...5 Presentation Table 10 Presentation Table 10 5.6 Exhibitions Table 11 Exhibitions Table 11 5.7 Exhibitors Table 11 Exhibitors Table 11 5.8 Delegates Table 12 Delegates Table 12 5.9 Costs Table 13 Costs Table 13 6.0 Word Count 13 1.0 Introduction This report includes an explanation of a data model for a Conference database. It will include my rationale behind the database design I have chosen, including an entity-relationship diagram and the expected structure of my database. ------------------------------------------------- 2.0 Background Loughborough University’s Department of Information Science annually hosts a seminar on ‘Electronic Public Information Provision’. This is typically a one-day event which has proved popular due to the events and extras included. The day includes presentations from various speakers, an exhibition and an array of workshops. Throughout the event, day refreshments are available to all attendees, as well as a buffet lunch. I have been assigned the task of designing and creating a model that will enable the storage of data relating to the event. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- 3.0 Entity...
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...eat and drink every day without someone thinking about if what they are ingesting is actually good for their bodies or just filling that empty stomach, which could have negative long term effects. Milk and meat have more positive effects on the human body than negative. In this essay is stated four essays on the pros and cons of drinking milk and eating meat and how the all the authors have convincing arguments In the article, Health Benefits of Milk, the author begins by explaining the bone health milk produces with being enriched with calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, and protein, which are all essential for healthy bone growth. The author lists the known facts that have been proven over time. The author also explains the benefit milk has on the teeth. “The amounts of calcium and phosphorous in milk and dairy products are also beneficial for the development and maintenance of healthy teeth. The most abundant protein in milk is casein and is protective as it forms a thin film on the enamel surface which prevents loss of calcium and phosphate from the enamel when the teeth are exposed to acids in the mouth. (Milk)” The author gives many more benefits of milk for example, with...
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...groups class plays a major role in the attainment of children in education. At all age groups in the education system it is apparent that working class children achieve lower attainment than children from a middle class background. It is suggested that the system is biased and designed for white, middle class children disregarding the needs of the working class and ethnic minority children. However most researchers believe that there is a similar ‘range of ability’ in every social class which could mean that class differences in educational achievement are not due to class differences in intelligence but more to do with other factors in society such as low expectations and low aspirations, lack of deferred gratification and economical issues all of which are more apparent in the working class. Children from working class backgrounds tend to experience economical hardship more so than any other class; this is often linked to material deprivation which these children are exposed to throughout their life. Material deprivation in social class five has been closely linked to the underachievement of working class pupils in schools since the 1960s when sociologists claimed that a child’s attainment could be linked to a lack of something which was then found to be a kind of deprivation. A lack of money and the things that money could buy combined with a lack of skills and the absence of a good attitude contributed to a child’s achievement in school. These children are unable to acquire...
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...all Insurance exams like - LIC AAO 2016 Exam, NICL, NIACL, Insurance and other Insurance Exams. What is Insurance? - Insurance is defined as a contract between two parties whereby one party called insurer undertakes in exchange for a fixed sum called premium to pay the other party called insured a fixed amount of money after happening of a certain event. According to the Indian Contract Act 1872, “A Contract may be defined as an agreement between two or more parties to do or to abstain from doing an act, with an intention to create a legally binding relationship.” Benefits of Insurance – It safeguards your money. It ensures growth of money. Life insurance policies are broadly categorized into 2 types – Traditional Plans and Unit Linked Insurance Plans (ULIPs). History-of-Life-Insurance-Corporation (LIC) - Life Insurance Corporation (India) (LIC) is an Indian state-owned insurance group and investment company headquartered in Mumbai. The Life Insurance Corporation of India was founded in 1956 when the Parliament of India passed the Life Insurance of India Act that nationalized the private insurance industry in India. Over 245 insurance companies and provident societies were merged to create the state owned Life Insurance Corporation. The Life Insurance Companies Act, 1912 made it necessary that the premium rate tables and periodical valuations of companies should be certified by an actuary. But the Act discriminated between foreign and Indian companies on many accounts...
