Essays on Proximity.

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And they lived happily ever after. Several fairy tales that we row up with end up this way. The prince and the princess fall in love with each other as soon as their eyes meet, and soon enough, they find themselves vowing to be together for the rest of their lives. From fairy tales, novels, and movies, we have been exposed to the concept of being attracted and falling in love, and these ideas are almost always believed to be matters of the heart. Often, we think that fate calls our heart and guides as to find ...

Insanity Defense

Introduction One of the central issues of nowadays in the sphere of criminal law is insanity defense or so-called mental disorder defense, which is thought to be the basis for a person to be acquitted, or, namely, not be liable for an action. It is also characterized as ‘probably the most controversial criminal law doctrine, which, when used successfully, being a rare example in American law, gives a defendant, who has clearly committed the crime, even one as heinous as murder, is deemed not guilty and may not be punished It is noted that ‘mental illness has always played ...

Chapter One: Introduction

1.1. Background The arrival of new technologies as helped improve many aspects of life. For example, License Plate Recognition is a modern technology that has helped improve mobility and safety in transportation (Rashid, Aibinu, Rahman, Suhaimi and Yunis 93). Many car parks have resulted to the use of technology to help in the logistics of operating a car park. Rashid et al., (93) argue that automatic parking systems are progressive because in addition to improving logistics, they also increase the convenience of public parking, eliminate the hassles of fee collection and also enhance the security, especially when the car ...

Executive Summary

The following report provides a detailed and exhaustive description of asset classes according to their characteristics and related advantages and disadvantages. Consequently, the paper considers 5 most important asset classes, including both local and international shares, bonds, cash and listed trusts. Further, according to the given statistical data regarding the levels of revenue of these classes of assets, the author conducts corresponding calculations evaluating their average profitability and effectiveness in investment portfolio along with clarifying what exact type of portfolio should be conducted for an investor operating with these securities in order to achieve maximum level of revenue with ...

The Hudson River Valley region is thickly populated today, and it is hard to imagine that the region had lesser than 100,000 Native Americans before the arrival of the Europeans. French fur trappers and traders found their way into the region by the middle of the sixteenth century. When Henry Hudson explored the land and named the river as Hudson, he claimed the land for the Dutch. Later, the tiny Dutch settlement surrendered to the Royal Navy and attracted a large number of settlers from New England. Local natives and traders allied themselves with the new developments but ...

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Abstract The successful flight of an aircraft is often attributed to the finesse of its pilots as well as the dispatcher. It is a common practice in air crash investigations to put the blame of such a mishap on the shoulders of its pilots and the air traffic control unit. Most often, the other factors that are inclusive in any successful flight, is omitted. This paper tries to analyze these causes from the perspective of National Transport Safety Board, to generate an independent view about the crash of UPS Flight 1354. After thorough inspection of NTSB reports three main ...

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1. Introduction The tourism and hospitality industry has been growing at a tremendous pace over the past few decades and this service sector has become one of the major contributors to the global GDP. In an attempt to take advantages of this magnificent growth of the tourism and hospitality industry, nations are taking vehement efforts to make their territories hot tourist destinations. Obviously, resorts and restaurants constitute a key segment of the hospitality industry. This report will analyze resorts and restaurants operating in Las Vegas, United States, giving particular focus to their unique product/service offerings and ...

Abstract

This paper documents the tasks involved in the implementation of Access Control System (ACS) in a college dormitory. ACS assures of a protected and convenient college life for students, faculties and staffs. ACS concentrates on controlling physical access to buildings and events at a minimal operational cost. This system helps to respond quickly to a critical situation by tracking the location of the suspicious person. ACS can assure students’ parents of providing a harmless and tenable campus for their child.

Access Control Systems in general concentrates on controlling physical access to campuses and building as well as logical access ...

The four basic principles of design for page layout include the principle of contrast, the principle of repetition, the principle of alignment and the principle of proximity. The principle of contrast implies that the items that are similar to one another should not be placed next to each other. If the items are simply not identical (different font, color, size, thickness, shape, etc.), it is necessary to make them very different (Szaboka.com, 2012). Adding contrast is achieved by choosing the font line thickness, color, shape, size, distribution of free space, and so on. It is not difficult to find ...

