Essays on Decreasing

Introduction

The Americans have been proud regarding the relationship of their military sector and the civilians throughout the history. One of the major reasons why United States takes pride to this relationship is the subordination of the military sector to the authority of the civilians. The military-civil relationship in the United States is based on the doctrine about the civilian control over the military. This doctrine states that the control over the strategic plans and decision-making processes which could generally affect the whole nation should be in the hands of the civilian leaders and not the military leaders. It has ...

There are times when a nursing problem arises as a result of a number of findings, and these findings are pulled together into a summary in order to see the big picture created out of these findings. This act of pulling together is what Brown & Ochs (2018) calls a systematic research review (SRR) or systematic review, which helps researchers identify “what is known with certainty, what is tentatively known, and what the gaps in knowledge are regarding an issue” (p.175). It serves as a link between the individual studies performed and the decision making done in order to create ...

Is Hand washing more effective in Infection Reduction versus Gel Hand Sanitizers?

Is Hand washing more effective in Infection Reduction versus Gel Hand Sanitizers?

Introduction

Today, the burden of health care-associated infections (HCAIs) are drawing attention not only from governments and health care regulatory bodies but also from patients and more so from health care practitioners (HCPs) themselves. This phenomenon is not merely because of the magnitude of the problem regarding the associated incidences of mortality, cost, and complexity of treatment, and morbidity, but also due to the growing recognition and understanding that, most of these complications are preventable. The medical fraternity is thus witnessing in tandem unprecedented improvements in the spread ...

Response Hyundai Cut Cost

All organizations should look for ways of cutting costs when they experience a decrease in profit. However, in implementing cost-cutting measures, it is important to start by establishing budget variances. This helps to identify the costs that have adverse variances. After identification, the management should look at the reasons behind the variances and establish how to rectify the variances. At this stage, the management comes up with methods of reducing the variances. These are the cost cutting measures that the organization should adopt. Another measure of cutting cost is adopting zero-based budgeting approach. In this approach, every expenditure item ...

Doctor

ABSTRACT Young people in the United States are battling depression in record numbers, reaching an all-time high of 3 million patients in 2015. Researchers are continuing to search for alternative or additional methods than therapy and medications to improve depressive symptoms in teenagers and young adults. Some studies have demonstrated that as possible option in easing depression is physical exercise. In addition to assisting mental health issues, exercise promotes social interaction, physical health, and appearance. However, research has focused primarily on adults and therefore additional studies are needed with focus on the impact of exercise on depression in young ...

Problem Statement

Japanese companies have enjoyed a high market share in the world market since 1980s. The products are preferred due to their high quality as compared to their competitors available in international markets. The main reason for high response of consumers is the use of advanced technologies that differentiate Japanese products from others. Unfortunately, the situation has become challenging in the last decade as Japanese companies are suffering low business activity due to the decreasing demand for Japanese products in the global market. There are numerous factors and reasons for this sudden and continuous decline in the market share (Fukao, ...

Step 1: Product Life Cycle

Position in Product Life Cycle Based on the sales report of 2015 and 2016, the Alikay Natural’s moisturizing black soap shampoo is at the decline stage of product life cycle. A continuous decline could be seen in units sold and revenue generated from the product in last two years. The turnover of the product has started increasing while market share is decreasing with each passing quarter. Decreasing sales volumes, reducing revenues, increased inventory turnover, and declining market share suggests that it might be the beginning of the end for the moisturizing black soap shampoo by Alikay Naturals. Such ...

Understanding Financial Statements (John Deere)

What 3 items of important information does the income statement reveal about the financial performance of the company over the last three years? As we could see from financial statement of John Deere Company, the sales are decreasing for past three years (2013-2015 – the latest available data). There was almost $35 billion of Sales in 2013 and only nearly $25.7 billion in 2015. This is the major fact of financial performance. As a result, Net Income failed to $1.9 billion in 2015 from $3,53 billion in 2013 (second fact). And the last fact is that Total Costs are ...

