...Public Attitudes to Nuclear Power and Climate Change in Britain Two Years after the Fukushima Accident Summary findings of a survey conducted in March 2013 Wouter Poortinga, Nick F. Pidgeon, Stuart Capstick, and Midori Aoyagi Working Paper 19 September 2013: REF UKERC/WP/ES/2013/006 This document has been prepared to enable results of on-going work to be made available rapidly. It has not been subject to review and approval, and does not have the authority of a full Research Report. 1 T H E U K E N E R G Y R E S E A R C H C E N T R E carries out world-class research into sustainable future energy systems. It is the hub of UK energy research and the gateway between the UK and the international energy research communities. Our interdisciplinary, whole systems research informs UK policy development and research strategy. Contact Details Dr Wouter Poortinga Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University Bute Building, King Edward VII Avenue Cardiff, Wales, UK, CF10 3NB Prof Nick F. Pidgeon, Dr Stuart Capstick Understanding Risk Research Group School of Psychology, Cardiff University 51 Park Place Cardiff, Wales, UK, CF10 3AT Dr Midori Aoyagi Social and Environmental Systems Research Center, National Institute for Environmental studies (NIES), 16-2, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan PoortingaW@cardiff.ac.uk PidgeonN@cardiff.ac.uk CapstickSB@cardiff.ac.uk Aoyagi@nies.go.jp 2 Contents Acknowledgements ...........................................................................
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... MEMBERS: AJAY PAL SINGH (213678594, ajays14@schulich.yorku.ca) ANUSH MENDONCA (213665831) ANINDER DHAKA (213917166) NIKET RANJAN (213862297) SANDEEP KANTAMNENI (213845664) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Our project focuses on analyzing the Customer Service process and providing recommendations that can enhance the customer experience at The Square restaurant in the Novotel Hotel Hyderabad. This involved identifying the parameters which drive customer service, identifying and measuring the bottleneck activities and proposing areas of improvement leading to customer delight. The Square restaurant was observed from the point of view of enhancing the customer experience by taking a holistic approach and covering all the aspects from the moment the customer enters the restaurant to the time he leaves it. The customer experience was evaluated on the basis of reliability of service, responsiveness of staff, the food quality, the quality of ambience, time-taken for various activities; the feedback system and the extent of providing personalized experience taking into account the customer preferences. The approach has been to enhance the dining experience and provide timely service to the customer. During the analysis we have identified certain improvement points that the management can focus upon. Currently we observed high levels of inconsistent service and generic nature of customer service provided at the restaurant...
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...money as well as become more environmentally conscious. Based on this demand, many car manufacturers are now developing and producing more energy efficient vehicles. Firmly established as a leader in our industry, Green Car Rental entered the alternate fuel vehicle market, in response to the desires expressed by its customers. Based on our award winning success with alternative fuel vehicles, and the growing consumer demand for even more efficient, reduced emission vehicles, Green Car Rental Company intends to demonstrate the feasibility, and lead the rental car industry again by adding hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to our fleet. Product Information Hydrogen is a simple and plentiful, odorless, and colorless gas (H2) derived from gas fields. It is an abundant resource for fuel once processed. Manufacturers from BMW to Toyota have been developing numerous strategies to utilize hydrogen to power vehicles. Aside from CNG (compressed natural gas), LNG, and a host of other alternative fuel resources, hydrogen although expensive to produce seems to be the hot ticket item for car manufactures. Hydrogen in the raw state is not a fuel but a simple energy carrier. There are numerous ways to produce fuel from Hydrogen. Practices include natural gas reforming, biomass, gasification, renewable liquid reforming, high-temperature thermochemical water splitting and the list goes on. Currently there are no cost-effective or...
