Running Head: GREEN BUILDINGS IN HONG KONG Green Buildings in Hong Kong [The [The of the Dissertation Proposal Topic: A study of the barriers for the development of Green Buildings in Hong Kong A study of the barriers for the development of Green Buildings in Hong Kong Introduction According to the latest research Hong Kong →
Death as a penalty for a crime has no place in a country that prides itself as the bastion of democracy and the grand protector of life and liberty throughout the world. This arbitrary imposition of the death penalty is a very dangerous weapon in the hands of the government that is sworn to protect →
I prefer the use of interview as a method of research design since it is interactive. Therefore with well trained interviewers, properly planed and well timed interviews a lot of information can be obtained on the topic of research.
Racism; Video Questions The social problem in the video discussion is racism. If the source provides negative information about a particular race, one is likely to be a racist.
One is concerned with the innocent fetus being killed for the sake of convenience, the other concerned with the health of young women who would maim themselves in an attempt to perform an unsafe illegal abortion. The problem is that those opposed to legal, safe abortion make a habit out of dismissing reality.
The downside is that it reduces the incentive for firms to find innovative ways to further reduce their emissions.b) Restricting the quantity produced, either of the output or of the pollution being produced through production. The benefit of this to other regulations is that the monitoring costs are very small.
This is expressed in Gadamer's notion about The Experience of Art." Gadamer describes the experience of a work of art as an encounter with a world." It is further stated that " when we enter the world of the work of art, we are able to understand ourselves and our world through the work of →
Based on the pattern that caused the fraud, the management style of HealthSouth is clearly practice very authoritative which the reason for Richard orders fulfilled dutifully in order to partake in the fraudulent schemes. The code of ethics of HealthSouth Corporation should reflect the core values of the company and guide employees in making appropriate →
The specific purpose of this piece is to show the contrasting views or perspectives of the husband and wife, and how their different views create a gulf to emerge between them in their daily lives, shown through dialogue that is not in the form of a conversation. The man having the last say is an →
The identities are revealed and viola is relieved to discover it is in act her brother that is Olivia's husband. Orsino is constantly rejected, and Sir Andrew is so stupidly ridiculous that he fails to gain Olivia's attention, even for a moment, despite his firm belief that he is the one to win her over: →
The Greek myth of Oedipus allowed Sophocles to create a stage play for performance.-Landscape with the Fall of Icarus [poem and painting]: The myth of Icarus allowed the creation of both a painting and many literary works. The weather of the novel directly reflects the events of the story and gives the reader a better →
The government plays a variety of roles in business primarily to ensure that the public's interests are preserved and to control any and all market failure. It concerns the use of budget deficits or surpluses to add to or subtract from aggregate demand in the economy, with the intention of influencing the level of output →
One of the major roles that Abraham held was that of commander in chief of the armed forces of the United States of America. The main aim of the book is to make an examination of the position that Abraham Lincoln held during the civil war as the commander in chief of the armed forced →
The company is best-known for the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. It has retail stores all round the world[update] and also online store, a distinct feature, where hardware and software products are sold.[update]Apple is one of the largest companies in the world and the most valuable technology company in →
This clearly shows us the dominance of Samsung in market and this is mainly due to its transparent policies, positive approach and honest efforts in being a global leader. So, it is very necessary to understand and react to this changing business so as to survive and grow in the market.
Performance appraisal is used abundantly in most of the modern organization today, related to evaluation and appraisal system of employees. Performance appraisal is a formal management system that provides for evaluation of the quality of individual's performance in an organization.
This essay will be describing the inequalities in the social identities and how they impact on the people within them." Social identity an identity given by connections to other people and social situations. In this essay there will description only in three in the particular: Street People identity, racial and ethnic identities and identities of →
Their belief was that since the account owner was now dead, the contents of the email should be deleted and the privacy of the client be protected as stipulated in their agreement. In the end it was up to the courts to decide upon who owned the rights to the email of the deceased.
Structural theories see human behaviour as constrained, and even determined by the social organism of society for example, the social structure that is made up of interrelated institutions such as families, schools, religion, the economy, political system, etc. In society today it is the managers that control the workforce and make decisions etc, not the →
Centralization of Employee Records Kidder's human resources department employee assistant's keeps records and information about employee's complaints, grievances, and harassment issues. Kidder's Fine Foods must have time tracking and time sheet submittal software to track employee information.
