Essays on CN

Overview

Chengdu is one of China’s largest cities. In people’s perception, it is favorable and in 2006 China Daily named it the 4th-most livable city in the country. It is also one of the oldest cities in the world, founded 2,000 years ago. Most recently it was in the national spotlight for earthquakes, which led to thousands in the city and surrounding area to lose their lives or homes. The major religion of the area is Buddhism and Daoism.

Geography

Chengdu is one of China’s most important cities. It is located on a large plain area that varies ...

- 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 ...

Background

Pernicious Anemia (PA) is a chronic illness that is caused by impaired absorption of vitamin B-12 due to lack of (IF) intrinsic factor in gastric secretions. It is a condition in which the body lacks a sufficient number of red blood cells (hemoglobin). Present within red blood cells, hemoglobin is important for carrying oxygen in all body tissues. Pernicious anemia is therefore a decrease in red blood cells which occurs when one’s intestines cannot absorb vitamin B12 properly. The body needs vitamin B12 to make red blood cells. Pernicious anemia is most prevalent in Caucasian people of northern European lineage than in ...

History plays a very important role in the development and progress of humanity. Social, cultural and political religious factors play a crucial role in shaping a society. All these factors evolve in a particular way throughout the history to give the society or world a particular shape. The world of today has also experienced such historical evolution. The economy is becoming increasingly global, in which an idea of uniformity and global culture is embedded. But on the other hand, despite the increasing move or evolution towards uniformity, the extremism in the world is also increasing. The reason for that is hidden in the past ...

Any business organization of whatever size will at some point in time have to fill up vacant positions. The company has two options, that is, either it will recruit from within the organization or hire people from outside. External selection of job applicants is one of the challenges the human resources department face. There are several methods of hiring externally. The first method of external recruitment is through advertisements. Advertisements for job vacancies can be done through print and electronic media like newspapers, radio, television, industry publications and the internet. One advantage of this method of recruitment is that ...

Spectrum Allocation in Cognitive Radio Using Potential Game Theory

Spectrum Allocation in Cognitive Radio Using Potential Game Theory Cognitive Radio is another era of remote correspondence framework that empowers unlicensed clients to adventure underutilized authorized range to improve the radio range use. The asset distribution is hard to accomplish in an element appropriated environment, in which Cognitive Radio clients take choices to choose a channel without arrangement, and respond to the natural changes. In this examination we present the game hypothesis model for effective range designation (Benmammar & Amraoui, 2013). The proposed game hypothesis model uses the hereditary calculation application to break down a radio recurrence and advance the utility ...

Research paper

Permanent control over the work of local network, which is a fundamental of any corporate network, is needed to maintain it in working condition. Control - a necessary first step that must be done in the management of the network. Given the importance of this function, it is often separated from other functions of management systems and implemented by special means. Such division of control functions and actually management is useful for small and medium-sized networks, for which the installation of the integrated management system is not economically sensible. The use of autonomous means of control helps the network administrator to ...

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Introduction. The traditional model of end-of-life (EOL) care is not adjusted to the needs of patients with life-limited conditions other than cancer. By presenting a case of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patient, Taylor (2011) develops representation of common patterns of dying in terminal stage lungs disease, and focuses on such patients’ needs to elaborate the optimal care model. This paper discusses the case presented in the video by Taylor & Trotman (2011) summarizing its key points and concepts. Legal Considerations. ACP made by hospice team together with Martin, under New Zealand’s common law, should be logically followed by ...

China is one of the strongest economic powers in the world. Its political leadership focuses on the fundamental alteration of the country’s growth strategies; this occurs through a rebalancing of economic growth sources (Lardy, 2007). Through strategies such as the expansion of domestic consumption, it notes significant economic growth. For instance, the country has managed to sustain its growing population economically. It occurs through rapid job creation, income distribution improvement, lowered rates of income inequality and a reduction of the outsized energy consumption. Aspects of China’s economy that depict its growth and challenges include; national output, employment rates, inflation, ...

