...and graceful dweller of the oceans; the octopus. From very large to very small and seen in all colors and varieties, it is a creature that is unique in its form. The octopus is very intelligent, possibly the most intelligent of all invertebrates and has the ability to reason and assess situations. Because of this it is constantly on the move over the sandy ocean floor, searching for food and better conditions. When confronted with a threat it is able to escape by blinding its attacker in a cloud of black ink and can even detach a limb if it is necessary for survival. These lost limbs can later be regrown with no long term damage. Certain types of octopus are able to camouflage themselves as well, in order to blend in with the surroundings to escape attack. They are also master escape artists, due to their ability to squeeze through very tight spaces, and in captivity they often escape their tanks. The octopus lives in the ocean, surrounded by water. Water itself has powerful symbolism. Water is seen as being pure and fluid, being able to take on different forms and adapt. The ocean tides are controlled by the moon and both the moon and water are seen as feminine symbols. This is fitting as the ocean...
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...life. There are many organisms to choose from and I have chosen the giant octopus or Enteroctopus Dofleini for this assignment. The giant octopus is a marine invertebrate organism that inhabits the oceans off the coast of the United States. The octopus has a food source that consists of small fish, clams, mussels, crabs, and other marine animals. The giant octopus have developed different adaptations in the form of specialized organs to assist in its survival and is a predatory by nature. Those survival organs are the arms for capturing prey, the complex eyes, and the brain/nervous system. This paper will state different organs and how the Enteroctopus Dofleini adapts physiologically to its surroundings. The Enteroctopus Dofleini has a larger brain compare to other Mollusca located right below the optic socket and wraps around the esophagus. The central nervous system, brain, and the sense organs are the most extremely developed of the invertebrates. During the octopus’s lifetime the brain will continue to grow and will have more than 170 million nerve cells, of which 130 million will be optical. More than or about 350 million nerve cells will exist in the limbs of the Enteroctopus Dofleini and can differentiate items with the similar sensitivity as its sight. When the giant octopus moves along the ocean floor, those nerve systems allow the octopus to learn its environment. This giant octopus can memorize its past surroundings and keep a mental picture of areas it...
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... Antonia Juvera Organism Physiology The enter octopus dofleini has evolved advanced organs that have been an important part of the species survival. All though very odd looking, and somewhat looking like a creature from another planet. The animal’s eyes and arms have adapted perfectly to capture its food. The octopus has the ability to blend into their environment by changing their color to comply with the environment they are in. This is somewhat of a natural built in camouflage to help the octopus catch their prey. The octopus also has the ability to change colors because they have light sensitive skin cells which are called chromataphores. These cells contain special pigment granules which ultimately give the octopus the ability to change colors. The brain of an octopus is located below the eyes and goes around its esophagus. There are sensory organs within the brain that are the most developed when compared to any other invertebrate species. It is thought believed that more than 75% of its brain is concentrated to its optical system and memory. This feature allows the octopus to remember the areas of the environment it lives in and what is the best place to feed. The octopus’s memory is a major factor that works to its advantage for its survival. Another survival mechanism that the octopus has is that when the octopus in put in a stressful or dangerous situation, the octopus can spray out a dark ink cloud. The ink is made mostly of melanin and mucous...
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...The Dumbo Octopus The Dumbo Octopus belongs to the mollusks phylum, however, it is a subdivision of the Umbrella Octopus, which belongs to the Cephalopod phylum. The mollusk phylum is extremely diverse, with about 50,000 species within it. You can find these creatures living towards the very bottom of the ocean. The average ocean depth is roughly 3,800 meters, and the Dumbo Octopus lives 3,000 to 4,000 meters under the surface of the water, which is about 13,000 feet . Living in these deep conditions where it is very dark, they don’t have ink sacs like most other octopi because the ink serves no purpose. But, they do have the ability to change color to blend in with their surroundings like other octopi. The Dumbo Octopus faces other challenges...