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...Socio-technical systems are organizational systems that are intended to help deliver some organizational or business goal. The emergence of Information Systems (IS) technology has added a new dynamic to socio-technical systems which requires additional planning considerations to meet these organizational or business goals. Applying proven design principles will lead to better integration and management of information technology. “Socio-technical systems include one or more technical systems but, crucially, also include knowledge of how the system should be used to achieve some broader objective. This means that these systems have defined operational processes, include people (the operators) as inherent parts of the system, are governed by organizational policies and rules and may be affected by external constraints such as national laws and regulatory policies.” (Sommerville, 2003) There are three primary factors when utilizing socio-technical systems designing principals in developing information systems, the social or human element, the technology systems factor and the processes, both input and output. “Principles do not constitute a design process. Design as a craft involves exploration, experiment, elaboration and elimination, trial and error, all with the intention of making the most coherent and expressive use of an opportunity framed by a set of outcome goals and constraints.” (Berniker, 1992) In theory the implementation of technology should improve a socio-technical...
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...2011-39011 10 May 2014 ENG 10 C-5R Draft No. 2 Introduction Today, electricity has been a major necessity for people for it gives energy to almost all devices that make their works easier. But before electricity could be consumed to power a load or a certain device, it needs to travel long distances through the utilization of electrical power systems. Electrical Power Systems consists of mainly of generating stations, transmission lines and distribution systems. From the generating stations, different types of energy are converted to electrical energy (high voltage) and then transported to the distribution systems through the transmission lines, where the voltages to be delivered to the consumers by the distribution companies are lowered. There are two designs for distribution systems, one is the Overhead Distribution System (ODS) and the other is the Underground Distribution System (UDS). Each of these has its own advantages and disadvantages. In the earlier century, ODS has been commonly used by distribution companies. It is reliable, low-cost, easily maintained and is an established method to transport bulk electricity across long distances. ODS are the lowest-cost method transmitting electrical power because most of the insulation is provided by air. The disadvantage is that ODS is more prone and subjected to interruptions due to natural causes such as lightning and storms and other failure due to short circuits and line breakage. It is also unpleasant...
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...escaping the control of the people and doing them harm. The word robot comes from the Czech writer Karel Capek's 1921 play? R.U.R.? (Which stands for "Rossum's Universal Robots"), in which mechanical beings made to be slaves for humanity rebel and kill their creators. From this, the fictional image of robots is sometimes troubling, expressing the fears that people may have of a robotized world over which they cannot keep control. The history of real robots is rarely as dramatic, but where developments in robotics may lead is beyond our imagination. Robots exist today. They are used in a relatively small number of factories located in highly industrialized countries such as the United States, Germany, and Japan. Robots are also being used for scientific research, in military programs, and as educational tools, and they are being developed to aid people who have lost the use of their limbs. These devices, however, are for the most part quite different from the androids, or humanlike robots, and other robots of fiction. They rarely take human form, they perform only a limited number of set tasks, and they do not have minds of their own. In fact, it is often hard to distinguish between devices called robots and other modern automated systems. Although the term robot did not come into use until the 20th century, the idea of mechanical beings is much older. Ancient myths and tales talked about walking statues and other marvels in human and animal form. Such objects were products...
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...| Contents Contents 2 Introduction 3 Task 1 3 Task 2 5 Task 3 7 Task 4 8 Conclusion 8 References 8 Appendices 9 Introduction In this assignment I have taken on the role of a business improvement engineer who is responsible for leading a team to develop continuous improvement principles and techniques within the workplace. This will be done through the use of FMEA which will show my understanding of the crucial steps needed in the FMEA process; to improve quality, reduce cost, improved productivity of employees and increased customer satisfaction. Task 1 Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is a method designed to identify potential failure modes for a product or process, to assess the risk associated with those failure modes, to rank the issues in terms of...
