...is considered complete. The outside of the CMSR jacket contains the volunteer’s name, rank and regiment. The jackets contain cards filled with information found for each veteran regarding their military service. These cards usually supply age, regiment, rank, muster in and out dates, and many times a physical description. There’s also muster rolls, pay vouchers, descriptive rolls, returns, hospital rolls, if your soldier was sick or injured, and prison records. Most often there’s some notation of the type of illness, like lung disease, and the dates if your guy was in the hospital. Also there could be information on a desertion, court martial or a soldier’s death. Added to that there may be actual papers included in your veteran’s jacket, like enlistment papers or correspondence. As the name implies, all the information found in a CMSR pertains to your ancestor’s...
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...important cultural landscape; public transit is an integral part of the city’s culture, as it reflects the growth in the city’s economy, population, and urbanization. The metro system is a public space that is temporarily occupied by different people, travelling to different places. It is a public space that is part of our daily routine, and is a part of the city’s cultural geography that contributes to its expansion and growth. The following six reports can be used as a learning basis for the topic of the public transit metro system in Toronto as a cultural landscape. “Reviewing and assessing the Toronto metro system” by Sybil Derrible and “Toronto: A historical leader in transportation innovations” by Ron Stewart and Joanna Musters are two research reports that analyze the facts of the Toronto metro system and can be used to see how rapidly the public transit in Toronto has grown, along with the city. The next report by Christopher A. Kennedy, “A comparison of sustainability of public and private transportation systems”, further analyzes the impact of the metro system on Toronto and proposes that it is an important cultural landscape in urban sustainability. The next report, “Characterizing metro networks: state, form, and structure”, is written by both Sybil Derrible and Christopher A. Kennedy and can be used to understand the process behind building a metro system. This report views the metro system from a geographical viewpoint; it explains how demographics, location, and...
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...Participatory Approaches in Public Expenditure Management1, India: Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan and the Right to Information Campaign2 THE RIGHT TO KNOW IS THE RIGHT TO LIVE ‐ Slogan, National Campaign for the People’s Right to Information, India. BACKGROUND: Development interventions can be made more effective through a vibrant grassroots democracy by focusing on transparency and accountability of public expenditure. The work of a community based organization, the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS), in Rajasthan, one of the most economically and socially backward states in western India, offers such an example. It demonstrates how a grassroots movement in which the community demands to know the details of public expenditure eventually led to the enactment of legislations pertaining to the Right to Information (RTI) in Rajasthan as well as a number of other states in India. The MKSS, whose members are mostly from lower socioeconomic classes, such as marginal farmers and landless laborers, was founded in 1990, with the stated objective of using constructive action to change the lives of the rural poor so that they could live with dignity and justice. Since land and minimum wages have always been the two basic issues of the rural landless poor, the MKSS, initiated struggles on issues of land redistribution and minimum wages. Villagers, under the aegis of MKSS, used traditional forms of protest such as hunger strikes and sit‐ins...
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...Stem Cells Abstract According to human guidelines, human stem cell research is questionable. The main ethical dilemma revolves around whether or not an embryo is a human being of a cluster of cells. Stem cell research has the ability to provide treatment for many of today’s incurable diseases and disorders, and it is apparent this type of research produces many ethical issues in which one can consider both positive and negative for such research. Experimentation Critique Introduction Stem cell research is a modern method of discovering new medical break throughs. Research is involoved, using human embryos, causing heated moral debates. Human –nature and goal-based ethics theories apply to this controversial debate. The debate lies in the determionation of the embryos with moral status is owed. There has been extensive research in the underlying law and religious ethics surrounding the use of embryos for medical reasons. Discussed, is the debate, controversy, and opinion of government officials, in relation to the ethics involving stem cell research. Issues/Conflict Stem cell research proposes many ethical issues. The basis of this issue is that embryonic stem cells research holds such vast promise for so many people but obtaining the cell means destroying embryos. The ethical conflict brought on by stem cells means destroying embryos. The ethical conflict brought on by stem cell research is whether or not it is acceptable by social standards to experiment with...
