?

The hierarchical model focuses on the three functional areas of the network. The functional areas include: Core layer, Distribution layer and Access layer.

Advantages of using the hierarchical model

i. Scalability – This makes it possible to grow your network by diving it into functional areas

ii. Behavior prediction – It makes it possible for one to foresee what may happen to the network when new stresses are placed on it.

iii. Policy creation – When using the hierarchical model, it is easy to create policies and specify rules.

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