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Abiotic factors which include climate are known to affect plant growth. Elevation which influences the climatic conditions can directly affect the tree height. The trees in higher elevation are thought to be shorter than trees in lower elevation because of the low temperatures which directly affects the height of trees. The experiment was done to ascertain tree height difference and to fulfil the deadline. The hypothesis for the experiment was that trees in lower elevation grow taller than trees at a higher elevation. The methodology for the experiment included measuring tree height in high and low elevations. Tree height ...

Our target companies are the United States’ Home Depot, Inc. and the Canadian Tire Corporation. The Home Depot is an American largest home improvement retailer that specializes in wide range of building materials, home improvement products, lawn, garden products, and as well offer some improvement related services. The company has over 2,200 stores that are spread throughout the United States, Mexico and has some operations in Canada. On the other hand, Canadian Tire Corporation is a family business based in Canada. The company’s revenue streams include royalty sales, retail sales for the products, merchant sales and sale ...

One of the challenges depicted by the video is the shortages of staff and heavy workload. As such, the preceptors have many patients on their hand. This limit the time preceptors can have with the students to teach and guide the learners on different clinical procedures or how to offer adequate care to patients. Additionally, as shown in the video, the nursing faculty has not designed a proper work schedule whereby a nurse instructor has a definite time to report for the shift and offer guidance to the students. In this video, the preceptor has just been called in ...

Abstract

The separation processes in industry are a common practice especially in the developed countries as well as in the developing world. As a result, it is a good step to improve the separation techniques to ensure a better process for the production of the finished commodities. The classification of the distillation columns and the packed bed columns together with an analysis of their ability to perform efficiently in the industry is vital. Therefore, the paper entails an analysis of each group of distillation columns, taking into account their ability to carry out their duties, as well as the reason ...

Workforce Reductions

Workforce Reductions Workforce reduction is considered a downsizing strategy that directly affects the workers and employees of the company. The strategy is used as a result of slump in demand or to improve the operational efficiency of the company. The key reasons of workforce reduction include heightened competition, changing markets and gaps in the employment laws. In addition, improvement in the cash-flow, stakeholder expectations and overcapacity/poor management lead to massive layoffs to gain short-term profits and value (Rogovsky, 2005). The workforce reduction as a strategy of the company has both positive and negative impacts.

Positive Consequences of Reduction in Workforce

There are some positive consequences ...

Introduction

The term ‘social robot’ has become popular in the modern world and is almost being integrated into the modern day cultural constructs as usual. Lamers & Verbeek (2010) maintain that social technology is meant to invoke emotional attributes and to engage the human mind in a way that exceeds what is physical. Lamers & Verbeek (2010) argue that a robot is man’s effort at recreating his own self and it is with this semblance that the conceptualization of human-robot interaction has been captured. Dating back from the 18th century, inventors and scientists alike have been making numerous attempts at making ...

Drug test

Impact of age and drug on the duration In this test, a drug was administered to 28 out of the 48 respondents. The age of the respondents and the drug were the independent variables while the participants’ months to death or end of trial or study time was the dependent variable. The observations were recorded for the 48 participants and the data was regressed using the Gretl software. To determine the impact of age and drug on the duration, we analyze the regression output. The measures of interest are the coefficients of the two variables, Z statistics, and the ...

Introduction

How materials behave is dependent on various factors, some of which include their mechanical properties. When the material experiences various loading conditions, its behavior reflects its mechanical conditions as well as the effect of the loading conditions. When a material experiences various loading conditions, the material experiences either shear stress, tensile strength, or compressive strength. The tensile properties of a material relate to its ability support any axial loads to which it is subjected without rapturing (Department of Engineering. 2007). When a material is subjected to tensile stress, the deformation that occurs is in the form of elongation or ...

BSN vs ADN Educational Preparation

Introduction It is the objective of nursing programs in educational institutions to let their graduates acquire the necessary skills, behavior and mindset to deliver high quality health care. Two of the nursing programs available to those who are aspiring to get into the field of nursing are the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN). These nursing courses are focused on the acquisition of necessary skills to work as a registered nurse. Health care professional who wanted to get into the nursing career can opt for either of ADN or BSN. Nevertheless, while both ...

