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Structural Failure Due to Fire, 2004.
Explains the process by which a structure collapses from fire and talks about what can be done to slow the collapse.
2,057 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 64.95
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This paper gives a complete explanation of structural failure caused by fire. The paper provides statistics about fires, describes current fireproofing and fire retardant technology, and flame retardant materials. In addition, the paper focuses on the individual measures and technological advancements made to the individual structural members, which can extend their life when exposed to heat and flame.
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"The rate at which a structure experiences deformation and loss of structural integrity leading to building collapse does not proceed along a straight line. The Figure 1 below illustrates that during the three stages of a fire, 1) ignition and growth, 2) full development, and 3) decay, the rate at which the building will sustain loss increases as time increases. The longer a building is exposed to the fire, the more rapidly the structure moves from the stable, static system toward the dynamic state in which member failure, and structural collapse if imminent. For this reason, the technology of fire prevention focuses on prolonging the stable period of the individual members by reducing the effects of the fire on each individual member."
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Reverse Engineering and Its Social Implications, 2004.
A comprehensive analysis of reverse engineering and its potential impact on American society in the future.
2,888 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 85.95
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An increasingly common phrase being bandied about today is ?reverse engineering.? The U.S. Supreme Court has defined reverse engineering as starting with the known product and working backward to divine the process that aided in its development or manufacture. This paper provides a comprehensive examination of precisely what reverse engineering is, how it is being used today, and what the implications of the technique may be for the future. A summary of the research is provided in the conclusion.
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"According to McGonagle and Vella (1996), in reverse engineering, a company takes apart a product and examines how it was assembled, what it cost, and what the entire package and its components tell us about the competition and its activities. ?Typically, the customers of reverse engineering are those in product development and engineering. The time horizon is always retrospective, since the company is looking at what has already been done, and the targets are competitors, direct and sometimes indirect? (McGonagle & Vella, 1996, p. 17)."
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Selling Nuclear Technology, 2004.
Addresses the question of whether the U.S. should continue selling nuclear technology to other countries.
1,031 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper examines the pros and cons of selling U.S. nuclear technology to other countries. The paper pays particular attention to the history and ramifications of the continued sale of nuclear technology.
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"For these companies, the reasons are economic. Domestic demand for nuclear technology has decreased drastically in the environmentally conscious 1990s. Many nuclear energy companies were thus forced to look elsewhere to market their technologies. An official at the ABB Combustion Engineering, for example, states that the survival of many such companies rely on their ability to open plants in China -- a move that could generate at least $40 billion for the beleaguered industries."
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Managing Organisational Change, 2003.
An overview of the strategies available to deal with managing change and the common problems associated with a change process.
3,675 words (approx. 14.7 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 101.95
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This paper outlines the strategies available to deal with managing change, the common problems associated with a change process and how the FKI Logistex group has dealt with change in recent years. It looks at the manifestations of resistance to organisational change and strategies such as the planned approach and emergent approach in dealing with the change process. It also provides examples of how Logistex has changed recently and highlights how the company has dealt with its resistance to change in the form of better communications from top management and by implementing an internal change agent.
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Executive Summary
Aim
Assignment Brief
Objectives
Introduction to change management
Introduction to FKI
Causes of Resistance to Organisational Change
Resistance to Change
Change Forces
Manifestations of Resistance to Change
TQM
Strategies
Planned Approach
Emergent Approach
Issues and Considerations When Managing Change
Change Agents
Company Politics
Continuous Change
Change within FKI Logistex
Conclusions
References
Bibliography
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"External forces greatly influence the change in an organisation and are often the trigger for a change process. Some of the common external factors are economic, technological & social and political forces. All of these forces need to be analysed from whether it is a competitor?s new product pushing prices down and increasing competitiveness to the general trends of finance or the direction the government is taking the country and the tightening or relaxing of regulations. All of these forces require watching and acting upon when required."
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The New York City Blackout of 1977, 2004.
An analysis of the 1977 New York blackout from an engineering standpoint.
1,544 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper looks at the events of the summer of 1977 when New York City was struck by a massive blackout. It questions who was responsible and explains that combinations of factors range from an act of God and tightly coupled events. In the end, the fault lay with a simple system operator.