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...Disaster Management [pic] [pic] Training Manual Table of Contents Introduction: The Importance of Communication 4 Emergency Communications and Warning Systems 5 Technologies behind Warning Systems 7 WARNING FLOW DIAGRAM 8 Principles of Emergency Communications 9 The Motorola Pro 5150 Handset Radio 12 Methods of communication 13 HF Radio. 19 VHF Radio. 19 UHF – Mobile / Fixed Trunk. 21 Satellite Communications. 21 POTS or Plain Old Telephone System. 21 Cellular Telephone. 22 Internet. 22 Broadcast Services. 22 Cable. 22 Pager. 23 Civil Communications. 23 Military Communications. 23 Amateur Radios. 23 Private/Commercial Communications. 23 Marine and Aeronautical Communications. 23 Citizens Band (CB) 24 THE ICOM 718 High Frequency (HF) general coverage radio 25 The Main Components of a Typical HF Radio Station: 26 Operating Modes 27 SIMPLEX OPERATION 27 DUPLEX OPERATION VIA REPEATER 27 Radio Relay/Rebroadcast 28 Extending Range 28 Linked Repeater System 29 Proper Use of Repeaters. 30 Radio checks, Signal strength and Readability 31 Preliminary Calls 31 OPERATIONAL INFORMATION 33 INCOMING RADIO MESSAGES 33 INCOMING TELEPHONE MESSAGES 34 OUTGOING MESSAGES 34 RECEPTION OF DISTRESS, URGENCY AND SAFETY MESSAGES 35 Sample Message Form 36 Calling Procedures 37 Collective calls and Radio check 38 Lost Communications Procedure. 39 Communications...
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...Local government report by the Comptroller and Auditor General Local government Impact of funding reductions on fire and rescue services NOVEMBER 2015 Our vision is to help the nation spend wisely. Our unique end-to-end view of public sector service delivery allows us to provide commentary, advice and insight to local authorities to help achieve the best use of resources and improve public services. The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), Sir Amyas Morse KCB, is an Officer of the House of Commons, independent of government and leads the NAO, which employs some 810 people. The Local Government and Accountability Act 2014 provides for the C&AG to conduct examinations into the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which local authorities have used their resources in discharging their functions. The C&AG may publish the results of such an examination in such manner as he considers appropriate. Local government Impact of funding reductions on fire and rescue services Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General This report has been prepared and published under Section 7Z(A) of the National Audit Act 1983 as introduced by the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sir Amyas Morse KCB Comptroller and Auditor General National Audit Office 2 November 2015 This report examines comparative patterns of change in income, spending and financial and service sustainability across fire and rescue authorities since 2010-11. © National...
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...finishes its task after step 9, and workstation 2 finishes its task after step 23. At both these steps 9 & 23, description says that ‘rotate the sub assembly such that the front end is facing the operator’ which validates that WIP sub assembly can be handed over to succeeding work station. Refer to Exhibit 1 in the annexures. As per this design the cycle time of process is 8 minutes, because station 1 has a maximum of 8 minutes takt time and that becomes the bottleneck station. Flow Diagram Trolley Capacity Calculations: The model variant information is provided by SAL after the body comes out of the paint shop.Cockpit sub-assembly for a particular model variant need to be made available when that Body reaches at station 9, allowing 64mins of time margin. (8 stations*8min takt time) for ISD to assemble and deliver cockpit sub-assembly for that model. As per the data provided in the case 1. Total activity time at ISD each sub-assembly will take 23.85 minutes to finish the operations (calculated from Exhibit 4 in the case). 2. Transit time from ISD to SAL is 16 mins one way. Therefore ISD can deliver a particular sub assembly in minimum 39.85 minutes to SAL at station 9, after they receive information from SAL. Trolley size - 2 If there is constraint on storage of only one sub-assembly along the line side at SAL workstation 9, then it restricts the batch size of shipping from ISD to...
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...CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The mass media, most especially television have gradually become a part of our daily lives, and sources of information, education and entertainment have been described as the primary functions of the media. Lasswell (1948) as cited in Folarin (2005, p.74) assigns three functions to the media: i. Surveillance of the Environment (the news function). ii. Correlation of the different parts of the Enviroment (the editorial function). iii. Transmission of the cultural heritage from one generation to the other (the cultural transmission function). The focus of the researcher in this study is not only on the entertainment function of the media, but the role the entertainment media especially television, plays in shaping social behaviour among teenagers in the society. Stephenson (1967) a British psychologist, as cited in Folarin (2005, p.170), divides man’s activities into work and play. The former involving reality and production, while the latter deals with entertainment, relaxation or self satisfaction. He further says that people use mass communication more as play than as work, more for pleasure and entertainment than for information and serious work. Folarin (ibid) corroborates this view by saying that one constant criticism of television in Nigeria is its focus on entertainment rather than on development purposes. There is no doubt that the impact of the media on young people’s lives is broadly considered within...