Financial Statement Analysis

Introduction and overview: The Apple Inc. is one of the leading companies in the production of smart phones and other latest hardware appliances. The main products of the Apple Inc. are Iphones, laptops, tablets and other small appliances. The Apple Inc. is listed on the major stock exchanges and they have a number of stores all over the world that are providing the best customer relation and increasing the sales. The Apple Inc. is performing business in the technology field and their main competitors are Samsung, HTC, Intel and Motorola. ("AAPL Income Statement | Balance Sheet | Cash Flow | Apple Inc. ...

Rationale for the stock selection

Since the shares of preferred stocks have dividends that must be paid out before bonuses to the common shareholders, they are the class of ownership in a corporation. Thereby, possessing high claims on the company's assets, common stock, and earnings. It does not carry voting rights. Additionally, the preferred shares more rights as compared to the ordinary shares. Therefore, the rationale for selecting this stock rely on the ability of companies to retain the issue options of buying the common shares at an exercise price with a reasonable discount from the prices of the preferred securities. The accounting and ...

Abstract

The understanding of the performance of an aircraft is one of the most important issues that many stakeholders in the aviation sector aspire to understand comprehensively. A significant number of aircrafts experience challenges in the process of take-offs or when they are landing. However, through research, engineers have discovered that the climb performance of many aircrafts is affected by several factors including incidences of collision with various obstacles. It is also crucial to acknowledge that an aircraft is characterized by performances in different speed conditions. Through the performance at each speed condition, engineers are able to predict that manner ...

Introduction

The paper comprises of various tools to analyze the financial statement of Walmart that operates in the global environment. The financial statement analysis is not limited to horizontal, but it also includes ratio analysis to determine the stability, profitability, and performance of a company. The data is collected from annual reports of the company and recommendations are provided that help in understanding the actual financial position of the company. The core objective of the paper is to provide a clear view to the users of financial statements that also helps an investor in decision making.

Company Overview

Walmart is an American ...

Introduction

Urban sprawl has turned out to be a controversial issue in recent times due to the rate at which green spaces are disappearing in most of the cities, especially in the United States. Nnaemeka-Okeke (2016) describes urban sprawl as the expansion of a community devoid of concern for the environmental impact. In other words, urban sprawl is the uncontrolled expansion of the metropolitan areas. This phenomenon primarily results in the extinction of green spaces and a variety of environmental consequences. Banai and DePriest (2014) maintain that urban sprawl is considered a cause of the climate change, with environmental effects ...

In their study 2001 study entitled, “The Use of Communication Technologies by Older Adult: Exploring the Benefits from the User’s Perspective”, researchers Anne-Sophie Melenhorst, Wendy Rogers and Evan Caylor investigated what, if any, influence advanced communications use, such as e-mail and other internet based communication, had on older adults ranging in age from 65-80 years old (Melenhorst et al., 2001). According to the authors, older adults that used of advanced communications tended to have larger and more active social networks. That is to say, use of advanced communications by older adults produced the same results as with younger ...

After reviewing the financial astatement of Bank of America and CitiBank, we can find several informations regarding the performance of the bank. This analysis could reflect several strengths and the weakness of the bank. If we closely look at the operating ratio, then it is increasing gradually from 2011. This shows that the bank is able to reduce its cost. The bank’s operation is being more efficient due to which the bank is able to save more dollars as operating income for each dollar of revenue earned. While it is in the increasing trend, except for 2014, it ...

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)

CVD includes all ailments of the heart and circulatory system, including angina and heart attack. Other CVD diseases include carditis, cardiomyopathy, and congenital heart disorder. Edmunds (2014), states that CVD develops when there is plaque build-up on vessel walls. The mechanism of CVD differs significantly depending on the disease involved. For instance, coronary artery ailment includes atherosclerosis, and may occur due to hypertension, smoking, overweight, high-fat diet or diabetes. Despite the high deaths caused by CVD, it is approximated that 90 percent of CVDs are preventable (McGill, McMahan, and Gidding, 2008). Atherosclerosis can be decreased by controlling the risk ...

