...the greatest rise in your heart’s BPM. Background Information The experiment I am conducting is in order to determine which genre of game causes the greatest rise in a person’s heart rate. A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Studies have shown that playing video games with violent or disturbing imagery can have short or long-term physiological effects. Here we are measuring the primary. I believe that this experiment is relevant in today’s society as at the moment, 59% of people play video games regularly, and over 80% of people have a video game console...
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...Table of Contents Project Management................................................................3 Project Management Professional (PMP)®............................3 Diversity and Employment Compliance..............................13 ADA Compliance in Business...............................................13 Project Management Overview............................................3 Managing Projects within Organizations.............................3 Project Management .............................................................. Process Groups.....................................................................3 Execution, Monitoring and Controlling...............................3 Project Change Control and Closure...................................4 Initiation Basics, Developing a Project Charter and Project Management Plan...................4 Collecting Requirements and Defining Scope......................4 Monitor and Control Project Scope......................................4 Defining and Sequencing Project Activities..........................5 Developing and Controlling the Project Schedule...............5 Estimating Activity Resources and Durations......................5 Controlling Costs..................................................................5 Estimating & Budgeting Project Costs.................................6 Project Quality Planning......................................................6 Quality Assurance and Cost Control........
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...Technology Department of Teacher Education Center of Excellence Enhancing whole-class instruction in the Biology subject with the applications of Technology –Based Learning and One Minute Paper In partial fulfillment of the requirements in the course Practicum 7 Submitted to: Dr. Nora A. Oredina Supervising Instructor Submitted by: Marino T. Luga BSED-4 October 2012 Table of Contents Chapter I The Problem Rationale……………………………………………………………….……………………………………………….…….1-2 Statement of the Problem…………………………………………………………………………………………….……2 Hypotheses.………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….2-3 Significance of the Study……………………………………………………………………………………………………3 Chapter II Methodology Objective…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4 Strategy……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....4 Persons Involved………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4 Implementation…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...4 -6 Success Indicator……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..5 Chapter III Presentation, Analysis, and Interpretation of Data Performance of Students before the Implementation of the strategies Technology Based Learning and One Minute Paper.………………………….…………………………………………………….….7-10 Performance of Students after the Implementation of the strategies Technology Based Learning and One Minute Paper………………………………………………….………………………………………….…10-13 Data Categorization…………………………………………………………………………………………………………13 Performance of Students who improved and did not improved in the Biology...
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...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of study The primary function of any highway is the transportation of people and goods from its source across to its intended destination. The functional effectiveness of any facility as such should be to ensure it serves its designed capacity with the most of convenience and safety for the users and vehicles plying it. This would help improve the level of service of facility and overall see to it that the socio-economic importance of it is realised. Traffic engineering analysis has to be employed to study the characteristic traffic flow conditions of the highway. The speed, density and flow are the basic traffic stream variables that need to be studied together with their relationship with one another in the traffic stream. These variables are very much linked and their relationship would provide an indication of the level of usage and efficiency of a roadway system and provide transportation planners the basic data in the evaluation of the effectiveness of capacity improvement measures. Information on highway traffic conditions is usually collected by organising and conducting traffic surveys and studies. Traffic studies may be grouped into three main categories as inventories, administrative studies, and dynamic studies. Of these three the dynamic traffic studies involve the collection of data under operational conditions and include studies of speed, traffic volume, travel time and delay, parking and accidents. This study is made...
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...Designing a Training Program Joshua Badat Professor Swinney BUS407, Training & Development March 1, 2014 Abstract A training program that is well-designed is proven to achieve maximum results and meet the training needs identified during a training needs analysis. A well-executed training program will increase overall productivity and provide the knowledge, skills, and attitudes the employees need to perform successfully. This paper presents considerations for the design of a two-phase training program for existing employees – a two (2) day program, which covers the training needs to move the company in the right direction. The following topics include a design of a two (2) day training program, training needs and the approach used to meet these needs, the training objective, training costs, and the training methods used to deliver the training program. Design a two (2) day training program for a group of twenty (20) employees. A two (2) day training program for a group of twenty (20) employees has been created to increase employee performance and morale. Day one (1) of the training will be focused on performance improvement. This day will be dedicated to the customer service experience and delivering the “WOW” factor to the organizations customers, understanding emotional intelligence, effective listening,...
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...www.pwc.com/india Connect with Consumers Value Added Services: The Next Wave 2 PwC Executive Summary Traditionally, speed has been considered as limiting factor in growth of value added services. The ongoing roll-out of 3G and BWA services could potentially address this gap. India is a young nation with over 64% of its citizens below the age of 34 years and with literacy rate of around 80% amongst the age group of 1524 years. The nation’s growth and employment opportunities have made the younger generation mobile with the rising income. Though current VAS adoption is limited to select set of services, this combination of age, income and people’s mobility promises a great future. We, in this report, through a primary market survey, attempt to highlight the issues that are holding back the growth of Mobile VAS in India and map future consumer preferences. Our market research covers consumers across SEC A, SEC B and SEC C. This report also assesses the current state of VAS ecosystem and how it will evolve. The report evaluates the challenges faced by different stakeholders in VAS ecosystem and how each of them should react to be able to succeed in this new environment. Population Pyramid - India 2010 Source: US Census Bureau VAS adoption in India will spur due to positive demography, growing middle class and increasing spending power of people at the bottom of the pyramid. Connect with Consumer - Value Added Services 3 VAS: Way Forward Executive Summary Page 03 Page 43...
