After primary schools, the pupils split up according their abilities and intentions of career paths. Roughly 20% of all students attend secondary schools leading, normally after 12 school years in total which grants access to all universities. The other students split in two or more school-types (depends on the canton) differing in the balance of theoretical and practical education. It is obligatory for all children to visit school for at least 9 years. Technological factors: Science and technology in Switzerland play an important role in economy as very few natural resources are available in the country. The Swiss National Science Foundation, mandated by the Federal government, is the most important institute promoting scientific research. The raw output of scientific research from Switzerland consistently ranks within the top 20. For example, it has a well known astronomy and space program. Switzerland Space
innovations – disregarding important inputs (e.g. users’ experience) ● Ignoring feedback loops between the stages of the process Typology of innovations 1. New product or service (product innovation): “This includes significant improvements in technical specifications, components and materials, incorporated software, user friendliness or other functional characteristics.” Oslo Manual 2005 The most innovative companies: Google, Amazon, Apple, Samsun, Tesla 2. Changes in production methods (process innovation): “is the implementation of a new or significantly improved production or delivery method. This includes significant changes in techniques, equipment and/or software.” Oslo Manual 2005 3. Introduction of novel design solutions and sales methods (marketing innovation). “Is the implementation of an new marketing method
resorts and associated entertainment · Established in 1905, Las Vegas officially became a city in 1911. With the growth that followed, at the close of the century Las Vegas was the most populous American city founded in the 20th century. · The city's tolerance for various forms of adult entertainment earned it the title of Sin City, and this image has made Las Vegas a popular setting for films and television programs. · As seen from space, the Las Vegas metropolitan area is the brightest on Earth. · Nicknames: "The Entertainment Capital of the World," "Sin City," "Capital of Second Chances" California · Is a state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and
INTRODUCTION OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM) A supply chain is a network of facilities and distribution options that performs the functions of procurement of materials, transformation of these materials into intermediate and finished products, and the distribution of these finished products to customers. Supply chains exist in both service and manufacturing organizations, although the complexity of the chain may vary greatly from industry to industry and firm to firm. Supply chain management is typically viewed to lie between fully vertically integrated firms, where the entire material flow is owned by a single firm and those where each channel member operates independently. Therefore coordination between the various players in the chain is key in its effective management
THE INDUSTRY OF TELEVISION AND VIDEO TECHINCS Report Table of Contents 1. Video Technics Inc.................................................................................3 1.1 About Video Technics........................................................................................... 3 1.2 Apella Proven IT-Centric Technology................................................................3 1.3 Corporate Mission..................................................................................................4 2. Panasonic................................................................................................5 2.1 Introduction............................................................................................................5 2.2 Company Information..............................................
The U.S. district courts are the "trial courts" where cases are filed and decided. Industry, Economy USA has the leading industrial power in the world. It is highly diversified and technologically advanced. The main industries are petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, and mining. Before the 1980s the main industry in America was manufacturing, but then more high technology industries became main industries. High technology industries are petroleum refining, aerospace, steelmaking and automobile industry. Advances in chemistry and electronics have revolutionized many industries through new products and methods. Science has vastly expanded the number of metals available for industrial purposes, notably such light metals as aluminum, magnesium, and titanium. In the 1980s and 1990s, the United States was the world leader in computer manufacturing
3 million. Other major cities include Montreal (3.3 million people), Vancouver (1.8 million people). Located in the southeast corner of the nation, Ottawa is the nation's capital. Relief Canada is a vast country comprised of a multitude of very different landscapes: Atlantic provinces, the Appalachians, St. Lawrence and Great Lakes lowlands, Canadian Shield, The Prairies, mountain ranges and high plateaus of the Canadian Cordillera, and northern Canada. Climate Canada's climate varies wildly based on geography, from perma-frost in the north to four distinct seasons towards the equator. In this region the temperature can climb up to 35 degrees Celsius in the summer and descend to a chilly -25 degrees Celsius during winter. Canada's climate and environment are one of the main reasons that Canada is such a succesful country. The blend of natural resources and climate sustains us. The seasons dictate the look of
................................................................................ 71 2.7.1. Limited Liability Company ................................................................................. 72 2.7.2. Joint-Stock Company.......................................................................................... 73 2.7.3. Private unitary enterprise .................................................................................. 74 2.7.4. Registration of the companies in Belarus .......................................................... 75 2.8. Taxation ..................................................................................................................... 75 2.8.1. Corporate income tax (CIT) ............................................................................... 75 2.8.2. Withholding tax (WHT) ...................................................................................... 78
management and hotel service has a very important role. Construction and related fields like carpentry have also quite a number of students. My school is located on an island which has a strong seamanship traditions and small vessel building companies, Kuressaare Reginal Traingin Centre is the only vocational school in Estonia training boat builders. Other specialties are car repairing, business management, social work, information technology, handicraft and artistic design. My speciality is artistic design, which is 120 weeks of study, which makes the course 3 years long. Kuressaare Reginal Training Centre is one of only two schools in Estonia, where elementary school graduates can come to acquire the artistic development of the specialty. Through the course and students spare time, many cultural events, narrow circle of performances and exhibitions are done in the area by the students.
