...Computer Architecture Lecture 1: Digital logic circuits The digital computer is a digital system that performs various computational tasks. Digital computers use the binary number system, which has two digits: 0 and 1. A binary digit is called a bit. A computer system is sometimes subdivided into two functional entities: hardware and software. The hardware of the computer consists of all the electronic components and electromechanical devices that comprise the physical entity of the device. Computer software consists of the instructions and data that the computer manipulates to perform various data-processing tasks. Program A sequence of instructions for the computer is called a program. The data that are manipulated by the program constitute the data base. Computer organization is concerned with the way the hardware components operate and the way they are connected together to form the computer system. The various components are assumed to be in place and the task is to investigate the organizational structure to verify that the computer parts operate as intended. Computer design is concerned with the hardware design of the computer. Once the computer specifications are formulated, it is the task of the designer to develop hardware for the system. Computer design is concerned with the determination of what hardware should be used and how the parts should be connected. This aspect of computer hardware is sometimes referred to as computer implementation. Computer architecture...
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...Human Subjects Research (HSR) Series CITI Program’s HSR series consists of modules from two basic tracks, Biomedical (Biomed) and Social-Behavioral-Educational (SBE), and a set of Additional Modules of Interest. Organizations may group these modules to form a basic Biomed or SBE course, or a course that combines the two tracks. The Additional Modules of Interest should be used in any course variation, if relevant. The basic Biomed modules have three corresponding sets of refresher modules and the basic SBE modules have two corresponding sets of refresher modules. These refresher modules are intended to provide learners with a review of what was covered in the basic level modules. It is generally recommended that organizations select refresher module requirements that reflect their selections for the basic course(s). Refresher courses should be taken in a cycle at an interval specified by your organization (for example, Refresher Stage 1: 3 years after completion of basic course; Refresher Stage 2: 6 years after completion of basic course). Three additional standalone courses are available: Institutional/Signatory Official: Human Subject Research, and IRB Chair. The Institutional/Signatory Official: Human Subject Research course provides a general introduction to the roles and responsibilities of the institutional official at an organization holding a Federalwide Assurance (FWA). The IRB Administration course offers members of an Institutional Review Board’s (IRB)...
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...IRS Adoption of XBRL Table of Contents Introduction 3 Interactive Data 3 A Common Standard 3 Multi-lingual Feature 4 XBRL GL 4 Benefits 5 Accuracy 5 Traceability 5 Predictability 6 Obstacles 6 Around the World 7 HMRC iXBRL 7 Netherlands Taxonomy Project 7 Standard Business Reporting 8 Partners 8 Conclusion 9 Reference List 10 Introduction eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), the standard for electronic communication of business data has grown to become an integral part of business reporting today. The Securities & Exchange Commission’s (SEC) XBRL mandate began in 2009, requiring all public companies to submit financial statements in XBRL format (United States Securities and Exchange Commission, 2011). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has used the standard since 2005. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the latest of these immense government agencies to flirt with idea of implementing a XBRL mandate. The purpose of this paper is to briefly (1) explore why XBRL is the preferred standard, (2) shed light on the exploratory phase that the IRS has entered and the benefits to be gained from the new standard as well as the obstacles that lie ahead, (3) look at what the rest of the world is doing, and finally (4) look at the inevitability of an IRS adoption of XBRL. Interactive Data Unlike commercial accounting information systems, tax returns printed on paper forms and information...
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...Tubes) Financial Year 2011-2012 | Turnover of Indian Tyre Industry | Rs. 43,000 Crores | Tyre Production (Tonnage) | 15 lakh M.T. | Tyre Production – All Categories (Nos.) | 2254 Lakh | Tyre Export from India (Value) : | Rs. 4209 crores | Number of tyre companies: | 39 | Industry Concentration | 10 Large tyre companies account for over 95% of total tyre production. | Radialisation Level - Current (as a % of total tyre production) | Passenger Car tyres: 98% Light Commercial Vehicles: 20% Heavy Vehicles ( Truck & Bus ): 18% | Major Players of Tyres & Tubes in India * MRF Tyres Ltd. * Apollo Tyres Ltd. * CEAT Ltd. * Balkrishna Industries Ltd. * Govind Rubber Ltd. * Falcon tyres Ltd. * JK Tyres & Industries Ltd. Company of Interest: MRF Tyres Ltd. Company Background: Mr K. M. Mammen is the CMD of the company. The promoters hold about 26% of the total equity in the company, while institutional investors hold about 14% and individuals hold about 34%. Industry group: Tyres & tubes Main product / service: Tyres Ownership group: MRF Group Entity type: Public Ltd. Incorporation year: 1960 Size group: Top decile Ranking: Global Ranking 2012 Ranking | 2011Ranking | Company | 2011 tyre sales (100 million U.S.dollars | 2010 tyre sales (100 million U.S.dollars) | 2009 tyre sales (100 million U.S.dollars) | 17 | 17 | MRF LTD. | 23.518 | 17.397 | 12.25 | Indian Ranking 2012Ranking | 2011Ranking...
