Essays on Downward

Video in Opera Stage

Introduction Advances in technology and the corresponding creation of digital technologies have significantly impacted the performing arts (Poole & Ho, 2011). Opera has not escaped the technological advancements and as such, new forms of opera have emerged in both digital and virtual formats (Symonds & Karantonis, 2013). Salter (2010) explains that since the 1990s, the scenography of opera has emerged with technological advancements transforming stages into video and monitor accompaniments. The obvious payoff is an enhanced experiential, virtual reality of the opera’s stage. The new technologies blur the lines between the opera’s stage and the motion picture common in ...

Expectations is a critical topic on macroeconomics and defines the pivotal elements of every market economy and controlling all the economic transactions and decisions. The activities within an economy are usually defined by the expectations of the people.

In normal situations, when the supply of goods like oil falls, its price rises pushing for higher production by producers while consumers conserve on its use to get substitutes and get prepared for more. The price controls are significant in controlling the expectations and eliminating the poorly executed economic plans or activities. The government intervenes in the economic expectations or plans ...

Identify the tasks the lieutenant must tackle in terms of police information systems and analysis of police information

Information flow is one of the most important factors in shaping the function of the police. The police administrator or lieutenant is dependent upon the flow of data in order to base his decisions regarding future police directions. He requires two basic kinds of information in his decision-making task. These include; operational data which measures the effectiveness of regular operating procedures and meeting demands imposed by unusual occurrences, and management data, which include budgeting, fiscal and workforce allocations (Cordner, 2016, p.335). Some information that is useful to the lieutenant that is useful for decision-making includes, the existence of an ...

The two thousand and eight financial crises resulted in significant economic turndowns. Before it began in two thousand and seven, prices of housing rose, new investment options emerged, and risk diversification increased. Following the crisis, house prices fell by huge percentages. It exposed economic weaknesses of the United States. Additionally, it led to an increase in the unemployment rate by ten percent (Mishkin, 2011). Approximately, nineteen trillion dollars of household wealth were lost. Lehman Brothers collapsed in two thousand and eight affecting the global financial system. Taxpayers had to bail out various banks to stabilize the system. This paper ...

Economic short answer

2.a. To maximize profits, it is necessary to produce the quantity when the marginal revenue is higher than the marginal cost. In Q=8 the marginal revenue is higher than the marginal cost, from Q=9 the marginal revenue is lower than the marginal cost. Then the answer is Q=8. 2.b. The data represents a not perfectly competitive firm because the graph is not horizontal, but a downward-sloping demand curve (Piana). 4. A downward-sloping demand curve says that the final price of an article at a crescent quantity will decrease reducing the marginal revenue of the last produced article. 5. The ...

Critical Analysis for Management

Introduction Organizations are entities that comprise of people and/or systems. Organizations are neither a completely harmonious setting nor or they battlefields where conflicts define their structure. Instead, organizations can be stated as something which political negotiations define. Essentially, the very survival within an organization is an act that is heavily influenced by politics. Human and material resources together form an organization. Out of these two most important resources, it is the human resources of the organization who work in transforming the material resources into an end- product or service. For transforming the material resources into finished goods or services, ...

Interpersonal and Organizational Communication

Abstract Communication represents a significant component of institutions. Effective communication is mandatory for a particular business to meet its objectives. Communications among the employees as well as other stakeholders keep the business on track. It is essential for the management of an institution to be aware of the barriers to effective interpersonal as well as institutional communication. Besides, the managers must also understand the various communication modes that are appropriate to the business entity. Effective communication is a crucial ingredient in the success of a business entity. Therefore, a proper understanding of institutional and interpersonal communication is necessary. Keywords: ...

Background Information on Supply & Demand

Background Information on Supply & Demand Market attractiveness can be characterized by the interactions between inner motivations of buyers and manufacturers, as well as price and quantity for a product determined by the external market forces. Basically, the price reflects and channels the motives and desires of the potential consumers. Supply and demand are considered the fundamental principles of the market economy. Demand explains the necessary amount of a product desired by consumers. Supply represents the volumes of production the market can handle. The balance between price and volumes of production is known as the supply relationship. Meanwhile, price is ...

The experiences that people go through in life help shape their characters and actions. The behaviors that people exhibit cannot be looked at exclusively from an idealistic moral perspective. It is therefore important to look at an individual’s past situations before throwing a blanket judgment on them. This is the case with Troy Maxson in the play “Fences” written by August Wilson. An abstract look at his behavior would suggest that he is a selfish and egoistic man, yet a closer look at his life experiences suggests that more often than not, there was an underlying justification for ...

Inflation entails the persistent rise in the general prices of goods and services in a country. This phenomenon has various consequences that touch on individuals and the economy as a whole. Inflation results in reduced real incomes. Rising inflation levels in an economy tend to reduce individuals’ incomes as well as the real GDP of the economy as people spend more on few commodities due increased prices. The cost of obtaining loans and mortgages increases during high inflation regime as people strive to finance increased living costs (Mankiw 53). The demand for loans increases during inflation, resulting in high ...