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...as the giant octopus, is a marine organism that can be found in the ocean waters of southern California to the Northern Pacific and across to Aleutians Islands and south to Japan ("Marinebio", 2012). The giant octopus is predatory animal that has evolved and developed traits necessary for it survival. Anatomy According to "Octopusworld.com" (2012), “The anatomy of a North Pacific Giant Octopus is very interesting. They tend to lie flat often on the bottom of the ocean so they seem to be like a tan starfish. It is this blending in though that makes them able to avoid detection from various types of predators. They have very long arms that are also thick. Along the length of them are many suction cups” (Anatomy). The octopus has a very large head that is spherical in shape. The shape of the head facilitates movement and makes it possible for the octopus to move around effortlessly ("Octopusworld.com", 2012). The body of the octopus is divided into following three parts: * Mantle…{paragraph continues} * The Trunk…{paragraph continues} * The Arms…{paragraph continues} The mantel is the muscular mass that encloses the vital organs. The mantel also circulates water around the enclosed gills, provides for respiration and excretion by contracting and expanding. In addition to the aforementioned functions, the mantel also aids in swimming by pushing water through the exterior funnels located near the base of the arms ("Giant Pacific Octopus", 2012). ...
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...Organism Physiology: The Octopus Bio/101 January 17, 2010 Enteroctopus Dofleini or giant octopus is a marine invertebrate organism that inhabits the oceans off the coast of the United States. Its food source consists of crabs, small fish, clams, mussels and other marine animals. The octopus is predatory by nature and has developed many adaptations in the form of advance specialized organs to aid in its survival. The octopus has developed several organs that are vital to its survival, the brain/nervous system, complex eyes and arms for capturing its prey. In this paper the topic to discuss is these different organs and how they have adapted physiologically to its environment. The Giant Octopus has a considerably larger brain in comparison to other Mollusca which wraps around the esophagus and just below the optic socket. The brain, sense organs, and central nervous system are the most highly developed of the invertebrates. During its life span the brain will continue to grow and will consist of 170 million nerve cells, of which 130 million will be optical. 350 million nerve cells will reside in the arms of the giant octopus and can distinguish objects with the same sensitivity as its sight. As the octopus moves along the ocean floor, these nerve cells allow the octopus to learn its surroundings. The animal can remember its past environments and keep a working memory of areas they have...
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...2010. Octopuses (Enteroctopus dofleini) Recognize Inidividual Humans. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. 13: 261-272. Brown, P.K., Brown, P.S. 1958. Visual pigments of the octopus and cuttlefish. Nature, 182: 1288-1290. Cronin, T.W., Shashar, N., Caldwell, R.L., Marshall, J., Cheroske, A.G., Chiou, T. 2003. Polarization Vision and Its Role in Biological Signaling. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43, 4: 549-558. Mäthger, L.M., Barbosa, A., Miner, S., Hanlon, R.T. 2006. Color blindness and contrast perception in cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) determined by a visual sensorimotor assay. Vision Research. 46, 11: 1746-1753. Mäthger, L.M., Shashar, N., Hanlon, R.T. 2009. Do cephalopods communicate using polarized light reflections from their skin? Journal of Experimental Biology. 212: 2133-2140. Ritcher, J.N., Hochner, B., Kuba, M.J. 2016. Pull or Push? Octopuses Solve a Puzzle Problem. Plos One. Stubbs, A.L...
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...and Small amount strategy Octopus strategic advantage has been its focus on being a coin-free payment system with small amount. It offers users an easy and convenient way to travel and shop around Hong Kong by having a built-in microchip it the card, which stores money electronically and has other applications. User can put their octopus cards over an Octopus reader, which will automatically deduct the correct amount from the card. The user would no longer need to carry coins. The Octopus card can be widely used in various organizations, such as public transport, parking, retail, government recreational facilities. Strategic Partnerships Octopus has strategic partnerships with Transport companies, fast food chain restaurant, and retail outlets. Octopus helps service providers and business partners like retailers provide various loyalty programmes in which cardholders can collect reward points every time when they use their cards and then redeem gifts or enjoy discounted services. Through loyalty programmes, Octopus can help their partners provide better value to customers, increase awareness and product sales. The most notable partnership is MTR, for example, from 1 September to 30 November 2013, you can redeem 50% discounted price to Lok Ma Chau station with Octopus at the customer service centers of designated MTR stations before entering the gate. Weakness Limited usage According to Octopus condition, cardholder can add value to Octopus with cash up to a maximum...