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...MGNT 4010 BUSINESS POLICY AND STRATEGY 2014-2015 First Term Section A: Tuesday 10:30 - 13:15 WMY 408 Section G: Tuesday 14:30 - 17:15 YIA LT8 Instructor: Professor Daphne YIU Office: Cheng Yu Tung Building 808 Office Hours: Electronic: any time via email Physical: only by appointment Phone: 3943 7789 Email: dyiu@cuhk.edu.hk TA: Cathy Tian (Email: xiaocong@baf.cuhk.edu.hk) Course Overview and Objectives This course is about the creation and maintenance of a long-term vision for the firm and formulating and implementing competitive strategy in accordance with that vision. As the capstone course in the undergraduate business curriculum, this course builds on functional business areas such as marketing, accounting, finance, and management information systems. What sets this course apart from the other more functional courses is that we will take the perspective of the general manager and integrate functional knowledge into our understanding of the firm as a whole while seeking to establish a strong competitive position. To understand how a firm can develop its strategic position, we will study many contemporary strategic management theories and issues. These theories and concepts will provide you with the tools necessary to conceptualize a firm’s competitive environment and resources, as well as to formulate strategic recommendations to enhance the strategic competitiveness of a firm. In this course, we will use real business cases and examples...
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...Fax: (305) 348-4245 Office Hours: By Appointment E-mail: elawrenc@fiu.edu Website: Professor's Bio COURSE DESCRIPTION AND PURPOSE The course is covered in two parts. In part one; we will have an overview of financial management and financial environment. We will analyze firm’s financial performance using financial ratio analysis. We will then discuss the time value of money (TVM) and use the concept of TVM in the valuation of bonds and stocks. In part two we will understand the methods for computing cash flows and the company’s cost of capital and then use them to learn capital budgeting which involves project selection decisions. COURSE OBJECTIVES The objective of this course is to give the students an operational knowledge of corporate finance by combining theory and applications. Introduce the concepts or risk, return, and time-value-of-money as applied to valuation of securities and capital budgeting. Here are the course level learning outcomes: 1. Perform Internet research and find relevant financial data. 2. Use information technology to assess the financial position of organizations. 3. Learn how to perform financial statement analysis. 4. Learn the mathematics of Time Value of Money. 5. Compute the price of bonds and the intrinsic value of stocks. 6. Learn the use of Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). 7. Calculate firm’s cash flow using its income statement and balance sheet. 8. Learn project selection criterion. Week 1: Introduction to the Fundamental...
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...replies to classmates by Tuesday of Week One (January 12). This topic is required and graded, and your main post will be worth 60 points, with your two thorough, substantive replies to classmates being worth 20 points each. You will be graded on the quality, depth, and level of expansion and detail in your main and reply posts. Instructions: This semester we'll be exploring the topic of "Millennials" in articles that you be assigned to analyze, evaluate, and use as references for the assigned essays in this course. To begin thinking about this topic, please view either of the two videos on millennials that follow. Please note the attached critical thinking strategies to consider as you view. Then respond in the attached Discussion area to at least ONE of the following questions.: 1. What information was new or surprising to you, and why? 2. What information or concept left you confused, and why? 3. What comment(s) did you disagree with, and why? 4. What information do you find most important, and why? Please include the title of the video you viewed in the subject line of your post. Millennials: 60-minutes documentary This "60 Minutes" video about the millennial generation is 12 minutes long. Feel free to watch it in segments if you would like to:http://news.yahoo.com/video/millennials-coming-200724108-cbs.html The people being interviewed in the video talk about the changes coming to society as a result of the millennial generation's influences. Questions to consider as...
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...Running Head: BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Business Management PESTEL Analysis PESTEL analysis evaluates the political, economical, social, technological, environmental and legal factors impacts on the consumer buying behavior and their impacts on YouTube business or performance. Political * 1. Political instability in many countries * 2. Changes in current legislation 3. Policies for foreign investors4. Proper security of local and foreign firms5. Relationship between nations6. Wars and conflicts | Economical1. Home economy 2. Economy trends in overseas economies3.GDP and purchasing power of customers4. Interest/ exchange and inflation rates5. International trade and monetary issues6. Investment opportunities and trade balance | * Social1. Demographic changes including sex ratio, population density, and majority people age, etc.2. Cultural and traditional changes3. Educational and language differences4. Social safety and benefits5. Consumer attitudes and opinions on online sites6. Ethnic/religious factors | Technological1. Technological development and innovation growth2. Skilled resources3. Licensing, patentsintellectual property issues4. Adaptation of new technology5.Research & Development | Environmental1. Environmental industrial growth2. Consumer attitudes, opinions and support3. Climate and natural support 4. Business environment and media support | * Legal * 1. Improper law and legal framework related online sites. * 2. Customer protection...