The Haymarket Affair was the consequence of the event that took place on May 4, 1886, in Chicago and was a part of the labor movement for the eight-hour workday. It started peacefully and ended in blood after somebody threw the dynamite at the policemen who tried to prevent the riot. The Haymarket Affair played a crucial part in the failure of the achievements of American working unions. This paper aims to discuss the main roots and results of the Haymarket Affair for American workers between the Civil War and the end of the nineteenth century. How and why ...

Count the number of shots in the scene. Make sure to note number of all shots. There are as many as 59 shots in the entire movie sequence from the film Requiem for a Dream (2000) directed by the stalwart director, Darren Aronofsky. The 59 shots in context span across a very small sequence of as much as 2 minutes 5 seconds.

Determine the average shot length (ASL) by dividing the running time of the clip by the number of shots.

The average shot length (ASL) of this sequence from the movie, Requiem for a Dream, is just 2.118 seconds. This can be determined by dividing the running time of the contextual clip by the total number of ...

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Going to a 9/80 Work Schedule

The interests of the employer and the hired worker contradicted in the days when workers had to be in place for 70-90 hours a week. In only 30 years, unions have achieved the established 40-hour limit on the working week. The growth of megacities, congestion of road transportation, a growing number of working mothers and the chronic fatigue syndrome has resulted in declined productivity of tired employees. Output was the development of alternative working time. Today, about 70% of the companies in the USA operate on a flexible schedule (Kokemuller, 2016). In ...

Wheat, genetically a hybrid of various grasses, was one was one of the original grains . In fact, wheat is so important that it warrants its own web page - “Wheat: A Plant That Changed the World.” Although wheat has less direct food value in terms of calories produced per acre (Ma. n.d.) it has advantages over corn (maize) and rice, the grains that outproduce it in this key metric. Corn is more generally used as animal feed, although it can be easy converted to a very high value low bulk commodity, alcohol (Steinson, 1994). Rice has a longer growing ...

Introduction

This is a blog post which provides a critical evaluation and marketing recommendation on the Red Baron Pizza. The procedure of evaluating the product will include an application of the marketing mix and other variables relevant to the qualities and features of the frozen pizza. This will use the tools and techniques of marketing and they will be applied in order to identify whether it is a good product to buy or not. Ultimately, the research will culminate in the presentation of a recommendation on whether the product is ideal or not.

Product Description

Red Baron Pizza is a product of ...

Plutarch’s historical work On Sparta is a vivid and compelling description of Spartan life, and their contributions to modern philosophy, warfare, and other elements of life, to which they have made significant knowledge contributions. Spartan customs, and the rise and fall of their kingdom, are both of interest to current readers, because their culture influenced the rest of Europe profoundly, even after it’s’ eventual decline in the third century B.C. It is a compelling read, depicting some extremely significant historical moments, and characters, and offering tidbits of wisdom still applicable today Plutarch was a Greek Historian, and ...

In the presentation titled “Emotions Stress and Rate of Telomere Shortening: Are Our Cells Listening to Us?” Dr. Elissa Epel from the University of California (UCTV) department of psychiatry shows that stress speeds up the aging process at a genetic level. She chose to use caregivers in this case mothers with children suffering from a chronic condition in her study because they are prone to stress in their work. She focuses on how cell aging specifically on stress, thoughts and lifestyle in addition to addressing gene expression and restoring resiliency. Her major assertion is that when cells divide some ...

Historically, men have always dominated areas that focused on the military. It was normal for a man to be expected to protect women and children and to take part in military activities as men were considered the head of the household and drafted into the army. A man’s physique helped to support the reasoning behind such sexist decisions. Men were large and muscular. They were unlike women as they were considered to be someone that was physically strong. Women, on the other hand, were expected to take on other roles that required them to take care of the ...

Alexandra Kehayoglou’s work is not necessarily focused on fashion as such. Her work takes on an entire different look and feel to the usual (art). It is in light of this that Dries Van Noten approached her to create a carpet for his catwalk at the Paris Fashion Week in 2015. It was a showcase of how art, textile, and fashion could come together and create a memorable display. The work was memorable as it gave essence to the fashion on display as well as the concept that Van Noten wished to convey (see Figure 1). The carpet ...