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"In the hot July summer of 1977, the lights went out in New York City. With the city completely black, thousands of people took to the streets, looting and setting hundreds of fires. Only after twenty-five grueling hours was the power finally restored. By then, New York had endured over a billion dollars in damages. It is important to learn from this accident so that the mistakes from the past are not repeated. While a combination of ?an act of God,? (Casey 196), tightly coupled events, and operator error all contributed to the failure, most of the fault can be placed in the hands of the operator."
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Sunoco, 2004.
An analysis of the company, Sunoco, or the Sun Oil Company.
2,311 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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This paper presents a financial analysis of publicly listed company, Sunoco (SUN). The paper presents details of its major competitors, industry analysis, and employees, as well as recent financial figures. The paper points out that, while the company has had success in recent years, its size is miniscule when compared with the major players in the industry.
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"The company netted $241 million in refining and $66 million from retail operations in the current nine-month period versus ? $79 million and $8 million in the first nine months of last year, accounting for the especially attractive P/E ratio. This was mainly due to higher retail gasoline margins of 52 million dollars. These margins averaged 10 cents per gallon during the first nine months of 2003, up 2.8 cents per gallon compared to same period last year. Distillate margins of five million contributed to a $7 million growth in sales. One of the company?s leading retailers is the Speedway chain of retail gas stations, which operates many of Sunoco?s retail stores."
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Synthetic Diamonds, 2004.
This paper discusses the industrial and gemstone capacities of synthetic diamonds.
1,675 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 20 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper explains that synthetic diamonds have the same unique qualities as natural diamonds, hardness, density, superlative strength, and thermal conductivity. The author points out that synthetic diamonds are created in a laboratory, avoiding the high costs of mining, transportation, foreign taxes, and tariff issues. The paper relates that the future of synthetic diamonds is limitless, especially their use as radiation sensors, light emitters, and unwettable coatings.
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"In addition to the time saved, there is also a cost issue. Natural diamonds are produced in a limited number of countries, including Australia, Botswana, Russia, and Congo Republic. There is only one mine found in the United States. Since Americans are the consumers of over 50 percent of the world?s diamonds, this produces a costly problem. The costs of mining in foreign countries are high. According to De Beers mine, a leading producer of natural diamonds in South America, 250 tons of ore would need to be excavated to find one stone that would be large enough to equal a one-carat diamond."
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Three Fighters, 2003.
A report on three aircraft fighters in the U.S. Air Force, the F/A-18 Hornet, the F-15 Eagle, and the F-4 Phantom.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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The United States has a fleet of fighter planes, which makes its air force one of the best in the world. This paper is a summary of facts surrounding the history and capabilities of three of the finest fighters in the U.S. Air Force, namely, the F/A-18 Hornet, the F-4 Phantom, and the F-15 Eagle. The paper includes pictures and diagrams of all three aircraft.
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"The F-15 Eagle has a variety of weaponry; these include everything from 6 barrel cannon with 140 rounds of ammunition to air-to-air missiles. A multimission avionic system sets the F-15 apart from other aircrafts. It includes a head up display, advanced radar, inertial navigation system, instrument landing system, ultra-high frequency communication, flight instruments, and a tactical navigation system."
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The Bathroom, 2004.
This paper presents an extensive discussion of the history, design, and future of the bathroom and sanitation engineering.
8,865 words (approx. 35.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 185.95
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This paper explains that the first known bathtub was found in Greece in the great palace of Knossos and included impressive technologies that provided water for the tub, including a system of interlocking terra-cotta pipes. The author believes that the function of the bathroom needs to be pushed to a new extreme, allowing people, spaces, and domestic functions new potentials for hybrid activities. The paper relates that a complete home plumbing system requires three distinct networks of pipes: water supply lines, which carry water under pressure; a network of drain pipes, which works entirely by gravity; and a network of pipes, which serves to maintain equal air pressure throughout the drainpipe so that the flow proceeds without interference.
