...this report to give an overview of Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel or 'Big-Dig' Infrastructure Project, identify the rationale behind the project, the owner, the stakeholders, project life cycle and timeline. It will also identify the critical management issues and problems that arose through the project, the solutions the project managers and those involved in the project found. It will also give an assessment of the project performance and its benefits and assess and reflect the critical failure and success factors involved in the implementation of the project. Information for this investigation into the 'Big Dig' project has been from sought various Journals, publications specific to the project, the World Wide Web, independent reports into the project and other reports delivered by the Project Managers Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff (B/PB) and the project owners Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MTA) . Before the merger of the previously mentioned companies the MTA was known as the Massachusetts Highway Department The big dig or CA/T as it became more infamously known as was a magnanimous infrastructural project that took place in the greater Boston area from inception in 1982 to completion in 2007. This was to be the solution to the escalating traffic problem that plagued motorists in the greater Boston area for the past 50 years. The Central Artchry was originally built in 1959 and was a significant infrastructural project in its day. However as middle class families...
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...Drive the Project Selection Process by Lisa McQuerrey, Demand Media. This article talks about the fact that project selection is very common and it takes place in every type of business or organization. Project managers have to decide which propositioned projects to take on and develop and which ones to set aside or disregard based on many factors. The article also breaks down potential problems, opportunities and directives that may have a significant influence on the overall project selection process. Project selection begins with the needs or problems within an organization. There are many different forms and examples of need and problem depending on the organization and its status (McQuerrey). A company experiencing decline in revenue is facing a problem and will need to implement a plan to reduce their setbacks. On the other hand, some companies who are doing well and not experiencing problems, may be presented with opportunities. When opportunities are presented like problems, a plan must be put in place to take advantage of any and all beneficial opportunities. Directives are strong requests or orders t issued by a decision-maker in a business or organization in most cases (McQuerrey). These individuals should be knowledgeable and will be in a position of authority. When a decision-maker issues an order for a specific project to be selected, the project generally rises to the top of the list to accommodate the boss. Other influences that can drive the project selection...
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...small and large industrial projects, deserve a team dedicated to rigorous supervision of progress, finance, and quality in order to ensure that the venture is remaining on a path of continued success. The numerous amount of resources and large sum of funding that was needed for this project were too great to manage and allocate without proper planning, coordination, and control. Knowing this, we believe that a more detailed Construction Project Management system and strategy could have saved Big Dig supporters copious amounts of money, time and effort. Although a team was formed for this purpose, they were assigned extremely late in the process and it was evident they were not doing their job successfully. With a proper and competent CPM team, managers could have determined the scope of their project more practically and had a better chance of effectively allocating the project’s resources and managing any changes or unexpected troubles. By making better use of project charters, PERT analyses, milestones and Gantt Charts, workers would have been more likely to stay on task and be more motivated to understand how they can accomplish tasks via the critical path. Every project is made up of a series of connected activities, each of which has its own constraints, and the Big Dig workers could have put more effort into finding the optimal sequence of actions that would ensure a successful completion. By conducting more frequent phase-gates and project reviews the CPM team could...
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...Intro to the Skeletal System. Chap 6: Bones are composed of several different tissues working together * osseous tissue * cartilage * dense connective tissue * epithelium * adipose tissue * nervouse tissue All of the bones and the cartilages, Functions: * supports soft tissues and provides attachment points for tendons of skeletal muscles * protects the most important internal organs * assists in movement by acting as levers for skeletal muscles * osseous tissue stores and releases minerals, particularly calcium and phosphorus * red marrow within bones produces blood cells * yellow marrow within bones stores triglycerides, a source of potential energy reserve Classification: -longbones -- greater length than width - short bones -- nearly equal in l & w - flat bones -- thin - irregular bones -- complex shapes - sesamoid bones -- shaped like a sesame seed Long bone anatomy: * -Regions of a long bone * Diaphysis (Shaft) * Medullay cavity (inside shaft) * 2 Epiphyses (proximal and distal) * 2 Metaphyses (join diaphysis and epiphysis with epiphyseal plate, or line once growth stops) * -Surface tissues * Endosteum * Periosteum * Articular cartilage * Osseous Tissue * -Extra cellular matrix of connective tissue * Water * Collagen fibers- gives property of flexibility and tensile strength * Crystallized mineral salts of hydroxyapatities – gives property...
