Essays on Rao

Investment Appraisal

Investment Appraisal This report presents the critical investment appraisal of the new coffee shop venture to be initiated by Tesco Ltd. The report includes a thorough analysis of the café market and industry and also attempts to evaluate the target market and market segmentation. Towards the end, the report also includes the appraisal of the investment and financial analysis of the five-year forecast of the venture.

The British coffee market has grown considerably in the past few years that is evident from the fact that approximately $8 billion was spent by Britons in coffee shops last year. In 2015, ...

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 ...

Introduction

Artificial (computer) intelligence is one of the most promising development vectors in computer science and computer engineering. Work in the field of artificial intelligence is aimed at the development of methods, tools and technologies of designing computer systems with a specific function such as training, expert advising, robotics, and others. Unlike conventional programmers, who are involved in the development of well-specified software, artificial intelligence experts are additionally able to formulate specifications, which is one of the biggest challenges in the design of any product. However, the issue remains, as questions continue to arise as to whether human-equivalent artificial intelligence ...

India’s work on introduction of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities or UNCRPD in the year 2007 is a significant step because it helped in attracting the attention towards the rights of individuals having disabilities. However, disability is considered as a difficult process, and it is a consequence of interaction of individuals having environmental, attitudinal, and impairments barriers that play their role in obstructing their effectual participation in the society. Attitudes are the most significant barriers for making rights of individuals certain. There are two models on the basis of which disability can ...

Payment methods and technologies have shifted a great deal over the years. Gone are the days where cash and check transactions make up the bulk of the give and take that occurs when people engage in commerce, travel and otherwise spend their money. Credit and debit cards have ruled the roost for a while but some new contenders are starting to emerge. The first major alternative to the conventional credit cards and other more traditional methods was PayPal (PayPal, 2017). However, smartphone-enabled technologies such as Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay are starting to dominate the commerce and ...

Business Management and Entrepreneurship

Introduction Business management or being an entrepreneur is one of the interesting jobs but also challenging. Entrepreneurs or business managers face various challenges as they manage their business. Some of the challenges can include coming up with products/services that attract customers, executing different business objectives, recruiting and retention of the right employees and also maintaining a wide range of business laws and regulations. In most cases, entrepreneurs that are most successful in managing their lines of business have a conceptual knowledge in managing business functions. Therefore, it is important for an entrepreneur or business managers to take business management ...

Technology Trends in the Hospitality Industry

Introduction Technology is a major driver of all business in the world today. The mechanization of services leads to short lead times and eventual savings in operational expenses. The savings in turn lead to an improvement in business profits. Technology is also a major driver of the current global nature of business. In particular, developments in the transport and communications sector play an important role in globalizing business. The connectivity of the world means that potential customers learn of new services and products as they arise and expect them wherever their location. Consequently, new technologies spread quickly and the ...

People with great concern to the children with disabilities or special need never give up and continually giving support. The battle of the children with disabilities cannot be understood unless the individual around them have the knowledge and concern. It is necessary to look deeper the history of special education in order to understanding the conditions of the children with disabilities. The history about the children with disabilities is the key to understand the children with disabilities through the events and laws concerning special education. Esteves and Rao emphasize that the events determined the evolution of special education, gradually ...

Summary of the Analysis

The mission statement of the company is efficient because it states what Amazon is, what it does, and why it exists, which are critical features. It also provides a guideline for the pricing strategy of the corporation; for instance, its choice to offer the lowest prices for quality products makes it very attractive to online shoppers. The firm formulates and implements its grand strategies, such as pricing, integration, diversification, location, and pricing based on its vision and mission statements. The SWOT analysis reveals that it has significant strengths that give it a competitive edge over its competitors. It also ...

Annotated Bibliography:

Annotated Bibliography: Historical Background of Special Education Cannon, Y., Gregory, M., & Waterstone, J. (2013). A Solution Hiding In Plain Sight: Special Education And Better Outcomes For Students With Social, Emotional, And Behavioral Challenges. Fordham Urban Law Journal, 41 (2), 403-497. Carson, C. (2015). Rethinking Special Education's "Least Restrictive Environment" Requirement. Michigan Law Review, 113 (8), 1397-1426. In this article, Cari Carson emphasizes that the United States disability law, especially the special education law is most essential. The idea of integration and inclusion entails the involvement of those individuals with disabilities with the nondisabled ones through different activities. The special ...