Introduction on Osteoarthritis

Being the most common type of joint disease, osteoarthritis affects up to 20 million persons in the United States. This joint inflammation results from degeneration of cartilage whose causes range from aging, injury from trauma or disease to obesity. Pain in the affected joints on repetitive use is the most common symptom of osteoarthritis. In essence therefore, the goal to the treatment and management of osteoarthritis is to eliminate inflammation and joint pain while maintaining and improving the function of the joints. Non-pharmacologic interventions in place include unloading certain joints, occupational therapy, physical therapy, weight loss, exercise, heat and ...

Introduction

In studying the status of world education, it is inevitable to compare the educational systems of countries around the world primarily because by comparison, it helps in the understanding of the relationship and disparities between two contrasting systems. By doing so, one could not help but wonder how most eastern countries lag behind in terms of proficiency and skills. It is a widely accepted notion that there is indeed a huge gap or disparity between the education systems of the western countries as compared to the eastern countries. This huge difference is undeniable reflected in the common assumption that people who ...

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Abstract Relational Database Systems (RDBMS) are the most popular database systems today. The relational model of database management emerged from a dynamic database model called DataBase Management System (DBMS). Dbase and FoxPro were the popular DBMS in the 1970’s and 1980’s. RDBMS emerged in the 1990’s. Though RDBMS is a popular form of database management, few appreciate its true potential. Modern applications that allow multiple devices to access and manipulate data are overshadowing RDBMS. NoSQL models such as Hadoop and MapReduce allow document processing which is a feature that the relational model lacks. An in-depth understanding of the ...

SINOPEC

Introduction: Established in the July of 1998, Sinopec Group stands for China Petrochemical Corporation. It is a large petroleum and petrochemical enterprise group based in China. Former China Petrochemical Corporation was the founding basis for the Company. The Group has the controlling share of the State which makes it a state-authorized investment organization. The headquarters of the Sinopec Group is located in Beijing and the President is taken as the legal representative of the enterprise. The total registered capital of the group is 130.6 billion Yuan (English.sinopec.com, 2014). Sinopec Group has a number of subsidiaries, shares holding Companies and controlled ...

- What are the rough dimensions of the country in miles? China is situated in the eastern part of the Asian continent. Its area in miles is around 3,696,000 square miles). Country is surrounded by other countries i.e. Nepal, Pakistan, North Korea, Bhutan, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Russia Afghanistan, Burma, India etc. according to area China is considered third largest country in the world after Russia and Canada. - What is the population? What percentage lives in the 3 largest cities? China is considered world’s largest country according to the size of its population. In ...

Introduction

Prussian blue was discovered by Diesbach and Dippel between 1704 and 1707 in Berlin and was initially used as a synthetic pigment. The new pigment of Prussian blue was less expensive but readily produced unlike the other blue pigments initially used during the blue color paintings. 1 Evidential document provides that Prussian blue was produced in Berlin between 1708 to 1716 by Frisch and Diesbach. Selling of Prussian blue was initially done by Frisch. Dippel also produced the compound while he was in Netherlands until 1714. Frisch and Diesbach attempted to keep the secrecy of the production of Prussian blue ...

Abstract

Depression is known to influence an individual’s cognition and reaction. With this, studies were analyzed to come up a consistent assumptions and conclusions about how cognition and depression is connected. Cognitive Theories of Depression was discussed. The foundations of cognitive theories of depression was briefly explained, and later focused on studies by Aaron Beck, Dr. Albert Ellis and Martin Seligman. The main principles and assumptions of their works were explained as well as analyzed their objectives and proposals. Moreover, cognitive deficits in depressed individuals were discussed. Furthermore, it was explained how cognitive deficits develop, and the idea of memory ...

Introduction

China is a country that is located in East Asia that has a very large territory. It has a very huge population. Thus, the country has an enormous ancient history. Its history has been dated back about four thousand years ago. It is regarded as one of the greatest ancient civilizations around the world. In addition, it is one of the few countries that still hold its culture that was inspired by its history. The Chinese culture has been preserved for thousands of years. Thus, the people of China still observe the culture that was founded by the ancient Chinese. These cultural ...