1. Off-task – failure to maintain eye contact with task at hand for more than 3 consecutive seconds 2. Physical Aggression – hitting/pushing/kicking peers/teachers, throwing objects 3. Verbal Aggression - threatening, yelling

Frequency of behavior

10 minute, 10second, partial interval recording was used to assess the frequency.

Intervention proposed

Off-task behavior: I propose that Proximity Control be applied. According to the Public Schools of North Carolina (n.d.), by moving close to the student and even lightly touch on the shoulder may be enough redirect the student to task oriented behavior. Later a verbal cue will replace proximity; it also saves student from embarrassment. Physical aggression: To ...

Introduction

Contactless payment systems have evolved into a popular method of payment across the United Kingdom and internationally (CPSS 2012). Many merchants, including ExxonMobil, McDonald’s, Burger King, AMT Coffee, Tesco, Subway and other notable members of the hospitality, production, energy and other industries accept this form of payment (Anderson 2015). The most influential members of the international financial community, including MasterCard, Citibank, American Express, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays Bank, Visa and other institutions, involved in banking and financial sector, power the system (Dapp 2012; Chaudhyry 2012). The commentators anticipate that by 2020 every third transaction online and offline will be ...

The concept of a safe work place principally dictates that an organisation should provide a conducive environment within its walls. In accordance with the rules and regulations of a safe workplace, an organisation should make sure the building or facilities that the workers work in are well repaired and the equipment safe and efficient. An organisation is also subjected to making sure all risks that workers might face are well protected, and in the same time provide conducive space to work in and for movement. In wet places, an organisation is meant to have good drainage that will protect the workers (Hopwood, ...

‘Fashion and quality at the best price’ is the motto on which H&M bases its business concept. H&M had humble beginnings over sixty years ago in Vasteras, Sweden. It is now a highly successful, contemporary fashion group with a global reach. H&M’s Annual Report for FY 2013 reported 3,132 department stores worldwide; H&M department stores are now in 53 countries.

Outward processing trade (OPT) agreements work well for many segments of the textile production and marketing sectors. OPT is better than free trade regulations for H&M when using production facilities in countries in closer proximity to ...

- The intra-industry trade index analysis has been done for many years, the latest being 2008. With regards to overall manufacturing, Japan, Germany and Canada had an index of 53.7, 77.2 and 75.6 respectively. With regards to machinery and equipment, Japan, Germany and Canada had an index of 66.3, 76.2 and 67.5 respectively. With regards to transport equipment, Japan, Germany and Canada had an index of 24.8, 67.1 and 93.4 respectively. For the three industries, Japan achieved prominently low indices when compared to Germany and Canada. By these indicators, the statistics show that Japan was lagging behind in the ...

1. In a clearly structured paragraph, identify (name) and define (explain) the Gestalt principles of visual perception discussed in Chapter 2 of the Johnson text. Cite Johnson in APA style.

Johnson (2010) suggests that visual perception operates on the so-called Gestalt principles, meaning that our vision automatically imposes structure to visual inputs received (p. 11). (Gestalt means “shape or “figure”). He states that the most important of those principles are “Proximity, Similarity, Continuity, Closure, Symmetry, Figure/Ground, and Common Fate” (p. 11).

- Proximity: Relative spacing between numbers of displayed objects determines how and whether we see a group. ...

Contrast

Contrast is a way to establish a difference. The contrast is something that highlights the rest of the message. With the contrast, we put in the front the most important information which will be remembered by our viewers or audience. When the viewers has no much time to watch our flyer, our advertisement, our message; the contrast help us to give the most important information.

For a flyer of Spring Carnival, the contrast was applied in two messages. The sentence Spring Carnival give a lot of information and the price of the tickets responds to the natural question all the people who watch a ...

The Law

- Since this incident occurred due to negligence and no prior contract existed between the plaintiff and the defendant the Law of Tort becomes applicable. - As per established norms in the Law the plaintiff must be able to prove that - Defendant owed a duty of care - Defendant breached that duty - There was damage as a result - If the three points are proven by the plaintiff, then following options of defence are open namely any one of the following: Consent, Contributory Negligence, Necessity or Illegality. The Limitation Act (1980) sets a period of ...