Abstract:

The principal intention of this study was to come up with the most conducive internal environment in a building. At any given moment, the internal temperature of a building is a function of the amount of heat produced by sources therein and the net heat transfer into or out of the building. The four heat transfer modes are convection, radiation, conduction, and phase- change. In executing this project, the researchers sought the relevant literature to establish the thermal properties of various materials. The properties are critical in determining the amount of heat inflow and exit from the building. The ...

This paper sets out to analyze the overall impact of a physical evidence of a service organization on its target audience. The purpose is to assess the ways in which different aspects of the underlying physical evidence manage expectations of the organization’s customers and to find out if there are any positive or negative gaps between promising and delivering the components of services communicated through physical evidence. London Bridge Hospital has been selected for this purpose. It is the largest hospital operating in the healthcare industry of London (Official Website, 2016). Physical evidence of the hospital is composed ...

Physical Activity and Level of Depression among Youths in the United States

A00493777 Physical Activity and Level of Depression among Youths in the United States

Introduction

According to a recent presentation by The Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention, frequent physical activity among youths and adolescents is an important factor in enhancing strength and stamina, and it is helpful in building healthy bones and muscles (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). It was also discovered that physical activities are a critical factor in reducing stress and depression among the youths. Failing to engage in regular physical activity has been established to cause obesity and overweight as well as other health ...

Air cargo systems could be summarized as the elements that enhance air transport. Apparently, air cargo systems could be divided into two main classes: passenger and cargo systems. The two systems are further subdivided into other subsystems with the aim of ensuring that specific air cargo is effectively and conveniently moved from one location to the other (Totamane, Dasgupta, & Rao, 2014). In fact, air transport is a complex and safety-sensitive niche thus every system for the transportation of air cargo ought to be understood and utilized correctly to ensure that the expected standards are met. The current paper defines ...

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 ...

The administration of the medical care improves the medical care by taking proper inquiry, (PBRNs) practice-based research networks and knowledge discovery and data mining. It provides help to grow the research capacity of the medical care (Rosales & Rao, 2010). By using the knowledge discovery and data mining, the health care can advance the design and technology and can easily implement the technologies that help to provide the efficient results in the health care. The analysis of Knowledge discovery and data mining provides help to the physicians in order to improve the outcomes of the patients. All the medical research ...

The Association between Physical Activity and Level of Depression among Youths in the United States proposal

Introduction According to a recent presentation by The Center for Disease and Control and Prevention, frequent physical activity among youths and adolescents is an important factor in enhancing strength, stamina and is helpful in building healthy bones and muscles (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). It was also discovered that physical activities are a critical factor in reducing stress and depression among the youths. Failing to engage in regular physical activity has been established to cause obesity and overweight as well as other health related complications (Azevedo Da Silva et al., 2012). Thus implementing a regular physical activity ...

Studying abroad, in a foreign country is always an exciting and scintillating experience. Yet there are a few ‘hurdles’ standing in the way of international students when it comes to gaining admission into a good university abroad. These are the placement tests required to prove one’s aptitude and capability in order to get admission into any program in the chosen university. Many countries all around the globe require applicants to appear for placement tests before they can get admission into them. The United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada and many other countries with some of the top ...

During the Third Session of the 2010 National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge, Vikram Rao an Executive Director of the Research Triangle Energy Consortium discussed strategies that could be applied by the current generation to promote energy self-sufficiency ("Summit Series on the NAE Grand Challenges"). In his opinion, one of the key strategies that modern engineers can apply to achieve this objective is to develop energy efficient machines such as the Electric Car. However, he went further and noted that this could be a temporal solution to the current energy challenges experienced by consumers and developmental stakeholders. Besides, Vikram ...

Introduction

The past decade, long distance education has started to gain pace as many people do not have the time to money for investing a regular college course. The result of such predicament for many people meant they missed out on education in the past, but with the advent of information technology long distance learning industry has been boosted significantly. Almost very top college offers long distance education to students that wish to gain a top level education from reputed colleges. This has only been possible due to the presence of information technology to support it. Students can attend virtual ...

As with any cyber phenomenon, hacking is a relatively recent phenomenon invented slightly over 5 decades ago. The period since then and up to this point saw new ways of hacking into different systems developed, deterrent acts enforced, and abusers arrested. The present state of the illicit occupation shows the great heights hacking, unfortunately, has achieved, as seen in it being applied for enjoying free phone calls or transferring bank funds. The occupation looks very developed, worse still, it is predicted to develop in the time to come. The human factor, unprotected systems, and technology development will keep feeding ...

