It was established under the name of " Creative Star" by the major transportation companies in Hong Kong, Octopus Cards Limited is the operator of the Octopus System and the issuer of Octopus. Prompted by the business expansion of the Octopus card, Octopus Holdings Limited was formed in 2005 after a company restructure and Octopus →
When a product is elastic it means that a change in price causes a larger change in demand e.g.if the price increases the demand will drop considerably, where as if the good is inelastic, a change in price has a little effect on the demand for the product e.g.you increase the price by 10% the →
This is done by placing a tasty snack at the end of the maze in order to determine the rat that takes the shortest time running to the maze. Once there is the establishment of the desired behavior, there is a possibility of variations occurrence that are close to the desired behavior and are relevant →
The passing of the No Child Left Behind Act and the nullification of the Hunger- Healthy Kids Act are just two of the things that have influenced our education for the worse and not for the better. The removal of arts and healthy lunches has influenced our education and the learning capability for the worst →
Then suddenly, you caught a whiff of that awful smell, you turn around to find the person behind you was smoking, I am sure you will be irritated. The hazardous smoke will land in the air, to the walls, to your clothes, and even worse other people's food.
I am going into eleventh grade next year, which is a crucial year in figuring out where I would like to apply to college and what I need to do to successfully get into these colleges, and I am hindered by the fact that I do not know what I want to do with my →
Locke believes that the government holds the legislative power, society as individual units, and the people have the right to overthrow the legislator; Rousseau believes that the people have the legislative power, society conforms as a general will, and the people have no right to revolt against the legislator. In Rousseau's society, the legislative is →
Employees should know their rights so as to be able to get the most of their employment; to be more confident in presenting and discussing to concerned individuals and authorities workplace- related problems; and more importantly, to be able to create a workplace that upholds respect, harmony and value for all. The basic rights of →
It is not necessary for me to explain myself to my family because only they truly know who I am. To sum up, I would like to say that at the moment, family, love, and friends make me feel happy.
It appears that Powers believes that many of the failures of todays children in these affluent neighborhoods stems from parental complacency and an inability to address that violence and teenage angst occurs routinely regardless of their state of origin. In reference, specifically, to the New Hampshire murders, it seems that Powers is linking their murderous →
The OLLU Admission Committee Dear Sir/Madam: This is to express my intention to apply for admission in the History and Political Sciency department of your prestigious university. OLLU had produced prestigious alumni in the field of History and Political Science and I would like to belong to that illustrious group of men and women who →
American government branches The American government system, based on the doctrine of separation of power, is organized into three branches, the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary. The legislature, also directly elected by people from all parts of the nation, is representative of the American people and their diversity and represents electorate's interest in ' →
Increase in the sales of the company improves the shareholders wealth which also improves the company's performance. There is no improvement in the financial performance of the company because the increase in sales has increased the cost, so the project will not be the best idea.
IN RELATIONSHIPS The article talks about interracial love relationships and marriages commonly known as miscegenation which were outlawed by majority of the states in the United States of America. The main purpose of including the box in the textbook is to give the reader a clear demonstration of the main subject being addressed by the →
I believe true inclusion provides an opportunity for the children and youth with special needs to develop a sense of belongingness through nurturing relationships outside their family, acquiring the knowledge of support system, and access to the community. The inclusion of special needs children is a very controversial topic but my personal experience says that →
Spender asserted " that what is dubbed plagiarism is just part of the way students learn". Keller furthered that it is this originality of thought which is at the root of plagiarism.
The session has instructional strategies where the teacher takes a bean bag and demonstrates the movement with one of the students. The physical exercise of throwing and catching a bean bag improves the developmental needs of students involved in the 45-minute session.
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and Saint Francis of Assisi put more emphasis on Christ's incarnation while the earlier Church stressed on the divinity of Christ. In his other painting the infant Christ is lying in the lap of Virgin Mary and the look on her face suggests that she knows the fate of her child.
While focusing on the patient, the Roy Adaptation Model is serving as the guide for nurses of today and those in the future. The Roy Adaptation Model has been used by nurses for over thirty years as a guide to the plan of care they will initiate for a patient.