In the case of Nova Mink v Trans Canada Airlines , the High Court ruled that airplanes that are governed by the Air Traffic Rules which are ruled by competent authority shall be subject to common law duties of care, unless otherwise excluded by legislation that expressly provides for an exclusion. This is regardless of the fact that they cover a wider range of mobility, both in vertical and horizontal settings. In the case of aeroplanes, they cannot be analogous to railways since the latter is excused when operating in accordance with statutory rules including accidents which occurred in level crossings ...

Question 1

There are numerous methods used to measure the distance of universal bodies that lie in space. Various geometrical and cosmological characteristics are in the formulation of these measurement methods. The parallax as one of the methods is built on the principle that a difference in angles of objects as viewed by the natural eye is a factor of distance. For instance, taking the eye as the baseline and trying to find out the distance of an object directly a distance away can give different values depending on which eye one uses in viewing the object. This is made possible by the proximity ...

- What was your favorite film viewed in the class this semester and why?

I would mark out Reservoir Dog by Quentin Tarantino as my favorite because I am a worshiper of his creative activity. I liked it because once one had seen it he would never forget the scenes. Tarantino supposed the scenes to be disturbing and he succeeded. I do not like violence, but I like the way the scenes in the film were organized. I believe that the film leaves no one indifferent due to black humor used and Tarantino’s unique narrative style. Also, particular attention should be paid to social context of the film meaning the relationships between black ...

The main research question that was studied in the article “Do airport hotels continue to be a growth opportunity, and which airports present the best opportunities?” by Joni Smith was to assess how hotels depend on the local airport to generate demand for their service. There was also a secondary hypothesis investigated studying the link between the premiums charged at average and peak travel times.

The methodology used to address the research questions were questionnaires given to the hotels in the areas of the airports asking for information about occupancy percentages, room rates, and vicinity in relation to the terminals, ...

- Abstract

Planning is an important aspect in businesses today. Any business that does not take initiative to plan for its future is likely to face challenges which could otherwise be identified during a desk review and planning process (Bose 2002). This document is a continuation to the business plan for Dalnim but now covering Statistics to be used in measuring quality, capacity planning md facility location, an aggregate plan to maintain competitive advantage, work system design, project life cycle, and project management and to inventory planning and management. This is with a view to make the business and financial plan operational.

- Background information

Dalnim was ...

Introduction

Defining Concepts

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) represents “A firm’s sense of responsibility towards the community and environment, (both ecological and social) in which it operates and draws resources and sustenance from. Firms express this citizenship through their waste and pollution reduction processes, by contributing to the educational and social programs and by earning adequate returns on the employed resources” (Business Dictionary).

This definition identifies the companies’ role in sustaining CSR initiatives and their contributions to the welfare of the community. Frederick, Davis and Post define the companies’ sense of responsibility and their interventions in the society’s ...

Communication

Introduction Gestalt psychology is built around the theory that the brain processes images and information in a holistic manner and creates self-organized juxtapositions. As per gestalt psychology, therefore, the ‘whole’ is invariably larger than ‘the sum of the parts’. Accordingly, the mind tries to make sense of images through the processes of ‘proximity’, ‘closure’, ‘figure-ground’, ‘common fate’, ‘similarity’ and ‘good continuation’ (Liquori, 2011). The principles of Gestalt can be best explained with a painting as an example.

Analysis of a Painting Using Gestalt Psychology

Figure 1: The Singing Butler (Vettriano, 1992) ‘The Singing Butler’ is a famous painting by Jack Vettriano (1992). In the image, we see a ...

Method

This study employed the focus group interview as a method of data collection. Focus group interviews have been found effective in the supplying of information about how people act and feel about a certain topic. Focus group interviews are a qualitative method of research and are very effective in answering questions regarding how people consider an idea, event or experience.

Setting

Five focus group studies were conducted across University of California, Irvine Campus, on the 29th June, 2015 between 1:05pm and 1:32pm. UCI was well suited to the study of off-campus living on student educational engagements because the proximity to the school varies a ...

