...Apt#B301, Kalamazoo, Michigan. 49006. poojaiyer.mani@wmich.edu +1-269-365-3547 SUMMARY Highly organized and motivated student seeking work at an organization where my design and technical skills can be used to the fullest for the promotion of work at the organization. Academic Background Masters of Science in Engineering, Teaching Assistant, CGPA:3.25 Expected Graduation: Dec 2016 Western Michigan University (WMU)- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CAES) Kalamazoo, MI Major: Mechanical Engineering Bachelor of Technology in Engineering, CGPA:7.3 June 2014 Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, India PAPER PUBLICATIONS * “Exhaust gas Emission Revelations During the Study of Performance of Pongamia oil as Bio diesel” in International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology(IJERT) - Vol. 2 Issue 8, August – 2013, ISSN: 2278-0181 * “Design and Fabrication of Solar Electric Scooter” in International Journal of Research in Engineering and Sciences(IJRES)- Vol.2 Issue 5, May- 2014, ISSN (Online): 2320-9364, ISSN (Print): 2320-9356 * Presented a paper on the “Mechanisms used in an aqua robot and efficient ways of building it to increase the efficiency of the bot” in Technofest 2012. Gurunanak Institute of Technology. * Presented a paper on “Stereolithographic...
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...Root Causes of the 2008-2009 Economic Crisis Pol 201 For this paper I will look into the 2008- 2009 Economic Crisis. There were many factors that contributed to the crisis; I will focus on what may have led to the downturn of the economy and some of the policies implemented by key actors responsible for turning our economy around. I will also look at those who have changed monetary or fiscal policy, and laws governing business since the collapse. I will also give my thoughts on whether these changes will actually be successful on turning things around for the better of our economy. The economic collapse of 2008 has affected so many people across the nation. With the current unemployment rate at 8.2 percent, (less than .5 percent away from where it was the first year of the Great Depression) many people have lost their homes due to not being able to pay high mortgage costs. Everyone knows at least one family who has been affected by the collapse. Some may say it started because of bad mortgage lending, others say it is because people got in to mortgages that were beyond their means. I believe the crisis has to do with everyone involved in the picture; policymakers, lenders/banks, and consumers. I was born and raised in San Diego, California. My Mother and Father brought me up with the idea that owning real estate is always a good investment. At age 20, I had a great job making between 60,000- 80,000 dollars annually and the first thing I did when I was...
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...NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND LABOR MARKETS Brigitte C. Madrian Working Paper 11980 http://www.nber.org/papers/w11980 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 January 2006 Written for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 50th Economic Conference, “Wanting It All: The Challenge of Reforming the U.S. Health Care System,” June 15-17, 2005, Chatham, MA. This paper draws quite extensively on three previously written papers: “Health Insurance Portability, Labor Supply, and Job Mobility,” July 2004, written for the Inter-American Conference on Social Security; “Health Insurance and the Labor Market,” in Huizhong Zhou, ed., The Political Economy of Health Care Reforms (Kalamazoo, MI: Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2001), and “Health, Health Insurance and the Labor Market” (with Janet Currie) in Orley Ashenfelter and David Card, eds., Handbook of Labor Economics, Volume 3 (Amsterdam: Elsevier-North Holland, 1999). The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. ©2006 by Brigitte C. Madrian. All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission provided that full credit, including © notice, is given to the source. The U.S. Health Care System and Labor Markets Brigitte C. Madrian NBER Working Paper No. 11980 January 2006 JEL No. I10, J3, J6 ABSTRACT ...
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...YWCA Donna Echols MKT/421 Mr. Zack November 26, 2013 Marketing is all about creating a really solid decision, which will lead to more money. In this paper I will give some history of my organization, and explain how each element of marketing affects the organization. In addition I will cover the industry in which the organization resides in. History The YWCA has been around for decades, and will be around for decades more. The YWCA stands for Young Women Christian Association. The organization is huge across the world. The first one that ever was created in Michigan was right here in Kalamazoo, by a lovely lady named Ida Stearns. Over the years, the organization has helped so many women and their children that need anything from shelter to food. The organization was designed to help with the needs of women and their children. Programs range from self-development to parenting classes. The YWCA also helps out in the community whenever there is a community event. They hook up with all the local homeless shelters to provide relief sometimes when the organizations get really crowded. People should know that this nice Christian people who own and operate do it by donations and dedication. Marketing Mix The marketing mix is combined of product or service, place, price, and promotion. The YWCA does not have product to sale but they do market their service. The service would be things like shelter and food and life learning skills these would just a few examples of the...