Critical thinking

Gareth Morgan “is a British/Canadian organizational theorist, management consultant and Distinguished Research Professor at York University in Toronto” (Witzel ,2003). In 1986 he wrote a tremendous work on management “Images of organization”. This book was translated into many languages and is still republishing. While writing this book, Morgan had the idea to unite all existing theories and bring the most complete and easy understanding of the structure of any organization. He succeeded in completing this ask, that is why his book is still valuable and widely used. After reading this book I have got a lot of new information ...

Introduction

It is imperative to note that productivity growth is an aspect that is often used by economists to gauge the performance of an economy. In evaluating the living standards of a country in the long-term, the efficiency with which capital and labor are combined has a significant role to play. However, it is worth noting that productivity alone cannot be relied on to measure the performance of an economy as it is inefficient. The concept has made most analysts to focus on other features such as labor productivity, a figure that is often arrived at by dividing the total ...

Wealth Maximization

Wealth maximization is a modern business concept where the organizations evaluate their capabilities, shortcomings, and best possible outcomes to maximize their stockholder wealth component. This is usually considered as the goal of modern businesses (Roe, 2001). But wealth maximization is not essentially synonymous with profit maximization where the short term benefits becomes the primary target than long term achievements. Clearly, unlike profit maximization, wealth maximization is not a continuous process, especially in the case of a single business. It is possible that the company may run into a saturation level beyond which its expansion might become extremely difficult. For ...

Introduction

The Sports R US is the leading sports company and act as a provider of clinics, camps and sporting activities. It is the best training center for the sports related activities. Sports R US offers quality sports programming to the Chicago suburban community. They can provide a variety of sports program year round. They have the responsibility to offer staffing and equipment for all programs. They are organizing the youth sports programs. Now, they start up new company renders self service for the customers. This online convenient self-service solution for customers accessing sports products. The Web application would need ...

Introduction

Netflix is one of the leading companies in internet streaming industry with extremely aggressive growth strategy in its domestic and international market. Singapore is one of the strategic locations for the organization, which allows access not only to the large and technologically advanced market in the country but also to North Korea and other regions within the East and South East Asian Market (Netflix, 2015). Singapore growth strategy is based on competitive pricing and aggressive differentiation strategy, where Netflix offers own original content and plans to expand production on Singapore local market (Peng, 2015).

Job Analysis

The purpose of this study ...

Stone Formation in the Kidney/ Role of Citrate in the Kidneys

Kidney stones are calcified or solidified molecules taking place in the upper urinary tract and the kidney. Kidney stones are usually composed of calcium as oxalate, phosphate, or carbonate. Stone formation in the kidney happens when the amount of mineral salts in the urine becomes saturated, during which the mineral will automatically crystallize (Rao et al., 2011). Stone formation is further facilitated by increasing amount of calcium in urine and dehydration. High levels of calcium in urine can indicate kidney disorder, prolonged incapacitation, hyperthyroidism or overactive thyroid, excessive intake of milk or aluminum and vitamin D. Stone formation in ...

Two of the most remarkable stories of growth in the past 3 decades has been the growht of China and India's economies, two countries. Their populations, when added together, make up one-third of the total population of the world. While India and China's development paths have been different, there are many similarities to their approaches. Both countries developed their private sector, deregulated laws, liberalized prices and opened their countries to foreign direct investment (Reddy 3). However, China and India have relied on different economic drivers for growth. China has focused its efforts on manufacturing and exporting goods, while much ...

Introduction

Control refers to the management function that entails the entirety of processes that effectively inform the manager of up-to-date events in main areas of operations in the organization, as well as facilitate needed changes to be carried out in the organization (Armesh, Salarzehi, & Kord 2010). Through the control process, projected results are achieved through accurate measurement and positive courses of action. Managers are an indispensable part of the control process in the organization; they check and assess the success of relations between stakeholders, such as employees and customers and organization resources and outcomes - inputs and outputs (Siska 2015). ...

CONTENTS I. Executive Summary 3 II. Introduction 3

Question 1 5

A. Should Google Continue with Projects like Google Loon and Google Fiber? 5 B. Is the Innovation Model of Google Sufficient to Foster Innovation, or should it Change It? 7 C. What Steps Should Google Take to Increase the Confidence of Analysts and Investors in Its Innovation Strategies 9 III. Question 2 – What Should Google Do to Preserve Entrepreneurial Spirit 9 IV. Conclusions 10

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Executive Summary Among all the companies, which drive innovation, Google, Inc. enjoys a special place. The projects of this company changed the way people do business, the ...

