Miscellaneous Essays

We are living in the era of fast-moving technological innovations. In the era of changing demographics and technological up-gradation in every hour or say minutes, educators are increasingly facing newer challenges every day to create and facilitate learning activities for participants from diverse backgrounds.

Many of the countries are preparing the strategic plans for developing the old port. The need for awareness about the sources and the advantages is very much important by competent authorities for this development. Understanding sources of sustained competitive advantage for firms has become a major area of research in the field of strategic management.

It is a lifestyle, a community, a way of life, and the "customers' third location". How they are doing This research and writing aims to examine Starbucks' marketing environment and conduct a company resource audit. It does so in order to gain a better understanding and to evaluate Starbucks' current marketing strategy and tactics and to suggest potential improvements.

Maryland is a state located in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It has been observed as the free land that rests within the borders of Virginia. It stretches towards the borders of West Virginia and Columbia to the south and west while it remains within the area towards Pennsylvania in the North.

Definitions of media have changed dramatically during the twentieth century. Today, the word media encompasses a variety of communication forms that impact all of our senses. The volume of media has expanded to such a degree that it surrounds us and provides each of us with most of our information, about almost everything.

The limits of territorial waters cannot extend past twelve nautical miles from the state which is bordering on the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans as well as the Gulf of Mexico or the Caribbean Sea.  If this territory is entered, the state is duty bound to its citizens to take the necessary precautionary measures to ensure its safety. 

The company has also established a fine relationship towards its sister companies the Virgin Express and the Virgin Blue. Later on, the market of the Virgin Group of Companies began to expand. The traditional service that the company offers its clients have greatly taken a leap forward as the management of the company took a chance in venturing in other areas of business industry, which they though would further cater to other essential needs of their company's clients.

As the electrical stimuli were gradually applied at the ulnar nerve starting at 20mV in increasing increments, each produced an excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP). These EPSP summated and finally reached the threshold potential, which is +15 mV or at -55 mV. When the threshold potential or firing level was reached, an action potential was created causing Na++ influx.

The inability of Jake to consummate the desire towards Lady Brett keeps him omitted from the sex as well as family life. This inability and omission in Jake's life gives us enough insight into his character as he is infuriated by the gay appearance and behavior of some people.

For instance, internally, the work culture, the attrition rate, the policies of the organisation and the like play a major role. Externally, the market conditions of demand and supply, competitors' strategies, the economic growth and inflationary or deflationary situations and the like play imperative roles.

The human behaviour in organisations is determined partly by the requirements of the formal organisation and partly by the personal systems of the individuals forming the organisation. An organisation hires not only the hands of an employee but rather hires a complete man with all his positive and negative factors.

Corus PLC, headquartered in London, is an international company, providing steel and aluminium products and services to customers worldwide. Corus was formed on 6th October 1999, with the merger of British Steel and Koninklijke Hoogovens. It is Europe's second largest steel producer with revenues in 2005 of GBP 9.2 billion, with a turnover of £10.1 billion.

Educational inequality was a problem tackled by American sociologist James Coleman in a 1966 report. The Coleman report highlighted the effects of racial segregation. It also raised a sociological insight: family background, not schools, was responsible for differences in educational attainment. The study culled information from 600,000 students in 4,000 schools.

It is X-linked and affects mainly males. DMD occurs when a particular gene on the X chromosome (DMD gene) undergoes mutation and the protein dystrophin is not formed. The present article discusses the epidemiology, pathophysiology, anesthesia management with relevance to DMD.

Nursing has a long history of concern for primary health care with a strong emphasis on promotion of health, prevention of illness, and identification of environmental factors that impact health status. The education in nursing experience is clearly reflective of the experience of all education, as nursing programs have been developed to meet public health and student needs.

The American image of China despite dating back to the colonial period and the early trade with the Chinese has never been considered friendly, but the degree and the level to which orientalist views about China were normalized, domesticated, and popularized in World War II-era which is unmatched by any other period in American history.

The author referred to this technique as "non-violent" resistance and is patterned on the principles of Gandhi, as the author mentioned it openly in the paper. The approach was aimed to demonstrate that non-violent resistance is a good technique to counter both of the two common types of problem escalations between the parents and the children having behavior problems namely.