The Pantheon

Moore, David. "The Pantheon." Roman Concrete. (1995). Web 26 June 2016. The Pantheon impresses with its size but it looks peaceful inside it. Solid wall round the perimeter has many niches. The idea of the Pantheon is in harmony with the surrounding world. The height of the building is equal to the diameter of the rotunda. People enter the temple through the lobby, which goes into a portico with 16 columns. Each column looks very massive. Their main parts are made of Egyptian red granite, and base and capitals - from Greek marble. Despite the impressive size of the ...

The viability of all the concepts that were brainstormed were all checked out and all the differences and advantages were put into consideration. The environment and the work suitability was checked together with the required specifications that each concept brought into place. Decision matrices were used to outline the suitability of the selected concept. Notably, concept B was the most preferred. Some of its advantages that made it a better choice over the other concepts was due to its security payload, speed indicators and stability. Therefore, concept B is expected to show better results in the Development of Product ...

Is Wal-Mart a Monopoly?

The $602 billion grocery stores and supermarket industry in the US comprised of 42,539 businesses and employed an estimated 2.62 million people in 2016. The top four firms i.e. Wal-Mart, Kroger, Costco, and Safeway, controlled 37.6% of the total market share (Statista, 2015; IBISWorld, 2016), which when given the total number of businesses in the industry points to a highly concentrated monopolistically competitive output market structure as against a monopoly structure. Other leading players in the industry include Publix, Albertsons, H-E-B, Whole Foods Market, and Target, which controlled 4.3%, 3.9%, 3.4%, and 2.2% of the market, respectively, while ...

Introduction

Starbucks Corporation is a company founded in Seattle, Washington in 1971 and is a premier retailer, roaster and marketer of specialty coffees around the world. (Annual Report 2015) In 2015, Starbucks reported a staff of approximately 180,000 employees over 19,760 company licensed and operated retail stores in over 60 countries worldwide. Roasted and handcrafted high-quality and premium coffees, tea and fresh food items as well as other beverages make up their product mix.(Annual Report 2015) Starbucks also sells coffee products and tea, as well as licenses its trademarks through multiple other channels like grocery, licensed stores ...

Market Structure

In simple terms, market structure refers to the classification of the various types of markets, based on their unique features on how they allocate prices of a given product in the market. The aspect is primarily classified into two, which include perfect and imperfect market.

Oligopoly

Refers to a type of market structure where there are few sellers in a given economy with many buyers for the commodity. With oligopoly, the sellers have an influence on the commodity price in the market and can significantly affect competition. An example of a company to indicate the above case is the mobile ...

Downward communication is when information comes from the top of the hierarchy and is passed along to the bottom of the hierarchy. According to Daniel Katz and Robert L. Kahn, the types of messages passed through downward communication are job instructions, job rationales, procedures and practices, feedback, and indoctrination. These messages can be passed through staff meetings, internal newsletters, one-on-one meeting, bulletin boards, employee information sheet, e-mail and staff handbook. Each message is unique and should, therefore, be sent via the appropriate channel. For instance, if it is feedback being given to an individual employee, it would be appropriate ...

Environmental Scan

Under Armour is a sporting apparel manufacturer and wholesaler for women, men and youth. Their products feature special moisture-wick fabrics engineered in a diverse range of styles and designs for the performance athlete in any climate and at any age. Under Armour's products are worn by athletes at all levels including professional as well as consumers living active lifestyles. In 2015, Under Armour grew approximately 20% in revenues from year prior, generating global revenues of $4..9 billion and maintaining an operating income of $503 million.(Mann 2016) The majority of its net revenues are generated from wholesale sales of ...

(Author Name) (Course Name/Number) Whether aware of it or not, we are constantly comparing ourselves to other people. These comparisons show themselves in many forms, depending on each individual’s concept of self. Often, we aren’t even aware that we’re comparing ourselves to others, but these comparisons help shape our personal perspectives, including what roles we play in society, how we value others, and how those same perspectives dictate the value we place on ourselves. The theory of social comparison analyzes three types of social comparison; upwards, downwards, and sideways. All of these comparisons can be acted ...

1) Which were the primary causes of the Great Depression? According to Walton and Rockoff, an acceptable explanation for the Great Depression has to distinguish between the initial forces, which brought a downturn in financial activity, and later events, that turned a downturn into a calamity. We can detect two issues on the economy that foreshadowed the real slump in economic activity. First, there was a decline in the construction industry that began 1925, that had a significant impact on the depression. Second, the agricultural sector suffered greatly, with falling world prices and massive indebtedness (422). Walton and Rockoff ...

Is Climate Change Caused by Human Action

Introduction Are humans responsible for climate change? While it is evident that climate change is a result of different factors which when combined produce a hazardous effect, human action is considered to be the main cause of global warming. Numerous studies show that various human activities produce gas that traps heat which results in most of the increase in globally averaged temperatures. Clearly, atmospheric warming and cooling did not begin with people. It used to occur long before the rise of humankind through natural activities, such as volcanic eruptions, changes in the sun’s intensity and the already existing ...