. Ülesande vastu võtnud: Tanel Friedenthal ………………………. Abstract How are 3D and BIM Changing the Design, Fabrication and Construction of Complex Steel Structures? The adoption of three-dimensional (3D) design and construction tools have created a remarkable shift in the building industry. Intelligent 3D technology in the form of Building Information Modeling (BIM) not only promises to improve the notoriously inefficient construction process, but also opens the door for designing new geometric shapes, which until recently have been considered unbuildable. Steel has been extensively used to build some of the most challenging architectural icons of the 21st century, due to its low weight and high strength in both compression and tension. Therefore, the steel
Integration of Lean Construction and Building Information Modelling DISSERTATION Tallinn 2010 2 UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES Author: Ergo Pikas- Civil Engineering student, Faculty of Construction, Tallinn University of Applied Sciences Supervisor: Rafael Sacks- Associate Professor, Faculty of Civil and Env. Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology Consultant: Roode Liias- Professor and Dean, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology Title: Integration of Lean Construction and Building Information Modelling Archived: University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Construction ABSTRACT This research can be divided into two. The first part investigates the current state of the construction
effective partnership in its support. Effectiveness implies, amongst other things, information being: stored without essential use of paper transmitted without essential burning of fuel processed without essential human labor/endeavor 2.2.Values Simplicity and transparency Taking responsibility for every implemented piece in appreciation of the value of long- term relationships Free and creative thinking precedes rules and standards Confidentiality and respect for others Precision is valuable, ethics and care are absolutely necessary 2.3.SWOT Analysis of the Organization Strengths Weaknesses SO1: Good reputation on the local market WO1: Not enough qualified employees to
There are two groups the Bush Administration tend to listen to, the oil lobby and the Pentagon,' added Watson. *'You've got a President who says global warming is a hoax, and across the Potomac river you've got a Pentagon preparing for climate wars. It's pretty scary when Bush starts to ignore his own government on this issue,' said Rob Gueterbock of Greenpeace. *Symons said the Bush administration's close links to high-powered energy and oil companies was vital in understanding why climate change was received sceptically in the Oval Office. 'This administration is ignoring the evidence in order to placate a handful of large energy and oil companies,' he added. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/sep/29/usnews.climatechange *George Bush was castigated by European diplomats and found himself isolated yesterday after a special conference on climate change ended without any progress.
to collect and exchange data [1]. As the amount of devices connected to the internet of things is constantly on the rise, making it innately more secure and protecting those devices from abuse, in a sense of unwanted access , manipulation by third parties and other scenarios, is rapidly turning into a pressing issue. According to some sources there were about 13.4 billion connected devices back in 2015 and the projections show there might be up to 38.5 billion such devices in 2020 [2]. As the number of devices increases, the necessity for a proper security mechanism concerning those devices becomes a priority in order to safely adopt the evergrowing internet of things into every aspect of a persons daily life. Privacy One of the most discussed issues concerning the security of the internet of things is the issue of privacy. According to a study done by HP, 70 percent of the most frequently used IoT devices containt vulnerabilities. One of
1. How a. Capabilities, Key resources, Partner network 2. What a. offer 3. Who a. Distribution channels, customer relations, customer segments 4. Cost/income ($, ) cost structure, revenue flows Korporatsiooni väärtusahel: Strategic operations issues: Intermittment systems item is normally processed seqentally, but the work and sequence of the process vary Continuous systems work is laid out in lines on which products can be continuously assambled or processed Operating leverage impact of a specific change in sales volume on net operation income Experience curve unit production costs decline by some fixed persentage each time the total accumulated volume of production units doubles Strategic research and development issues: R&D intensity pending nr of R&D as persentage of sales revenue Technology competence the development and use of innovative
UNIVERSITY OF TARTU DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Using Blogs as a Platform in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language Research paper Tartu 2010 ABSTRACT This work analyses the usefulness of blogging in teaching English as a foreign language. The definition of the term `blog' is provided along with the advantages and disadvantages of blogs' usage in practice. The analysis of language skills developed by students throughout the use of blogs for learning purposes is given in the paper with possible limitations that blogs have. Author of this paper also shares personal comments about the experience in the field. In this paper it is also described which research methods are planned to be employed for the conduction of research project.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY A century ago communication across any distance was dependent upon the telegraph or letters. No jets crossed the ocean, no television pictures enabled us instantly to see events in any part of the world, there were no worldwide telephone networks and no computers. It is just a short lifetime since humanity first travelled into space and discovered how fragile our planet looks. FROM FIREWORKS TO THE MOON At first glance you might think that there couldn't possibly be anything common between a 13 th century festival in China and the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. However, there is a link and that is that they both relied on the use of rockets. The Chinese first developed rockets by filling bamboo tubes with an explosive made from saltpetre, charcoal, and sulphur
All great cities were located on waterways, because cities made money by trade, and water was the only economical way to ship. Now you could make a great city anywhere, if you could get the right people to move there. So the question of how to make a silicon valley becomes: who are the right people, and how do you get them to move? Two Types I think you only need two kinds of people to create a technology hub: rich people and nerds. They're the limiting reagents in the reaction that produces startups, because they're the only ones present when startups get started. Everyone else will move. Observation bears this out: within the US, towns have become startup hubs if and only if they have both rich people and nerds. Few startups happen in Miami, for example, because although it's full of rich people, it has few nerds. It's not the kind of place nerds