In other words, the architecture fails to stimulate the children's cognitive functioning, affords insufficient space for physical functioning on the children's terms, and allows little opportunities for the children to socialize in their own choice and control. It is clear that the functioning and development of the children are shaped by the children interaction and →
As public policy is not only a piece of black and white written paper, it is also a must for the policy to be implemented to the ground which shows that actions are taken to the public. Not only that limited resources such as the limited funds and capital contributes to projects or public policy →
That is why we are here to give you a weather report on the beautiful town of Queenstown and tell how different are the sun, the stars, and the clouds when viewed from there. Due to its elegance and panache, this is one of those restaurants where you can already hear the violins playing.
The growth is connected to the growth in spending habits due to the rise in incomes in Eastern Europe, Asia and elsewhere, such as the US. It is well-known in the US and Japan and also elsewhere.
Whilst the colonial expansion of the UK resulted in the control of huge areas across the globe by the British Empire, the progressive ascendency of the USA in areas of global economic, military, and political power resulted in American dominance of many countries and regions. This essay takes up the investigation, analysis, and assessment of →
A method of batch processing is used which offers execellent repeatability and is adaptable to the production of large numbers of integrated circuits at low cost. Solvents also are used to clean the surface of wafers and circuits.
Effector and memory CD8+ T cells are one group of T cells that help cells maintain homeostasis by maintaining the proper proportion of heterogeneous cells in the immune system. Another area of research of great interest is the role of transcriptional factors that are potentially linked to CD8+ T cell differentiation and evolution into memory →
Aim The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between family factors such as their parents' household income, educational status as well as parental supports and the students' learning behaviours based on gender with their academic achievements in the secondary schools. 4 Measure of effect of family factors and students' learning attitudes From →
As a consequence, the team lowered the prices on most of the tickets so they were more affordable to the public. If the Yankee Stadium does not sell out, there are a variety of costs to the company.
The entry of Warid and Telenor in 2005 resulted in significant changes in the market; one of them was market structure with respect to subscribers' share. The study also analyzed the business outlook and the value chain of the mobile sector in the country.
For instance, a number of countries natural deposits such as minerals have been privatized and large number under the control and ownership of multinational companies with large chunk of the wealth going to the developed nations in form of raw material. Paradox of Plenty justifies the claim that most of countries endowed with vast natural →
The insurers and the employers are prohibited by the law from using individual's genetic information in consideration of hiring or firing prospects for the employers or in determination of the amount of premium to be paid. Stakeholders in opposition to the GINA ranging from employers and health insurers decried the broadness of the act.
The lexical field is astrology, conveying the future, uncertainty and mystery to the audience with words such as ' goddess', which has connotations of beauty and power used to make the reader feel important and convey a good message to them, ' Mars' and ' Venus' are astrological references to planets, and ' new beginnings' →
In this regard, SG Bio-fuels and Life technologies is one good example of Strategic Alliances formed to improve the development of SG Bio-fuels as a sustainable bio-fuel through Jatropha. However, it is believed that this combination of resources and technology will give the partners the chance to reveal Jatropha's capability as a beneficial and maintainable →
The Purpose of Government-Nonprofit Partnership. The Nonprofit organization handbook.
The mission statement under the icon Health Profession states " Increase the populations access to health care by providing national leadership in the development, distribution and retention of a diverse, culturally competent health workforce that can adapt to the populations changing health care needs and provide the highest quality of care for all" This statement →
Corporate Social Responsibility External and Internal Factors Zu, L.mentions that corporate social responsibility is integration of companies social and environmental concerns in their business operations and in their interaction with their stakeholders on voluntary basis. Tekin Akgeyik presents classical theory with primary objective to secure its shareholders financial goals and to respond to their →
What are the important implications of the author's position? Are the arguments adequate to support the claims?
I would like to become a scientist " Just as energy is the basis of life itself, and ideas the source of innovation, so is innovation the vital spark of all human change, improvement and progress" Ted Levitt, American Economist and Harvard Professor. I want to be successfully involved in the research and development →
As Facebook and Twitter feeds run rampant with the latest buzz on SNSD, Big Bang or 2PM, Korean music and all the culture that accompanies it has travelled at lightning speed across the Pacific to influence both Korean and non-Korean American teens alike. The global interaction of K-pop has also become a way for Korean →
In today's society, there is a large amount of discrimination based on the physical attractiveness of a person which in turn affects them in the workplace in areas such as recruitment, selection, and performance appraisal. We live in a society that is so focused on attaining beauty and captivated by the idea of beauty in →
At the same time I want them to become curious of the relationships between both Thea and Hedda, and Thea and Jorgen. At this point I want the audience to feel anger towards Thea for having succeeded in gaining Jorgen's attentions and revelling in Hedda's misery.