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...|Culture Analysis | Analysis Objective |According to Eric, Van den Steen (1990), a corporate culture is the sense of shared beliefs and values, through screening, self sorting and manager-directed | |joint learning. In order to understand the organization culture of KMB, we will identify the values and assumptions share among member of KMB. The culture | |artefact and shared value demonstrated the belief of former and top management toward to the organizational goals and it gave a guideline to the employees’ | |belief, behavior and shared assumption. We will analyze the culture of KMB with the following steps: | |Identify the artefacts of KMB, and then conclude the core value of KMB with iceberg model. | |Examine KMB’s culture value with the contingencies of organizational Culture. | Culture Artefact Stories & Legends-Caring Customer, Continuously Innovating |[pic][pic][pic][pic] | |[pic][pic] |80 Years Contribution ...
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...Electronic Cash and Smart Cards CMPS / ECBU 410: Management Information Systems Prepared by Joanna Carey Fall 2012 Instructor: Dr. Seta Whitby Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Body III. Advantages/Disadvantages of Electronic Cash & Smart cards and paper based currency IV. Conclusion V. References Introduction This research paper will closely investigate the relative importance between electronic and paper-based payments across the world. Although electronic payments are becoming more popular and easy to use, numerous surveys for payment instruments have shown the pace of change from an established payment method to a new payment method to be considerably slower than industry predictions. The movement to electronic payments and smart cards has been slow and has focused primarily on credit cards at the point of sale because bank emphasis is on expanding loan revenue and a historical reliance on checks which provide users with short-term credit. As technology continues to evolve the use of paper currency is becoming more obsolete. Although the modernization of digital money is changing into forms that don’t directly connect our electronic payments to our private information, such as smart cards, the transition into “cybercash” is still in the premature stages of development. This paper will highlight the advantages as well as the disadvantages...
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...Keywords: smart card, transportation, payment system, technology diffusion, Octopus, Hong Kong A b s t r a c t Although debit/cash cards based on smart card technology promised to bring forth the end of loose change, very few managed to gain critical mass or come close to totally eliminating coins including those supported by major credit card operators (e.g., Visa Cash and Mondex). In this paper, we discuss a specific system – Octopus – which not only gained momentum among the passenger transportation industry in Hong Kong, but also expanded into other payment channels such as fast food outlets and snack machines. We examine the factors why Octopus has been successful despite most micro-payment systems failing to gain critical mass let alone expand their customer base. Finally, we conclude that convenience factors, a specific set of societal factors and its management strategy to expand from a captive market towards a generic micro-payment system had been instrumental to the growth of this e-payment system. A Copyright © 2001 Electronic Markets Volume 11 (2): 97–106. www.electronicmarkets.org Downloaded By: [Schmelich, Volker] At: 12:59 16 March 2010 E-COMMERCE IN AUSTRAL-ASIA u t h o r s Simpson Poon (Spoon@hku.hk) is the Director of the Centre for E-Commerce and Internet Studies at Murdoch University in Australia and a Visiting Associate Professor at the School of Business, The University...