Introduction “Data is Everything and Everyone is Data. “[1] The ability to collect, organize, structure and analyse data on a large scale is probably the most significant trait that sets us, humans, apart from our primate friends. [1] To comprehend the opportunities and threats regarding big data located within the cloud, one must first realize the essence of them. Big data is not only what its name says, but it is also so much more. What is Big data? Big data is a term, which is used to describe a broad spectrum of concepts: from the technological ability to collect, aggregate, and process data, to the cultural shift that is pervasively invading industry and society, both drowning in information overload. [2] Big data can be described by the following properties: - Volume. Organizations collect data from a variety of sources, including business transactions, social media, and information from sensor or machine-to-machine data.
to Les' habits. USES OF ENERGY The United States is a highly developed and industrialized society. We use a lot of energy - in our homes, in businesses, inindustry, and for traveling between all these different places. The industrial sector uses almost one-third of the total energy. The residential and commercial sectors combined use 39 percent of all energy. These two sectors include all 4 types of buildings, such as houses, offices, stores, restaurants, and places of worship. Energy used for transportation accounts for more than a quarter of all energy. Picture 2.1. Share of energy consumed by major selectors of the economy (2007) 2.1 Uses of energy in homes The ability to maintain desired temperatures is one of the most important accomplishments of modern technology. Our ovens, freezers, and homes can be kept at any temperature we choose, a luxury that wasn't possible 100 years ago
Viies tase John Cabot An Inuit family in Canada Canada today economy Canada is the worlds eleventh largest economy Is one of the world's top ten trading nations, with a highly globalized economy Isn't a net exporter of energy The federal government and many industries have started to expand trades with Asian markets, in an attempt to diversify exports Canada today science and technology In 2011 Canada spent almost 29.9 billion on domestic research and development Canada has produced 10 Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine Canada is also a participant in the International Space Station(ISS) and is a pioneer in space robotics having constructed the Canadarm, the Canadarm 2 and Dextre robotic manipulators for the ISS and NASA Canada today culture Canada has been historically influenced by British, French and aboriginal cultures and traditions
The forth paragraph will give recommendations for the future and some of the possible future problems in female adventure tourism will be looked at. The last paragraph will be a summary of the key findings and recommendations. Tourism is one of the world’s largest industries (Tisdell, 2000, Swarbrooke et al. 2003, Buckley, 2003). According to UNWTO, international tourist arrivals have reached 1,087 million in 2013. Nash (1995) noted that any human subject of such magnitude should be analysed by anthropological studies, rather than economical. Anthropology is human studies – that investigates the past, the present and the future, culture differences and similarities. Haviland, (1999). Nash (1996) also describes that tourism, including adventure tourism, is a part of socio- cultural anthropology studies. These studies are using the term of culture to refer to various activities as tourism does not take place in a vacuum
Disadvantages of nuclear power generation:.................................................................................10 Conclusion..........................................................................................................................................12 References..........................................................................................................................................13 Introduction What is nuclear power? Nuclear power is any nuclear technology designed to extract usable energy from atomic nuclei via controlled nuclear reactions. The most common method today is through nuclear fission, though other methods include nuclear fusion and radioactive decay. All utility-scale reactors heat water to produce steam, which is then converted into mechanical work for the purpose of generating electricity or propulsion. In 2007, 14% of the world's electricity came from nuclear power. More
The everincreasing use of technology in our daily lives is not always a good thing Technology plays an increasingly important part in our daily lives. While many technological developments may be beneficial in the field of medicine, for instance there are many others whose effects are less positive. We may find examples of these in the world of work, in the area of information technology and in the home. In the world of work, technological advances have had various negative effects. The development of robotics has meant that in industries such as carmanufacturing robots are replacing people. They work faster and more accurately and they do not need breaks. As a result, industrial workers see job opportunities dwindling further and unemployment levels rising. Furthermore, rapid advances in information technology mean that fewer people are needed in fulltime employment
.11 6. Linkages between Sustainability and Financial Reporting……………………………….12 7. GRI Indicators ……………………………………………………………………………13 8. Summary………………………………………………………………………………….17 4 1. INTRODUCTION The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a long-term, multi-stakeholder, international process whose mission is to develop and disseminate globally applicable Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. These Guidelines are for voluntary use by organisations for reporting on the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of their activities, products, and services. The aim of the Guidelines is to assist reporting organisations and their stakeholders in articulating and understanding contributions of the reporting organisations to sustainable development. Trends The key trends during the last two years are:
.............................................9 3.2 Multi-shot salvos..................................................................................................................10 4. Problems with a railgun.............................................................................................................11 5. Different applications.................................................................................................................12 5.1 Launch of spacecrafts into space from Earth.......................................................................12 5.2 Military weapons..................................................................................................................13 5.3 Fusion reaction initiations....................................................................................................14 5.3.1 How inertial confinement fusion should work............................................15 Conclusion...........................
