...Yueying Xu (212832747), Emilie Pryse (212740338), AmynaAmyna (212837373), and Constance Tomson (212804266) All Members from Section C Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 General Information 3 Product Overview and Economic Justification 4 Risk Assessment and Mitigation 5 Marketing Plan 7 Marketing Mix 7 Application Development Plan 8 Application Development 8 Timeframe 8 Questions and Approach ……………………………………………………………………….…9 Summary 9 Conlusion 9 Bibliography 11 Appendix A – Crime Rates Comparison 14 Appendix B – SWOT Analysis 14 Appendix C – Estimated Costs 15 Appendix D – Estimated Revenues 15 Appendix E – The LawAssist Working Process 16 Appendix F – Implementation Process 17 Appendix G – Implementation Plan 17 Executive Summary In today’s world, technology is moving at an incredibly fast pace. Industries such as healthcare, retail and finance have all implemented one or another form of modern technology. Out of the many advancements in the past decade, the most significant is cognitive computing. Defined in simple terms, cognitive computing refers to a computer system that is modeled after the human brain (Cognitive Computing). Such a computer system has the ability to naturally communicate with humans and assist them in their everyday lives. Today, IBM’s Watson cognitive computing system presents this technology thoroughly. Thus, the technology provided by IBM will be used to further develop new databases. The LawAssist,...
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...Meghan Corvington February 29. 2016 EC492 Forecasting Prof. Orlowski PROBLEM SET #1 (Due date: February 29, 2016) Use the quarterly data base from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED provided to you in the EViews program to answer the following questions: 1. Choose the real US export of goods and services (REXPGS), real import of goods and services (RIMPGS) and disposable personal income (DPI) variables. View their descriptive statistics. Analyze skewness, kurtosis and volatility (measured by the coefficient of variation) of each of them. Discuss possible economic factors underlying the data asymmetry, kurtosis and relative volatility. In this example, all three variables are left skewed, while kurtosis is between 1.99 and 2.29 for each of the three variables. I measured volatility based on the standard deviation of the three variables. DPI is extremely volatile, while RIMPGS and REXPGS are not as volatile as DPI. It seems as if there is a strong correlation between the amounts of standard deviations compared to the kurtosis. There is a lack of asymmetry between the three variables, as there is no equivalence in various measurements. | |REXPGS |RIMPGS |DPI | | Mean | 747.1115 | 962.0551 | 4682.076 | | Median | 447.5000 | 636.0000 | 3400.400...
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..."Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" was an article published by Francis Crick and James D. Watson in the scientific journal Nature in its 171st volume on pages 737–738 . It was the first publication which described the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA. This article is often termed a "pearl" of science because it is brief and contains the answer to a fundamental mystery about living organisms. This mystery was the question of how it is possible that genetic instructions are held inside organisms and how they are passed from generation to generation. The article presents a simple and elegant solution, which surprised many biologists at the time who believed that DNA transmission was going to be more difficult to deduce and understand. The discovery had a major impact on biology, particularly in the field of genetics, enabling later researchers to understand the genetic code . Origins of molecular biology The application of physics and chemistry to biological problems led to the development of molecular biology. Molecular biology is particularly concerned with the flow and consequences of biological information at the level of genes and proteins. The discovery of the DNA double helix made clear that genes are functionally defined parts of DNA molecules and that there must be a way for cells to make use of their DNA genes in order to make proteins. Linus Pauling was a chemist who was very influential in developing...