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...* Paraphrase Practice | Evaluating Internet Sources Definition: In a rapidly changing world, Internet technology allows researchers to access the most up–to–date, timely, relevant, and targeted information. Accurately determining the reliability, validity, and usefulness of Web sites is an essential skill to understand and master. Credibility of a website is always important, especially when doing academic research or writing academic papers. In fact, credibility is crucial in academia. As you may or may not know, anyone can post information on the Internet. BobJones.com written by Bob Jones might contain information about the Civil War, but how does the reader know that Bob is an expert on the Civil War? Accurately determining the reliability and validity of websites is an essential skill when deciding to use an Internet source in an academic paper. Use the following guidelines when searching Internet sources for information to use in an academic paper: * Use websites that are credible * Use the most current sources possible * Use sources accessed through a university library These elements are discussed in detail below. Questions to Determine Internet Reliability What is the extension? The Web site address usually includes “www” followed by a period (called a dot), followed by an extension name (also called a domain name). The reliability of a website can frequently be determined by the domain or extension name. The most reliable extensions include...
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...MEMO Group 4 is recommending investors to hold their stocks in Stryker Corporation. This memo focuses on measures and additional information which support the position not to buy or sell, but to hold Stryker stock. Included are certain of the company’s liquidity and solvency ratios, along with profitability, dividends history and stock ratios. Stryker is a leading medical technology company based in Kalamazoo, MI. More than 2/3 of their sales are within the US, where most products are marketed directly to the medical community. The remaining sales are in over 100 countries through company-owned sales subsidiaries and branches, as well as through 3rd parties. Stryker sells 3 types of cutting edge, advanced technology products: Orthopaedics, Medical Surgery, and Neurotechnology and Spine1. In Stryker’s main revenue-generating product, Orthopaedics, the company is one of five leading competitors globally. Prior to the financial analysis, we highlight three major activities of the company in 2014: firstly, several mergers and acquisitions added expertise, customers and assets, the most intriguing being MAKO, which helps the company build out robotic arm assisted surgery; secondly, a major recall to its hip system occurred due to corrosion; and thirdly, the company continues to spend for patents and R&D. Stryker’s liquidity and solvency ratios appear far from impressive (see ref 1. Liquidity/Solvency). The Current and Debt to Assets ratios point to diminishing liquidity...
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...Running Head: Deterrence 1 Deterrence Criminology Shawn Caulder Excelsior College Deterrence 2 Abstract: During the course of study in references for the topic of deterrence I have found a vast amount of information. Most are articles written by different intellectual scholars in the criminal justice field all weighing in on what they believe the theory of “Deterrence” is and how it relates to the ability to deflect and or inhibit crime during war time, peace time and stately situations. In particular I found one article to be an astounding work done by a man named Stephen Quackenbush with an article titled General Deterrence and International Conflict: Testing Perfect Deterrence Theory (2006). Although this article deals with deterrence theory of international conflict it still involves the basic roots of deterrence. I would like to show that through Mr. Quackenbush’s work one can come very close to a “Perfect Theory of Deterrence “ by simply following the logic of the article. Deterrence 3 When searching for the topic it was my goal to find the meaning of deterrence and...