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...GAYLES 2O1O p.1 INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN-‐AMERICAN STUDIES AAS 2010 CRN: 85710, 88310 Please note: The course syllabus provides a general plan for the course; deviations may be necessary to meet the needs of the class. Jonathan Gayles, Ph.D. Associate Professor, African-‐American Studies Telephone 404-‐413-‐5638 (E-‐mail is the most efficient way to reach me) E-‐mail All course-‐related e-‐mail should be sent through Desire to Learn (D2L) Class meets Tuesday/Thursday in Classroom South 103, 1:00-‐2:15pm Office 1 Park Place South, Suite 962 Office Hours Tuesdays 2:30-‐3:30pm and by appointment Calvin Monroe Graduate Teaching Assistant cmonroe8@student.gsu.edu POWER DOWN YOUR PHONE NOW AND FOR EACH CLASS ABOUT THE COURSE Course Description The university’s course description: “Intellectual and social origins of African-‐American Studies. Key concepts, themes, and theories of the discipline.” More specifically...
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...common factors that a electric car would help eliminate we should look at. 1. The impact an electric car will have on our environment. 2. How your house can become a fuel station. 3. Reduce or eventually eliminate our dependencies on the need for Foreign Oil and the conflicts that ride along with our needs. When we consider the positive impact an electric car will have on our environment we can pretty much justify the need alone with the improvement with the quality of air we breathe. Just consider that according to “Michael Bloch of Green Living Tips” the common toxic byproducts of gasoline are: Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen dioxide, Sulfur dioxide, Benzene, Formaldehyde and Particulate matter or soot, and other polycyclic hydrocarbons are released by combustion engines. While we all know that breathing C2O alone can kill we should consider what the others are capable of doing to your health. Each year more than 15,000 people visit the hospital and more than 500 persons die from Carbon Monoxide poisoning. (eMedecineHealth.com) Something about combustion engines we never consider is, while sitting at gas service stations and paying a high percentage of our weekly pay for some flammable liquid that originated outside the United States is the fumes that we breathe in from the expelled fumes from the pump. What if you could eliminate those lengthy trips to Exxon, Shell, BP...
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...Minor Assignment Report Introduction The following report will examine the 4 elements of the marketing mix and their relevance and importance within the retail petroleum industry. The marketing mix elements are often referred to as the 4 p’s of marketing and are product, price, promotion and place (Solomon, et al. 2011, p. 21). These 4 elements are the building blocks of an effective marketing strategy and are useful in gaining an understanding of marketing in the retail petroleum industry. This report will deal with each of these elements individually and discuss how the macro and micro environments of the retail petroleum industry in Australia affect the way marketers approach these 4 elements. Reference will be made to texts, industry reports, and an internet news article. These references will help to provide a complete understanding of the implications of the marketing mix on this industry. Product A product is ‘a tangible good, service or idea that satisfies consumer or business customer needs through the exchange process’ (Solomon, et al. 2011, p. 11). Products can be referred to as having three levels. These levels are the actual, the core and the augmented product (Solomon, et al. 2011, p. 22). An actual product is the tangible good or service that delivers the desired benefit to a customer. In the retail petroleum industry we have a number of actual products that are offered to customers. Firstly, there is petrol and diesel, as well as related products...
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...within the limits of Mumbai. The department's motto is "Sadrakṣaṇāya Khalanigrahaṇāya" (Sanskrit: सद्रक्षणाय खलनिग्रहणाय, "To protect the good and to punish the evil"). Although considered one of the best police forces in the world for solving high profile, high stakes crimes, Mumbai police is also thought to be influenced by local politicians. It is headed by the Commissioner of Mumbai Police, who is generally an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. The current commissioner is Arup Patnaik. Mumbai Police Has total 89 Police Stations in its Jurisdiction. For Administrative purpose Mumbai police is divided in to 12 Zones and one additional Port Zone. Police stations under Port Zone keep vigil on the Mumbai Port. Each Zone contains 3 to 4 Police Stations. Broadly Mumbai police is divided in to five regions namely Central, North, South, East and West. Each Region having 3 to 4 Zones. The in charge of each zone is a DCP. And In charge of Police station is Police Inspector commonly known as Sr. Police Inspector which is an honorary designation. Ranks of Mumbai Police Rank | Abbreviation | Strength | Commissioner of Police | C.P | 1 | Joint Commissioner of Police | Jt.CP | 5 | Additional Commissioner of Police | Addl. CP | 12 | Deputy Commissioner of Police | DCP | 38 | Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police | Addl. DCP | | Assistant Commissioner of Police | ACP | 124 | Police Inspector | PI | 977 | Assistant Police Inspector | API | 756 | Police Sub Inspector...