Poetry, though it dominated literary studies for centuries, has declined in recent years for various reasons. From Homer and Virgil to T.S. Eliot and Walt Whitman, poetry was a literary mode held in greater regard by the general public than mediums such as the novel and theater. While one may argue, this decline results from verse being an obsolete mode of expression, the more likely cause for poetry’s growing obscurity takes the form of growing elitism that excludes anyone who has not studied poetry from enjoying verse. The modern era has brought with it a culture that values ...

Identifying the Object

The Mondrian dress is a red, blue, white, and yellow dress that shows the integration of art and fashion. One of the renowned French designers, Yves Saint Laurent, designed the dress in the winter of 1965-66 and made it his signature piece. This illustrates that the integration of art and fashion is an old concept, and it remains significant today. The Mondrian dress takes the form of the 1960s modified form of a sack dress, and Laurent utilized the color blocks. Inspired by the contemporary artists of the Mondrian art movement, Laurent incorporated the flat planes derived from 1960s’ ...

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Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the best time to be out in the sun to raise the level of Vitamin D.

Introduction

Our body needs Vitamin D. Vitamin D benefits our body in many ways. Lack of Vitamin D causes negative health outcomes. For many years, many people believed that the best time to be out in the sun is early morning, but recent research proves otherwise.

The best time to be out in the sun, unprotected, is during noon.

(Transitions: Let’s look at the reason that backs up this finding)

Body

Using sunscreen all the time contributes to Vitamin D deficiency. The wavelengths that help generate Vitamin D ...

Identifying the Object

The Mondrian dress is a red, blue, white, and yellow dress that shows the integration of art and fashion. One of the renowned French designer, Yves Saint Laurent, designed the dress in the winter of 1965-66 and made it his signature piece. This illustrates that the integration of the art and fashion is an old concept, and it remains significant up to date. The Mondrian dress takes the form of the 1960s modified form of a sack dress, and Laurent utilized the color blocks. Inspired by the contemporary artists of the Mondrian art movement, Laurent incorporated the flat planes ...

Abstract

The eastern mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki, is a globally distributed species of viviparous freshwater fish, found in tropical and temperate climates. It is considered an invasive species on several continents, including Australia, and it may threaten the survival of certain critically endangered native species throughout the world. It is of great interest to ecosystem conservation to monitor and control their populations. To gain a better understanding of this non-native species’ life history with potential implications of other species, we used passive-capture methods to obtain a 365-specimen sample from a campus pond. The lengths of the specimens were used to estimate ...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia

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

Describe which general fossil primate groups appear and radiate during the following geological epochs: Eocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene. For each of the geological epochs, identify the general primate group that first appears and radiates during that epoch. In addition, give the time range in millions of years for each epoch and provide at least one example of a specific primate genus and/ or species that is representative of each general primate group. 2. List and briefly describe at least five elements of the post-cranial anatomy found in humans, but not in apes, that facilitate efficient bipedal locomotion. Provide specific ...

Introduction

Background of the Study Hospitality companies constantly require to ensure the satisfaction level of its employees. It is due to the fact that the companies are more effective when they take steps to satisfy their employees (Langton, Robbins & Judge, 2007). The satisfied employees are considered an effective labor force and they become the key asset for the company’s effectiveness (Tepper, Lockhart & Hoobler, 2001). Various authors have identified the organizational performance as well as the willingness of employees to have sound working conditions. According to Jin-Zhao and Jing (2009) human resources are one of the key parts of the ...

The short story “The Red Convertible” was written by Louise Erdrich and it is about two brothers and their relationship. The two brothers have a great relationship and they do everything together which includes buying the car, a red convertible which is the symbol of youth, freedom, fun and normal life. The story is told from the perspective of the younger brother, Lyman, and it is about the older brother, Henry, who comes back from Vietnam after having been in war for three years. He develops PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder which makes him take his life in the end ...