The objective of environmental policy is to safeguard the environs for forthcoming generations, while meddling as slightly as possible, with the efficacy of commerce or the freedom of the populaces, and to lessen imbalance in who is hampered with environmental expenses. This policy developed out of the environmental crusade, in the United States in the →
In analyzing this work based problem, I will concentrate on the two available realms of literature, i.e.the lack of knowledge on the need for delegation among senior managers; furthermore, explore the critical action learning aspects that provide vital insights of the problem with the lack of leadership skills in managers, which is a major contributing →
Wences Casares, Xapo's founder and CEO, says he saw the promise of Bitcoin, after being raised in Argentina, an economy that experienced a 12, 000 percent annual inflation". Matt Cohler, general partner with Benchmark, said in a statement that the investment in Xapo was a " no brainer"." We are all about backing great entrepreneurs →
Measurement of the longest leaf in, stem in, and height of each plant in were inserted into the Mann Whitney test to obtain the p-value of the nutrient deficiency experiment. Discussion: The results of the experiment showed that there was not a significant difference between the two groups of sunflower plants, a complete solution group →
Therefore, when it falls off the table, the potential energy is converted into kinetic energy that is accelerated by the force of gravity. Most people prefer to use fossil fuel because it is the most powerful source of energy.
The end of the Hundred Years' War encouraged the growth of centralized government in France for all of the following reasons EXCEPT the nobility had been weakened by the war the monarchy had led the fight against the English the revival of commerce increased the taxable revenues of the bourgeoisie nobles were recruited to serve →
Examine the financial reports in the case to determine the company's profitability, liquidity, leverage and activity ratios. What Is the source of the company's competitive advantage?
As the company for women, Avon Is committed to supporting the causes that matter most to women breast cancer and domestic violence. Avon sells more bottles of fragrance than any other company in the world.
THE CHALLENGESIt is of truth that when corporations engage business in different parts of the world they hire people from the part of the world that they engage business and transact business with. In individual differences, the practice of diversity is seen in the efforts of organizations in dealing with differences in the attempt to →
I computed the ratios for 1986 as well as the required 1987 and 1988. High-risk items were the net sales, cost of goods sold, accounts receivable and inventory.
They can make their own money, they can have the opportunity to gain work experience as well as they can help their parents with some of the expenses at the house and at school, also for them to know the value of money. In part-time jobs they can have the opportunity to earn enough money →
The CEO leads the design of intranet and appointment of members for the Knowledge Management Team. The transfer, retention and access of knowledge as anticipated benefiting the company through the intranet system, lacks the common preferences that can be use and applicable to all functions and level in the organization.2.
In the article the author points out that the females working for NBA are being unfairly treated as they are being paid low and especially those females who have children are being pushed out of the job and they are not being paid well and are not even allowed to work with the assistance of →
Her eyes are constantly moving as if the girl is asking someone from the audience to help her and take her from this dull life. Bridget stretches her hands to the sky and tells that she hates seeing her mother phoning the list of people who had died.
Impact of Plants, Disease from the Old World to the New When one thinks about the total impact of the transfer of animals plants and disease from the Old World to the New and vice versa, it could easily lead to a thesis link exploration of the spread of pathogens, the impact of agricultural →
Despite this rush, it can be accessed that the people waiting in these long lines are not disappointed owing to the lovely weather and the welcoming and warm staff of the parrot island who are organizing and managing the entrance and tickets really well. Children are seen playing in the park of the island and →
One of the learnt lessons from the initiative is that change, however imminent it may be, requires a force to initiate it. The initiative's effects of increased international trade also has benefits such as increased variety of commodities to US consumers, reduced commodity prices, increased variety of goods, and increased employment rates due to increased →
This pricing strategy will increase the net income since customers purchase will purchase more devices from Apple Inc.#2Apple should not change its promotional strategy of television advertisement since currently use of advertisement has proven to increase the popularity of a company to the customers and maintenance of sales. The current performance of Apple Inc.