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...Jail and Prison In the criminal justice system once a crime is committed and the criminal has gone to court and has pled guilty, or has gone to trial and has been convicted of the rime it can result in a few different ways. For instance, if the crime was severe enough it could result in jail or prison time. Both jail and prison are two components of the suffering the consequences of committing a crime, and can also determine whether the time fits the crime or was the criminal punished in a fair matter. Some criminal’s crimes are so severe that they are sentenced to life in prison. Jails are facilities designed to hold criminals waiting for a trial. They are also designed to hold inmates serving twelve months or less for the crimes they committed. Federal Prisons are designed for people convicted of federal crimes. State prisons are for criminals convicted of crimes of the state, or of crimes committed in that state. Minimum Security Prisons are the most open and least restricted prisons. They hold criminals convicted of non-violent crimes such as forgery, cheating on taxes, and perjury. Medium Security Prisons are more open then maximum security but less open than minimum security prisons. The inmates are convicted of crimes such as assault and thefts. Maximum Security Prisons generally hold prisoners serving longer sentences. Inmates are convicted of crimes such as murder, kidnapping and other felonies. (library.thinkquest.org) A total institution is place of work and residence...
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...Mahindra Bank has in all 34 centers in Mumbai. Its main branch (head office) is in Wadala. The center has 20 computers, named from A to T and have multiple laser printers which are shared by all the computers. These are called as nodes, i.e.linking devices. It also has a TMS (Token Machine System). Connecting devices used are switches and routers.Switches are used because a hub has only 8 ports and if a system wants to connect more than 8 devices to a hub, a hub becomes inefficient. So a switch is used to connect a number of devices, which is then connected to one of the port of a hub, so that the rest of the ports of the hub remain free. DATA TRANSMISSION : The transmission of binary data across a link is accomplished in serial mode. Serial Data Transmission : In serial data transmission one bit follows another , so we need only one communication channel rather than ‘n’ to transmit data between two communicating devices. The advantage of serial data transmission is that with only one communication channel, serial transmission reduces the cost of transmission over parallel by roughly a factor of ‘n’. In serial mode, one bit is sent with each clock pulse. Topology used In this centre, a star topology is used. Because, itis less expensive, requires less cabeling and easyto install and reconfigure. STAR TOPOLOGY : In a star topology, each device has a dedicated point to point link only to a central controller , usually called a‘hub’. The devices are not directly linked to each...
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...Week 6 Homework 12. What serious adverse effect has been linked to the drug Accutane? The serious adverse effect that has been linked to the drug Accutuane is depression and suicide. This drug is only used to treat severe acne and not common acne. 15. What is a herpes zoster infection and what drugs are used to treat it? Herpes zoster infection or shingles occur from the reemergence of the same virus that first caused chickenpox in the patient. The virus remains dormant in the body until later in life, when stress or illness triggers it to emerge. The following drugs are used to treat this infection: acyclovir (Zovirax), famciclovir (Famvir), and valacyclovir (Valtrex). 17. What is unusual about the origin of the popular drug Botox? The toxin in Botox is the same toxin produced by Clostridium Botulinum, the bacterium that causes food poisoning. The trade name Botox comes from the letters botulinum toxin. 2. Discuss the use of silver nitrate versus erythromycin to prevent newborns from developing eye infections due to gonorrhea. When babies are born, most states require a topical anti-infective drug be applied to prevent possible infection or blindness due to gonorrhea. Silver nitrate is less expensive but has drawbacks like conjunctival irritation and swelling. This drug also is ineffective in preventing eye infections due to Chlamydia. Erythromycin is more expensive but will treat and prevent what silver nitrate cannot. 4. Name three categories of drugs that are used...