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...How Railways Modernised India? (Tutorial -1) Submitted by: Monali MM-401 Media in Modern India Railways Modernised India Modern era starts with the Industrial Revolution in Europe which influenced the colonised countries as these constituted the periphery of the central imperialist countries. However, the time and period of inception of modernity is controversial. Modernity is a change European society was undergoing and injecting these changes in the colonised oriental world for “their own benefits” and had in a way modernised these part. These impacts can be positive or negative depending on the receptiveness of the society or say modernity is dialectical in itself. The transfer of these changes brings cultural transformation in the recipient society. Irrespective of the characteristics of this society, just in order to exploit resources and being opportunistic sometimes yields bad consequences to these societies. But this is not true in all cases. The concept of modernity has kept adding characteristics to itself with time. In colonial or national context, modernity was the idea of liberation or differences in the society, influencing as well as being influenced by the colonial projects. Latter sounds more pronounced as the introduction of education, postal services, telegraphs, railways etc. has helped in the nationalist movement of India. Modernity has many equivalents, one of these is technology. Technology is the metonym for modernity. The equation fosters a conceptual...
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...Acquisitions Editor: Crystal Taylor Product Managers: Kelley A. Squazzo & Catherine A. Noonan Designer: Doug Smock Compositor: SPi Technologies First Edition © 2011 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a Wolters Kluwer business. 351 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Printed in China All rights reserved. This book is protected by copyright. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including as photocopies or scanned-in or other electronic copies, or utilized by any information storage and retrieval system without written permission from the copyright owner, except for brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Materials appearing in this book prepared by individuals as part of their official duties as U.S. government employees are not covered by the abovementioned copyright. To request permission, please contact Lippincott Williams & Wilkins at Two Commerce Square, 2001 Market street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA, via email at permissions@lww.com, or via website at lww.com (products and services). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lambert, Harold Wayne, 1972– Lippincott’s illustrated Q&A review of anatomy and embryology / H. Wayne Lambert, Lawrence E. Wineski ; with special contributions from Jeffery P. Hogg, Pat Abramson, Bruce Palmer. — 1st ed. p. ; cm. Includes index. ISBN 978-1-60547-315-4 1. Human anatomy—Examinations, questions, etc. I. Wineski, Lawrence E. II. Title. [DNLM: 1. Anatomy—Examination Questions...
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...INSTRUCTOR’S RESOURCE MANUAL CHAPTER EIGHT Cost Estimation and Budgeting To Accompany PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Achieving Competitive Advantage By Jeffrey K. Pinto CHAPTER EIGHT PROJECT PROFILE – Boston’s Central Artery/Tunnel Project: Updated and Complete 8.1 COST MANAGEMENT Direct vs. Indirect Costs Recurring Versus Nonrecurring Costs Fixed Versus Variable Costs Normal versus Expedited Costs 8.2 COST ESTIMATION Learning Curves in Cost Estimation Project Management Research in Brief: Software Cost Estimation Problems with Cost Estimation PROJECT PROFILE – Heathrow Airport’s New Terminal Five Development 8.3 CREATING A BUDGET Top-Down Budgeting Bottom-Up Budgeting Activity-Based Costing 8.4 DEVELOPING BUDGET CONTINGENCIES Summary Key Terms Solved Problems Discussion Questions Problems Case Study 8.1: The Dulhasti Power Plant Case Study 8.2: London’s Millennium Dome Internet Exercises PMP Certification Sample Questions Integrated Project: Developing the Cost Estimates and Budget Bibliography TRANSPARENCIES 8.1 SOURCES OF PROJECT COSTS 1. DIRECT VS. INDIRECT COSTS 2. RECURRING VS. NON-RECURRING COSTS 3. FIXED VS. VARIABLE COSTS 4. NORMAL VS. EXPEDITED COSTS 8.2 LEARNING CURVE MODEL [pic] 8.3 PROBLEMS WITH COST ESTIMATION ...