In Plato's meritocracy, a child of the king does not have to rule if he or she is unfit to have a political power. The Guardians has a heart of bronze and silver which meant that they have the physical capability and also the intellectual prowess to rule.
Additionally, the model can be used to check the viability of the firm before seeking employment and also to predict business failure of the company The Z-score is obtained by considering five variables. The variables include; X1 = Working Capital/Total Assets 2011 2012 = /1, 456, 952 = /1, 513, 319 = = X2 = →
The girl talks about all of the things the boy can do to show her that he likes her. In the song, love is very playful.
In his aside to Macbeth" Buttis strange: And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray usIn deepest consequence"Banquo shows that he is immediately aware that the witches are associated with darkness. By listening to the prompting of the witches they have →
For example, in the last scene of the first Act, Maria criticizes Feste of having no real bravery, as he pretends to have, compared with soldiers. Feste's talent and ability is to shield himself with his persona as a fool, but to offer insights and insults of a very wise man.
Exploring the effect of marine tourism and diving market on people choices on their holiday destination The objective of this research proposal is to analyze the trends and forecast of the marine tourism industry. Exploring the reasons of increasing the marine and diving tourism Increasing the marine and diving tourism increases potential for expansion in →
Tony Evans describes the Trinity as the Father not being the son, and the Son is not the Spirit; yet each is equally and fully God. In this case God the Father is God, Jesus is God and so is the Holy Spirit, God.
Other MPS diseases are Hurler Scheie Syndrome, which is a milder feature of Hurler Syndrome, Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome, whose features are very similar to Hurler Syndrome and Sly Syndrome, whose phenotype is similar to that of Hurler Syndrome. Hurler's Syndrome is a disease inherited from both parents which means that both parents have to pass the →
The slogan " customer is king" and ' customer is always right" indicate the importance of customer to a business. Scott " Customer service or customer care is a series of activities designed to enhance the level of customer satisfaction, that is, the feeling that a product or service has met the customer expectation.
In addition, the democratic manager is sensitive to the impact he or she has on their employees and tries to adjust their style to achieve the best results. In the same way, the laissez faire manager delegates the responsibility of decision-making to his or her staff and gives them complete freedom to complete the tasks →
This paper discusses the legal perception of the duty of care owed by the public emergency services, including in particular the police, fire and ambulance services in the context of the burgeoning and ever-evolving law of tort. In the case Ancell v McDermott, for example, the court ruled that the police service was not subject →
In 1492, a Spanish expedition lead by Christopher Columbus sailed to the continent America and introduced the New World to the Western World of that time. During the early and mid-sixteenth century, the English tended to view North America as a base for piracy and harassment of the Spanish.
The development of the mitotic spindle begins as the centrosomes move apart to opposite ends of the nucleus. At the end of anaphase, each pole has a complete set of chromosomes, the same number of chromosomes as the original cell.
3) The reason that Orwell shots the elephant is to avoid the torment he would receive by the Burmese people if he let the elephant go free. It is evident that the main factor to Orwell's decision is to look stronger and gain more respect in the eyes of the Burmese people.
Husband-wife relationship states that the husband is the authority figure and the protector and the wife is homemaker and mother. Ruler-subject is the role model to all other relationships, Confucianism states that social order begins in the home and extends outward.
According to Roy, an individual's adaptation occurs in four different modes: The RAM is based on the essence of the following assumptions: Physiological Adaptive ModeIn the RAM, this refers to the way a person responds to a stimulus from the environment and the physiological needs of this mode are: oxygenation, nutrition, elimination, activity and rest →
Contrary, the Dewey had informal alliance of fighting a universal enemy and that breached the plans of the alliance which made arrangements of the Spanish to surrender for the American forces. Among the key accomplishments were; the economic standards of the region, rising of the educational institutions to the government level foundations and the ability →
Joseph Eric Massey December 2017 Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures Aim of the Literature Review The main purpose of choosing the topic of nonverbal communication across cultures is to gain an understanding of the relationship between the nonverbal communication, as a universally understood and recognized mean of communication, and cultural differences. Culture and Nonverbal Communication Various →
It is obvious that good governance is a must for the development and growth of a nation. Good governance is defined as " the manner in which power is exercised in the management of a country's economic and social resources for development".