Childhood Obesity: An Overview

The rate of childhood obesity remains to be high in the past years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015b), 17 percent of children and teenagers or 12.7 million young individuals in the United States are affected by obesity during the past decades. Childhood obesity in children is determined by the child’s body mass index (BMI). Compared to children of the same weight and gender, a child is considered obese if his or her BMI is in the 95th percentile (Anderson & Butler, 2006). This is a serious condition. Obesity increases mortality and morbidity and presents ...

In a time when Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs) have become a global concern, there is a universal consensus on the importance of hand washing in both clinical and non-clinical settings. However, research in this field are yet to reach an agreement on whether hand sanitizers work more effectively than soap and water for healthcare workers during patient care. In this light, the current paper summarizes two articles exploring the subject of hand washing and hand sanitizers. More specifically, this paper will rate and evaluate the strength of evidence found in both articles. The principle aim of this paper is to ...

Introduction

How does the factor of gender impact the concept of violent offending? One of the most commonly held notions is that males have a higher propensity to commit violent crimes compared to women. This holding is one of the most widely held concepts in the area of criminology. However, there is a growing debate as to the scope of the “gender gap” in terms of violent offending has shifted in recent years. A number of commentators hold that the gap is described in terms of its stability; others proffer that there is an observable closing of the gap, particularly ...

American Public University

In this paper, I will analyze the advantages of creating a business in the form of corporation and cost structures of companies. Companies develop some strategies to have the possible least cost of production and gain an advantage in competition. Preference for forming an organization is the first step. Corporation legal structure presents some advantages to companies. Also, companies need to have full knowledge of costs to be able to manage costs to maximize their profits. Eventually, this paper will give some insights about these subjects. Corporation is a legal form of building an organization for a company. Operating ...

The deterioration in political and economic environment in Brazil is a cause of worry as the portfolio holds 10% of Brazilian bonds denominated in USD. If the situation degrades further, it could result in increased credit risk due of two types, either due to downgrade of credit rating by the credit rating agencies or default on the payment. Either of the situations would lead to decline in value of the bonds and affect the whole portfolio. A downgrade in bond rating would lead to increase in the yield, resulting in decline in bond value. On the other hand, there ...

Literature Review

It is found that oil prices have undergone critical decline over past couple of years for several reasons at the bottom of this decline. However, reducing demand triggered by increased production of oil in USA, over production by OPEC, and shift towards renewable sources of energy is considered the most fundamental reason behind current downtrend of oil prices. It conforms to the simple theory of demand and supply according to which demand and price are in positive, while price and supply are in negative relationship with each other (Stafford, 2015; Scott, 2015; Goldenberg, 2016; Arnold, 2008; Hensher, Rose, & Greene, ...

One concept that our political leaders like to kick around a lot is the notion of equality. It is one of the founding concepts in the American Constitution, and it was one of the three principles in the French Revolution (liberty, equality and brotherhood). It is one of those words that draws people along with it and resonates, because none of us wants to have less than those around us. In the area of energy, as Dr. Vandana Shiva points out, there are two competing modes of equality. One has all people elevating their standard of living, in terms ...

Internal Analysis

The process of internal analysis helps in identifying and evaluating an organization’s capabilities, resources, and core competencies. Internal Assessment The internal assessment has three main components that are resources, value chain, and core competencies. The assessment of these components helps in determining the internal strength of the company.

Resource Based Views

The resource-based view helps an organization to analyze the tangible and intangible resources that are available at the disposal of the firm and can be used. These resources are determined to develop a competitive advantage of an organization. The main aim of the model is to analyze the internal resources ...

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Abstract Obesity is a condition of having more than average fatness, and it is defined by the Body Mass Index (BMI) of 95th percentile or more. Obesity epidemic is not only affecting the people from underdeveloped and developing countries but also affecting the people of developed countries. Particularly, minorities in developed countries are facing the problem more commonly as compared to the other population. During the last few decades, it has not only affected the adults but also children even at very young ages. Therefore, for the betterment of future generations, it is important to work ...

Introduction

The United States is one of the most developed countries, but it is also one of the countries with the highest level of income inequality. According to research, more than half of the nation’s income goes to only 5% of the population, while the remaining half is shared by the 95%. One way of measuring a nation’s income inequality is through the Gini coefficient. The Gini coefficient measures income inequality on a scale of 0 to 1 wherein 0 corresponds to total equality; a scenario wherein everyone is earning the same amount while 1 corresponds to total ...