Complex electronic records are increasingly being created in a decentralized environment and because these are done in volumes, it is difficult to organize them and make them accessible. Further, storage media themselves are affected by the dual problems of obsolescence and deterioration (Kontz 2003). 

Clark's book is divided into three principal parts: Introduction, Integration, and Application. The style is direct, and the book is structured as a series of questions and short, clear answers that are intended to give a novice performer a full overview of the opera world.

The first part is a summary of the key theoretical frameworks that have influenced much debate in companies on the usefulness and profitability of integrating social initiatives. The second ooks at the history of Toyota Motors and its corporate principles. The third part focuses on one of its most influential social initiatives and how this is integrated.

Generally, this laboratory activity is concerned with energy metabolism absorbed in the energy production among animals that were used as subjects of the study. Primarily, it demonstrated the relationship between the subjects’ body weight and oxygen consumption per body weight at certain incubation periods.

Outsourcing is a process involving the subcontracting of jobs by an organization. This phenomenon has gained much popularity these days. Almost every organization has cultivated the practice of outsourcing some of its functions. The function that is outsourced is not included in the core business operations. Outsourcing or hiring in a crude sense has existed in the field of business for a long time.

The medium Mcluhan is concerned about is the mass media. Indeed, over the past two or three decades, many studies have demonstrated the intensity of mass media’s influence over modern society. Numerous scholars recognized that media as the contemporary communication tool that defines or shapes an individual’s set of values in this era. Thus, as it expands into various forms, media has transformed into a channel that takes us to the future.

We have evaluated the innovation and changes that have taken place and made recommendations that we consider appropriate. Metcash takes an active interest in the independent retail grocery market. The innovative approach and ability to change, which has taken place over the past few years has proved successful and profitable in most areas.

The 9/11 terrorist attacks on World Trade Centre have changed the political, social and economic dimensions of the world. The political priorities of the developed countries have been influenced, and now the special focus has been diverted to achieving global peace. The world stands united against these notorious and terrorist forces and has taken strong military and political actions against these militants.

AIS is an advanced navigation system developed and used by ships and vessel traffic systems (VTS) for collision avoidance at sea. The IMO SOLAS requires AIS to be fitted aboard all ships of gross tonnage =>300 for the international voyage. The system can be interfaced with Radar and Electronic charts to provide information about the ships in the vicinity for the safety of navigation and security.

Teachers and schools administrators are challenged to adapt and enjoy the fruits that technology has given us-such as computers, personal digital assistant (PDA) and other electronic gadgets. After all, these technological advancements are meant to facilitate faster and more efficient work.

There are various statistical tools and diagrams used for managerial decision-making. But the popular charts that are used for decisions making such as the Graphs, and Gantt Charts are not useful when the situation requires analysis on a sequential aspect. When the project involves a series of activities which require to be completed in an order network analysis is very essential.

The advocacy coalition framework (ACF) and punctuated equilibrium (PE) models both examine the policy process and what forces influence it. These forces, usually independent of direct governmental control, can sway the policy process one way or another. Political scientists have long pondered the forces that influence the policy process. 

Thereafter research paradigms are stated. This is followed by an explanation of the methods used in the collection of the data. This paper, then explains the process of drawing the sample of respondents from out of the target population and the chapter finally winds up with presenting arguments in favours of and against the chosen methods of collection of the data, primarily, in terms of seeking to establish its reliability and validity.

I was pleased to learn about Ryan's motivation and interest in English. The syllabus for English in the first year of the secondary school is less rigid and demanding as compared to the final year of the primary school. The increased pressure of learning of other important subjects like science, mathematics and history leaves less time for creativity and reflection.

Its numerous applications make it an everyday necessity. PTFE is also known as Teflon which has become one of the essentials of a modern kitchen. It is used to coat non-stick pans, woks, and other cookware. Roy Plunkett of Kinetic Chemicals accidentally discovered Teflon in 1938 while inventing a new CFC refrigerant.

Construction jobs are noted for being naturally risky. Having the need to deal with hard work responsibilities along with the duties that involve carrying or transporting heavy loads to and from a construction site, naturally brings much risk to the laborers who are working on site which makes construction work such a huge concern for those who provide health insurances.