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...eing a human entails being kind to all living creatures whether that means humans or animals. Being a part of humanity means to be a part of the tragedies that come along with it. Every day there is some sort of catastrophic event that occurs such as, school shootings, bombings, murders, rapes, and so many other dreadful things. These calamitous occurrences are becoming a part of our daily routine. We may stop to read the newspaper or watch that news segment for a few moments to learn what happened, but we do not take the time to empathize what happened to that person or an entire country. As Bloom had stated, “But empathy will have to yield to reasons if humanity is to have a future” (Bloom), this statement has to muster up some sort of emotion...
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...Management Research International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef · Bonn Masters of Arts International Management Is GHRM applicable to be implemented in all types of business? Name: Hisham Reda Student ID: NEC2160104 Supervisor: Dr. Tina Huesing Date of Submission: 10.04.2016 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I know it’s not a thesis or a huge research to write an acknowledgements but I wanted to thank Dr. Tina Huesing for being a great teacher for me and it’s a real privilege for me to still learning under her supervised. She is very helpful and inspiring for me especially I am still in the beginning of learning how to write a good research from her, and I would say thank you very much. Abstract GHRM is a concept of how the company going green and to change the culture of the company to a green business through implementing its practices and policies which are integrating to CSR to reach the social needs of the employees by keep them feeling afe and work in safety and health work place to increase their retention, but these policies are not suitable for all kind of businesses as they have disadvantages on some businesses and a lot of consequences and that what the paper will discuss from what are the types of businesses cant implement these practices and what are these disadvantages. Keywords: GHRM, HRM, CSR, social needs, green business, greenwashing Table of Contents II. List of Abbreviations 5 III. Chapter 1: Research Outline...
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...INTRODUCTION Every year more and more ships are lost through fire and collision. Shipboard fire alone, however, results in more total losses of ships than any other form of casualty. The most common causes of shipboard fire are: maintenance, burning and welding are responsible for nearly 40 percent of all outbreaks. Smoking leads to countless fires that break out when no one expects. Lack of attention, spontaneous combustion and electrical faults are the major causes. The engine room is at special risk from flashbacks in oilfired boilers, leaky pipings carrying oil, overheated bearings and even the accumulation of rubbish (oil rags, dirty oil, tins of oil, etc.). According to Mikhail Grigorevich Stavitskii 1983, if most shipboard fires can be prevented, then who is responsible for preventing them? The answer is that fire prevention is the shared duty of each and every member of the crew. No fire prevention effort or program can be successful unless it involves everyone aboard ship. We have noted that every crewmember is responsible for the fire aboard ship. Similarly, every crewmember has a role in the ship's fire prevention program. Because attitude is so much a part of the fire prevention, it is also the most important part of the fire prevention program. So as with the Fire Figthing, if there is a fire aboard ship, everyone aboard ship must form the emergency response team. According to Lobo Gruppe, Oslo 1987, the emergency response team are consist of the following...
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...1. Introduction and Research Question In the lectures of “Organization Theory” much information from different perspectives was presented about the issues how the literature defines a firm, how a firm can operate most efficiently and what has to be considered to generate sustainable success. For me personally the topic “resourced-based view of a company” was the most interesting one. Therefore, I was wondering if it is possible to apply a resource-based view as an innovative perspective to support the strategic decision making process of certain management sections. During this research proposal I am going to present my research strategy to answer this question. 2. Literature Review In order to prove the value of the research question a review of the relevant literature was undertaken. Obviously, the central element of my research question is “the resource-based view” (RBV). Therefore, I disclose which initial assumptions, approaches and results have been evolved about the RBV thematic in literature. The findings about the development of the concept are introduced chronologically. Moreover, a dissertation about a closely related topic to my research question is presented. As for every major business concept, there exist countless definitions about the RBV. A concise and covering one might be: “A management device used to assess the available amount of a business' strategic assets. In essence, the resource-based view is based on the idea that the effective and efficient...
