...Boston Scientific and Medtronic in medical devices Media companies (e.g. Time Warner, Disney, Vivendi) and their diversification strategies Amazon’s tablet business Shangri-La Hotels: strategy for regional growth Cemex: strategy for globalization P&G and Unilever in China (or India) Walls icecream’s (owned by Unilever) growth in Asia Nestle’s growth in emerging markets Globalization strategy of Whirlpool Whirlpool and GE’s strategies in appliances in Asia Walmart’s globalization; experiences in Latin America, Asia, Europe Carrefour: successes and failures in globalization Mittal’s growth in steel industry; industry consolidation AES growing in electricity generation industry; globalization; industry restructuring Consolidation in the electric utility industry in the US Consolidation in the aluminum industry Consolidation in the automotive industry: Fiat+Chrysler, Daimler + Chrysler, Renault + Nissan Alliances in the international airline industry New airlines in Europe, such as Ryanair, Easy Jet, Go, Virgin Express Lenovo (China) in PC and Internet Haier (China) in appliances Ebay’s acquisition of Skype Chipotle’s growth: past, present and future Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm Inditex and fast fashion industry Paypal and mobile payment industry Schneider Electric’s acquisition of Invensys Online instant video industry Growth and decline of Blackberry Globalization of McDonald’s Intel and vertical integration Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia Uniqlo ...
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...Tuesday, March 9, 7:30 a.m. -- Denver Nuggets coach George Karl pops in his mouthpiece and puts on his helmet and braces himself for a brutal 15 minutes, but this isn't football. This is cancer radiation. We're at Denver's Swedish Medical Center. The helmet is actually a white, hard-mesh mask that fits to every contour of Karl's big bucket head. It has red crosses all over it, like a hockey goalie's. He lays his 283 pounds on the table and the technicians clamp the mask on hard. How Karl breathes I'll never know. They secure his limbs and ask him to hold a blue plastic donut so no part of him moves. He looks like Hannibal Lecter about to get fried. "It makes you a little claustrophobic," the 58-year-old coach tries to say through the mask. "But what are you gonna do? Leave?" Coaching the wildly talented but wildly uneven Nuggets is hard enough, let alone doing it with throat and neck cancer, but that's what Karl is trying to do. Everybody tells him it's not possible, and today, maybe he's starting to believe them. With only three of his torturous six weeks of treatment done, and the inside of his mouth looking like he just took 100 bites out of a lava-hot pizza slice, and his head throbbing and his eyes hollow, Karl looks like a guy who should be on a stretcher, not an NBA bench. "George, this is only going to get harder," a nurse tells him. "You're not going to feel like working." Clearly, she's never met George Karl. He shows me many things I don't want to see...
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...Miss Kim’s Lesson Plans Monday 10/26/2015 2:30-2:45 Bathroom/Water/Set up Classroom for the day. 2:45-3:15 Silent reading 3:15-3:45 Homework, Practice Spelling Test, Timed reading testing. 3:45-4:10 Snack, Bathroom & Water break. 4:10-4:55 Outdoor Activity: Enforce and Explain Rules and the game of “Dodgeball” 4:55-5:00 Bathroom & Water 5:00-5:30 “Figure it out” Coloring Worksheet, “Curious Creature” Worksheet (On the back) 5:30-6:00 Free-play, Clean-up, blocks, legos, “Just Dance” and Puzzles! Tuesday 10/27/2015 2:30-2:45 Bathroom, Water, Set up Classroom for the Day. 2:45-3:15 Silent Reading. 3:15-3:45 Homework, Practice Spelling Test, Timed Reading Testing. 3:45-4:10 Snack, Bathroom, Water Break. 4:10-4:55 Art Project inside Classroom with black construction paper and chalk; Halloween Night! 4:55-5:00 Bathroom, Water. 5:00-5:30 “Our Flag” Worksheet & “After School at Jakes’s House” Worksheet. 5:30-6:00 Free-play, Clean-up, Blocks, Legos, “Just Dance” and Puzzles. Wednesday 10/28/2015 2:30-2:45 Bathroom, Water, Set up Classroom for the Day. 2:45-3:15 Silent reading 3:15-3:45 Homwork, Practice Spelling Test, Timed reading testing. 3:45-4:10 Snack, Bathroom, & Water Break. 4:10-4:55 Outdoor Activity: Kickball; Explain the rules and play! 4:55-5:00 Bathroom 5:-5:30 Science Experiement; Pepsi & Mento chemical reaction. 5:30-6:00 Bathroom, Water, Clean up, Legos, “Just Dance” and Puzzles! Thursday...