The word kabuki, as shown in the history of name, is a type of acting based on the arts of singing and dancing. A continuous interplay of shouts from the audience and reactions from the actors take place in the Kabuki Theater.
Place- The smoothies will make at the factory and then it is dispatched to its customers Promotion- the smoothies will be promoted on social media websites on Advertising The Advertising would be very important to Viola drinks Ltd because they would have to increase a lot of awareness to the product, so internet marketing would →
In this paper, I examine the structure of the oil and gas exploitation and production in order to determine the attractiveness of the sector to investment. Is it attractive to invest and compete in the exploration and production sector of oil and gas exploration?
IG: You give the impression that you do not know how to stick to your priorities ME: Maybe the blame is partly on me but also from other quarters. IG: What exactly do you mean when you say that the blame maybe from " other quarters" ME: I mean that my friends have a part →
My aunt in question is one of the youngest daughters in the family and she too signed over her share to her sister around 15 years ago in exchange for a financial loan that she was seeking at the time. If it were up to me, I would try to bring my elder sister into →
However, the question that still seems to persists is whether the dream of letting " America be America Again" is now fulfilled. The America that we look at today is the America of diversity, democracy and racial multiplicity.
FRQ08 The psychoanalytic theory infers that unconscious motives are pivotal in predisposing an individual's thoughts, emotions and behaviors, which form the core of the individual's personality. Finally, the ego operated on the reality principle whereby, it sought to establish balance between the impulsive demands of the id and the moral principles of the super ego.
Statistics on the disorder This disorder is caused by a traumatic event; according to statistics, about 60% and 50% of men and women respectively experience at least one trauma in a lifetime. This counselling is to restore the patient to the normal thought process and make her recognize the event as an isolated case which →
The uniqueness of the fingerprints is the explanation for the broad use of fingerprints for identification purposes. The reason for the uniqueness of fingerprints is that they are formed in the womb leading to those of twins becoming different in the way they appear even between identical twins.
Employment Law Affiliation: Protection of employees by the civil rights law has enhanced workforce relations in and out of workplaces. Civil rights law safeguards the interests of both the employees and the employers.
The differences in the intensity of the adaptation of this considerably strange sexual behavior depend largely on the facilities, fashion and social trends prevalent in the city. For instance, from the 1950s the metropolitan areas of New York and Los Angeles have been the notable area in the United States to have deep rooted practice →
Accounting Question The original usage of the word can be traced to the nineteenth century around the period of 1840s. I began to associate the term with high intelligence in a given area and high levels of income.
In the beginning of the narration, it is evident that the Elizer's faith is God is quite strong as compared to his later life. This is in reference with the life of prisoners.
Bloggers might not be a part of the public eye but that does not mean that they should not be given the same rights as journalists that have been evolving and changing the face of the print media. In this case, it does not mean that the article or information is not authentic; in fact, →
There is; however, a day that I remember with extra fondness, a day that occupies a bigger space in my heart, the day of my eighteenth birthday. It did not matter, all of them came as it was going to be the last birthday I ever spent with them, as the hours went by, I →
I am going to compare bananas and oranges based on a couple of factors that a person would use when deciding between the two: the nutrition that it provides and their physical characteristics. When I started listing the differences and similarities between bananas and oranges, I really thought that the nutrition they provide would be →
The ratios of capital and labour used in the production process does not destroy Ricardo's principle that labour determines the value of final goods, it only modifies this principle because the capital labour ratio used in the production process means the method of production whether a capital intensive method of production or a labour intensive →
The public transit in Bangkok still non sufficient and does not non cover all the little countries, even though now it ' s much easier to go through sky train or metro, but it is merely chiefly in the centre of the metropolis and non all about, therefore the demand of personal car has increased →
In this poem there's a social barrier which forbids their love, where as the contrasting poem " Long Distance" has a love which can not be, as one of the lovers has passed away and the son believes that two years is more then enough time to move on in life and adjust to living →
Pull offing organisational alteration is the procedure of planning and implementing alteration in organisations in order to minimise employee opposition while maximising the effectivity of the alteration attempt. Furthermore.the intent of this research is to research the drive forces and opposition of organisational alteration and schemes for get the better ofing the opposition to alter →
Calvin's need to be prevented by us the users of the Internet and the people of the world. If one is connected to the Internet, all they have to do is type the word PORNOGRAPHY and it's that easy.