THE IMPROVEMENT OF CHINA'S ANTI-MONOPOLY LAW ——ESTABLISH PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM

INTRODUCTION Since the adoption of the Anti-Monopoly Law of China on August 1, 2008, only a subtle positive shift in demonopolization has been seen in the Chinese business sphere, given that a very small number of cases were ruled in favor of a plaintiff, while most of the cases ended up in reconciliation (Xiaoming, n.d.). The Anti-Monopoly Law ultimate purpose is a development through legal means of a fair competition on the markets that will boost the establishment of a market economy (Ming, “Fanlongduan Fa de Zuoyong”, n.d.). The Law provides legal imperative mechanism to prevent and solve existing competition problems, ensures competition ...

Introduction

Modernization and globalization are some of the current trends in international relationships. These principles have ensured that members of the international community interact in different forums and platforms. Tourism is one of the most internationally engaging and interactive platforms, which has seen millions of tourists travel to the international territories for different reasons including enjoyment, adventure, education, and weather change among several other special needs. Despite the increasing modernization and globalization, the diversities of different cultures have been a challenge to the managers and marketers in the tourism industry. It is very important to understand every culture and ensure that, ...

China is one of the countries in the world that have come up with tough regulations regarding internet use within its borders. Amidst international pressure to allow freedom of access to the internet, China has consistently defended herself on the censorship right by releasing a document that outlines the attitude of the government towards the internet (Helft & Barboza, 2010). Search-engine giant, Google, entered China in the early 2006. This was after it had a deal with the People’s Republic of China. This led to the birth of Google.cn, a customized version of Google’s search engine that was run within ...

Introduction

China has about 1.3 billion people and it is one of the most populated countries in the world. Due to this high population, china has had many economic difficulties especially on its mainland. The situation in china has created noble opportunities for Chinese and other international company specializing and media and entertainment. The government of china has been looking for ways to restore the economic health of the country and in the year 2012, the government launched a five year plan which was intended to stimulate economic growth through increasing consumption (Beaton 2). This posed new opportunities as well as ...

China has to improve their Education standards, for sake of their Future

China’s education system has its weaknesses and most Chinese people are well aware of them. Parents are aware that education in China is focused on memorization as their children are not given training in extracurricular activities and morality. Just by teaching students to get better grades teachers cannot claim their job is done, they need to ensure students think critically and out of the box to solve problems. Due to this reason many Chinese students have started to flock overseas for their degree courses. According to IIE (Institute of International Education) and SDECA (State Department’s Bureau of ...

Introduction

Silk Road used to be popular transportation route used for trade between Europe and Asia. The name originated from the delivery of silk. Despite no ancient Chinese document of “Silk Road”, German F.V. Richthofen (1833-1905) used the term Silk Road for the first time in his book China which was published in 1877. Post that The term Silk Road was used universally and became widely accepted. Silk Road used to be the communication bridge for economy, politics and culture between the West and China. At the helm of Han Dynasty, the Hans and Huns used to compete over the ...

Analysis of the Annual Report From Google

Analysis of the Annual Report From Google

Introduction

Google is the largest search engine company of the 21st century. The company is currently making profits worth billion of American dollars through hosting ads for its clients. Google faces competition from companies such as Yahoo and MSN owned by the giant company Microsoft Corporation. The company has to offer differentiated products to its customers to ensure it continues enjoying massive following. Google presence is worldwide having offices in Africa, Europe and other continents. The analysis of Google through annual reports has to take into consideration mission and vision statements against the ...

Chinese state media presentation is direct to the point, with active voice, and devoid of unnecessary stories compared to their counter part of the foreign media, which is full of political indifferent, passive voice characterized with feeling of negativism. To be fully informed one need to read both of them so to be fully informed. Maybe is true to say the fear of the government has reduced the reporting reflected in Chinese media is pro-government. One can hear the government tone just from reading the article. In fact the reader especially from liberal nation would confuse the report ...