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...Watch Newsletter Lesson 1: Dissolved Oxygen Testing Water Quality Sampling Time Frame: Three 45-50 minute class Grade Level: 8th – 12th grade Overview: Dissolved Oxygen Dissolved oxygen is the form of oxygen in water that is freely available to aquatic plants and animals. Dissolved oxygen is vital to fish and other aquatic life and for the prevention of odors. Oxygen is transferred from the atmosphere into surface waters, as well as being produced by aquatic plants, algae and phytoplankton as a by-product of photosynthesis. Once dissolved in water, oxygen diffuses throughout a water body very slowly since distribution depends on the movement of aerated water by turbulence and currents, water flow and thermal upwelling. Traditionally, the level of dissolved oxygen has been accepted as the single most important indicator of a water body’s ability to support desirable aquatic life. The amount of oxygen required varies according to species and the stage of life of a species. Usually, dissolved oxygen levels of 5.0 to 6.0 part per million (ppm) are required for growth and activity. Dissolved oxygen levels below 3.0 ppm are stressful to most aquatic organisms. When levels fall below 2.0 ppm for an extended period of time, most fish will not survive. Oxygen is a particularly sensitive constituent because its availability during different times of day and times of year is influenced by temperature, other chemicals present in the water, and biological processes. Temperature plays...
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...is an example of our many water supplies needed to sustain life. Man including every living being is connected to water indirectly or directly. Through this connection man has and still is destroying this life sustaining element. It is important to monitor waterways to understand their chemical, physical, and biological makeup to improve their quality and sustainability. As the resource manager of the Chopawamsic Creek I monitor the water through sampling and testing to determine its quality Methods: Biological monitoring was conducted to determine the quality of habitats and overall water health. I used D-Nets sweeping them across or jabbing them into the water depending on the depth to collect macroinvertebrates for sampling. Benthic macroinvertebrates are small creatures living in streams under rocks and sediment. They are relatively immobile and short lived, sensitive to environmental changes, and are a powerful indicator of chronic human disturbances (City of Federal Way, 2012)....
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...included testing for solubility, anions, and cations. There were a list of possibilities to begin working off of. This table represents the possible identities for the compound before experimentation began. Eventually after narrowing down the list of possibilities from testing for anions and cations, physical characteristics came into play to determine the identity. Confirmation tests were performed with our unknown compound and compared with tests with potassium sulfate....
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...Section 10: QA/QC 12 Answers to Quizzes 13-14 Appendix A: References Appendix B: Dissolved Oxygen Reagents Appendix C: Sample Bench Sheets Chapter 4 DISSOLVED OXYGEN MEASUREMENT Section 1 : DISSOLVED OXYGEN (DO) INTRODUCTION The DO determination measures the amount of dissolved (or free) oxygen present in water or wastewater. Aerobic bacteria and aquatic life such as fish must have DO to survive. Aerobic wastewater treatment processes use aerobic and facultative bacteria to break down the organic compounds found in wastewater into more stable products that will not harm the receiving waters. Wastewater treatment facilities such as lagoons or ponds, trickling filters and activated sludge plants depend on these aerobic bacteria to treat sewage. The same type of aerobic wastewater treatment process occurs naturally in streams and ponds if organic matter is present, turning these bodies of water into “aerobic wastewater treatment plants.” If sufficient oxygen is not naturally supplied through wind and turbulence to replace the depleted oxygen, the body of water will develop a low DO and become anaerobic (or septic). The results of septic water bodies include fish kills and anaerobic odors. If the amount of free or DO present in the wastewater process becomes too low, the aerobic bacteria that normally treat the sewage will die. The process will not operate efficiently and septic conditions will occur....