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...2 3.0 PROJECT MANAGEMENT 2 4.0 PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS 3 5.0 PROJECT LIFE CYCLE 3 6.0 FIRST PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS- PROJECT INITIATION 5 6.1 BENEFIT AND LIMITATION IN PROJECT INITIATION PROCESS 7 7.0 SECOND PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS- PROJECT PLANNING 11 7.1 BENEFIT AND LIMITATION IN PROJECT PLANNING PROCESS 13 8.0 THIRD PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS- PROJECT EXECUTION 14 8.1 BENEFIT AND LIMITATION IN PROJECT EXECUTION PROCESS 16 9.0 FOURTH PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS- CONTROLLING/MONITORING 18 9.1 BENEFIT AND LIMITATION IN PROJECT CONTROLLING/ 20 10.0 FINAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS – CLOSING PROCESS 22 10.1 BENEFIT AND LIMITATION IN PROJECT CLOSING PROCESS 23 11.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY 25 12.0 APPENDICES 27 1.0 INTRODUCTION To know the benefit and limitation of using single process for managing projects, firstly we need to know what is project, project management and what is the process to manage projects. 2.0 PROJECT Project is viewed as a conversion or transformation of some form of input into an output. The inputs are some form of want or need which is satisfied through the process. (Harvey Maylor, 1996) 3.0 PROJECT MANAGEMENT According to Project Management Methodology guidebook, project Management is the process of achieving project objectives (schedule, budget and performance) through a set of activities that start and end at certain points in time and produce quantifiable and qualifiable deliverables. Project management...
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...How to go to your page This eBook set contains two volumes. The main content pages are contiguously numbered: use the Table of Contents to find those page numbers. The front matter pages and indices are labeled with the Volume number and page separated by a colon. For example, to go to page vi of Volume 1, type Vol1:vi in the “page #” box at the top of the screen and click “Go”. To go to page vi of Volume 2, type Vol2:vi in the "page #" box… and so forth. Encyclopedia of Human Body Systems This page intentionally left blank Encyclopedia of Human Body Systems VOLUME 1 Julie McDowell, Editor Copyright 2010 by ABC-CLIO, LLC All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McDowell, Julie. Encyclopedia of human body systems / Julie McDowell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–313–39175–0 (hard copy : alk. paper) 1. Human physiology—Encyclopedias. I. Title. QP11.M33 2011 612.003—dc22 2010021682 ISBN: 978–0–313–39175–0 EISBN: 978–0–313–39176–7 14 13 12 11 10 1 2 3 4 5 This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an eBook. Visit www.abc-clio.com for details. Greenwood An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC ABC-CLIO, LLC...
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...CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION I. Brief History Many theories have been postulated to account for the origin of the people inhabiting the mountain regions of the Philippines. The Land Bridge Theory claims that the Philippines was part of the Southern Asia Mainland and the Northern Luzon maintain tribes that came through these bridges during the last glacial period between 1200 and 1500 B.C. Contradictory to these assumptions is the Wave Migration Theory, which occurred thousands of years after the disappearance of the land bridges in 3,000-4,000 B.C. The theory states that groups of migrants came by boat from the neighboring lands during the Neolithic period. The Neolithic culture, which they brought with them, is still evident in the rice terraces, cloth weaving and the use of iron implements. Scholars differ in their contentions of the mountain people’s ancestors, however, a prominent number supports the contention that the ancestors of the mountain people came from the South East Asia Mainland. In the process of settling down, the early inhabitants became geographically isolated from one another. The long period of isolation and adaptation to the environment gave rise to variations of culture. When the Spaniards came to the Philippines, they were able to set foot in the Cordilleras as early as 1608 but with minimal influence. They were able to establish commandancias in Benguet, Ifugao and Kalinga-Apayao but their stay did not last long enough to pacify...
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...COST AND VALUE MANAGEMENT IN PROJECTS Ray R. Venkataraman and Jeffrey K. Pinto John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright 2008 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Published simultaneously in Canada. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400, fax 978-646-8600, or on the web at www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008, or online at http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: While the publisher and author have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this book and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. No warranty may be created...