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...Internship Report MARKETING RELATIONSHIP IN SBR iCARE Clinics Submitted by: Siddharth Mohanty SMBA12071 Institute of Management Technology, Dubai 1 Acknowledgements The success of this Internship has many roots. One of the most important was an ongoing series of discussions with my mentor Lakshmi Krishnamurthi, Marketing Manager at iCARE Clinics, who devoted her time and effort to layout plans for me, guided me throughout the entire process and ensured that the work bore fruit. Mr. Kuldeep Mulla, Assistant Insurance Manager, who kept me updated with latest trends in the Dubai Healthcare Industry and provided details about target organizations. Dr. Atul Aundhekar, Chief Medical Director, who allowed me to shoulder responsibility and operate without any restrictions. I could not have done this work without the lots of help I received from the entire iCARE team. From Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Dubai, Dr. K.S. Sujit, who made it a point that daily reports were to be sent and analyzed. His timely feedbacks were useful during this period. Dr. K. Abdul Waheed, who kept me motivated throughout my Internship and lent me a patient ear. My sincere thanks to the Human Resource Managers of various organizations especially Mr. Arvind Katkar, Senior Manager HR and Admin, Bank of Baroda, who made the Health Camp at the zonal office look easy. I was helped by many batch mates at IMT, especially Gagandeep Singh and C.K. Bharti, who took out time from their Internships...
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...| Literature Review of XBRL | | | | | Group 14： | | | Literature Review of XBRL ------------------------------------------------- Z Abstract XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is a standard XML reporting language to enhance the efficiency, reliability and accuracy of financial reporting. Since its foundation in 1998, XBRL has been developing rapidly in the world. This paper teases out and discusses the literature researches of XBRL from 6 aspects: the production bases of XBRL, the effect of XBRL, the classification criteria formulation of XBRL, the auditing assurance of financial reports based on XBRL, the implementation of XBRL in different countries and some researches about XBRL in China, which reflects the current status of research about XBRL relatively fully. ------------------------------------------------- Keywords: XBRL, Auditing assurance, Classification criteria 1. Introduction XBRL is one variant of XML (eXtensible Markup Language) for business reporting. XBRL defines financial data on the web with explicit semantics in a machine-readable format, making automated data analysis possible. XBRL is a standard XML reporting language to enhance the efficiency, reliability and accuracy of financial reporting. Data in XBRL format does not need to be converted from one application to another because data are independent of applications by using standard tags for data items (Farewell, 2006). The financial information is presented to the public on...
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...DETAILS: Full name: | Raj Kamal | Address: | 4, Baroota Avenue | | Rostrevor, SA | Postcode:5073 | | If you are submitting the assignment on paper, please staple this sheet to the front of each assignment. If you are submitting the assignment online, please ensure this cover sheet is included at the start of your document. (This is preferable to a separate attachment.) Student ID | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | Email: kamry007@mymail.unisa.edu.au | Course code and title: Strategic Information Systems M (INFS 5058) | School: School of Computer and Information Science | Program Code: LMCB | Course Coordinator: Dr Don Falconer | Tutor: Dr Don Falconer | Assignment number: Two (2) | Due date: 08th Nov 2013, 10:00 PM | Assignment topic as stated in Course Information Booklet: Essay : Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on National Level | Further Information: (e.g. state if extension was granted and attach evidence of approval, Revised Submission Date) N.A. | I declare that the work contained in this assignment is my own, except where acknowledgement of sources is made. I authorise the University to test any work submitted by me, using text comparison software, for instances of plagiarism. I understand this will involve the University or its contractor copying my work and storing it on a database to be used in future to test work submitted by others. I understand that I can obtain further information on this matter at...