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...Managing Projects Table of Contents Task 1 3 1.1. Network diagram 3 1.2. Total float 3 1.3. Critical path. 4 1.4 Timetable 4 1.5. Adjusted timetable 5 1.6. Limitations of the network diagrams 6 i. Time 6 ii. Costs 6 iii. Ambiguity 7 iv. Complexity 7 v. Reliability 7 vi. External factors 7 Task 2 7 2.0. Executive summary 7 2.1. Introduction 8 2.1.1. Project management 8 2.1.2. The roles and the scope of the project manager in a company 9 2.2. Project management techniques 10 2.3. Methodology 10 2.4. Project development stages and process 11 Initiation stage 12 Planning and designing stage 13 Execution of the project 13 Monitoring and controlling stage 14 Closing stage 14 2.5. Risks and control problems 14 2.6. Recommendations 16 2.7. Conclusion 16 Reference lists 18 Task 1 1. Network diagram [pic] 2. From the below snapshot derived from a programming software, the total float days is equal to 76 days [pic] 3. From the below diagram, the critical path is determined by the longest duration between the tasks that the project may take to complete. The red arrows denote the path. This time does not include the floats between the tasks but instead the period between the parallel tasks (Nigel 1995). [pic] 4. |ID |Task Name |Duration (Days) |Start ...
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...updated 8/99 THE PANAS-X Manual for the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule - Expanded Form © Copyright 1994, David Watson and Lee Anna Clark The University of Iowa PANAS-X Manual i Table of Contents List of Tables................................................................................................................................ I. The Hierarchical Structure of Self-Rated Affect................................................................................. II. The Higher Order Scales................................................................... .......................................... A. Construction of the Original Positive and Negative Affect Scales ................................................ B. Normative and Internal Consistency Data................................................................................ Between-subjects data....................................................................................................... Aggregated within-subject data.................................................................................................. C. Construct Validity.............................................................................................................. Factorial validity............................................................................................................. Convergence with peer ratings .......................................................................................
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...Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) ágostoN gyollai1, péter simor2, fereNc Köteles3 1 2 aNd zsolt demetrovics1 Institutional Group on Addiction Research, Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary Department of Cognitive Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary 3 Institute for Health Promotion and Sport Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Budapest, Hungary Aim: Psychometric properties of the Hungarian version of the original and the short form of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) were investigated in the present study. Methods: Participants were undergraduate university students (N=1163) and patients visiting their General Practitioners (GPs) for various somatic complaints (N=466). Results: According to the confirmatory factor analysis, both versions showed adequate fit to the theoretical one-and-one (positive and negative affect) factor model. Internal consistency coefficients (Cronbach-alpha values) were above .8 for the original positive and negative scales, .73 and .79 for the short positive scale, and .65 and .67 for the short negative scale in the student and the patient groups, respectively. The correlations between the original 10-item subscales and their 5-item counterparts were above .9 in both groups. Conclusion: The short PANAS scale represents a good and practical alternative for the original version, with lower but still acceptable internal consistency...
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...Nursing Theory: Compare/contrast two theories Name University Professor Course Date Nursing Theory: Compare/contrast two theoriesIntroduction Theory has so far remained a strategic tool in advanced nursing practice. Firstly, nursing utilizes every feature of management science. Fortunately, the knowledge base of each and every management science takes theory into account. Theory includes methods, principles, and concepts. The principles are usually related, and can be observed and validated or verified when translated into the practice of management. Likewise, concepts are general notions, thoughts, and ideas that tend to form a basis of discussion or action. Therefore, theoretical principles guide clinical nurses to various fundamental nursing concepts and provide productive line of action in a given situation. As a result, nurses should note that taking a hermeneutic or phenomenological approach (strict natural science approach) to nursing is not only naive but also misleading in real-life-settings. Alligood and Tomey, on the other hand, argues that prescriptive theories are often used as fundamental practice guidelines, which play a pivotal role in providing a wide range of practice situations in the nursing and nursing sector (2002). Apart from that, nursing can only become a real profession when it has both a theoretical and a scientific base. This follows the fact that nurses deal mainly with human behavior, thus, nursing is indeed a practice profession. Briefly...