Disasters most commonly elicit the response of city, local, state, and federal aid agencies to meet the mitigation of destruction during various phases of an emergency event. Public health legal authority, during a hazardous substance discharge, may call for both public and private agency involvement. Thrusting personnel and materials in the area must operate under the auspices of inter-jurisdictional protocol and legal authority. The objectives in this written exercise are to alert the learner, in anticipation of future professional behavior, about gaining an understanding for legal protocols in public health/hazardous emergencies while maintaining the highest levels of public safety during a ...

Abstract

Discussion The aim of the present study was to assess how residential proximity affects student life. Through a focused group study that involved six participants from the University of California, Irvine Campus, three major themes stood out in the results. The three themes include: cost of living, friendship and student engagement, and academic performance. From the focused group discussion conducted, it was evident from the results that residential proximity mainly affected the participant’s cost of living. Two of the participants indicated that it was financially cheaper living off-campus due to the fact that they shared rooms with friends ...

Results

Cost of Living Cost of living was one of the themes that emerged from the focus group discussions. It was evident from the discussions that living off-campus had financial implications for the participants in the study. This was the first theme that emerged from the discussions. Contrary to the popular opinion that living off campus meant spending more, a number of participants indicated that it was financially cheaper to live off campus than living on-campus (Jacoby, 2015). When the moderator asked how the participants felt their residential proximity had affected their student life at UCI, Participant 4 indicated that ...

How Residential Proximity Affects Students Life

Introduction One of the prominent concerns of many students joining college is whether they will be able to enjoy an active and fruitful social life (Clouder, 2012). Consequently, it has become increasingly necessary to know how specifically the proximity to campus affects student engagement. Proximity, in this context, refers to how close or far away from campus a student lives. Students living on campus are taken to be the students living within the campus and those within a walking distance to the campus. Students living off-campus, on the other hand, are those that require commuting to campus from the places ...

Chinese Outward FDI Determinants

China's rise as a global commerce powerhouse has generated a flurry of practical partnership engagements and research. The striking GDP growth has, moreover, further spurred interest in China as a unique economic development model. Holding on to non-democratic political practices, China has managed to maintain a steady rise in international status as an economic power by embracing free market, neoliberal economic practices. The cumulative effect has focused, consequently, attention on China's inflows. That is, by focusing on China's capacity for economic growth based on macroeconomic metrics, including GDP, China has been studied largely based on her capacity for investment retention (indicative, presumably, of " ...

Introduction: Interpersonal conflict reflects the differences, incompatibilities, or disagreements between individuals in a particular relationship whether between coworkers, friends, or romantic partners (Rahim, 2001). It is widely presumed that social support through interpersonal relationships provides a succor of refuge in times of overwhelming crisis or stress. In effect, interpersonal conflict has a logical outcome of increased stress. In fact, seeking emotional social support (e.g. emotions, ventilation), is one of the five most coping mechanism in handling stress (Carver, Scheier, & Weintraub, 1989). However, positive outcomes had also resulted from interpersonal conflict and stress (Katz & McNulty, 1994). Consequently, interpersonal conflicts may be associated with ...

Introduction

Advertisers, graphic designers, and organizations in general that aim to advertise or promote follow principles, practices, and techniques in order to accomplish their objects. Often, the objective of advertisers, graphic designers, and organizations is to communicate a specific message to the audience (Barker, Valos, & Shimp, 2012; Shimp & Andrews, 2013). Similarly, the message often intends to stir a positive and productive response on the part of the audience. Within the context of consumerism, the objective of advertisers and graphic designers that work for business organizations would be to create images in advertisements that would appeal to the audience as consumers. In other ...

The Navajo Nation is a semi-autonomous nation controlled by the United States of America’s government. It is located on the northeastern portion of Arizona, southeastern part of Utah, and northwestern part of New Mexico. Among all the Native American nations under the jurisdiction of the United States, the Navajo nation has one of the largest, if not the largest, land mass. One of the highlights in this native American tribal nation is the presence of public lands that possess natural sights such as the Ship rock that offers a spectacular view of a ship-shaped rock located in San Juan country, New ...

Improving Housing Quality in Canada to Improve Health

REF: IMPROVING HOUSING QUALITY IN CANADA TO IMPROVE HEALTH. The basic issues that determine the health of Canadians are not medical related or lifestyle choices but rather the conditions they experience in their living. These are primarily the determinants of social health. This is according to the research that has been done over the years in Canada. Most Canadians are not aware that their health is majorly shaped by how the income they earn is distributed. It is also shaped by education about health, race, disability, gender, aboriginal status, healthy services, and housing. One of the major ...