Table of Contents
Introduction
History of Bathing
Evolution of Sanitation
History of Water Closets
Environmental Aspects
Public Health Aspects
Basic Components of Modern Bathrooms
Toilet or Flush
Sinks
Tubs and Showers
Storage
Ventilation
Natural Lighting
Special Effects with Plants
Appropriate Plants for the Bath
Hydroponics
Spirituality
Landscape of Bathing and Relaxing
Metroscape
Artificial versus Real
The New Landscape in Metro Area
Water Supply Service
Purification
Boosting by Pump
Boosting by Pressure Cylinder Water Pump
Drainage
Vents and Traps
The Ideal Living, the Bathroom in New Product Design Context
The Future of the Bathroom Is Here
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"In fact, until the mid-nineteenth century, streets were used as refuse dumping grounds, domestic animals roamed the streets and rodents ran rampant. Cesspools were located near houses and buildings, reeking and spreading germs. The Industrial Revolution and discoveries such as the germ theory brought about major changes in approach, raising the standard of living and ending serious epidemics. By 1900, improved nutrition, better sanitation, and, especially, contributions from bacteriologists increased life expectancy at birth by almost six years to age 47.3."
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The Hoover Dam, 2004.
This paper is the story of the building of the Hoover Dam, which is, in a sense, the story of the building of America.
3,720 words (approx. 14.9 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 102.95
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This paper explains that when America?s leaders began to develop ideas for how best to tap into the natural resources in the vast, sprawling Western lands, they didn?t shrink from thinking splendid thoughts on a grand, colossal scale, which resulted in the building of Hoover Dam. The paper details the history of how the mighty Colorado River, ?America?s most dangerous river,? became the conduit for the annual production of 10 billion kilowatt-hours of electrical energy. The author believes that the story of how the Hoover Dam was built is a demonstration of how, today, jobs could be created, positive projects could be constructed, and the future could be made stronger and brighter.
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Thesis
Introduction
Background Colorado River Facts
The Early History of the River
Floods Create Havoc along the Southern Banks of the Colorado
Selecting a Site and Working out Water Rights for the Dam
Legal and Political Problems
The Hoover Dam Project Begins in Earnest
Living Conditions for the Workers
Deaths during Construction of Hoover Dam
The Specific Strategy to Tame the Colorado River
Specific Numbers and Data
Conclusion
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"The building of the dam was not only a much-needed flood control and electrical generating endeavor but also a job-producing project in the midst of the Great Depression. There were 5,218 men working on the dam at the peak of construction, men who desperately needed work in very rough economic times. With a monthly payroll of some $750,000, that worked out to around $145 per month per man. The men ate at a mess hall that fed 1,300 workers at a time. It cost each single man $1.60 per day for food, housing, and transportation to and from the dam site. For married men, the cost for a small, unfurnished house ran between $15 and $50 a month."
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Urban Sprawl, 2004.
A study of the growing size and number of urban dwelling areas or cities around the world.
4,009 words (approx. 16.0 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 108.95
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This paper explains the increasing phenomena of urban sprawl. The paper begins by trying to define what urban living is and concludes that it is a movement of segmented civilization away from a steadily de-popularized city center, into new, but nearby, insular developments that,nonetheless, rely on and interact with the mother city to a degree that serves to distinguish them from being entirely new, city-type entities. The writer uses the neighborhood of Hough in Cleveland as a typical example of an urban area and shows the make-up and design of this type of area. The paper includes a discussion of the issues that affect urban life, including race, politics, social issues, economic issues, and education.
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"The colors of urban sprawl are undeniably clear, visible from even casual experience and from statistics. Not all the number laundering in the world can hide the fact that the majority of those left in the urban centers are poor and black, and that the majority in the new suburbs are upper-class and white, and that the middle suburbs show a largely segregated gradient. The easiest conclusion to draw is the one drawn by many activists and social critics suggesting that the white majority oppresses and segregates the black minority to keep them poor. One might easily assume that the driving force in urban sprawl was the desire to keep cities segregated. ?In reality the residential mosaic is shaped in part by a combination of economic forces and group preferences, and it is simplistic to assume the driving force to be clearly racial animus.? (Clark, 3) However, race is a huge consideration in the creation of urban sprawl."
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Quantitative Methodology, 2004.
A look at the difference between quantitative and qualitative methodology.