In January 2014, Congress passed an act that would promote reform of agricultural programs in the United States which would become known as the Farm Bill (GPO.gov, 2014) and it was signed into law in February 2014 (NIFA.usda.gov, 2016). In addition to agricultural programs, the bill supports employment and research within the industry (YouTube, 2014). It also relegates funding for tribal institutions for Native Americans and black institutions such as Central State University in Ohio.

Evolution

The origin of the farm bill began in the 1920s as farmers faced drastically lower crop prices at the end of World War I ...

Wayland Baptist University

Public Administration Capstone PUAD 5340vc01 Abstract This review presents the book Managing performance in the Public Sector by Hans de Bruijn, summarizes and analyzes it. The book discusses the issues that arose from ineffective performance measurement and offers ways to handle these issues and mitigate their negative impact. Having analyzed the real-life cases and the extensive literature on the topic, Hans de Bruijn describes the perverse effects of performance measurement on public organizations and the quality of their services. The author proposes the use of design principles that will improve the system of performance measurement. These principles are variety, ...

Introduction

In their study, “Effects on Leaders of an Art – Based Leadership Intervention”, Julia Romanowska, Gerry Larson and Töres Theorell (2013) present an interesting primary research conducted on Swedish leaders, for understanding how the art – based, or the Shibboleth leadership intervention, affects leadership style, as compared to the conventional intervention. The study performs a comparison between the art – based and conventional leadership interventions, presenting the results of a research that lasted 18 months. Both intervention methods were evaluated in terms of Sense of Coherence - SOC (resilience to stress) and Agreeableness (social supportive behavior), as well as Laissez – faire ...

American Public University

Technological development is expected to provide a more comfortable life for people. However, there is no certain scientific proof that exhibits that technological development could assist us to solve poverty problem or any other social issue based on limited natural resources. The primary expectation is to substitute limited natural resources with capital and solve the satisfaction problem of people. In this paper, I will discuss two main issues with food production: conventional farming and genetically engineered food. Also, I will consider Malthus' law of population to indicate that even technological development cannot create desired conditions for a large world ...

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Cranberry is a very tart red berry used for sauce or juice. Extracts obtained from cranberries growing on numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium are used for various purposes such as for the treatment of infections. One of the most important advantages of American cranberry extract (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is its use in preventing urinary tract infections (UTIs). It is one of the cost-effective treatment options for young and pregnant women. It can also help in decreasing pyuria and bacteriuria in elderly women (Barnoiu et al., 2015).

Significance

UTI is among the most commonly encountered infections originating in hospitals; ...

About the company

Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. The headquarters of the company is in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit and the main markets are North America, Europe and Asia. It was founded in 1927 by aviation pioneer Lloyd Stearman. Two years later the company was bought by Boeing. The current name company received in 2005 Major products of AeroSystems are fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components. The company focuses on innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support its customers in each part of the world, where it is presented. The company has more than 16, ...

American Labor Market Overview and Trends

Labor market is one of the most important parts of any national economy, and USA is not an exception. The US Labor market has few significant trends that show how it was developed in the past and how it will be looks like in future. Unemployment rate analysis, job growth rate, and income analysis – these are the major sectors of Labor market that could represent its general overview. First of all, the unemployment rate should be analyzed. If we look on past two decades as for analyzed period, we will definitely see two major period of US Labor market ...

Company Analysis: Woolworths Limited

About the paper The paper is targeted to perform the qualitative and quantitative analysis of Australia’ largest retailer, Woolworths Limited. In this paper, we will be discussing the past five year performance of the company from qualitative as well as quantitative perspectives. As part of the qualitative part, we will be commenting on the company’s position in the industry and recent stock price movement. On the other hand, quantitative part of the report will deal with the discussion of the trends in the financial statements of the company followed by ratio analysis. The report will further proceed with ...