In spite of the fact that significant milestones have been made in airline technology, cases of many commercial airlines landing on the wrong airports continue to be on the rise. Although cases of commercial aircraft landing on the wrong airfield are not very common, this does not imply that they are unheard of in the United States. Commercial flights in the United States landed or began to land erroneously in other airports several times in the last two decades. However, the actual figures could be higher than the ones reported by the media and the relevant authorities. There are ...

Introduction

Amy Madden’s harrowing memoir Stolen Beauty: Healing the Scars of Child Abuse takes the reader through her terrible history of child abuse at the hands of her stepfather, Ed, and the effects it had on her future relationships. In the meantime, she also reveals her own ways of coping with said abuse, from finding her faith in God to learning how to forgive her abusers and understanding their own fears and anxieties. The book is a haunting tale of control, power, abuse and family, as Amy goes through many different stages of trauma that continue even into adulthood. Examining ...

Introduction

In any manufacturing firm, the location and design of plant lay are two crucial factors that determine the efficiency of the processes. A good plant layout should be able to convert raw materials into finished products in the most efficient and economical manner. There are various types of plant layouts depending on the products; processes involved and the site space available. Before deciding on the layout to adapt, considerations such as availability of waterpower and space are important. Able Co. manufactures harnesses and cables and its location to a green field will have to make decisions pertaining to which ...

Introduction

A lot of things can happen to a ship after it has departed from a seaport and left to travel against the waves of the ocean on its own. This is where the purpose of maritime safety and risk management comes in. Its purpose is to educate officers and crew members of a ship on how to react to certain risks, or in the worst case scenario a certain crisis. In general, the objective of a maritime safety and risk management is to ensure that the current maritime risk does not escalate into a crisis, and if it already did, mitigate the probable effects of ...

B. Thesis: Improving the nutritional context of school lunches can make a difference in health of America’s youth. II. Background A. Current meal policies at public schools. B. Public Health statistics extent of problem. III. Can changes in school menus resolve the issue? IV. Change eating habits C. Conclusion

Abstract

This research project investigates how parents, teachers and school administrators could work together in creating an eco-friendly school environment. While the concept eco-friendly may have an ecological connotation its adaptation to the school surroundings in terms of meals fed to our children could be ...

Democracy, Rights, and Empire

Thesis Europe has seen it all; revolutions, plague, recession, famine, revolts, and invasions, and this was why, when opportunity came knocking at their doors, the few powerful nations of Europe, adventured to expand and control their business interests far from their shores. In order to understand how and why this transpired, one needs to go back in time and understand Europe as it was in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Background

The Rise of Europe between 1500 and 1850 was largely accounted for by the growth of European nations which shared their borders with the Atlantic, and in particular, ...

Part 1: US Today News

Health risks stack up for students near industrial plants This article was updated 12th October, 2008 after being written by Blake Morrison and Brad Heath (2008). It highlights a toxic air phenomenon occurring in schools in an Ohio community. The reporter began by lamenting that the sounds of elementary school children chatter has been replaced by the air monitoring equipment at the Meredith Hitchens Elementary School in this Cincinnati suburb along the Ohio River. Further clarifications alluded to school officials three years ago removing students from the location after sample containing high chemical levels were found close to the ...

Affiliated Institution

The healthcare sector has experienced several challenges in a strive to provide quality services with particular emphasis placed on the nurses. In this article, the author emphasizes the concept of interpersonal relationships that exist between the patient (health client) and the caregiver in regard to the excesses of care: a matter of understanding the asymmetry of power. The author asserts that there have been issues on how the nurses practice ethical standards while delivering services to the patients due to misunderstanding and misuse of power given to them. The issue of closeness and distance features is obvious in the article, the ...

Summary of the Article

The article by Sherry Turkle explores the phenomenon that has been brought about by the evolution of technology. This evolution has seen the manufacturing of hand-held devices make computer devices portable against earlier wisdom where they were stationary. With these new devices, communication is improved with increased email capabilities, text messaging and internet access. Yet for the author, the marvel is not the enhanced communication that the technology brings about. For the author, the spectacle is the newfound intimacy with the technological devices. This intimacy has brought forth a new state of self. According to the author, the new state ...