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...“Integrated marketing: advertising and politics” Massey University Masters of Business Administration Marketing Unit Presented July 2013 Mike Richards Student ID 13154066 CONTENTS CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................ 2 1. OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................ 3 2. SUMMARY OF RESEARCH FINDINGS AND THE APPLICATION OF ADVERTISING THEORY TO POLITICS .............................................................................................................................. 5 A. B. C. D. E. 3. 4. Advertising, Promotion, and Other Aspects of Integrated Marketing Communications (Shrimp & Andrews) 2013 .............................................................. 5 Advertising Theory (edited by Shelly Rodgers & Esther Thorson) 2012 .................. 6 Advertising and Society – Controversies and Consequences (edited by Carol J. Pardun) 2009............................................................................................................... 7 Advertising and the Market Orientation of Political Parties Contesting the 1999 and 2002 New Zealand Election Campaigns. ..................................................................... 7 Political Campaign Communication Principles & Practises (Trent and Friedenberg 2008) ..................................................................
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...IBIMA Publishing Journal of Marketing Research and Case Studies http://www.ibimapublishing.com/journals/JMRCS/jmrcs.html Vol. 2011 (2011), Article ID 421059, 17 pages DOI: 10.5171/2011.421059 Analyzing the Effectiveness of Marketing Strategies in the Presence of Word of Mouth: Agent-Based Modeling Approach Çiğdem Karakaya, Bertan Badur and Can Aytekin Boğaziçi University, Management Information Systems Department, Istanbul/Turkey __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract Consumer purchasing decision making has been of great interest to researchers and practitioners for improving strategic marketing policies and gaining a competitive advantage in the market. Traditional market models generally concentrate on single individuals rather than taking social interactions into account. However, individuals are tied to one another with invisible bonds and the influence an individual receives from others, affects her purchasing decision which is known as word of mouth (WOM) effect. In this process, some people have greater influence on other consumers’ buying decisions that are known as opinion leaders. A new evolving modeling approach, agent-based modeling enables researchers to build models where individual entities and their interactions are directly represented. In this paper, we aim to build an agent-based simulation model for a technological product in a monopolistic artificial market. In particular...
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...MOOCs as the Remedy for Higher Education Abstract Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have recently developed into a popular topic of discussion in higher education forum. Undeniably there are a lot of problems existing in current mode of traditional higher education such as affordability, quality and flexibility. This paper will argue that MOOCs serve as a remedy to address the problems of higher education. 1) MOOCs are made to be affordable to every student who would like to learn, resolving the affordability of higher education; 2) MOOCs initiated interactive classes through various technological applications, to enhance the quality of class learning; 3) MOOCs allow for flexibility to cater to people with different needs or difficulties. Overall, despite some of the limitations, MOOCs could still serve as a remedy to resolve some problems with current higher education but they are certainly not a replacement of traditional higher education. The technology boom has led to a new trend in higher education – MOOC mania. A Massive Open Online Course, by definition of Tamar Lewin in his “Universities Abroad Join Partnerships on the Web”, is an online course for large-scale interactive participation and open access via the web. Besides traditional course materials, MOOCs offer interactive forums that build a learning community that involves both teachers and students (Lewin). MOOCs are widely recognized by its interactive and convenient online learning platforms, and its...
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...IBIMA Publishing Journal of Marketing Research and Case Studies http://www.ibimapublishing.com/journals/JMRCS/jmrcs.html Vol. 2011 (2011), Article ID 421059, 17 pages DOI: 10.5171/2011.421059 Analyzing the Effectiveness of Marketing Strategies in the Presence of Word of Mouth: Agent-Based Modeling Approach Çiğdem Karakaya, Bertan Badur and Can Aytekin Boğaziçi University, Management Information Systems Department, Istanbul/Turkey __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract Consumer purchasing decision making has been of great interest to researchers and practitioners for improving strategic marketing policies and gaining a competitive advantage in the market. Traditional market models generally concentrate on single individuals rather than taking social interactions into account. However, individuals are tied to one another with invisible bonds and the influence an individual receives from others, affects her purchasing decision which is known as word of mouth (WOM) effect. In this process, some people have greater influence on other consumers’ buying decisions that are known as opinion leaders. A new evolving modeling approach, agent-based modeling enables researchers to build models where individual entities and their interactions are directly represented. In this paper, we aim to build an agent-based simulation model for a technological product in a monopolistic artificial...