Hardy shows how the role of women in Victorian society was to get married. Hardy shows us this when he tells of how Rhoda sat apart from the rest in the milking barn and lived on a lonely spot away from the other milkmaids.
Abstract The increased dependence of modern agriculture on fossil fuel-based energy, while reducing drudgery, simultaneously increases the risk of the farmer to fluctuations in fuel prices. Therefore, socially applicable schemes and policies on conservation agriculture is needed to promote a balanced trade-off ensuring functional resilience of the ecosystem.
He returned again and again to the subject of power and as Aronowitz points out, power was a central category which permeates Mills' social thought, especially the mechanisms used by the elites in economy and social institutions.'...the structural clue to the power elite today lies in the political order, that clue is the decline of →
Abstract The effect of a lack of family cohesion on child adjustment was examined depending on the level of threat the child faces in their local area in Northern Ireland. The high level of threat faced by the families in interfaced areas is therefore shown to be related significantly to the level of family cohesion →
The essay will justify that social media coverage was not a prerequisite for the movement by addressing the real cause of the movement, and defining the function of social media as simply a complementary but not revolutionary tool. In the context of the Umbrella Movement, it is the long term demand from local communities for →
In this research, the problem we tried to come out is, ' Is it the implementation of ISO 9001: 2000 give an advantage as an organization in business market among the supplier and customer?'. Second, is it ISO 9001: 2000 comfortable to all type of organization to sustain in their market segmentation and why still →
At first the children would have to have three shots of the vaccine to be effective; half of the children are not returning to their physician or clinic to complete the series. A group of international researchers confirmed that one dose of the vaccine can generate an increase of 24 times of antibodies in the →
Their " beauty" shows in their love of nature and their will to preserve it; the " beast" is not the writer but their audience. William Wordsworth's works, such as " The World Is Too Much with Us" and " Nutting," show his love for nature and his will to protect it; he uses word →
Nutrients, like Vitamin D and niacin, can be added to foods to enhance their nutritional value In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration must approve all additives based on scientific findings such as their safety before they are sold to the public. These irradiated foods are required by the Food and Drug Administration →
In addition, we aimed to explore the molecular mechanism of the development and progression of atherosclerosis. In the present study, we aimed to identify the differentially expressed genes from the early- and advanced-stage atherosclerotic samples and explore the molecular mechanisms in the onset and progression of atherosclerosis.
These laboratory experiments showed that cannibalism and mortality rates amongst young spiders increased when prey availability decreased, and higher densities exaggerated this effect Although this shows that cannibalism is sufficient to regulate the density of a population of wolf spiders, it does not confirm that in natural systems the enemies of wolf spiders are not →
Its intention was to find new hidden meaning in human kind and use them to the best of their ability in experimentation.'I feel therefore I exist.' The Oxford English Dictionary refers to postmodernism as 'a style and concept in the arts characterized by distrust of theories and ideologies and by the drawing of attention to →
During the Learning to Train stage, females of eight to eleven years old and males of nine to twelve years, the players' programmes will include a single periodisation to allow more time to develop the needs of the sport and allocating more time in the Preparatory Phase, concentrating on having an eighty-to-twenty percent training to →
The function of the ACL is to provide stability to the knee and minimize stress across the knee joint: * It restrains excessive forward movement of the lower leg bone in relation to the thigh bone. A tear to the anterior cruciate ligament results from overstretching of this ligament within the knee.* It's usually due →
That deformities in him was the antagonist of the story. A web with different characters that are of different classes and different stories represent the different kinds of people you can see in the Philippines.
Little to what people know there are different types of engineers for example chemical engineering, civil engineers, electrical engineers, and mechanical engineers and etc. When engineers brainstorm they are mostly finding a way to design the product and how its final outcome will kick like.