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...Section 10: QA/QC 12 Answers to Quizzes 13-14 Appendix A: References Appendix B: Dissolved Oxygen Reagents Appendix C: Sample Bench Sheets Chapter 4 DISSOLVED OXYGEN MEASUREMENT Section 1 : DISSOLVED OXYGEN (DO) INTRODUCTION The DO determination measures the amount of dissolved (or free) oxygen present in water or wastewater. Aerobic bacteria and aquatic life such as fish must have DO to survive. Aerobic wastewater treatment processes use aerobic and facultative bacteria to break down the organic compounds found in wastewater into more stable products that will not harm the receiving waters. Wastewater treatment facilities such as lagoons or ponds, trickling filters and activated sludge plants depend on these aerobic bacteria to treat sewage. The same type of aerobic wastewater treatment process occurs naturally in streams and ponds if organic matter is present, turning these bodies of water into “aerobic wastewater treatment plants.” If sufficient oxygen is not naturally supplied through wind and turbulence to replace the depleted oxygen, the body of water will develop a low DO and become anaerobic (or septic). The results of septic water bodies include fish kills and anaerobic odors. If the amount of free or DO present in the wastewater process becomes too low, the aerobic bacteria that normally treat the sewage will die. The process will not operate efficiently and septic conditions will occur....
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...to the experimental or independent variable. Experimentation was used in gathering and testing of the products the preparation of the experimental green tea was done first followed by testing on its acceptability. B. Materials and Equipments In the course of this study, certain materials were needed in order to produce the desire prototypes. The materials were listed below: 1L water 500 grams of guyabano leaves 250 mL of Honey 250g of brown sugar 15 Pandan Leaves Equipments were needed in order to accomplish not only the prototypes but also the study as a whole the equipment were listed below: Bowls Casserole Beaker Containers C. Procedures a. Preparing the treatments Gather the materials needed. Wash the Guyabano and Pandan leaves. Boil in 1 litter water for 10 minutes. Minimize the fire and add honey and brown sugar for flavoring. Next stir the tea and boil for another 5 minutes. Let the tea cool first before transferring it to the container. b. Testing the product The four treatments will be given to the 15 respondents together with the checklist to rate the samples. D. Treatment T1 = 50 grams of guyabano leaves + 1 liter of water + 15 ml honey + 5g pandan leaves + 25g of brown sugar. T2 = 75 grams of guyabano leaves + 1 liter of water + 15 ml honey + 5g pandan leaves + 25g of brown sugar. T3 = 100 grams of guyabano leaves + 1 liter of water + 15 ml honey + 5g pandan leaves + 25g of brown sugar. T4 = Commercial Green...
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...Bachelor of Engineering Civil Engineering First Year (First & Second Semester) • ENG Mathematics – I & ENG Mathematics II: 2D & 3D Coordinate Geometry; Differential Calculus; Infinite Series; Matrices,Ordinary differential equations of first and second order; Laplace Transforms; Vector Calculus • Elements of Mechanical Engineering & Elements of Civil Engineering Principle of virtual work,Rectilinear & curvilinear translation; Rotation of a rigid body about a fixed axis; Plane motion of a rigid body,Classification of force systems; Principle of physical independence of forces, Principle of superposition of forces, Principle of transmissibility of forces; Equivalent force – couple system; Resolution of forces, composition of forces; Types of supports, statically determinate beams, Numerical problems on support reactions for statically determinate beams and analysis of simple trusses ,Friction. • Engineering Physics Interference, diffraction and polarization of light; Nuclear fission, fusion, particle accelerators; Wave Particle Duality • Engineering Chemistry Physical Chemistry: Atoms, molecules and solids; phase equilibria; Galvanic & Fuel cells • Organic Chemistry: Types of reactions and reaction mechanisms; Concept of armaticity Computer Concepts & C Programming Introduction to digital computers; problem solving using computers; Programming in Fortran 77: Constants, variables,expressions...