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...Corporate Financial Management UBA 341 Group Assignment 2 American Degree Program SEGI University Mr. Raymond Cross Summer Semester June 25, 2013 By Shafiq Reza Bin Zulkifli (SCM-006247) Muhammad Hareez Bin Shaik (SCM-009956) Contents Introduction 2 The Five C's Of Credit 3 Article of Interest 5 ARTICLE TITLE: How To Get A Small Business Bank Loan 5 Article review 7 Conclusion 9 Reference 10 Introduction In considering the extension of a person's credit, a method called the “Five C's of Credit” is used by most lenders to determine the credit worthiness of a potential borrower. All in all, the system itself weighs five characteristics of a borrower, attempting to analyze the chances of them going default on their business. Hence forth, for business owner; the question of "What are you looking for from me and my business if I need to borrow?", are some of the most common question that they need to ask before permitting themselves to ask for a loan from lenders. That is why, while each lending situation is unique, most lenders and especially bankers will refer to the “Five C's” when they are making their credit decisions and that business owner should familiar themselves with this to insure good credit rating within their business. Following this further, the five C's of credit that is important to know are Character, Capital, Capacity, Conditions, and Collateral where each of the five will incorporates both...
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...|[pic] | |[pic] |[pic] |[pic] | |[pic] |[pic] |[pic] |[pic] | |[pic] |[pic] |[pic] |[pic] | |[pic] |[pic] |[pic] | Sanitary pads plays a major role in a woman's life. A lady's intimate friend. The quality of sanitary pads can influence ladies' emotions during period. That is why choosing a suitable sanitary pad is very important. According to research, when blood on used sanitary pads is exposed to the air, approximately 100,000 bacteria will grow on it in a mere 4 minute. This has been a major factor of various female sicknesses such as itchiness, sensitive skin, inflammation, lower back pain, fatique, emotionally unstable and others. Kotex is a brand that plays an undeniably significant role in the female population. With almost 60 years of experience in Malaysia, Kotex is constantly striving to develop innovative campaigns and products to help women to stay fresh and healthy. End of 2010, Kotex launched the world's first and only pad that combines superior technology with stunning design, excitingly named as the KOTEX Luxe* Ultrathin Design Pads. Kotex is a brand of feminine...
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...1. Product Choice 2. Introuction Nokia Corporation is a Finnishmultinational communications and information technology corporation headquartered inKeilaniemi, Espoo, Finland.[4] Its principal products are mobile telephones and portable IT devices. It also offers Internet services including applications, games, music, media andmessaging through its Ovi platform, and free-of-charge digital map information andnavigation services through its wholly owned subsidiary Navteq.[5] Nokia has a joint venture with Siemens, Nokia Siemens Networks, which provides telecommunications networkequipment and services.[6] Nokia has around 105,000 employees across 120 countries, sales in more than 150 countries and annual revenues of around €38 billion.[1] As of 2012 it is the world's second-largest mobile phone maker by unit sales (after Samsung), with a global market share of 22.5% in the first quarter.[7] Nokia is a public limited-liability company listed on theHelsinki Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange.[8] It is the world's 143rd-largest company measured by 2011 revenues according to the Fortune Global 500.[9] Nokia was the world's largest vendor of mobile phones from 1998 to 2012.[7] However, over the past five years it has suffered declining market share as a result of the growing use of smartphones from other vendors, principally the Apple iPhone and devices running onGoogle's Android operating system. As a result, its share price has fallen from a high of US$40...
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