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...Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 gen 1 Chapter 1 GENERAL BACKGROUND The process by which organic waste materials are converted into biogas and carbon dioxide is referred to as anaerobic digestion (AD). It involves the breakdown of organic matter by the concerted actions of a wide range of microorganisms in the absence of oxygen. The process consists of a complex series of reactions. The sum of these being a fermentation which converts a wide array of substrate materials, having carbon atoms at various oxidation/reduction states, to molecules containing one carbon in its most oxidized (CO2) and the most reduced (CH4) state. Minor quantities of nitrogen, hydrogen, ammonia and hydrogen sulphide (usually less than 1% of the total gas volume) are also generated. Anaerobic conversions are among the oldest biological technologies utilised by mankind, initially for food and beverage production. They have been applied and developed over centuries, although the most dramatic advances have been achieved in the last few decades with the introduction of various form of high‐rate treatment processes, particularly for industrial wastewater. There are many ways to treat municipal solid waste (MSW), industrial wastewater, sewage sludge or waste materials from food production industry including biological operations. High organic loading rates and low sludge production are among the many advantages anaerobic processes exhibit over other biological unit operations. Initially AD was looked...
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...http://www.nber.org/papers/w7249 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 July 1999 We thank Stephanie Aaronson, Joseph Altonji, Shubaum Chauduri, Terri Devine, Tom Kane, and Christopher Taber for valuable comments. We thank Marvin Kosters for valuable comments and for making this paper possible. The first draft of this paper was presented at an NBER conference on higher education at Cambridge, MA in April 1992. It was also presented at a Public Economics workshop at the University of Chicago (May 1992), sponsored by J. Hotz, at the Institute of Research on Poverty (Wisconsin), June 1997, and at Cornell University, April 1997. This work was supported by the American Bar Foundation and by NSF-SBR-93-21-048, NSF 97-09-893, and by NICHD:R01-HD32058-01A1; NICHD:R01-34598-03; NIH:R01-HD34958-01; NIH:R01-HD32058-03, and by grants from the Mellon Foundation and the Spencer Foundations. The views expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect those of the National Bureau of Economic Research. © 1999 by Stephen V. Cameron and James J. Heckman. 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 Dynamics of Educational Attainment for Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites Stephen V. Cameron and James J. Heckman NBER Working Paper No. 7249 July 1999 JEL No. I12 ABSTRACT This paper estimates a dynamic model...
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...CHG 8187 Introduction to Polymer Reaction Engineering Part 1: Basic Concepts 1 2 Outline What is a polymer? •Nomenclature Polymer microstructure/properties •Chemical composition/sequence distribution •Molecular weight and distribution •Polymer architecture •Chain configuration •Morphology •Mechanical properties •Rheological properties •Glass transition temperature •Polymer modification/processing/additives 3 Outline Polymer classification •Step vs. Chain Growth Polymerization techniques •Bulk •Solution •Suspension •Emulsion •Gas-phase •Slurry Applications – Main commercial polymers •Polyolefins •Styrenic polymers •PVC •Waterborne dispersed polymers •Polyesters and polyamides •Thermosets Polymer history/timeline CHG 8187 Introduction to Polymer Reaction Engineering Part 1: Basic Concepts What is a polymer? 4 5 What is a polymer? Polymers are large molecular chains made of many monomers. Several structural units bound together by covalent bonds. 6 What is a polymer? 7 Nomenclature 1. Conventional: prefix “poly” followed by monomer name (e.g., poly(styrene), poly(methyl methacrylate)); condensation polymers from two monomers use name of repeat unit (e.g., poly(ethylene terephthalate). 8 Nomenclature 2. IUPAC* structure-based: similar to conventional but more powerful and general see text by Odian note also rules for copolymers. 3. Trade names (e.g., nylon, Kevlar, plexiglas, teflon...
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...largely improved over the existence of China as restrictions and wars have been very prominent in China’s history. This paper looks at soybeans and how they have been a part of China’s importing history. China has become a vital export market for United States soybeans and without those customers, prices would be much lower than those seen in today’s market. Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………4 Situational Analysis……………………………………………………………………….5 Country History……………………………………………………………………………6 Cultural Overview…………………………….……………………………………………7 Political Environment………………………………………………………………………8 Export Marketing Plan……………………….……………………………………………..9 Economic Development…………………………………………………………………….10 Purchasing Power…………………..……………………………………………….10 Wages………………………………….……………………………………………11 Infrastructure………………………………………………………………………..11 Summary……………………………………………………………………………………11 References………………………………….……………………………………………….13 Appendix A………………………………………………………………………………….15 Appendix B………………………………………………………………………………….16 Abstract The soybean has been traced to the eastern half of North China in the eleventh century B.C. Soybean production was localized in China until after the Chinese-Japanese war of 1894-95, when the Japanese began to import soybean oil cake for use as fertilizer. A worldwide shortage of feed protein in the early 1970's led to the initiation of large-scale soybean production in several South American countries. By 2003, the United States share...