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...replies to classmates by Tuesday of Week One (January 12). This topic is required and graded, and your main post will be worth 60 points, with your two thorough, substantive replies to classmates being worth 20 points each. You will be graded on the quality, depth, and level of expansion and detail in your main and reply posts. Instructions: This semester we'll be exploring the topic of "Millennials" in articles that you be assigned to analyze, evaluate, and use as references for the assigned essays in this course. To begin thinking about this topic, please view either of the two videos on millennials that follow. Please note the attached critical thinking strategies to consider as you view. Then respond in the attached Discussion area to at least ONE of the following questions.: 1. What information was new or surprising to you, and why? 2. What information or concept left you confused, and why? 3. What comment(s) did you disagree with, and why? 4. What information do you find most important, and why? Please include the title of the video you viewed in the subject line of your post. Millennials: 60-minutes documentary This "60 Minutes" video about the millennial generation is 12 minutes long. Feel free to watch it in segments if you would like to:http://news.yahoo.com/video/millennials-coming-200724108-cbs.html The people being interviewed in the video talk about the changes coming to society as a result of the millennial generation's influences. Questions to consider as...
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...ip in partnersh with Scenario CIMA Global Business Challenge 2012 Scenario You are the consultant to VYP an independent TV production company. Prepare a report that prioritises analyses and evaluates the issues facing the board of VYP. You should make recommendations where appropriate. Read all the information provided before you begin Note: Today’s date is 31 March 2012. You should write your report as at this date. ©The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Page 2 A variety of issues have arisen, on which the board would like your analysis and opinion: Re-commissioned drama series Following the successful launch of a drama series last year the BBC announced last week that it wishes to re-commission a second series. The programme last year revolved around a group of four rowers preparing for the rowing world championships held in 2011. It covered the ups and downs of life as a rower and dealt with the pressures on relationships the training created. The programme was unusually well received by the viewing public. The BBC have offered the new series at the 2011 prices less 10% arguing that the sets have been built and many of the normal teething problems had been resolved last time. VYP have always struggled to realise the savings considered likely when a series is repeated. The new drama series will be a long one giving £5m of revenue to VYP (after the 10% discount mentioned above). Janet Black, Finance Director has indicated that in her experience...
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...---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Study on Applications of Mobile Phones by Students of NITK, Surathkal.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by B Shrikar, Roll No: 12HM34 as a project for Business Research. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents Chapter-1 Introduction 3 Chapter-2 Review of Literature 4 Chapter-3 Methodology 5 Chapter-4 Data Analysis and Result 9 Chapter-5 Summary and Conclusion 19 Chapter-6 Bibliography 20 Team Members : 12HM33 TO 12HM40. Sachin , Shrikar B. 12HM34 Salman, Santosh, Saurabh, Sayelee, Kynsailin Snaitang Shruthi H, Chapter-1 Introduction A decade back, mobile phone was considered a luxury. But today, it is a necessary tool for communication, even for the students. Students of NITK vary in terms of parental income, interest, age, attitude, place of domicile, gender. They use mobile phone for information, entertainment and to stay connected with their family and friends. For some students mobile phone is also a fashion-oriented product and the use of mobile phone...
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...and throughput to evaluate the performance of Mobile WiMAX in delivering video streaming applications. The simulation results for 1 hour interval of three different video encoders to two client subscribers of Mobile WiMAX with different types of pathloss model were presented in this chapter. 4.2 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The results obtained for this project were analyzed based on the expected results in order to evaluate the performance of the video streaming application in Mobile WIMAX. The performance metrics should be in the range of the QoS specifications such as: • Packet loss: → 1 - (# of received packets) / (# of...
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...Last week I experienced a chilling illustration of the phrase “No publicity is bad publicity”. I was reading about how David Nicholls, author of One Day, which, back in 2010, peppered many a British-holidaymaker-strewn poolside (making those poolsides deliciously seasoned with accessible fiction – it’s fine, I’m on top of this), and was subsequently made into a successful film starring that thin actress, you know the one. OK, I realise that hardly narrows down the options – they’re narrowed down by the demands and constraints of a body-image-obsessed patriarchy, which insists they have no dinner. But yes, there are lots of thin actresses. But this one’s really thin. Come on, you remember – she had that award-winning haircut in the miserable musical, same name as Shakespeare’s wife. Something to do with a cottage. I’d Google her if I had time. Anyway, she’s in it. I feel I’ve left a sentence open somewhere there – a dangling demi-clause (as when the Christmas float sped under the low bridge). Yes! That’s it: David Nicholls was explaining to the Cheltenham literature festival why there was such a long gap between One Day and his latest novel, Us. Which wasn’t that he refused to rush his new novel – it was that he didn’t. Refuse to, that is. He did rush it, is what I’m saying. What he specifically did was download a piece of software called Write or Die that requires you to bang the words out at a certain rate or it starts deleting them. Nicholls described it as like “writing...
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