- Introduction Chinese and Japanese cultures have overlapped in practically all characteristics including political, cultural, business, and technological despite their immense historical differences dating back centuries. Yet their demonstrations of business characteristics are expressed diversely that their historical concepts of collectivism and individualism have often paralleled. Interestingly Chinese and Japanese business is extensively culturally driven by different reasoning even they seek the same result, but from different approaches even though they are geographically in close proximity of each other. Similarly as to how many ancient civilizations began, China and Japan have long histories of similar empirical rulership and ...

Introduction

Capital, depending on the area in which it operates, and the price is more or less serious transformations that are a prerequisite for its effective action in this area, can act in three main guises : economic capital, which is immediately and directly convertible into money and institutionalized in the form of property rights, cultural capital, which under certain conditions, be converted into economic capital and may be institutionalized in the form of educational qualifications; social capital formed social obligations (bonds), which under certain conditions, be converted into economic capital and may be institutionalized, for example, in the form of ...

Introduction

Ethical issues are very important for any organization to run successfully and gain the trust of its employees and clients. The healthcare section is one of the major areas where social and cultural ethical issues need to be taken seriously. Leaders in the healthcare section are the most victims of the ethical issues, and they challenges they face fall under dressing code, and nonverbal communications. Other areas where they face problems include the diverse beliefs of their employees, culture, location issues and Health informatics and health information. In the article, Ethical Challenges and Responsibility of Leaders, written by Squazzo ...

Introduction

In this paper, I am going to show the effect of school quality on price of housing in the metropolitan area. In the next paragraph, I will conduct a literature review on the various factors that influence the choice of schools by parents and the value of the residential property. In the next section, I shall discuss hedonistic pricing model that can generate effects of school quality on house prices. I will analyze the data collected, explain the method of data collection and discuss the results obtained in the study. The last section is the conclusion of the study. ...

Abrstract

History has proven the close proximity of coexisting ethnic races has been and remains at a minimum a potentially incendiary situation. The United States of America’s 1906-1921 era surrounding World War I is absolutely no exception to this putative unwritten law of human nature and affords numerous race riot examples to demonstrate these difficulties. The riots that occurred in Atlanta (1906), Omaha and Chicago (1919), and Tulsa (1921) patently evince the brewing racial tensions between Whites and African Americans that exploded-precipitated and fueled by hatred, baseless fear, false accusations, malicious rumors, and innuendo-into riots, leaving in their wakes death, destruction, ...

INTRODUCTION

Wireless Communication is a much discussed science in the recent times. A lot of research activities have been carried out in this field due to high demand of low-power & interference free communication technologies. Secondly, the humongous developments in VLSI technologies have enabled low-power & low-area implementation of unique DSP algorithms. Many low-end communication technologies have been introduced so far to cater the requirement of short range & secure communication between endpoints for communication, data exchange and automated commands execution . Near-field Communication (NFC) is basically a Bluetooth-like short-range wireless communication technology for smartphones and other mobile devices to communicate with each other by ...

Basket of Apples a still life painting made by Paul Cézanne in 1895. The painting measures 65 x 80 cm, and the artist used oil on canvas fabric. The painting portrays a basket that seems to be spilling apples, and there is a wine bottle and a plate of cookies. The painting shows a disjointed view of the objects in an unbalanced position. - The painting has diagonal, curved, horizontal and vertical actual lines. Horizontal lines symbolize stability of the surface while discontinuous to symbolize the edges. Diagonal lines on the basket and the cloth imply movement and instability where apples are ...

Toyota Motor Corporation is an automobile producer based in Japan. Globally, the company has about 338,875 employees as of march 2014 (Toyota Global). Moreover, in the year 2012, Toyota Corporation was the biggest automotive manufacturer in terms of production (OICA correspondents’ survey), when it has produced more than 10 million vehicles. In the year 2014, the company was ranked as one of the biggest companies in Japan in terms of revenue and market capitalization. For several years, Toyota has produced many of the most innovative and the best cars in the world. Moreover, the company is a leader in ...