Identifying the requirements

For a logo to be effective it requires to be simple, easy to remember, it is not necessary that a logo be graphically related to the organization it is representing, it may not make sense at all visually as brand but if it is simple and people can easily remember it, then it becomes very useful and powerful tool for branding. As far as requirements for a brand go, it is self explanatory; a logo is a simple identification mark that people can use to identify a company that is its only function. In Logo design there are no ...

Rap has entered the history of American art over a century ago. The people who have laid the foundations for rap as we know it today were the two big ethnical groups of the American society: African Americans and people from the Caribbean Islands. Folk artists of the mentioned origins were telling rhymed stories with the accompaniment of rhythmic music (drums and sparse instrumentation). This music already existed years before hip-hop was developed and became popular. Rapping is actually reading or chanting of rhythmic lyrics that were designed to set a beat. Many specialists are of the opinion that ...

Human Resource Management

Comparison among San Francisco, Las Vegas and New York’s Provisions on Grievance Procedures A grievance can simply be defined as a concern, complaint or problem related to the working environment. Due to the diversity at the workplace, people have different beliefs, opinions and thoughts about how to approach work and as a result they often have grievances relating to issues that arise from the workplace procedures. The Las Vegas collective bargaining agreement defines a grievance as a dispute or a difference of opinion between the employer and the Union with regard to the meaning, interpretation and application of ...

We live in a world of technology nowadays, in which we depend on online services in order to get our work done. For example, the things we have once done without the Internet are now mostly done online such as shopping, researching, and communicating with people. We also derive our source for entertainment online primarily such as watching online videos and show, and searching for cool and fun websites. Finally, we have accepted the fact that our online habits and presence is just as importance as it is in our real lives. Therefore, technology has greatly affected the way ...

Impact of Benjamin Franklin's Charts of the Golf Stream on the Shipping Industry

The Gulf Stream is a gigantic current that flows from the Mexican Gulf, past the Florida Peninsula, U.S. East Coast and up to Cape Hatteras. The current then flows across the Atlantic towards Iceland, British Isles, and to Norway. Viewed from the Straits of Florida, the stream has a width of approximately forty miles. Its speed can go as high as five miles per hour (4.3 nautical knots). As the current flows into North Atlantic, the width widens and can increase to up to hundreds of miles at some points (Richardson 51). The amount of water carried by the ...

IRON SUPPLEMENTATION DURING PREGNANCY

Iron Supplementation during Pregnancy Iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy is a risk factor for adverse maternal and perinatal care. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 56 million pregnant women globally get affected with anemia, which is associated with iron deficiency. The large group of pregnant women affected with iron deficiency are mostly the poor and most vulnerable, especially those living in developing countries like South-east Asia. They have insufficient iron to meet the increased iron needs both for them and the foetus. According to Staff (2013), approximately 29% of the pregnant women experience iron depletion. Iron is vital ...

Future as something unknown and inevitable has always been a thing that occupied our minds. History and past are boring because we know what happened, but the future opens a new world, an imaginative word of predictions, and variety of possible outcomes. Language as a means of communication plays an important role in our lives. In the past, mail and the inpatient expectancy of a mailman carried a certain air of poetry. The handwritten letter revealed that the author gave an effort to write it. On the other hand, emails, no matter how efficient they are, are all uniformed. ...

Introduction:

Crime has been an important study that has existed for a long duration of time. Yet it remains controversial with theoretical, historical and accounts of male and female involvement often inconclusive. The perpetrators of crime have for long being presumed to be men. Whether by design or by nature men have been the major actors in criminal activities is a matter of contention. This paper adds to the existing literature on gender differences in crime involvement by comparing different researches on crime with special emphasis on gender involvement. There have been several studies that have been carried out focusing ...

Buddhism spread to Korea during the 4th century B.C., since the country made contacts with China at that time. The religion flourished throughout Korea under the three kingdoms namely, Koguryu, Paekche, and Silla all had adopted the imported religion and made it the official religion throughout the country. (Grayson 17). The Buddhist art under these three kingdoms reached its full blossom and several of the iconography depicted in the sculptures originated from these periods retained the naturalism wherein images closely attained ‘human-like’ appearances and well-developed forms. However, it was not until the Korean medieval period that Buddhism declined; the ...