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...Balance Sheet 16 Sources and uses 17 Percentage of Sources and Uses 19 Firm Ratios 21 Industry Ratios 22 Graphs of Ratios 23 Bibliography 26 Introduction This paper contains the financial analysis of Stryker corporation and its major competitors during the past 5 years. Also a 3 year forecast is created to show were the company is heading and changes needed to be made to be more efficient. Theme Time are hard for the medical industry with the global economic crisis and with the announcement of the Affordable Care Act’s medical device excise tax. Stryker corporation has done better than the industry on average sustaining a strong financial while presenting new products in the market. Growth is becoming slow for mature firms but Stryker is making all the right moves to dominate the market. To increase growth the company has shifted its focus on acquisitions. With the acquisition of Trauson, a Chinese leading manufacturer of surgical products, the company continues to focus on sales outside the United States. Also with the growing demand increase for orthopedic products, the company needs to continue investment in research and developments, and increase production volume. History of the Firm Stryker is a medical equipment supplying company based on Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was founded by Dr. Home Stryker due to his need...
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...World Religions Report Jehovah’s Witnesses Stephen Devon Hill Jr. Axia College of the University of Phoenix January 10, 2009 In modern society there are numerous forms of Christianity. Many may be familiar with Catholics, Baptist, or Protestants. One form of Christianity that has created mixed views since its start is that of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Some thoughts that may come to mind when people think of Jehovah’s Witnesses are cult activity, unusual Christian practices, and domineering individuals. This paper will take a look at the life as a Jehovah’s Witness. The paper will cover some of the common practices and beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The paper will also try to clear up some of the misconceptions that others believe about Jehovah’s Witnesses. The author of this paper has taken the time to research the Jehovah Witness religion by visiting a local Kingdom Hall, conducting an in-person interview with an actual Jehovah Witness, and also conducting research on the internet, as well as the library. Background Information The religion of the Jehovah’s Witness began in at the end of the 19th century. The religion was started a small group of Bible students close to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1879 the students began publishing what is known as the Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. The group that was formerly known as International Bible Students became Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1931. Membership of religion is marked by baptism. According to the Jehovah’s...
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...Cultural Diversity 1 Running head: Cultural Diversity Cultural Diversity In the autumn of 2006 the population of the United States exceeded 300 million people. Of those 300 million, approximately 98 million, or 33%, of them are a part of a minority group (Jarvis, 2008). This growing number can be attributed to the increase number of immigrants coming to the United States for the opportunity to have a better life for themselves and their families. It is predicted that by the year 2050 the statistic of 33% of people that belong to a minority group will rise to 50%. Of the current 33%, 14.4% of people are of Hispanic or Latin origin. This makes Hispanics and Latinos the largest minority group in the country. African Americans account for 12.8%, Asians for 4.3%, and other groups for 2.7% of the ethnic minority population (Potter & Perry, 2009). The data on the United States population verifies an important fact that must be implemented within the health care system: the statistics reflect the cultural diversity of potential clients. From previous experience, I can concur that approximately one-third of the patients I saw belonged to a minority group. Health care professionals are expected to provide individualized care to their clients. In doing so, we must be aware of what makes them an individual. A person’s culture is a huge part of that. In order to fulfill our duty, we need to familiarize ourselves with the practices and beliefs of different cultures...
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...America’s Cash Crop “Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural?” ― Bill Hicks The legalization of marijuana is a debate being held all over the country. Everyone has their own opinion on the whole idea of marijuana. There are legislators who think that if marijuana is legalized that it will be grown illegally, and medically abused. There are potheads who think it would be cool and that they would get cheaper weed. But what it comes down to are the numbers. Marijuana is a cash crop. How can Wisconsin say no to numbers like fourteen billion, and thirty five billion dollars? Can legalizing marijuana rescue Wisconsin’s economy? Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington. In seventeen states, and DC it is legal to have at least an ounce of marijuana. In fourteen of them it is legal to even have plants (ProCon). Should Wisconsin be state number eighteen? NBC News produced an article Marijuana Called US Cash Crop and within that article they state “The study estimates that marijuana production, at a value of $35.8 billion, exceeds the combined value of corn ($23.3 billion) and wheat ($7.5 billion).” Wisconsin is in forty six billion dollars of debt and increasing every second (WisconsinDebtClock). If marijuana can bring in millions...