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...Low Probability of Plagiarism (LPP) Mini-Research models and strategies curb plagiarism and develop writing and critical thinking Scientific-based research (SBR) supports the use of mini-research activities to increase student achievement © ProQuest LLC – May be reproduced for Educational Purposes September 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS Topic Section Selected LM_Net Librarian Comments about Positive Strategies for Preventing Plagiarism Strategies for Creating Low Probability of Plagiarism Research Activities—Doug Johnson Bloom‘s Taxonomy of Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) and Mini-Research ProQuest Mini-Research Strategies Correlated to HOTS -- (Bloom‘s Taxonomy) Mini-Research Formal Model—Integrate Technology and Prevent Plagiarism Mini-Research Draft Summary Model Integrates Technology Methods and Skills Mini-Research Informal Model—Integrate Technology and Prevent Plagiarism Flexible Rubrics Model for Teacher Evaluation of Mini-Research Reports APPENDIX ProQuest Mini-Research Process vs. Traditional Research Renewed Emphasis on the Importance of Writing and Mini-Research Activities Scientific-based Research (SBR), Mini-Research and Student Achievement Comparing eLibrary, Google, and Print Library Benefits for Student Research Implications of the Pew and NWHS Studies of Student Internet Use 21 22 23 25 26 Page 2 6 9 10 12 15 17 20 1 Selected LM_Net Listserv Quotes on Positive Strategies for Preventing Plagiarism The following quotes were selected from responses to...
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...School of Health and Education Secondary PGCE Programme Handbook 2015-16 Student Name: Programme Leader: Eddie Ellis PGCE Secondary Programme Handbook 2015-16 Information in alternative formats This handbook can be found online at: https://myunihub.mdx.ac.uk/web/homecommunity/mystudy If you have a disability which makes navigating the website difficult and you would like to receive information in an alternative format, please contact http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/support/disability/i ndex.aspx Sections from this publication can be supplied as: • a Word document with enlarged type — sent by email or supplied on a CD or memory stick • printed copy with enlarged type • printed copy on non-white paper • as Braille Other formats may be possible. We will do our best to respond promptly. To help us, please be as specific as you can about the information you require and include details of your disability. PGCE Secondary Programme Handbook 2015-16 Purpose and status of your student programme handbook The purpose of this handbook is to provide you with information about your programme of study and to direct you to other general information about studying at Middlesex University, the majority of which is available on UniHub. The material in this handbook is as accurate as possible at the date of production however you will be informed of any major changes in a timely manner. Your comments on any improvements to this handbook are welcome. Please put them in writing...
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...Taiwan’s bicycle industry A-Team battles Chinese competition with innovation and cooperation Jonathan Brookfield, Ren-Jye Liu and John Paul MacDuffie Jonathan Brookfield is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management and International Business at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (jon.brookfield@ tufts.edu). Ren-Jye Liu is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Enterprise Information at Tunghai University in Taiwan (liurj@ie.thu.edu.tw). John Paul MacDuffie is co-director of the International Motor Vehicle Program (IMVP) at MIT and an Associate Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (macduffie@wharton. upenn.edu). The People’s Republic of China (China) has become a workshop to the world, and manufacturing there is increasingly moving beyond labor intensive, low value-added products. As a result, China poses a severe competitive challenge to companies in many industries around the world. For such companies, the recent successes of the bicycle industry in the Republic of China (Taiwan) may provide at least some reason for hope. Broadly speaking, Taiwan’s previous economic success has been built on the competitiveness of its small and medium sized enterprises, and competition among such companies has tended to be high. Such firms have shown a remarkable ability to recombine and form new networks in line with market changes. We call such networks ‘‘modular, symbiotic supplier networks’’ and, during the 1980s...
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...Intelligence for the Twenty-First Century ALAN DUPONT Strategic discourse over the past decade has been dominated by a debate over the nature of future warfare and whether or not there is a ‘revolution in military affairs’ (RMA). Supporters contend that developments in military technology, especially precision guidance and high-speed data processing, in conjunction with advances in doctrine and strategy, will fundamentally transform the way in which future wars will be fought and privilege RMAcapable forces in the contest to achieve battlefield dominance.1 Sceptics, on the other hand, regard the RMA as being more evolutionary than revolutionary, and argue that many of the technical advances associated with the RMA do not necessarily presage a paradigm shift in warfare.2 However, all agree that timely, accurate and useable intelligence will be critical to the successful conduct of war in the twenty-first century, perhaps more so than in any previous era. It is surprising, therefore, how little academic attention has been devoted to the changes that are taking place in the technology, management and integration of the intelligence systems that will underpin any RMA. It is the contention of this article that the transformation of intelligence architectures, particularly in the West, is no less profound than that of the weapons, platforms and warfighting systems they are designed to support and enhance. Moreover, the cumulative weight of the changes in prospect will redefine the...
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