Part I – CFA Pile Installation

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Abstract

This paper is an investigative report on the use of Continuous Flight Augers or CFA in granular soils. In order to guide us in our investigation, this parts that are interrelated to each other. We will discuss the history of CFA’s and its application. This paper will also touch the common formulas used in its application and how it was derived. By taking a critical look into the formulas, we should be able to determine its effectiveness and should be able to identify flaws if there are any. We should also be able to identify the parameters that ...

Strategic planning is an important aspect for any business wishing to expand its operations internationally. Organization change aims at improving the performance level of the organization, and adapting to the environmental operation conditions of the organization. In the current century, globalization influences the form of business that organizations engage in. corporations find it quite challenging and enriching to undertake their business operations in different systems, nations and cultures because of the prevailing challenges and changes in businesses environment (Christmann & Taylor, 2011). The search engine giant company Google Inc made a deal with the Republic of China in 2006 to launch ...

Martin Luther King Junior’s letter, ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ is without doubt a literary masterpiece. He communicates, implores, argues and criticizes within the bounds of civility. He addresses very grave issues in a very balanced tone such that the reader is able to focus on the message he seeks to pass across all through the letter rather than his personal predicament. This submission will focus on three issues in the letter which in the author’s opinion stood out. The first item which this article will focus on is how the letter brings out the myriad of challenges that ...

Boston Matrix also known as BGC Matrix is an easy and visual way to look at the business portfolio or product’s financial performance. It composes of four quadrants or categories that represent how a company performs in terms of their growth versus their market shares. The four quadrants are: question marks, stars, cash cows and dogs. Each of them represents the company’s financial performance and strategies. BGC matrix is also the way that companies determine the priorities that are needed to be given to their different products in the portfolio. When Boeing introduced their new jet in ...

ANALYSIS OF CHINA'S ECONOMY

ABSTRACT China still being a developing nation has witnessed quite difficulties in managing the economy. Due to the constantly rising challenges including high level of inequality, rapid urbanization along with demographic pressure related to aging of population and migration of labor, China has lost its competitiveness in the international market. Even though, China has become the world’s largest exporter of goods and services, it still faces difficulties in managing the troublesome economy of the nation. The high level of trade deficit along with high credit requirements of both public and private sector has reduced the economy of ...

Introduction

China has the longest historical tradition in the world. The roots of human settlement go back to the early relics found from Homo Erectus that were dated back 1.36 million years ago. Their agricultural history dates back to ancient millet radiocarbon dated to around 7000 BCE. Cliff carvings in Damaidi in Ningxia date back to 6000 -5000 BCE and are similar to written Chinese. From the early Xia Dynasty to the final Qing Dynasty It has not always been easy and peaceful. Dynasties rose and fell affected by outside and inside influences and domination. The people of China have ...

The nature of China’s communist government

China has the longest history in the world. The people of China have revolutionary tradition and have jointly created a great culture. After 1840, feudal china greatly reduced to a semi-feudal and semi-colonial culture. The Chinese citizens had to go through heroic struggles in order to gain national independence, liberation for democracy and freedom. In the 20th century, great historical changes have taken place in china significantly. The revolution that was led by Dr Yat-Sen in 1911 destroyed the feudal monarchy which later evolved and became the Republic of China. The citizens of china have not yet fulfilled the historical task ...

Introduction and Situational Analysis

Google as a company was incorporated in 1998 by American nationals. Google launched its version in version of Google.com in 2000. Google had sporadic interruptions and blockages in China between the years 2002 and 2005. This period was very trying for the company in the country. In this period and the subsequent times therefore lost some share of the market to Chinese internet companies like baidu.cn to the extent that as of current it is the second most popular search engine in the country after baidu.com (Broerse,2006). After 2006, Google decided to rebrand and change the search engine in ...