features. To achieve a bigger and more sustainable competitive advantage different types of innovations should be combined together. 2. Name an example of a company from the book, which has gone beyond product innovation –explain which of the 9 other types they have used? I really liked the example of Microsoft reinventing integrated office tools. When I think about it in today’s context, it seems very logical – a lot of companies do that. But that must have been an amazing innovation for that time. They used: o Profit model – instead of paying for the different applications separately, they combined them into one package that the consumers can purchase for a cheaper price (compared to the total price of purchasing the applications separately). o Process – constant data collections from users of the sofware ->
MULTIMEDIA 1. Multimedia refers to content that uses a combination of different content forms. 2. Multimedia includes a combination of text, audio, still images, animation, video, or interactivity content forms 3. Multimedia is usually recorded and played, displayed, or accessed by information content processing devices, such as computerized and electronic devices, but can also be part of a live performance 4. Multimedia may be broadly divided into linear and non-linear categories Linear active content progresses often without any navigational control for the viewer such as a cinema presentation Non-linear uses interactivity to control progress as with a video game or self-paced computer based training. 5
trough rate") to ensure users saw ads that were closer to what they actually searching for. Google Analytics is a good example of how advertisers could track advertising keywords were most likely to yield sale. 2. What were the reasons for being a last-mover and what were the advantages? While it's true that Microsoft and Google eventually came to dominate their industries, it wasn't necessarily because they were last. Of course, there were operating system companies and search engines that followed for example. Instead, Microsoft and Google's market power, their ability to keep their advantage in the market over time by anticipating discontinuities has enabled them to remain top dog -- at least for now. 3. Do you expect search business to become more concentrated (i.e. dominated by fewer firms)? Is search a winner take-all business? The search business will continue to become more concentrated as Google has clearly
freely now. People can instantly communicate around the globe and no nation is so isolated and locked in as the situation was 70 years ago. People had no way to spread the word themselves and information was coming only one-directionally from the controlled press. The media was used to deceive the population and people were made to believe what was politically needed. It seems the times have changed, people are free of propaganda and modern communication methods could easily see through such scams. The population thinks that with such a high number and variety of different international media publications it would be impossible to deceive the public. The truth is media manipulation and propaganda is still all around us. Global news and magazines still dominate what kind of news see on television and latest fashion determines which clothes to wear. The large variety of international media publications does not
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1. Plan. 2. Ploy. 3. Pattern. 4. Position. 5. Perspective. As a Plan, strategy needs to be developed in advance and with purpose. As a Ploy, strategy is a means of outsmarting the competition. With strategy as a Pattern, we learn to appreciate that what was successful in the past can lead to success in the future. With Position, strategy is about how the organization relates to its competitive environment, and what it can do to make its products unique in the marketplace. Perspective emphasizes the substantial influence that organizational culture and collective thinking can have on strategic decision making within a company. Understanding and using each element helps you develop a robust, practical and achievable business strategy. *a strategy in a small organization, *learning organization, what is a policy, Õppiv organisatsioon on selline organisatsioon, mis oskab luua, säilitada ja siirdada teadmist ning kohandab
organic matter including manure, sewage sludge, municipal solid waste, biodegradable waste. If opportunely refined it can be used for electricity production. Also for space-, water- or process heating. Unintentional production of biogases has been an ongoing issue in many regions of the world, and several nations have also looked to biogas as a potential source of clean energy. India and China have both invested extensively in creative biogas technology to provide fuel for their citizens and there are a number of interesting applications for this gas which appeal to people who are interested in sustainable energy and the health of the environment. The basis for biogas is organic material such as food scraps and feces which are held in an anaerobic area, which can range from a storage tank which is not ventilated to a device which is specifically designed to produce gases. The conditions
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