Introduction

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is one of several instruments that will investigate the personalities in people and assess them and give results that are easy to remember (in this case, the result is a four letter designation that lists preferences, or styles, in descending order). There are eight of these preferences, listed as pairs of opposites: Extroversion (E) or Introversion (I), Sensing (S) or Intuition (N), Thinking (T) or Feeling (F), and Judging (J) or Perceiving (P). Since one of each of contrasting tendencies will be listed, that results in 16 possibilities to describe the person's personality. It is ...

The Evolution of Economics, Economic Systems and Politics

The science of economics, starting with Adam Smith –the father of economics, is the total efforts for developing an understanding of the economic behaviors of the humans. The science of economics follows a development path in defining the economics. The first definition of the economics was based on the household management. Members of family specialize in completing some specific tasks. The specialization relies on the genders' traditional functions. This definition was developed by the philosophers in the ancient times before the Dark Age in Europe. Adam Smith developed this definition by creating a theoretical economic system which has the ...

The safety shoe brands make their decision on how to produce comparatively less costly, and they make a decision of moving their production to the other countries. The main reason for this decision is the relatively cheaper labor costs in some developing countries like China. Subsequently, the safety shoe companies are transformed into trading businesses in their countries. Outsourcing the production of the shoes will influence the following agents in the economy: 1-Workers who were working in the shoe production factory in the countries of origin, 2-The other workers, 3-The demanders of the safety shoes, 4-The safety shoes companies' ...

Introduction

Price was and remains the main tool that provides a proportional development of production and unity of interests of market relations. Basis for analyzing the structure of the economy, its challenges, opportunities and prospects for socio-economic development is based on the identification of the essential features of pricing, determining the structure of prices, price proportions. Successful economic development of any country or subject of a market economy depends on clear and effective functioning of the price, because they reflected the entirety of economic relations and the relationship between members of social production. This is possible if the mastery of ...

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Trauma / children trauma of separation Trauma refers to an emotional shock or wound often having long-lasting effects. This shock or wound could be caused by any accident, violence, or other such incidents, especially in the childhood, when a child feels completely helpless (Kaduson & Schaefer, 2012). Usually, trauma in the childhood is of great impact as the child is unable to use ordinary coping and defensive processes while facing any intolerable danger, anxiety, or instinctual arousal. These situations have such an overwhelming nature that they may result in an everlasting kind of impact on the mind ...

Introduction

Tingyi Holding Corporation is the Chinese company that deals in the production and distribution of instant noodles, baked products, and beverages. The company also produces soft drink under its brand name of Master Kong. The company is the largest manufacturer of instant noodles in China. Tingyi Holding Corporation was established in 191 by the Wei Brothers of Taiwan. The company got listed in 1996. The soft drink brand of the company, Master Kong, was declared to be the second most recognized brand in China. The company started producing instant noodles in 1992 under the brand name of Master Kong ...

Instituition

Statement: Cocaine and amphetamines are highly dangerous,addictive drugs and available in various forms. There are very few treatment options for addicts and none of them is completely effective. Cocaine is one of the most dangerous drugs known to man. When consumed through various ways it damages cardiovascular system. With increased usage the heart tissue is thickened and prevents the flow of blood to the heart muscle. Amphetamine is a strong artificial stimulant drug. Due to its effect the person is stimulated to higher wakefulness and energy. The drug bypasses the body’s normal pathways for creation of energy. ...

What is a cartel? (5 marks)

The companies in a market might collude to set the prices by making explicit or implicit agreements between them on the market price, sharing the market geographically, or controlling the quantity supplied in the market. The agreement between the companies in a specific market might create an oligopoly behaving like a monopoly. The companies might set the price, and all the agreement partners might obey the agreement. If the companies can create a large market power, they might behave like one monopolist. Cartel is the situation of existence of an explicit or implicit agreement between the companies in a ...

Introduction

In the current era, global uncertainty and change are at the peak that is a big threat to sustainability. The paper aims to discuss the accounts for sustainability at the organizational level and what can be accounted for sustainability. Currently, the global organizations do not account much for sustainability. The sustainable development is considered to be a complex concept because it gives rise to social and environmental issues. An increase in critiques of sustainability reporting and speculation on accounting for sustainability is also observed in the modern world. The practices followed by the organizations for sustainability, their consideration related ...