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...2) Ecotoxicity testing on Daphnia magna Acute immobolisation test on Daphnia sp. following OECD guideline 202 In immobilization test, daphnids are exposed to the ENMs at the range of concentrations for 48 hrs. The immobilization of daphnids is indicated at 48 hrs and compared with control values. The percentages of immobilization against the concentration are plotted to determine the EC50 at 48 hrs. The procedure of testing is described as follows. a) D. magna at age of less than 24 hrs are used in this test; five healthy daphnids are placed into a test vessel filled with ISO test water and composite natural water for each ENM concentration and control. At least five concentrations of each ENM are tested. b) Daphnids are exposed to each concentration of each ENM for 48 hrs at...
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...was to think that my water may be contaminated after watching other people get sick from it I would first try to contact the City Hall. After contacting them I would get the number and location of the nearest water testing business where they could tell me if there is anything wrong with the water. After I would do that I would contact one of the families that have gotten sick and find out if they also think there is something wrong with the water and find out more about what illness they have gotten. I would also try to contact the mayor of the city I have moved to, to let him know about my concerns and find out if anyone else has been asking or worried about this problem. Lastly I would contact an inspector or someone to come to my home to test the water themselves and take a look to be sure it is not something that is personally wrong with my house and that is indeed the water I am getting from the city water. The first question I would bring up is ask if anyone else has been asking about the water being contaminated and also I would ask if there has ever been a problem with this before in the past. I would try to find out when the last time it was that they checked to see if there was contamination in the water and how often they check for these kinds of problems. The last question I would have to ask these people would have to be about where the water is coming from and if it is possible that something has been broken and leaked into the water. Five websites that I...
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...buffering is the ability of a soil to resist dramatic changes to pH levels in order to avoid plant stress (Handreck & Black 1984). Measurement of pH is one of the first and most important tests done on a soil, however there can be a variety of difficulties as in nature and agriculture not everything is in a standard condition. There can be large differences that affect the data recorded with pH measurement techniques (Dolling P J, & Richie 1985). To help decipher some of these variations the size of the sampling area and the method used to conduct the pH test along with an EC test need to be taken into account. Obtaining knowledge of salt content is critical to predicting plant growth, as high salt content in the soil will disrupt water intake into roots due to unfavourable...
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...switch water sources from Lake Huron to Flint River in order to reduce the water fund shortfall. Since the 1970s, the water located in the Flint River was severely neglected and contaminated due to, “toxic substances, fecal coliform bacteria, low dissolved oxygen oils, and plant nutrients,” according to the State of Michigan’s DNR. The Department of Environmental Quality in Michigan was not treating the water with an anti-corrosive agent, and since the water wasn’t treated as needed, lead from aging service lines began leaching into the Flint water supply. This lead health effects of lead exposure to become prominent in the community, such as hearing...
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...Experiment 8. The hydrolysis of starch with hydrochloric acid (a) Prepare a water bath by half filling a 250 cm3 beaker with warm water and heating it to boiling point on a tripod and gauze, with a Bunsen burner. When the water boils, reduce the flame to keep the water at boiling point. (b) Label four test-tubes 1-4. (c) Copy the table given below into your notebook. (d) In each tube place 5 cm3 3% starch solution. (e) Using a syringe or graduated pipette, add 3 cm3 Benedict's solution to the starch solution in tube 1 and place the tube in the boiling water bath for five minutes. (f) Rinse the syringe or pipette and use it to add 1 cm3 dilute hydrochloric acid to the starch solution in each of tubes 2, 3 and 4. Note the time and place all three tubes in the water bath. (They will be removed at five, ten and fifteen minutes respectively). (g) Remember to remove tube 1 from the water bath after five minutes if you have not already done so. (h) After five minutes, remove tube 2 from the water bath and cool it under the tap. Neutralize the acid by adding solid sodium bicarbonate, a little at a time, until the addition of one portion produces no fizzing. Place tube in the rack and return to tube 3. (i) After ten minutes in the water bath, remove tube 3, cool and neutralize the contents as described in (h). Place the tube in the rack. (j) After fifteen minutes in the water bath, remove tube 4; cool and neutralize as before, and place it in the rack. ...
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