The decrease in world’s petroleum and oil supply has led the nations to look for alternate sources of energy. As a result of this short-supply, unconventional gas reserves are gaining importance as alternative source of crude oil, where the unconventional gas reserves are estimated to contribute to 45% of the US gas production by the year 2035. Large-scale extraction of unconventional natural gas has resulted in the development of new and untested extraction technology such as hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracking, which is expected to develop rapidly in the next few decades near human settlements and pose a health hazard (Adgate, ...

BUSINESS

Over the recent years, there has been consistent fluctuation of residential values in Atlanta GA. Many theories and the assumption have been put forward in trying to discover the cause and remedy of these fluctuations. Often the conclusion has been narrowed that most of the fluctuations are because of residential owner’s ability to influence the values of the properties due to prevailing economic factors (Florida, 2009). This project aims to take a different view by focusing on the effect of the commercial properties that exist on the value of the residential properties in the proximity. The study contributes to ...

International media

I chose as the client the person that has received media attention from American as well as international media for the same issue. This is the president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, whose actions on the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis are in the center of attention of the world mass media. As examples of coverage I chose the American CNN and the Russian RT. The difference of the Ukrainian president's activity coverage is certainly huge. In the American media in general, and in CNN in particular, there is a neutral showing of information about Poroshenko with the focus on ...

Summary

Ground transport forms the central nervous system of any economy. It facilitates transport of goods that drives an economy, while also facilitating transport of people. The purpose of transport can be either commercial, business, or for pleasure.

Program

Development of ground transport infrastructure requires vast expanse of real estate as well as creation of temporary support infrastructure while building the ground transport systems. This also consumes enormous amount of raw materials like cement, coarse and fine aggregates, steel, while other inputs like diesel, heavy engineering equipment and extensive labour are the requirements. For the purpose of this paper ground transport ...

Introduction

A sentinel event involves the occurrence of an unexpected event that may involve death, a serious physical/psychological harm or a big risk thereof. A serious injury in this case may involve a loss of an organ such as limb, hand or a particular function. A sentinel event may also involve severe temporary injury that may require intervention to sustain life. Such events are referred to as sentinel because their occurrence calls for a quick response as well as investigation. A wrong sight surgery (WSS) is one of the sentinel events in healthcare. A wrong site surgery refers to a surgery procedure that is carried ...

In the following book, the author considers the factors that contribute to the success of the city, as well as explores factors that can lead to its decay. The book examines how cities became one of the most influential forces of the modern world. The author calls the cities “our species` greatest invention” (p.36) and points out that the main factors that contributed to this invention are proximity and density. Proximity, or closeness of space, makes people who live in the city more resourceful and creative. Also, proximity is linked with the high level of productivity giving rise to a ...

Abstract

Natural disasters have always happened and will continue to happen. Unfortunately, there is a major difference in how developed countries prepare for and respond to natural disasters, compared to developing countries. When a disaster hits a developing country, the death rates are much higher than in a developed country, the recovery period takes longer and the long term economic impact is more severe. This paper looks at the causes for the differences and addresses steps a developing country can take to be better prepared for and respond against potential natural disasters. There is a distinct difference in the terminology disaster professionals use between the ...

Abstract

In this thesis, the security concerning the near-field communication and its applications will be investigated. A thorough risk assessment is performed on the threats, attacks and the fraud scenarios related to NFC. It goes on to argue against the statement as per the standard that NFC is safe by its design, because it works in close proximity only. It discusses the possibility of eavesdropping along with other possible hack attacks. The impact of the attacks is analyzed and the best possible solutions are discussed. It goes without any debate that the first and the foremost authentication that needs to ...

Toyota Motor Corporation is an automobile producer based in Japan. The company has about 338,875 employees globally as of march 2014 (Toyota Global). Moreover, in the year 2012, Toyota Corporation was the biggest automotive manufacturer in terms of production (OICA correspondents’ survey) where it has produced more than 10 million vehicles per year. In the year 2014, the company was ranked as one of the biggest company in Japan in terms of revenue and market capitalization. For years, Toyota has produced most innovative and best cars in the world. Moreover, the company is a leader in both Camry sedan ...