2,365 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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This paper explores the strengths of quantitative research, while also touching on the strengths of qualitative research, arguing that there is no single right way to do research. It argues that the preferences of the researcher, along with the constraints of the data, should guide the researcher into choosing the research design that is most suited for the project at hand.
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"The researcher setting to conquer a new field of knowledge must make a series of decisions from the very beginning of the research that will determine what type of data ? and answers ? he or she will find. In most cases, the very first decision that a researcher must make in deciding to carry out a piece of research is the choice between qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Although there is no reason why the two cannot be combined to pursue creative and powerful research (an in fact the tendency to combine qualitative and quantitative methods is becoming more and more common) it remains the case that most researchers and therefore most pieces of research are based almost entirely upon either qualitative or quantitative work. The choice between these two is important because they reflect entirely different underlying epistemologies and research philosophies. The values of quantitative research and the ways in quantitative research might best be used are explored in this paper."
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Imaging of Brain Activation, 2003.
Discusses functional and future tools for the imaging of brain activation, exploring EEG, MEG, MRI, PET, and others.
6,100 words (approx. 24.4 pages), 56 sources, APA, $ 143.95
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How the brain functions has been of great interest to man for centuries, and in the past few decades, technology has created tools to investigate this process. This paper provides an overview of the five major imaging modalities for brain function: EEG, MEG, MRI, PET, and SPECT. The paper discusses the technology, the applications, and the future applications, as well as explores the current issues in the area. The paper includes colored photographs and figures.
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"Functional imaging tools in current use include electroencephalography (EEG), magnetoencephalography (MEG), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Functional brain imaging is used to diagnose and track the treatment of various brain disorders such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and other psychological disorders. Functional tools are also used in complex pre-surgical planning and surgical mapping. Issues in the literature relate to the removal of artifacts and increasing resolution. Future directions of the technologies include the combination of modalities, development of surgical planning methods, clinical applications in stroke research, and future uses in epilepsy."
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Engineering Building Techniques, 2004.
A focus on various software engineering techniques that can be employed during the development of a project.
4,564 words (approx. 18.3 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 118.95
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This paper discusses how the designing and building of projects or software requires software engineers to analyze data input or data flow systematically, processing or transforming data, data storage, and information output, within the context of a particular business. It outlines various models, methods, and approaches that are currently being used by the software development industry and illustrates object-oriented techniques behind the building of software in association with Unified Modeling Language (UML). Emphasis is also made on the accessing of information through various scripting languages. It also explains the concept of the database and the information manipulation in a database.
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"A very different approach to system development is object oriented system design. Object oriented techniques, which are based on object oriented programming concepts can help analysts respond to the organizational demands for new systems that must undergo continuous maintenance, adaptation and redesign. In object programming, objects are created that include not only code about data, but also interactions about operations to be performed on it. Operational prototypes are usually utilized during the design phase, often done via Rapid Application Development. Object Oriented Design makes use of objects, classes, encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism."
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Superconductivity, 2003.
Examines how superconductivity is changing the playing field in the alternative energy field.
1,573 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 51.95
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While the debate over fossil fuels and global warming continues, scientists are continuing their research into more efficient methods of providing a wide variety of applications, some of which are still being discovered. This paper provides a review and discussion concerning the current status of superconductivity, its existing applications and trends, and trends for the future. This paper includes two relevant graphics.
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"Superconductivity consists of the complete disappearance of electrical resistance in various solids when they are cooled below a characteristic temperature. This temperature is called the transition temperature and it varies for different materials but it is generally cited at being below 20 K (-253? C). The phenomenon of superconductivity was first discovered in mercury by the Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes in 1911. However, similar behavior has been identified in approximately 25 other chemical elements (including lead and tin) and in thousands of alloys and chemical compounds. Oher materials that have been studied to within fractions of a degree of absolute zero have consistently demonstrated normal resistance to the flow of electric currents. The use of superconductors in magnets is constrained by the fact that strong magnetic fields above a certain critical value, depending upon the material, cause a superconductor to revert to its normal, or nonsuperconducting, state, even though the material is kept well below the transition temperature (Superconductivity, 2003)."
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