Internet Addiction and Attention Span: An Intervention Study

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Introduction In this technological age, people are becoming increasingly reliant on technological devices such as laptops, smartphones, tablets, and the like. The younger generation in particular is becoming more technologically savvy and dependent on technology and the Internet compared to the older generations. However, it can be observed that the younger generation are becoming increasingly bored and have a shorter attention span because of these digital devices (Borreli, 2015). One of the causes of this problem is the tendency of an individual to become dependent on the Internet, a condition more aptly known as the Internet addiction. This ...

Introduction

The development in the automotive industry has resulted in the production of various sustainable technologies. The paper is going to examine the problem of the pollution and contribution to reduction of the automotive industry to the climate change in carbon dioxide emissions. The partial solution for the transport industry has already been introduced with the technology of electric vehicles. The sustainability of the technology will be examined with the shortcomings and disadvantages of the battery production of electronic vehicles. The thesis of the paper is that electric vehicles are more sustainable than the traditional cars and use sustainable technology ...

Psychology Review Paper

Psychology Review Paper This paper will review the psychological article entitled “Gender Differences in Distance Estimates When Exposed to Multiple Routes” which appears in the Environment and Behavior journal. This article explores the accuracy of making distance estimations regarding a particular walked route when an individual has extra information about additional routes present. This research particularly focuses on comparing gender differences in estimation of distances when exposed to other routes. Thus, the central research question of this study is to determine how men and women compare when it comes to estimating distances in the event of exposure to multiple ...

LITERATURE REVIEW

Introduction Bicycling is one of the most sustainable modes of transport and plays an important role in the transport system. Cycling has a number of benefits that include improving the quality of life, reduction of traffic congestion in cities, positive health outcomes due to the exercises involved, providing a suitable form of transport for short distances and environmental conservation among many other benefits. A number of cities have adopted bicycle master plans as they try to capitalize on the cycling opportunity (Litman et al., 2005). This has meant that bicycle ways are being created and existing roads are being ...

Music could be one of the greatest inventions that happened in our history. It is a form of art and a form of cultural activity which is created out of various elements such as pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and even the audible qualities of texture and timbre. There are many types of music that were created that may have started in the early days. One of which is the Jazz music. This type of music represents a perfect combination of music components and elements in order to create an audible sound that many people have been enjoying since the early ...

Magnesium is an essential nutrient

Magnesium is a mineral which is of great abundance in the human body. Along with enzymes, it is important for protein synthesis, muscle regulation and a host of other important cellular factors such as oxidative phosporylation, energy production which involves production and utilization of ATP and glycolysis. Additionally, Magnesium is required to assist in different cellular processes such as DNA replication and transcription and RNA translation(Barbagallo, 2012). Magnesium is found usually in the bones and or in the soft tissues of humans. Next to Potassium, it is the most abundant ion in the body. The plasma actually contains ...

Internet Addiction and Attention Span: An Intervention Study

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Introduction In this technological age, people are becoming increasingly reliant on technological devices such as laptops, smartphones, tablets, and the like. The younger generation in particular are becoming more technologically savvy and dependent on technology and the internet compared to the older generations. However, it can be observed that the younger generation are becoming increasingly bored and have a shorter attention span because of these digital devices (Borreli, 2015). One of the causes of this problem is the tendency of an individual to become dependent on the Internet, a condition more aptly known as Internet addiction. This study ...

Introduction

For this assignment I have decided to write an exegesis of Matthew 17:1-13. I have chosen the New International Version (NIV) as it is easier to read and understand. The New Spirit Filled Life Bible commentary explains that the book of Mathew was written around A.D 50-75 (Hayford 1321). The author is not exactly known, but it is attributed to Matthew. The major theme of this book is that Jesus is the fulfillment of the Old Testament, and that he is the Son of God.

The Bible passage, Matthew 17:1-13, proceeds as follows;

  “Six days later Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, ...