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...modern drugs have origin in traditional medicine and ethnopharmacology. Ethnopharmacology is the use of tradition plant medicines as source of new drugs. Traditional Indian Medicine - Ayurveda has a long history and is one of the great living traditions. Considerable research on pharmacognosy, chemistry, pharmacology and clinical therapeutics has been carried out on Ayurvedic medicinal plants. Several preclinical and clinical studies have examined cytoprotective, immunomodulatory and immunoadjuvant potential of Ayurvedic medicines. The ethnopharmacology knowledge, is holistic and systems approach supported by experiential base can serve as an innovative and powerful discovery engine for newer, safer and affordable medicines. The Process of Modern Drug Discovery using Ethnopharmacology The first stage should be the reported use of a natural occurring material for some purpose which can be related to a medicinal use. There must be an indication of a genuine effect and therefore, the material needs to be identified and characterized. It can be collected for test studies which comprises tests for relevant biological activity linked with isolation and structure determination of any chemical present that might be responsible. The active compounds are discovered by fractionation of the extract linked with testing for activity of each fraction until pure compounds are isolation. This is Bioassay-guided Fractionation. When the activities are proven, these compounds serve as leads to development...
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...Theory Within the field of the education system and education research that traditionally has dealt with vocational training and labour market education, radical changes and development have taken place in recent years, and they have also found linguistic expression. On the one hand the focus has shifted from education and teaching to learning and/or competence development. On the other hand the interest in vocational training has moved in the direction of workplace learning or work-based learning, including also work-related learning activities outside of the workplace. The background of these changes is to be found broadly in the international and societal development expressed in terms such as “late modernity”, “globalisation” and “the knowledge society”. It is part of this development that human competence is becoming an increasingly decisive resource and parameter of competition. Additionally, the competence that is needed cannot be established and acquired through education in the more traditional sense – because there is a constant need for change and renewal and because its usability depends on its being linked to a number of personal characteristics such as flexibility, creativity, independence, the ability to cooperate, responsibility, service orientation etc. For this reason learning and competence development are more interesting focus points than education and teaching, and it has become vital to discover the extent to which this learning and competence development can...
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...TQM and Reinventing Government on the web-site for teachers and learners of English as a secondary language from a German point of view. [pic] Table of contents |Total Quality Management and Reinventing Government |HOME[pic]PAGE |[pic] |back to An introduction to QM |go on to: Committee:TQM Information |[pic] | |[pic] TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND REINVENTING GOVERNMENT I. What is TQM? TQM is a new paradigm of management! TQM is both a philosophy and methodology for managing organizations. TQM includes a set of principles, tools, and procedures that provide guidance in the practical affairs of running an organization. TQM involves all members of the organization in controlling and continuously improving how work is done. Government agencies that use TQM agree that it is fundamentally different from traditional management. II. History of TQM! TQM Japanese Management? Yes and No! The American Walter A. Shewhart of Bell Laboratories developed a system of measuring variance in production systems known as statistical process control (SPC). Statistical process control is one of the major tools that TQM uses to monitor consistency, as well as to diagnose problems in work processes. His student W. Edwards Deming, a mathematical physicist and U.S Department of Agriculture and Census Bureau research scientist, was hired to teach SPC and quality control to the U.S. Defense industry. These methods were considered so important to the war effort that they were classified as military...
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...Examine the ways in which social policies and laws may influence families and households. Some sociologists have suggested that social policy has caused families to become more diverse while others disagree. Social policies are the laws and practices put in place by the government that effect social issues, in this case the family. For example, in the 1930’s the Nazi government in Germany wanted to encourage Aryan families and put in place policies that involved sterilising certain groups to prevent them from having children. More recently in China they have a one child policy, if individuals have more than one child the government have put in place a series of penalties try and control their population. In the UK sociologists are interested in if social policy has caused families to become more diverse or different. One way in which families have become more diverse is an increase in same sex families. This is lesbian and gay couples living with children. Social policies that can be linked to this type of family diversity are laws to do with homosexuality in the UK. For example, in 1967 male homosexuality was legalised in the UK this has made homosexuality more socially accepted; this would allow gay couples to start a recognised family. However, other social policies have made same sex families even more accepted. For example, in 2002 the UK adoption laws were changed to allow gay couples to adopt children and create a family unit. Furthermore, in 2004 the Civil...
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