The asthmatic patients do not suffer throughout the year, and it is, therefore, an episodic disease where acute exacerbations are interspersed with symptom-free periods. Typically, most attacks are short-lived, lasting minutes to hours, and clinically, the patient seems to recover completely after an attack.

There are a lot more types of writing which perfectly perform the function of communication in the day to day life. One such less referred genre of writing is the taking of lecture notes. It is believed that 'note taking' or lecture notes are just for the students or exclusive to media professionals, although it is so much related to life that any person taking notes shall be benefited if he is close to the art of note taking.

A child’s rebellious nature can only be controlled by his father. Father-son or father-daughter relationship is like a friendship or a bond between them. He can guide them throughout his life and not only this, he is actually preparing them to be a father or a mother. Who in the future must do the same with their family and children.

By embedding the concept of 'real-time' data, that means a rapidly updating system that provides both an accurate snapshot of current operations along with the sequences of these snapshots (with time gaps between sequences that are as small as or smaller than significant changes in the system status).

Primary Objective in Job order Costing: When a job produces a specific quantity for inventory, job order costing permits the computation of a unit cost for inventory costing purposes. When jobs are performed on the basis of customer specifications, job order costing permits the computation of a profit or loss on each order.

A basic computer setup can provide the needs for the automated jobs in this office. This may include the CPU, mouse, keyboard and monitor. For faster data transfer and data feed to other departments at different floors of the office, it is encouraged to have a stable network infrastructure that will provide the interconnection among computer units.

Desaparecidos is the Spanish word for "The Disappeared". For thousands of Argentine families the word has become a symbol of long harrowing nightmare. In a coup on 24 March 1976, a military junta seized power in Argentina. Then they went on a campaign to wipe out left-wing terrorism using tactics far worse than the one they were combating (The Vanished Gallery).

Many people associate cloning with science-fiction novels, not with real life, but animal cloning is a process that is being attempted today all over the world, and human cloning might be next. Human beings everywhere tell themselves and each other stories that both comfort and frighten them.

Medicare is the health delivery system for elderly people. Is it said, that it is more than simply a payment system. (Social Security Bulletin 2003, p. 33) Being the largest health care payer in the country, Medicare often defines the way healthcare services are delivered to the patients.

The reason behind this is that true philosophers seek the attainment of knowledge and truth and only thru the soul can it be attained, the body only serving as a major obstacle in its attainment. The body as an obstacle can be attributed to the fact that it is always in need of nurture and care.

Historically, the American Revolution had both ideological and economic grounding. Political basis for the American revolutionary thought has been largely formed in Europe in the beginning of the 18th century. Political doctrine developed in works by John Locke, J.J.

Amidst all these technological and economic developments, India is still stuck with its tradition and culture. It should be noted that the life of the Indians hugely revolved around their religions such as Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Tide is a detergent manufactured by an American company.

In several dozen research studies on what customers consider to be most important, three attributes were almost always ranked among the top five: feeling appreciated, convenience or easy-to-do-business-with, and perceived value (Smith & Wheeler 2002). The development of relationships with customers which evolve from their satisfaction to loyalty to advocacy should then be carefully managed.

Pip, the protagonist of Great Expectations is not a hero at all in the true "heroic" sense : "Great Expectations is an intriguing narrative because the first person narrator is a flawed character who must be punished, but he is also a moral center of the text for the distribution of forgiveness.

The paper delves into the origin of jazz music, and its formation over the years. It examines various influences that were instrumental in its formation. It also takes into account the various phases that marked its development and the musicians who popularized the genre. The roots of Jazz, popularly known as America’s classical music, can be traced to the turn of the 20th century in New Orleans.

Prosecution failed to meet its aims and objectives but the church leaders used this policy to improve structure and develop new dogmas of the early teaching. Martyrdom was also seen as one of the important issues in church development. A blessed immortality appealed to thousands of people and was used as an opposition to prosecution and death.

Beginning with a brief introduction to the history and ideology of Nazism for the purpose of establishing a context and foundation, the status of German women in the ideology of Nazism will be explored and discussed vis-à-vis the concept of emancipation. Finally, concluding remarks will be presented.