“Performance management systems, which typically include performance appraisal and employee development, are the “Achilles’ heel” of human resources management. They suffer flaws in many organizations, with employees and managers regularly bemoaning their ineffectiveness” (Pulakos, 2004). Performance management involves planning, and employee input to determine methods and techniques to improve the performance of employees and align these improvements with organizational goals. In this paper, the internal and external job roles and responsibilities of retail sales associates will be highlighted, an organizational modification plan that can be used to encourage specified behaviors in the retail sales associate capacity, methods for measuring ...

Different countries have different techniques of carrying out the management of their human resources. This essay focuses on Mexico, particularly, how the country conducts its human resource management and the differences it has with other countries. Job interviews and applications offer a platform for open discussion about the candidate. In Mexico, there are legalities that one needs to know regarding managing human resources. Laws have been put forth to ensure that candidates are not asked questions that appear offensive, discriminatory or sexist (Machado, Melo, 2014). To make sure that managers do not break the law, he or she should ...

“Student’s Name”

“Institution Affiliation”

Introduction

In the past two decades, the growth of the internet has been paramount, providing one of the most important mediums of communication. Through the internet, users can send, receive, and share information. According to Statista (2016), the internet has 3.174 billion users as of December 31, 2015. Users have increased exponentially since 2010 with internet connection becoming a necessity for businesses and homes. However, growth in the number of users poses numerous challenges to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), who face a large number of traffic traversing their network. Some of the challenges include Denial of Service (DoS) ...

Introduction

Knowledge management for years has been a significant concept to many organizations. The effects of the concept are far reaching such that they help to be more competent thus becoming significantly effective participants in the global knowledge economy. The concept also enables organizations to be more competitive as knowledge leaders while also gifting an organization to be a competitive knowledge-driven entity. Knowledge management in hindsight enhances the ability of any organization to adapt, solve emerging problems, to survive destabilizing factors such as staff turnover and also to evolve in the bid to meet new business requirements. The concept, in ...

Africa is a large continent with an area of approximately 12 million square miles of territory, which has unique weather patterns and natural resources. Lately, this continent faced a dramatic change in its climate caused by the consequences of global warming (Winsor). It is rather interesting that there are no massive factories and energy plants in Africa, and this is the reason why this continent has the slightest contribution to the global warming, but, at the same time, this continent if significantly affected by the global climate crisis. North Africa is a part of the continent that is heavily ...

Introduction

Control systems are not complete without the installation of actuators. Actuators are the mechanisms which are used by the control system to achieve a process or a function. They are responsible for the motion or control mechanisms which are used by the control system to accomplish their defined operations of functions. Actuators are used to convert the electrical signal from the control system to mechanical movement or motion which then accomplished a desired task or function (Bart et al., 2013).There are different types of actuators used in control systems. The type of actuators used in control systems depend ...

In order to conduct a decent forensic expertise, a professional has to understand that there is a difference between asphyxia, suicidal asphyxia, and strangulation, as they have different symptoms and causes. In general, asphyxia is the lack of oxygen supply to tissues or organs. Asphyxia is a general definition, which includes several types of it – suffocation, hanging, and strangulation (Rao, 2016). Determination as to whether it is accidental or suicidal asphyxia and strangulation one would have to view closely the specific details of the action. Based on the definition, accidental asphyxia means that someone is being in place with ...

[The City and the State of the School]

Introduction

It is undeniable that starting from the second half of 2000s the social networks have become one of the most popular means of communication between people allowing them to instantly share their ideas either among their friends and relatives or with broader communities, which can include inhabitants of their town, their country or even the whole world. Social media like Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn became very popular in a short period of time. At the end of 2015 there were about 2 billion of active social media users monthly (Statista, 2016b). ...

Introduction

The firm randomly sampled 30 customers that visited the restaurant between 1st match 2016 to 28th march the same year. The overall is further divided into three strata with each having a total of ten respondent based on whether the customer purchased alcohol beverage, non-alcoholic beverage or food. The decision is taken since the paper aims at understanding its ability to retain customers based on satisfaction and probability of return measures in each business line. In addition, the firm is interested in understanding satisfaction level associated with the support facilities such as the washroom, interior design, sink cleanliness and ...

Abstract

Lately, the health care sector in New Zealand has been facing challenges related to the old-fashioned method used in offering services. In many occasions, it has made it difficult for patients to access affordable health services since many health hospitals lack the technological capacity to handle the increasing numbers of patients with different ailments. Due to this, the relevant agencies have been pushing health service sector, particularly the public health sector, to embrace modern technology so as to address the health crisis in the country. This has seen many health organizations to launch programs geared towards adherence to the ...