Most of the time when you commute you have to drive to school, but when you live on campus you can just walk to all your classes. When you live on campus it is an completely different atmosphere, you get to meet a lot more people.
package assignment1.sorting;* @author Joris Schelfaut* @note Some of the code in this document was taken from the textbook* " Algorithms Fourth Edition" by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne.* These code fragments were then adapted to fit the assignment.public class SortingAlgorithms {private > boolean less {return v).compareTo w)) < 0; private > void exch {Comparable t →
In video tutorials on youtube, a common similarity is that, the video is very instructive and often produced in a short and effective way. Music videos can be animated as a way to bring life or spread the message in a song.
One of the crucial strength of the behaviourist theory is that it stresses only on those behaviours that can be noticed and manipulated. The Major limitations of the theory are that the theory is organised loosely and it can be perceived as fully systematic one.
The term childhood amnesia introduced by Sigmund Freud refers to the inability to recall memories from the first two years of life, Freud attributed the cause of CA to repression of traumatic events. One theory-neurological-attributes the cause of CA to the underdevelopment of brain structures-hippocampus and PFC- essential for forming and retaining episodic memories, whereas →
And it also brought a decrease in the role of the state and led to the emergence and proliferation of a number of NGOs and non-state actors in the economic, political and social sectors which operated and had implications on the global and the local arena. Glocalization in terms of the social aspect basically refers →
According to Darwin, the founder of the Evolutionary Theory, instincts which are useful for the survival of the entire spice are more valuable and that is the reason why some behavioral patterns became suitable for the life in the society." During the 1800's, Charles Darwin speculated that certain rules for conflict arbitration were needed at →
Cinema and television has exponential influence in today's world though it should be noted that they are not the only mass media mediums with the ability to have leverage on public. It should be noted that television and cinema are not the only mass mediums in the world.
Because of the environmental effects of food operation, development, production and consumption, it is important to understand both the factors that influence the human diet and the aspects of food production that are most harmful to the environment. Here we mainly focus on food and beverages operational and development issues, social and cultural factors that →
Besides that, this chapter also will focus on the basic review of IBS such as definitions, background, types and characteristics in IBS and have a basic introduction about the detail of IBS.' Industrialised building' is the term given to building technology where modern systematized methods of design, production planning and control as well as mechanized →
Chlorine bleach is a chemical that is diluted for use in the household. Chlorine compounds are also highly corrosive and can cause damage and irritation to the eyes and skin and if severe exposure occurs long term illnesses and death have been reported.
This instrument system permits to keep the temperature of the sample at any desired value and recording of time for the collection of 50 cc of sample to compute its viscosity and to send the data to personal computer to enable the computer processing of such data. In the training pattern the input vectors is →
As coliforms are also normal inhabitants of soil and water, and can grow in water in the absence of faecal contamination, they are not as reliable. Coliform bacteria are capable of multiplying in water to high numbers, given the right conditions.
The researchers then showed the image A photos to forensic artists and asked them to produce an age progression of so many years so that they could compare the age progressions to the image B photos. To conclude, forensic art in the form of age progressions and facial reconstruction will never give a truly identical →
This man is the inspiration for many enthusiastic educators, who wish to evolve education as the world around us changes, especially with the rapid reforms bestowed upon the education world through this monster that we call digital media. Expert educators have become readily available to students virtually anywhere in the world Of course, only digital →
A lot of the story involves the boy, Sammy's, interest in the three girls. In the end, Sammy does not get anything out of quitting and sort of regrets his foolish decision." A; P" is a story with a great lesson to be learned.
The Uniform code of military Justice spells out what behavior is not allowed in the military, if anyone, gay or otherwise, breaks the law. So why cannot the gay and lesbians serve in the military?
The peninsula was divided at the 38th Parallel in an agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union at the end of the World War II. The upper portion in red represents the yang, and the lower portion in blue symbolizes the um, depicting the yang principle of a universe in perfect balance and →