It is effective for her because it allows the flexibility of adapting to the cause and events surrounding circumstance in management. Perkins found that from her training there was a specific type of management that she considered effective." I find that to continue to be successful in effective management/ leadership given today's workforce a combination →
Martin Luther King Jr, the leader of the Civil Rights Movement, believed in equal rights and freedom for African Americans. In the early 1929's, Alberta King and Martin Luther King Sr.gave birth to Martin Luther King Jr.on January 25, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The hidden meaning of Miss Emily being a tragic character, and the cultural ways of white families in the south towards black people back in the day. The inability to let something go is a major aspect of Miss Emily's character." That was two years after her father's death and a short time after her →
Codes ' send a clear message about the behavior that is expected of people working in the industry, and to provide an institutional standard against which unprofessional behavior can be Judged' In professions like law and medicine codes of ethics and codes of practice have been around for years, they have helped form the standard →
The risk matrix is the effect of qualitative analysis, which points out to those hazards that are of greatest importance for the project. 15%, the exchange rate remains constant following the improvement of the current account balance showed in the 90's the currency appreciates at a rate of 1.
The fourth schedule is regarding the Listed Companies and is required to comply with International Accounting Standards and the fifth schedule deals with unlisted companies, the accounts are required to be compiled in accordance with the this schedule to the Companies Ordinance, 1984. The major disclosure features are as follows: * All material information necessary →
It is such loss as may fairly and reasonable be considered as arising according to the usuals course of things or may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of the parties at the time of making the contract as the probable result of the breach.' They went on to state that on →
Ted Hughes Regards the elements as a powerful force in many of his poems and he is in awe of the weather particularly noticeable in ' Tractor', ' Warm and Cold' and ' Wind' in which Hughes seems to be quarantined because the storms are so violent that all the inhabitants of the house can →
And I have been forced several times to adapt the home remedy treatment for these instead of medication by my family. For constipation I am made to go for the eatables containing fiber such as; a handful of soaked raisins are to be eaten at the morning in empty stomach, whole grain cereals, oranges, guavas →
The playful scene continues in the second stanza, and this time it moves to the kitchen." We romped until the pans/ Slid from the kitchen shelf." The father and the son keep dancing and moving in the kitchen until all the tools in the kitchen fall from the shelf to the floor. It is about →
This essay will discuss the differences in the ' real' courtroom, versus the ' fictional' courtroom, which is the depiction most of us are exposed to. In the movies and on television lawyers often win in dramatic ways; they bring in surprise evidence near the end of the trial, or a spectator in the courtroom →
With this it is easy to state " The job is excessively great and what can we make now? " Well.we can first retrieve and believe that we can do a difference. We can name our local authorities offices and inquire if it has an environmental commission and if there is one we can fall →
Business to Consumer E-Commerce) Points of difference in the Supply Chain of B2B website and B2C website: The most important difference between B2B and B2C lies in the role of the B2B website in Internet terms. Under the B2C, the flow of information among the business and consumer typically is through Internet.
Society no longer relies as to a great extent on the male staff of life victor theoretical account and as a effect parents in the bulk of instances no longer have the option of supplying kid attention and instruction to their kids themselves. Elementary instruction will be compulsory." ) and in the UNCRC, " To →
Interest, learning, and development.In K.A. Krapp, The role of interest in learning and development.
Brands have effects beyond the fields of advertising and marketing; and branding is considered as social and economic construct. There are ethical issues in branding, being a subset of ethical marketing ethics relates to certain moral principles which define the right and wrong in branding decisions.
Organization theory is the study of the design and structure of organization which describes how the foundation of every organization is structured and recommends how their effectiveness and efficiency can be improved. The purpose of this essay is to comprehend the different theories used in organizations which will produce different results in the field of →
The emphasis of the study is to establish the cost differential between the uses of the two selected line pipe material and the relative cost of each line pipe type to the other. The study is aimed at availing stakeholders in the oil and gas industry with empirical facts on the estimated cost comparison of →
Much of this is due to the types of careers that women decide to pursue, and the fact that many women are paid a lesser amount than their male colleagues who share the same profession. It is important for women to cultivate a broad network of professional rapports with men and women working in the →
This suggests that biotic interactions are the main reason for biological diversity; biotic interactions may be direct or indirect; and biodiversity and biotic interactions may result in a variety of causes and effects. The above findings may be a great indicator of high diversity occurring in the tropics; nonetheless, the meaning of how important top-down →
The two main approaches of determining gene function involve the analysis of loss-of-function and gain-of-function mutations. Linking the dCas9 to domains of proteins involved in transcriptional activation and allowing CRISPR to target promotor sequences regulating transcription of particular genes provides a means of modulating natural gene expression.