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Abstract Technological development is an integral part of the modern world’s life. It is difficult to imagine the existence without computers, cell phones, and other devices nowadays. It brings many positive features to the humans’ lives, such as facilitating of many types of labor, allowing easy communication between family members and friends that live far away from each other, enhancing many business processes (e.g. supply chains, distribution of information, client servicing). However, new technologies also bring a number of problems to people. One of the most significant issues is its influence upon the labor market and unemployment rates. ...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia

Abstract The intensive care unit in most hospitals plays the role of providing care to patients dealing with life-threatening conditions. The technological and other set ups in these hospital units are vital in ensuring that these patients continue to receive the best regarding care while with the intentions of having them emerge with desirable outcomes. There are however challenges relating to the care that these patients receive since, in most cases, they are usually under mechanical ventilation. A patient under this condition faces the risk of developing ventilator-associated pneumonia if the ventilators are not handled with the required care. ...

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Abstract Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a method of combining traditional and well-established practices with research-based evidence for better healthcare related outcomes. It has become a priority in many parts of the world. International organizations such as World Health Organization (WHO) as well as the European Commission are emphasizing on the adoption of EBP. It is important in nursing profession as it helps in fulfilling the gap between what nurses know and what is good for patients, and removal of this gap can help in reducing undesired outcomes. It is also helpful in decreasing the healthcare costs, ...

Introduction

The capability to shape and develop the leadership abilities of the members of the organization so as to fulfill organizational needs and demands is a complicated and challenging component of the general leadership development process. Leaders are responsible for the achievement of organizational goals, as well as for their followers' performance needed to attain the desired outcome. However, this is not an easy task. Widget PLC has problems with their leadership as revealed by decreasing employee motivation and managerial performance. This paper discusses and analyzes the relevance of transformational leadership and authentic leadership to the problem of Widget PLC. ...

Outside of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, the most significant event of the Civil War wasn’t Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. General William Tecumseh Sherman launched total war by marching through Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee, burning bridges and farms on their way. President Lincoln and General Grant needed the war to come to a quick end, and they supported more economical/psychological means of warfare. Sherman’s plan was approved, and he captured Atlanta in November. Sherman then had a difficult choice to make. He was supposed to turn north and pin General Lee’s troops after continuing south, but was ...

IBM Future Earnings

The prospect of a business performance is determined by the industry factors and effectiveness of its strategies. Further, the past performance of a business can be a good indicator of the trend in its future performance and can be used to inform the investors’ decisions. In that view, determining whether a business is likely to earn more or less in the future entails analyzing its industry prospects and past performance trends (Damodaran, 2010). In that respect, the following is a summary of the analysis regarding IBM’s future earnings. IBM is a corporation in IT services and products market ...

Business Revitalization and Multicultural Environment

Business Revitalization and Market Viability Assessment The company needs a Market Turnaround Plan to conquer the competitors. For that, the enterprise needs to have a turnaround management team in place. The team will accurately assess the situation; provide short-term survivability for the firm as well as ensuring that the turnaround is long-term and profitable. Further, the XYZ Company needs to reposition itself in the market. That involves the reorganization of the entire company. Its leaders must be motivated and revitalized, as well as dedicated to winning back the market. It should focus on increasing the revenue accrued from business ...

Armstrong, England, and Fogarty (2012, p. 454) found that women were more likely to enjoy sex and experience orgasms in relationships than in hook-ups. Based on the qualitative data obtained from interviews with both men and women, the researchers found that all participants reported that “men are typically not concerned with women’s pleasure in hookups, but both reported that men are very attentive to women’s pleasure in relationships” (Armstrong et al., 2012, p. 458). The results were attributed to gender inequality because the double standard suggests that both men and women deserve reciprocal sexual satisfaction in relationships, ...

As a mobile robot operates in environment, its actual position and orientation are not exactly the same as targeted. Therefore, it is important to know about the robot’s definite current position for controlling it. In this section, three methods for positioning are described; using encoders, using ultrasonic ranging sensor, and using both ultrasonic and encoder sensors.