DEFLECTION OF BEAMSIntroduction

Any kind of modern day construction makes use of a component called structural beam, or beam. A beam helps in adding strength of any design or structure. Generally manufactured using steel, wood, or concrete, it is commonly used for spanning any open element of a structure. In any design work based on iron, steel I beam is the most commonly used one. On the other hand, home-based constructions generally make use of wooden beams. When steel I beam is encased within concrete, it forms a concrete beam and is typically used in the construction of heavy structures, such as ...

Introduction to Meteorology

Introduction to Meteorology

General Overview of Weather-related Accidents For every accident investigation attributed to a weather-related factor, NTSB was able to attach a subject modifier to the individual weather condition. This is because a single accident may be linked to several weather phenomena hence resulting in a citation of several subject modifiers for a single accident. For the purpose of this paper, several subject modifiers were amalgamated into one weather phenomenon for example under the category of wind; the paper includes reports whereby the NTSB was more specific on dust whirlwind, sudden wind shift, high wind, and crosswind as ...

Theme

Effective communication, problem solving, and critical thinking are three soft skills essentially vital for a staff nurse supervisor to carry out her HR activities in a current day hospital setting.

Introduction

Nursing care has traditionally been an integral constituent of health care because nurses play an indispensable role in enhancing care quality and patient safety. As a result, today healthcare regulators take strong efforts to enhance the quality of nursing care in health organizations. Such efforts to enhance nursing care efficiency are notably limited by staff shortage and staff turnover issues. The situation further leads to a poor nurse-to-patient ratio. ...

Reasons for the severe decline in Chinese Stock market in 2015

Between June 2014 and June 2015, the CSI 300 Index rose by 150%, reaching the peak at 5,166.3 on 12th June 2015. What follows was a severe decline in the stock index. Within just one month, the CSI 300 index had lost 30% to 3,507 on July 8. Several factors caused the fall.

Short selling

In the run-up to the stock market decline, investors were aggressively involved in short selling and margin trading. Short-selling and margin trading allowed investors to purchase shares using borrowed money thereby increasing the demand for stocks. Investors engaged in short-selling sell stocks borrowed from ...

Purpose

This experiment sought to determine the value of the surface tension of water and paraffin oil from the downward pull on a horizontal ring fastened to a spring.

Apparatus

The following materials were used in the experiment: Platinum-iridium ring equipped with stirrup (circumference L=4cm)

Spring

Paraffin oil Distilled water Petri dish Weight pan Striker Level Jolly balance with adjustable platform Scale to determine the paraffin oil density Suitable weights Bunsen burner Tweezers Introduction Surface tension refers to the energy required to expand a liquid’s surface area (Ozment, John, and Conrad, 391). Liquid molecules are attracted to one another by adhesive ...

Situation

Speculative Strategy: Currency options Option premium = 1,000,000 × 0.0005 = $500 As shown by the diagram, currency options will help ABC Corporation to mitigate the currency risk. It is speculative since it not only protects the firm from unfavourable movements in the exchange rate but also gives it an opportunity to gain profits. It protects the company from downward movements in the exchange rate since the minimum it can receive is $9,200 irrespective of how low the rate falls. However, the gains from forward exchange rate movements are not limited. If the exchange rate is more than the ...

Trip to Disneyland

1.0 Tourism Distribution Channels 1.1Introduction Travel business and experience is one of the most dynamic sectors of the tourism industry. Visitors want to travel and have an experience of a lifetime. They have formed-perspectives of how they want their experience to be, putting stakeholders in this industry on the run as they endeavour to better performance and conform to the needs of their customers (Tran, Jeeva&Pourabedin, 2016). Customer perspective and the expectations they have is enough to make travel a reality that anyone can wish to engage in. Service delivery in the travel industry is varied before the final ...

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Introduction The invention and eventual development of internal combustion engines marked a significant stage in the evolution of engines since it provided a way for industrialists and engineers to build an engine that would suit various applications. Unlike the bulky and messy steam engines, internal combustion engines opened the possibilities of creating smaller, but more efficient engines that can be mounted on different types of machineries. The most common applications of which are in transport vehicles such as the engines used in automobiles, trucks, vessels and planes. Moreover, internal combustion engines are also used in non-mobile applications such as ...

Aircraft control surfaces are components of an aircraft used to control an aircraft. Normally, the control surfaces are movable parts in the plane wings and the tail. The surfaces help the pilot adjust attitude or plane orientation by creating differential pressure on different parts of the aircraft. The difference is pressure produces a force which then acts on the plane to produce the desired effect. Control surfaces employ the principle of lift just like the wings but in different directions. The lift forces produced by a control surface can act independently or in combination with a force from another ...

1. How does Monetary Policy Affect the Economy? Monetary policy is a strategy by which a monetary authority of a given state or country formulates with intent to regulate the supply of money in the country targeting stabilization of interest rates to ensure general trust in the currency (Poloz 10). Monetary policies serve to stimulate the economic growth in various dimensions as a long run way to control inflation. These policies affect the primary business when they are executed by the stipulated standard modules used in the policy analysis. When the central bank lowers interest, households and firms adjust ...