What is typography; Study of the design of typefaces and the way in which the type is laid out on a page to best achieve the desired visual effect ND to best convey the meaning of the reading matter. The best place for white space is around the edges of the page and the edges →
It is her responsibility to assist the General Manager of the company with the marketing and customer services. One of the big challenges that she confronts at work is the employee's collaboration to exhibit and fulfill the company rules and requirements.
InTo Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Atticus is good father because he does not discriminate against people, he provides for them, and he teaches them how to read and write. This quote explains that he was a good father to the children, he would never let his kids do dangerous things.
Junior Pass Class would be offered as an elective, but this would be an award, something the students of Lanier must work for. The only exception to this rule would be a signed pass by the teacher they will be visiting or an email to their pass class teacher.
Up to 71% of students are caught cheating on tests with cell phones. These are some of the reasons why they are bad in schools.
What I agree with the most is that it is much better to be alone than in bad company. When you spend time with people who do not have respect for themselves, then that is what you turn out to be as well.
Most analysts believe that the poem is simple and literally is about what the title suggests, UT really It could be discussing the Martians feeling of being trapped and wanting to go home. He uses an analogy where the Martian Is impairing the bathroom to a prison by saying it is a punishment room with →
The three main stages of societal deterioration seen in The Lord Of The Flies are the failure to duplicate British society, the breakdown of society into two factions, and finally the act of murder. The Second state in the deterioration of society seen in " The Lord Of The Flies" is the separation of the →
The 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent reunification of the city was a historical occasion that changed the region and the world for ever. Finally, large portions of the wall was destroyed, which resulted to the the complete fall of Berlin Wall.this was of great significance in the entire Germany because it →
3 Relevant s of Ethics and Moral Frameworks The relevant s of ethics and the moral frameworks in the design of a stormwater storage system are diverse. 4 Ethical Dilemmas and Justification of Proposed Solution Ethics in the handling of the design of the stormwater storage system requires that a high degree of ethics be →
Art: Romanesque and Gothic Architecture The Romanesque and gothic styles were both placed in the western period during the middle ages. Romanesque art started in the 7th century and it reached to the rest of the Western Europe in a short period of time.
In this technique only sterile surfaces touch each other sterile surfaces according to this method exposure of the sterile surfaces to the air should be minimum and in micropipetting is the technique of measuring small volumes even if in micro liters. To remove or expel the volume of the sample on the filter paper.a.
It is evident in the movie that one of the major issues in the movie is acceptance. It is important to consider that the parents are one of the most influential agents in the lives of the children.
Delaware Bail Bond Law State Statutes and State Court Rules Presently, the statues of Delaware do not include complete rules for bail enforcement representative or recovery of bail bond; however few provisions are there related to forfeiture. According to the summary of the bill and its status, the bounty hunters should need licensed which is →
Confirming the check of $5, 700 with Talcott, Any Kind satisfied the good faith requirement for any holder in due course. Talcott, it was important to determine whether Any Kind acted in fair dealing and good faith as required to attain the status of a holder in due course.
In China, the expectations of people from leaders seem to be highly differentiated: Chinese leaders are expected to be fully aware of their country's historical and cultural background and to promote local ethics and traditions at the highest possible level. According to the above in each society people have different expectations from their leader.
It is necessary to note that Mill defines purpose of morality as creating a particular state of the world; Mills stand out to clarify morality as the essential one. Tarrant contends that Mill's radical ideology on education, laudable in themselves are not unswerving with his utilitarianism since in differentiating between lower and higher pleasures, and →
Their usage is, hence, important to the success of direction On the other manus the Southern Cross of every direction occupation lies in the job-holder ' s capacity to obtain the committedness of people to the aims of the organisation. The intent of this reply is to critically measure struggle in an organisation and discourse →