Management

1. Why It's Worth Divorcing Information Security From IT The article provides an informative view of the changing technological environment and the need for the adoption of viable security practices that remain independent of IT. In most organizations, information security has been recognized as a subset of IT, which for the last two decades developed into a viable union as the growth of the IT sector and consequent adoption of IT processes influenced the adoption of security measures geared towards maintaining information security within the organization. Increased technological advancements and the rise of cyber-attacks in organizations have highlighted the ...

Stimuli-response method

This model is based on the theory of stimuli and response; where the stimuli elicit the desired response in the consumer. In this case, the marketer must figure out which items the consumer needs and do their best to figure out how to provide the product and make it attractive enough for the consumer to desire and buy it. This model starts with the marketer rather than the consumer; it assumes that the consumer does not know what he or she needs and has to be stimulated using a product or an appropriate marketing strategy (Kotler and Armstrong, 207). ...

SOCIAL INTERVENTION.

Introduction. Social work is a discipline or a profession that is practiced by qualified sociologists. It involves seeking to facilitate the wellbeing of individuals, communities or even societies (Siporin, 1975). Social work enhances social change, cohesion, empowerment, and development. Social work is interconnected with social justice, Human rights, and respect for diversities. It involves the provision of social welfare in order to alleviate the economic and social problems that people face. Such difficulties include health care, education, and food security (Sach, 2003). A sociologist connects people and structures so as to tackle the challenges of life and promote the ...

Tata Steel UK – Port Talbot

Introduction This paper entails a critical analytical review of a business entity which operates in the United Kingdom and which has recently encountered operational difficulties that have necessitated the formulation of a solution from a strategic management stand point. The business entity which will be evaluated in this paper is Tata Steel, which has vast interests across the United Kingdom as well as in other parts of the globe. The paper will analyze the problems that the entity currently faces as well as propose viable solutions that will lead to the resolution of these operating issues going forward.

Tata Steel UK Background

The ...

The Difference between Healthy and Fast Food

Food refers to edible substances consumed by people and animals to keep them alive. It consists of macronutrients such as carbohydrates and starches, proteins and micronutrients like minerals and vitamins as well as fats. Food supports life by generating growth, making the body grow and maintaining the body. The combination of foods that one eats can either be classified as healthy of unhealthy food. Healthy foods are associated with rich people while unhealthy eating is more prevalent with the less able people. In essence, food is directly related to health. Good food habit leads to a healthy life while ...

List of Figures

Figure 1 Washing Machine FSM diagram 5 Figure 2 CD FSM 7 Figure 3 Original figure for CD FSM 10

List of Tables

A state in the vocabulary of FSM technical terminology is all the stored data at any given point in time for which a process can be accessed (or controlled) by the program (Chaandrupatla and Delegundu, 2011).. In terms of a washing machine a state can be the washing cycle at a low temperature. In a coffee dispenser the state can be the point in a process where change (if appropriate) is returned to the user. An input plus ...

Executive Summary

The current global economy is undergoing dramatic changes that make it more technologically dependent as well as information intensive. Fundamentally, the role of logistics is becoming highly crucial in all business entities with an objective to improve and satisfy the customers’ demands, taste and preferences. With the current dynamic changes in logistics networks in the supply chain, organizations are likely to face numerous logistics problems. As a result, they are required to formulate effective Logistics Management concepts and tools to help to assess various logistics problems and improve their operational performance. This paper analyzes the application of some the ...

Dunning’s Eclectic Paradigm

Introduction Dunning's eclectic paradigm is a model developed by John H. Dunning. The aim of the model is to explain the OLI-framework. The framework by Dunning serves as a guide for empirical examination of determinants of FDI. The framework offers a ground to research on factors affecting the development of multinational companies concerning expansion after engaging in foreign production and other expansion plans in the foreign countries. According to Dunning (2001), the assumption underlying the eclectic paradigm by Dunning is that three factors determine the FDI or specifically the return to FDI. The first factor is represented by ‘O'. ...

Introduction

I strongly believe that in order to achieve, one has to have certain qualities and qualifications. This can be achieved if the person is determined to make their dream come true. Talking of dreams, mine is to become an Industry Engineer as I have a passion for it. This is basically what I would like to study once I join the university. Being that I studied in a science oriented school, Putnam Science Academy, it has given the urge to become an Industry Engineer. Math and Physics are my favorite subjects and to prove this I have some awards on the ...