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...W A T S O N H A L L UK data retention requirements information data retention and disposal Watson Hall Ltd London 020 7183 3710 Edinburgh 0131 510 2001 info@watsonhall.com www.watsonhall.com Each type of data within an organisation should be identified and classified. Once this has been completed and during periodic reviews, it is necessary to define the retention and disposal policy. Business data records should be assessed for the statutory and legal requirements, business and accountability requirements and the risks associated with keeping or disposing of the data records. A records management system or schedule of data retention criteria can be used to document the data records, the requirements and the security controls needed for their identification, storage, protection, retrieval, retention and disposal. There are a large number of statutes, case law and regulations defining how long some data must be kept for before it is destroyed — some of which are outlined on the following pages. A few requirements such as records of wages apply to almost all sectors, but we have listed some specific requirements for the communications, financial and governmental sectors. Other sectors have equally important requirements. The exact minimum retention period varies with the specific data type, and the starting date is often context related e.g. period from an event like an accident, retirement or the advertisement of a product. This document is based on the previous work...
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...Salary structure in management in Germany, Poland and the UK – a comparative study Table of Contents 1 Table of Contents 1TABLE OF CONTENTS..........................................................................................................................3 2INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................4 3DEFINITION OF SALARY......................................................................................................................4 4GENERALY TRENDS IN MANAGEMENT SALARY IN UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY AND POLAND....................................................................................................................................................6 5SALARY IN UNITED KINGDOM............................................................................................................6 6SALARY IN GERMANY..........................................................................................................................8 7SALARY IN POLAND.............................................................................................................................8 8CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................................8 BIBLIOGRAPHY.......................................................................................................................................
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...Logistics Plaza of Zaragoza is the largest logistic park in Europe. It is a ten-year project that started in 2000, which is now at the middle of its completion. There are not many articles on logistic parks up till now because it is a very recent development. Generally, logistic activities would grow around strategic part without any pre-planning. Due to overcrowding of those areas, governments are now trying to place logistics in more decentralized regions and are trying to create services in order to attract customers. Case Study Summary The case of Plaza can serve as an instance for potential development, helping to assess the feasibility of newer projects in the same field. In the text, there are a lot of examples of automotive or hi-tech parks; however, there are no preceding case studies that are purely on logistic park. Plaza has been built in order to generate more jobs in Aragon, which is an area of Spain where population is continuously decreasing. (Watson, 2015) It aims to retain and focus on the existing young population, particularly highly skilled labor and Foreign Direct Investment in Spain and increase investment in Research and Development in a country in order to become successful in Europe. This project is an attempt to undo the ordinary stereotype which portrays southern European countries as the least developed among these countries. Looking at the companies that are currently settling down in PLAZA, most of them are local, which just relocated due to cheap...
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...its distribution channels. When Lindgren found out she filed a lawsuit in the federal district court in Iowa against GDT for infringement. GDT, claiming that it has no affiliation with the State, expressed its right to exercise its in personam jurisdiction and filed a motion to dismiss the case in Iowa. Yet, Lindgren countered by stipulating that online the company gave the option of delivering its products to Iowa (with FedEx). Ruling: Lindgren failed to make a prima facie case of personal jurisdiction. Yet, the court found that Lindgren’s claim could continue in the central district of California. GDT’s motion to dismiss was denied. Judicial Opinion: Due process requires that in order to subject a non-resident to the jurisdiction of a state’s court, the latter should have a certain minimum contact with it. The contacts with the state should be more than ‘random’, ‘fortuitous’ or ‘attenuated’. Use of a precedent: Zippo manufacturing case. The Zippo court observed that the likelihood that the personal jurisdiction can be constitutionally exercised is directly proportionate to the nature and the quality of the commercial activity that an entity conducts over the Internet. In GDT’s case there is no continuous, long-term contacts or obligations with customers. Indeed, though it is interactive and commercial it is not specifically directed at Iowa. Lindgren countered that because the confusion occurred in Iowa it injured her business. Plus, she argued that the name of her...