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...Community Health Nursing HAT: Task 1 Darcie M. Walker January 12, 2012 A1-A2: Community Assessment and Data Interpretation The state of Indiana can show you many different areas of living along with multiple cultures that make the great state what it is. Living in a small town for many years, and relocating to a larger city has been extremely eye opening to see all of those cultures in action. POPULATION ECONOMIC STATUS ASSESSMENT: From statistical findings from the Census Bureau, Marion County has a population of 705,376 people aged 16 years old and over. Of that number of individuals, 474,362 are in the work force, which leaves the number of unemployed individuals at 8.1%. Some of the occupations held are as follows: service occupations, managements, sale, business, construction, health care, retail, transportation, finance, insurance, and many more Out of 358,552 households in Marion County, the income and benefits in adjusted dollars are as follows: * Less than 10,000 34,829 * 10,000-14,999 23,694 * 15,000-24,999 51,518 * 25,000-34,999 47,791 * 35,000-49,999 55,856 * 50,000-74,999 62,475 * 75,000-99,999 37,400 * 100,000-149,999 29,927 * 150,000-199,999 8,144 * 200,000 or more 6,918 The median household income is $39,631, and the mean household income is $54,764. The families receiving cash public assistance are 11,968, and the families with food stamps are 59,600 in...
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...Business Risk Management Fukushima Daiichi – Nuclear Disaster Pedro Eza ID number: z3366523 Executive Summary Fukushima crisis management showed system failures from the public and private actors that led to overall human error and opened a continuous debate within international community about holding nuclear plants under public hands rather than private ones whose incentives clearly differ from the public interest: * The Government and regulatory agencies failed to push Tepco to heed several anomalies and warnings causing the operator to be unprepared at an operational risk level evidencing an embarrassing incompetency to make decisions. * Tepco, as this report will prove below, lacked a culture of safety failing to respond effectively to subsequent events after the accident. For all these, the need to build an adequate resilience framework within the nuclear industry covering the main pillars: Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and Emergency Management, are paramount within risk management. Case’s Background On March 11, 2011, Japan suffered an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 with an epicenter near...
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...U.S. CHEMIC AL S AFETY AND H AZ ARD INVESTIG ATION BOARD INVESTIGATION REPORT LPG FIRE AT VALERO – MCKEE REFINERY (Four Injured, Total Refinery Evacuation, and Extended Shutdown) Photo: Associated Press VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION SUNRAY, TEXAS FEBRUARY 16, 2007 KEY ISSUES: • FREEZE PROTECTION OF DEAD-LEGS • EMERGENCY ISOLATION OF EQUIPMENT • FIREPROOFING OF SUPPORT STEEL • FIRE PROTECTION FOR HIGH PRESSURE LPG SERVICE • CHLORINE RELEASE REPORT NO. 2007-05-I-TX JULY 2008 Valero - Sunray July 2008 Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..........................................................................................................................6 1.0 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................10 1.1 1.2 2.0 Background....................................................................................................................... 10 Investigative Process......................................................................................................... 10 VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION.........................................................................................11 2.1 2.2 McKee Refinery................................................................................................................ 11 2.3 3.0 Company History .......................................................................................
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...Math 7/Math 7 Honors Winter Break Homework Practice ! December 23, 2015 – January 1, 2016 PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Office of Academic Programs Department of Curriculum and Instruction Name: _______________________________________ Mod: _____________ NOTE TO STUDENT This Winter Break Packet has been compiled to complement middle school mathematics classroom instruction aligned to Maryland College and CareerReady Standards (MCCRS). It is intended to be used for review and practice of previously taught and new concepts. We strongly encourage you to work diligently to complete the activities in this packet. You may experience some difficulty with some problems in this packet, but we encourage you to explore and attempt to find a solution to the best of your ability. Upon returning to school, your teacher will explore and discuss with you various solutions to solving each problem. ! ! ! ! MATH 7/Math 7 Honors Winter Break Homework Packet 2015–2016! ! Name: _______________________________________ Mod: _____________ ! ! City Centers Scale drawings and maps of cities can be very helpful for determining distances between important landmarks. With the right map and a little planning, a vacation to a place like Washington, D.C., can be both fun and informative. PART A Using your ruler and graph paper provided in this packet, create a scale drawing of a city center. Use the information below to create your drawing. The scale...
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