Positioning Using Encoder

In order to position the robot using encoders, it is necessary to take two steps. First, encoders should provide the current robot position. Second, it is important to reach the target position given by the supervisor.

Receiving the Robot’s Current Position Using Encoder

It is imperative to know the ...

Background

Marriott International is a chain of hotels operating globally as an American company of hospitality, which is providing multiple services within the travel and tourism industry. It manages a range of hotels and other hospitality facilities in different countries of the world with a franchising strategy for internationalisation (Renner, 2010). The company was established in 1927 by J. William Marriott, which is now being led by his son Bill Marriott as Executive Chairman. Arne Sorenson is a Chief Executive Officer and President of the company. Currently, Marriott International is operating in 80 countries of the world, having more than ...

The number of Roman Catholics in the United Stated has shown an enormous growth over the last two decades affecting the whole structure of the general population. For example, while they were concentrated in the Midwest and Northeast in the past, today they overpopulate the Southern and Western parts of the country. This reallocation is not typical only for the Catholics. It is a result of citizens’ internal migration and immigration. In her article Who Are U.S. Catholics? Numbers Show a Surprising Shift, written for National Geographic, Victoria Sgarro cites Marc Grey who is a Senior research Associate at ...

Abstract

Market structure refers to the interaction between various buyers and sellers. Different market structures have different characteristics. The characteristics of the market structure determine the realized outcomes. There are three main market structure: perfect competition, oligopoly, and monopoly. Perfect competition has many sellers. Therefore, they do not have any market power. They cannot influence market outcomes. An oligopoly has few firms with some market power. They can influence the outcomes. Monopoly comprises of only one firm with absolute market power. Therefore, it can influence the realized outcomes. This paper highlights the characteristics of the various market structures. It then ...

2.6. Financial Analysis AP Moller Maersk is one of the renowned company in its industry and has been known to provide sustainable returns to the investors. However, the main aim of the financial analysis is not only to provide analysis relating to the company’s profitability, but also to provide an exploratory analysis and evaluation of the performance of APMM. More specifically, the analysis is based on four key qualities affecting the market value of a business, assessed by using traditional financial indicators. The analysis evaluates performance of APMM in liquidity, profitability, leverage and activity over the past 5 ...

Solar Energy

Solar Energy Background What can be more useful for humanity if not an unlimited power source, which we can use without any harm to the environment? Probably nothing, but solar power. Humanity has always tried to conquer the unlimited power of the sun – the history of solar technology dates back to the 7th Century B.C. and continues to this day. In the beginning, we tried to concentrate the sun’s heat by using glass, mirrors or other devices to light fires. From those times, we greatly progressed, but still we did not conquer this magnificent source of power. Why ...

1. Introduction The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries – OPEC coordinates and unifies the policies among the oil exporting developing nations. The increase oil production has an impact on the supply and demand side and impacts the prices and incomes of the OPEC countries. The examination will answer the research question what are the effects of increased oil production in the OPEC countries with the focus on the Middle East member countries.

Problem

The Middle Eastern countries with the production of oil impact the international price of oil and also their incomes. The OPEC countries, which are among the biggest ...

Executive Summary

The purpose of the assignment is the financial analysis of the global brand, Coca Cola along with the brief environmental scanning. The report starts with analyzing the competencies of the Company in internal and external environments and how these dynamics affect the operations of the Company. Given this environmental analysis, the Company decides its strategies, which directly affect the financial position of the Company. As an financial entity, Coca cola is a stable company with strong financials and balanced spending and revenue. The ROE of the Company as per the DuPont analysis is on a rise, which is a ...

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a condition characterized by learning and behavioural disorders. These disorders are caused by inattention of a person and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity of that person. Due to the issue of inattention, the person is unable to focus on anything for a longer time. He or she lacks persistence and is disorganized. Due to the problem of hyperactivity, the person may show constant motion and extreme level of restlessness. In impulsivity, the person shows hasty actions without thinking about the long-term consequences. Inattention and/or impulsivity are the most important signs of ADHD (NIMH, 2016). I like ...