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...HUM/150 Team B Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Color-vs-Black and White Study Spider-Man 2 and The Maltese Falcon Introduction Our assignment this week was to compare the effects of color versus black-and-white in films. Learning Team B selected Spider-Man 2 as the color film, and The Maltese Falcon as the black-and-white film. While referencing the influence of color and black-and-white imagery, we will examine the following topics: How color or black-and-white… • Contributed to the expression of each film • Influenced the atmosphere of the films • Affected characterization • Provided transitional changes • Helped mirror the director’s intent Expression Maltese Falcon Shot in black and white this film depends on the use of multiple elements to attain the desired emotional response and reaction to the characters and the plot of the story. The use of lighting to obtain physical shadow, create depth, and establish area and time are very important but lighting is also used to indicate darker or lighter moods and situations. Black & white is a great contribution to the expression of this story, it has layers and shades of grey that add to the overall enjoyment of watching this movie. Spider-Man 2 This movie portrays a comic book superhero and is shot in bright, bold, sometimes exaggerated colors to obtain this effect. It has moments of lightness with cooler coloring and lighting for a few romantic and comical scenes but for the most part...
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...Introduction Do you still remember the time when you were waiting your mother for looking for a telephone number in her cumbersome contact book? After hardly finding the personal, poor handing writing became another challenge for her, as she had to guess what she actually wrote down. Back to the age when email was not popular, when computer or the Internet was hardly accessed, communication within distant people mainly relied on massive posts. You may not realize, information management was done in both cases as a personal was trying to organize information in a deliverable manner to others or his/herself. The term “information management” may be quite unfamiliar to general public. People would think that it might be related to computer science and information technology, which are newly brought out in this century. By the Dr. T.D. Wilson (University of Sheffield), information management refers to how information is acquired, organized, controlled and disseminated (Wilson). Indeed, information management has long been existed and “living” with us. Experts have different comments on Information management models. Some said models are typically wrong in nature but somehow useful (Box & Draper 1987). To summarise the features of IM model, it could be the representation of structure or diagnostic tool (HKU). This essay introduces four information management models and how they are involved in daily life. Each model would be illustrated with certain examples to let readers...
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...After reading an article on “can we talk? Researcher talks about the role of communication in marriages”. I feel that self disclosure in relationships is important to know where your partner stands or feels about certain issues that might come up. My wife and I sometimes have discussions with one Another to try and find out ways to make each other happy because according to her I am a grouch. We try our hardest but it’s like everyday there is always something different. I believe that self disclosure is important because it relates to having a good intimate relationship. I believe it is a blue print to one’s emotions and it bears great weight on intimate relationships. In regards to gender similarities, I notice that woman are more sensitive when it comes to intimate communication they need to verbally hear “I love you” and desire a great deal of attention. I know this first hand my wife is telling me that all the time and I say ok. She wants me to kiss and tell her that I love her all the time. On the other hand, men seems to cater more to non verbal body language; they desire to be depended on and be ask for their guidance and their leadership in most major decisions. This is so true instead of hearing my wife tell me that she loves me a million times I would rather see her cook me a meal. That lets me know that she loves me. I tend not to say I love you that often but I think she gets the hint by me doing things when she asks me to do things. This type of action makes men...
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...“I Loved You” Poetry Analysis In analysis to the title, the past-tense word, “Loved”, can predict that the author will explain why he once loved or why he has stopped loving the person, feeling sad, or even happy, that they are no longer in love. “I Loved You,” by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, is developed with a single stanza consisting of 8, approximately parallel in length, sentences; consonant, polysyllabic, and connotative diction; and informal and abstract structure. The combinations Pushkin weaves together displays that he does not want to spend much time having to tell the person about his strong but hopeless love with details and reasons because having to explain about his dim love that is actually ever-lasting is hard on him already, giving him emotional sadness and pain. Pushkin begins his poem with a repetition of the title to stress his feeling about the person. He continues the first sentence, followed by another, with contradictions. “[…] and I probably still do./And for a while the feeling may remain…” Even though Pushkin claimed to have stopped loving the person, he still has love and compassion him or her. The ellipses following “remain” tells the reader that the feeling will continue, for a long period of time and it may never go away. Pushkin, though, does not want the person to love him back. Even though he loves the person still—and maybe for the rest of his life—he does not want their love in return because of the trouble and pain he brings along with...
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