Humankind records show that one of the oldest beverage in existence to date is beer. Beer can be described as an intoxicating beverage produced by a process called fermentation. There is also an array of types of beers, this dictated by the different methods of preparation, raw materials and flavours included in brewing. The types of beer’s are as follows; ales, lagers, stouts and porters as well as malts. The consumption of a beer in a local bar begins from the brewery which acquire necessary resources, convert them to the taste akin the type and flavor of beer ...

The factor to be discussed in this review is the length of the sentence and the rehabilitation effects in prisons. The longer lengths of stay complicate the rehabilitation of prisoners in several ways, the first being with overcrowded prisons. First of all the longer sentences do not work as a specific deterrent to crime and cause the overcrowding in prisons that result in fewer rehabilitation programs per inmate Studies have found that the long sentences are not a deterrent after all. Secondly, overcrowded and prisons, in general, are crime teaching institutions. Criminals with less of a background can increase ...

The history of unions and strikes in America is a history of democratic struggles and successes in hopes of achieving change in the workplace. A union of workers was found necessary to achieve change in the workforce including improvements in conditions, attainment of the right to representation, inclusion of collection bargaining and ending bias and discrimination. Unions are democratic economic stabilizers benefiting both workers and the general public. Workers gained benefits from the formation of unions including pay, pensions, and healthcare, as well as grievance processes and holiday pay. Often times, however, many of these conditions were not achieved ...

During the 19th and 20th centuries, production grew rapidly and supply far exceeded the consumer demand. As a result, scarcity of goods was replaced by surpluses causing the markets in America to reach a point of saturation. In such a scenario, the business community and the economists opined that the problem of excess production could be effectively countered by boosting public consumption, which in turn would help the economy to grow (Beder 2). With an aim to increasing business profits and maintaining work ethics, businessmen and economists promoted consumerism by enlisting the working class along with the existing consumers ...

Introduction

The technique of high-frequency trading has been around for years, but especially close attention and a new surge of interest in it arose after the sensational release in May 2010 of the book by Michael Lewis “Flash Boys”. In fact, it is hard to call high-frequency trading methodology a revolutionary or even new. Although now, talking about it, everyone remembers high-performance computers and automatic programs with elements of artificial intelligence, but if to leave these technological “tricks” and the terms out of the brackets, everything becomes much easier. Actually, we are dealing with a business model, when using a ...

The article “Is Google making us stupid?” by Nicolas Carr talks about the adverse effects of the Net in man’s way of thinking. This issue is something that’s been under discussion and has been a subject of studies by many scientists and scholars alike. Studies about its effects of man’s cognitive skills is also under way. The amount of interest that the Net has aroused in man shows that it has become an influential factor in man’s life, and with man’s continuous reliance on using it for almost every aspect of his life only ...

Internet Addiction and Attention Span: An Intervention Study

Introduction In this technological age, people are becoming increasingly reliant on technological devices such as laptops, smartphones, tablets, and the like. The younger generation in particular are becoming more technologically savvy and dependent on technology and internet compared to the older generations. However, it can be observed that the younger generation are becoming increasingly bored and have a shorter attention span. This study aims to determine whether limiting the exposure to the Internet can improve the attention span of the new generation.

Because this study aims to determine the effect of internet usage on the attention span of the ...

Statement of the problem

Old age is associated with several mental illnesses, which culminate into other psychosocial issues. For example, dementia and other related conditions such as the Creutzfeudz Jacob’s disease – as caused by advanced senility – have become common in the modern world. Usually, these diseases affect old people, which become more and more problematic as the age advances. The role of caring for the old people has therefore become very vital, usually requiring increased care and special treatment to these people.

Introduction

The elderly people face several challenges due to the mental, social and health problems associated with old age. In the ...

Every commercial aircraft is fundamentally designed for safety, passenger acceptance, fuel efficiency and airport compatibility among other important features. Numerous challenges face all current passenger aircrafts, for instance the conventional wing consists of a number of moving parts which increase the weight of the plane and are difficult to adjust and maintain. The current control surfaces also increase turbulence and drag since the smooth flow of air is disrupted, and the aircraft cannot adapt to different flight stages and conditions. Design architectures such as the vertical and horizontal stabilizer surfaces increase the overall drag of the plane, for example, the ...