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...DETERMINANTS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE MALAYSIAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR NOR AMIRA IZZATI BINTI MOHD IKHWAN 2011362629 NUR HASIDAH BINTI HUSSEIN 2011391659 BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (HONS) FINANCE FACULTY OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA JOHOR. DECEMBER 2013 TITLE PAGE DETERMINANTS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE MALAYSIAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR NOR AMIRA IZZATI BINTI MOHD IKHWAN 2011362629 NUR HASIDAH BINTI HUSSEIN 2011391659 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirement for the Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) Finance FACULTY OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA, JOHOR. DECEMBER 2013 i BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (HONS) FINANCE FACULTY OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA SEGAMAT, JOHOR DECLARATION OF ORIGINAL WORK NOR AMIRA IZZATI BINTI MOHD IKHWAN 2011362629 NUR HASIDAH BINTI HUSSEIN 2011391659 We are here by, declare that, This work has not previously been accepted in substance for any degree, locally or overseas and is not being concurrently submitted for this degree or any other degrees. This project paper is the result of our independent work and investigation, except where otherwise stated. All verbatim extracts have been distinguished by quotation marks and sources of our information have been specifically acknowledged. Signature: _______________ Date: _________________ ii LETTER OF SUBMISSION ...
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...change 6. Feminism and religionDe Beauvoir, El Saadawi, WatsonReligion as a conservative force 7. Weber and religionHistorical study - Calvinism, LutheranismModern view - rationalisationReligion as a past initiator of change 8. Postmodernism and religionLyon, Bauman 9. Religious fundamentalismDefinitions, examples, links to secularisation 10. Religious participationBy social group (age, ethnicity, gender and social class) 11. Religious organisationsChurch, cult, sect, denominationTroeltsch, Weber, Stark & BainbridgeWallis - NRMsReasons for NRM turnover 12. SecularisationArguments for - Wilson, Weber, Bruce (etc)Arguments against - Durkheim, Parsons, ArmstrongProblems of measuring secularisation - Davie NEW: my A2 students have produced brief summaries of some of the topics above. Here are their revision notes to help other students. Marxism and religion Marxism is seen as a social conflict perspective and Marxists such as Marx and Engels believe that religion is a tool of the bourgeoisie to maintain control of the proletariat; therefore religion is considered a conservative force. Marx viewed religion as a form of false consciousness as...
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...INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCHOLARLY ACADEMIC INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY VOLUME 8 NUMBER 1 2004-2005 Comparison of Change Theories Alicia Kritsonis MBA Graduate Student California State University, Dominquez Hills ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to summarize several change theories and assumptions about the nature of change. The author shows how successful change can be encouraged and facilitated for long-term success. The article compares the characteristics of Lewin’s Three-Step Change Theory, Lippitt’s Phases of Change Theory, Prochaska and DiClemente’s Change Theory, Social Cognitive Theory, and the Theory of Reasoned Action and Planned Behavior to one another. Leading industry experts will need to continually review and provide new information relative to the change process and to our evolving society and culture. T here are many change theories and some of the most widely recognized are briefly summarized in this article. The theories serve as a testimony to the fact that change is a real phenomenon. It can be observed and analyzed through various steps or phases. The theories have been conceptualized to answer the question, “How does successful change happen?” Lewin’s Three-Step Change Theory Kurt Lewin (1951) introduced the three-step change model. This social scientist views behavior as a dynamic balance of forces working in opposing directions. Driving forces facilitate change because they push employees in the desired direction. ...
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...INTRODUCTION Unprecedented globalizations have witnessed double digit economic growth resulting in fierce competition and accelerated pace of innovation. As a result inflow of Foreign Direct investments has become a striking measure of economic development in both developed and developing countries. FDI and FII thus have become instruments of international economic integration and stimulation. Fast growing economies like Singapore, China, Korea etc have registered incredible growth at onset of FDI. Though US captures most of the FDI inflows, developing countries still account for significant growth of FDI and rise in FII. FDI not only gives access to foreign capital but also provides domestic counties with cutting edge technology, desired skill sets, tools of innovation and other complementary skills. Apart from helping in creating additional economic activity and generating employment, foreign investment also facilitates flow of sophisticated technology into the country and helps the industry to march into advanced technology. A favorable business environment fostered Indian economy after 1991, when the government of India opened the door for foreign capital in the way of direct investment and through foreign institutional investors. The policies drafted to stimulate the flow of foreign capital in to India provided much needed impetus for India to emerge as an attractive destination for foreign investors. Consequently, the international capital inflows have been...
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