Requirement for the Manufacture of Drugs concerning Public Safety

Abstract The study will focus on pharmaceutical companies’ standard operation procedures. More in depth, the study will determine if cleaning validation and verification is a successful way to keep the quality of manufactured drugs at a high standard. The importance of the validation of a sterilization process will be examined. The study will list reasons for validation of sterilization through a set of regulatory expectations put in place by the FDA. The regulatory expectations of the FDA will support the methods and analysis used to conduct this study. The study will also examine the success and failure of cleaning validation through ...

INTRODUCTION

With increasing emergence of cellular computing and internet, cellular wireless technologies have found its way into the limelight to supplement the increasing demand for wireless data services. Existing data services pose a challenge for the delivery of quick easy and cheap connections. The current wireless technologies are based on circuit switched radio transmission. This transmission process allocates a channel to a single user in a network for an entire communication period and when the traffic levels reach a certain threshold inefficient resource utilization is likely to be observed. Therefore the transmission method is ineffective and in order to satisfy the user demands, better methods ...

Worldwide mental retardation (MR) is one of the most common conditions affecting 1 to 3% of the general population. Clinically the symptoms differ from one individual to the other as it depends on the severity of the condition (Mental Retardation, 2010; Intellectual Disability (Mental Retardation), 2011; Intellectual disability, 2013). However, few common symptoms associated with MR are as follows: - The intellectual developing milestones are not meet as expected. - Common features shown by the individuals with MR includes unable to do the routine activities independently, impetuous, passive, causing injury to self, inconvincible, rude behavior, frustrated and ...

Chronologically from the first generation of telephony (1G) that carried only analog voice data, to the current fourth generation (4G) of mobile technology, telecommunications have evolved over the years to cater for the growing networking demands of present day mobile communications users. Each generation has been developed building upon the previous technology to improve on it in order to deliver better services. The generations (G) specify the classes of technology, each having its own data rates and devices associated with it. - EVOLUTION OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS The 1G cellular networks started in the early 1980s and ...

Introduction

Google Inc., the undisputed global leader in Internet search engines needs no introduction. The company that gave a new face to the term “information” by transcending it across geographical borders using the Internet has now become synonymous with “democracy on the web” (Flemish & Trevino, 2010, p. 439), espoused as one of its core values, within a short span of 14 years, which have seen it expand its footprints globally, “with 70+ offices in 40+ countries” (Google locations, n.d.), making it both an employer and a business partner of choice. However, despite its growing popularity as a progressive organization, there are still some minds, which ...

Environmental review is necessary to determine the success factors to consider when starting a business. Apart from the microeconomic factors such as suppliers, customers, competitors and government policies that are to be taken into account on incubation of a business opportunity, the macro environment shapes opportunities and poses threat to a business.

One such factor is the demographic environment, which primarily involves the people who make up the target market. As such, any change in demographic factors has significant implications for any business. Thus in marketing close track should be kept on demographic trends and developments in the target market (Lehmann & ...

Introduction

Far right extremists use populist jargon to appeal to the citizens of various countries in Europe. Authors Schellenberg and Langenbacher (2011) reported that out of thirteen right-wing extremist partys 7 won seats in national European parliaments in 2009. The most seats won were 9 seats in the Italian parliament with 10.2% of the vote. The authors report eleven out of the 13 won seats in national and in the last local (municipal or regional) elections. This trend is startling enough to understand the right-wing is using language that appeals to people. (Schellenberg and Langenbacher 2011).

General increasing trend in “populist” acceptance of neo-Nazi parties in mainstream politics

Haizhu of the China ...

Background

I work for the government in the field of security and military diplomacy. I have several years experience in bilateral and multilateral activities in the ASEAN and in China. As a result of this work, I have many contacts in both the ASEAN and in China. Furthermore, I have a good grasp of the Thai, English and Chinese languages. This will help in communicating directly with people who are involved in all areas of the subject.

Since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), China's role as mediator in the dispute between Thailand and Cambodia has been noticeable ...