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...VELEZ COLLEGE F. Ramos St., Cebu City College of Nursing A CASE ANALYSIS REPORT ON PATIENT N.M.C., 47 YEARS OLD, FEMALE, DIAGNOSED WITH UTERINE LEIOMYOMA (s/p TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY and BILATERAL SALPINGO OOPHORECTOMY), BILATERAL OVARIAN NEWGROWTHS, METABOLIC SYNDROME, AND HYPERTENSION Submitted By: Villavelez, Carmina Anne Z. BSN III-C Submitted to: Mrs. Miraluna Echavez, RN, MN March 2013 UTERINE LEIOMYOMA/ UTERINE FIBROIDS Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths of the uterus that often appear during your childbearing years. Also called fibromyomas, leiomyomas or myomas, uterine fibroids aren't associated with an increased risk of uterine cancer and almost never develop into cancer. As many as 3 out of 4 women have uterine fibroids sometime during their lives, but most are unaware of them because they often cause no symptoms. Your doctor may discover fibroids incidentally during a pelvic exam or prenatal ultrasound. In general, uterine fibroids seldom require treatment. Medical therapy and surgical procedures can shrink or remove fibroids if you have discomfort or troublesome symptoms. Rarely, fibroids can require emergency treatment if they cause sudden, sharp pelvic pain or profuse menstrual bleeding. Symptoms In women who have symptoms, the most common symptoms of uterine fibroids include: * Heavy menstrual bleeding * Prolonged menstrual periods — seven days or more of menstrual bleeding * Pelvic pressure or pain *...
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...Introduction Currently, the share of railways in carrying this load is around 70 per cent, followed by 25 per cent for pipelines and 5 per cent for roads. Railways and roads are inefficient modes of carrying petroleum products because they consume significantly more energy (320 BTU for railways and 1700 BTU for roads to move one tonne of petroleum products over one km) than pipelines for which the comparable figure is only 50-135 BTU. Clearly, pipeline transportation is the most efficient way of moving petroleum products and gases and, hence, is the preferred mode all over the world. In developed countries like the USA and the UK, almost all long distance transportation of petroleum products and gas takes place through pipelines. India is far behind these countries in realizing the full potential of pipelines because it does not have a well-developed pipeline network. A rapid development of pipelines, therefore, is essential to ensure that the share of this mode in the transportation of petroleum products and natural gas reaches the desired level. It is estimated that around Rs 30,000 crore are likely to be invested over the next 10-12 years in setting up pipeline networks for liquid petroleum products The efficient and effective movement of natural gas from producing regions to consumption regions requires an extensive and elaborate transportation system. In many instances, natural gas produced from a particular well will have to travel a great distance to reach its point...
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........................................................... 64 3. Pursued Efforts for Peace and Development in Mindanao ............................ 68 4. Advanced and Protected Human Rights ........................................................ 71 5. Reformed the Justice Sector ......................................................................... 76 INTEGRITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION 1. Ensured the Conservation and Protection of Natural Resources................... 77 2. Improved Adaptive Capacities of Communities ............................................. 79 3. Pursued Building Disaster Resilient Communities ......................................... 83 ANNEX: SELECT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS UNDER THE...
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...College of Nursing End Stage Renal Disease 20 to Diabetic Nephropathy Presented by: Balgos, Rachelle Ann Dayto, April Feranil, Daniel Fulinara, Janice Fuentes, Maila Joy Garrido, John Paolo Mendoza, Kenneth Robert Nazareno, Jhon Ryan Olfindo, Kristine Joy Sombilon, Jorgette Kim *** In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement in NURS 60 for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Demographic Data 4 II. Chief Complaints 4 III. History of Present Illness 4 IV. Past Medical History 5 V. Developmental History 6 VI. Heredo-familial History 15 VII. Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns 16 VIII. Physical Examination 22 IX. Diagnostic Test 43 X. Anatomy and Physiology 75 XI. Pathophysiology 81 XII. Case Management 82 XIII. Nursing Care Plan 107 ABSTRACT “"The divine is not something high above us. It is in heaven, it is in earth, it is inside us..." - Morihei Ueshiba We, group 2 of Level III section 2, have chosen this case to gain more knowledge about the mechanism of End Stage Renal Disease and its process. Our patient C.C is a 51 -year old male who was diagnosed to have diabetes mellitus seventeen years ago and now has End Stage Renal Disease due to Diabetic Nephropathy. His disease leads to fluid accumulation to his lungs and edema on his extremities. Our group chose the case because it is also our...
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