Essays on Infusing

Introduction

Fire in Goafs (mines) is considered to be a potential environmental and health risk throughout the globe. Although, plenty of conventional fire extinguishing methods has been proposed in the past, yet they contain side effects. The authors in propose a novel fire management system using expansion form for fighting with fire at the top of goafs. The system contains a jet device for adding foaming agent produced by foam generator. The foam is powered by water pressure and compressed gas that are intrinsically safe for operating in mines. The expansion foam propels itself upwards to extinguish fire at the ...

Introduction

Recently, worldwide obesity prevalence has been raised rapidly and nearly doubled between 1980 and 2014, however in 2014 more than a half a billion of adult (18 years and older) were obese (11% men and 15% women) (WHO, 2014). Obesity and overweight are defined as excess body fat accumulation that leads to health risks and comorbidities. Adult weight can be classified based on the Body Mass Index. Hence, an individual having a BMI equal to or more than 25 is regarded as being overweight, while a person with a BMI equal to or more than 30 is considered obese ( ...

Trends

The course on trends and their effects on businesses have been helpful to me as a future manager. This is because I have learnt the importance of integrating these trends in business operations and strategy formulation. A key issue that has been highlighted in the course of this study is that most business managers do not know how to integrate information they already have on emerging trends into their managerial decisions. However, this behavior should be avoided as it can result in a business losing its competitive edge in the market.

Among the ways I have learnt that trends can be ...