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...JOHN A. QUELCH CAROLE CARLSON Reed Supermarkets: A New Wave of Competitors At 4:30 p.m. on December 6, 2010, Meredith Collins, VP of Marketing for Reed Supermarkets, walked down the sidewalk of the 10-store strip mall that housed Reed’s Westgate Plaza branch in Columbus, Ohio. Collins didn’t shop; instead she took mental notes about store traffic, first at the Reed store and then at an indirect but increasingly worrisome kind of competitor—a dollar store. The Reed was predictably well lit and inviting, and Collins could see three registers open and two or three customers in line at each. “Not too bad” she thought, “but not what I would hope for at this time of day, this close to the holidays.” She’d felt the same way at two other Reeds she’d visited that day . Collins walked on to the Dollar General (DG). A fairly steady stream of shoppers entered DG’s doors, their progress slowed by families exiting with plastic bags jammed full. When Collins looked inside, she noticed workers filling what was obviously a new freezer case—the first freezer she had seen in a dollar store that day. This DG was doing just as well, to judge from this glimpse, as the Family Dollar she’d walked past half an hour earlier at North Valley—but no better than the Aldi store she had visited in the morning. That Aldi trip was interesting: a bright and spotless mini- supermarket, run by a giant firm from Germany that carried one-tenth the food items that a Reed did and sold virtually no brand names, only...
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...1 Leila McKendrick DIS397 Final Paper 2 3 The American with Disabilities Act This paper is an assessment of the history of the ADA and the ensuing legal precedence that has been set since its adoption. It will discuss in detail the forcefulness of its passage including several political issues that led to its adoption as well as the legal issues that resulted in its conception and development. The paper will also address any outcomes that may have changes or clarified the act, especially those most recent findings that could change the act significantly. The paper will then go on to discuss the foundational way in which the ADA has changed the everyday lives of people. The ADA has changed the face of the belief system with regard to disabilities and the people who have them. It has given people with disabilities a voice, and a set of sounding board organizations that will hear their voice. It among other legislation’s has allowed people with disabilities an opportunity to be seen in the world, rather than to hide within the confines of their home or an institution. It has also changed the way people with disabilities live their lives, and are employed in many good ways. Lastly the paper will express an opinion about the progress that the ADA has created or not created in the overall goal of creating an inclusive environment of respect for individuals with disabilities. The answer to the question “Does abuses no longer occur?” may seem surprising but in...
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...science issues as related to contemporary engineering problems. Procedure: Select a current engineering topic that is not the Dreamliner. Follow the questions on the subsequent pages. Writing format: Times new roman font, 12 pt. Single-spaced with justified margins. Just like on this page here. One space in between each paragraph. Email the final copy to r.angelo.borrelli@gmail.com. Points will be deducted for incorrect format. Citations: Please cite all sources you use. In the text of the paper, please use a superscript when you make a citation, like this.1 Then, in the REFERENCES section, list your sources in order. Length: ‘Sufficient.’ I am not going to give a set page limit. Be concise but show depth. Writing style: You will be writing in some form, whether technical writing or essays, and then when you get jobs in the real world. There is no time to start practicing like now. Grammar and spelling are part of the grade! Proof-read your paper several times! 1. Introduction [10] Please introduce your topic and explain why it is important to you. The topic I’m writing is about the tar sands oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas. ExxonMobil, the company that runs the pipeline was in charge of the clean up. The pipeline carrying hundreds of thousands of gallons of Canadian crude oil and water from Illinois ruptured on March 29. According to the lawsuit, more than 19,000 barrels were spilled but ExxonMobil has said that between 3,500 and 5,000 barrels...
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...[pic] JAMS 201 | MEDIA WRITING | Fall 2013 Department of Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Bolton 150 | Facebook |Lecturer |Teaching assistants | office hours | | | | |Jane Hampden Daley |Rachel Anderson rea@uwm.edu | Tues 10-12 | | | | |jhampden@uwm.edu |Steven Cuff smcuff@uwm.edu | Thurs 10:30-12:30 | | | | |Cell: 414-962-0776 |Kate Kallenberger kallenb4@uwm.edu | Thurs 10-12 | |Office: 414-229-4885 | | | ...
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