...In queueing theory, Kendall's notation (or sometimes Kendall notation) is the standard system used to describe and classify a queueing node. D. G. Kendall proposed describing queueing models using three factors written A/S/c in 1953[1] where A denotes the time between arrivals to the queue, S the size of jobs and c the number of servers at the node. It has since been extended to A/S/c/K/N/D where K and D the capacity of the queue and queueing discipline[2] and N the size of the population of jobs to be served.[3][4] When the final three parameters are not specified (e.g. M/M/1 queue), it is assumed K = ∞, N = ∞ and D = FIFO. In queueing theory, Kendall's notation (or sometimes Kendall notation) is the standard system used to describe and classify a queueing node. D. G. Kendall proposed describing queueing models using three factors written A/S/c in 1953[1] where A denotes the time between arrivals to the queue, S the size of jobs and c the number of servers at the node. It has since been extended to A/S/c/K/N/D where K and D the capacity of the queue and queueing discipline[2] and N the size of the population of jobs to be served.[3][4] When the final three parameters are not specified (e.g. M/M/1 queue), it is assumed K = ∞, N = ∞ and D = FIFO. In queueing theory, Kendall's notation (or sometimes Kendall notation) is the standard system used to describe and classify a queueing node. D. G. Kendall proposed describing queueing models using three factors written A/S/c in 1953[1]...
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...For the exclusive use of S. AL OBAIDLI 9-405-009 REV: SEPTEMBER 22, 2005 DAVID THOMAS BORIS GROYSBERG CATE REAVIS Sonoco Products Company (A): Building a WorldClass HR Organization Your business is only going to be as good as the people you’ve got. You can have the best strategy in the world, but if you don’t have effective execution by people, it’s going to fail. — Harris DeLoach, Sonoco CEO In order to make progress, we had to somehow decide what things were going to be the same across the company and what things could be or needed to be different to support the businesses. There was a balance that we needed to figure out. — Cindy Hartley, Senior VP, Human Resources It was late August 2000. Cindy Hartley, senior vice president of human resources (HR) at Sonoco, a 100-year-old global provider of industrial and consumer packaging and related services, was meeting with five members of her reorganization task force comprising the heads of employee relations and organizational development, the company’s chief labor attorney, and two key divisional HR directors. Looking to cut costs across the company, the company’s newly appointed CEO had asked Hartley to come up with at least two potential new HR structures that would reduce the function’s costs by 20%, or $2.8 million. But there were other equally pressing reasons for the reorganization. Number one was to ensure top-level accountability for talent management and upgrading. The second reason was to provide...
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...Report Turkmenistan-AfghanistanPakistan-India Gas Pipeline: South Asia’s Key Project The biggest pipeline issue in South Asia currently is the proposed Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline or TAPI, as it is known. This report gives a breakdown of the history of the project as well as the pertinent issues. T he Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAP or TAPI) is a proposed natural gas pipeline being developed by the Asian Development Bank. The pipeline will transport Caspian Sea natural gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India. The abbreviation comes from the first letters of those countries. Proponents of the project see it as a modern continuation of the Silk Road. The Afghan government is expected to receive 8% of the project’s revenue. The original project started in March 1995 when an inaugural memorandum of understanding between the governments of Turkmenistan and Pakistan for a pipeline project was signed. In August 1996, the Central Asia Gas Pipeline, Ltd. (CentGas) consortium for construction of a pipeline, led by U.S. oil company Unocal, was formed. On 27 October 1997, CentGas was incorporated in formal signing ceremonies in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan by several international oil companies along with the Government of Turkmenistan. In January 1998, the Taliban, selecting CentGas over Argentinian competitor Bridas Corporation, signed an agreement that allowed the proposed project to proceed. In June 1998, Russian Gazprom relinquished...
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...1. | Which of the following statements about starch is false? | | A. | Starch may be partially branched. | B. | Starch is a polymer of glucose. | C. | Starch is formed by the condensation of monomers. | D. | The properties of starch are very similar to those of cellulose. | E. | Starch may be digested by people. | | Incorrect See Concept 2.3: Carbohydrates Consist of Sugar Molecules | Points Earned: | 0/1 | Correct Answer: | D | Your Response: | E | 2. | Which of the following biological molecules are linked by covalent bonds formed by the removal of the elements of water from the reactants (a kind of condensation reaction)? | | A. | Oils | B. | Fats | C. | Proteins | D. | Starch | E. | All of the above | | Correct See Concept 2.2: Atoms Interact and Form Molecules | Points Earned: | 1/1 | Correct Answer: | E | Your Response: | E | 3. | Table salt, NaCl, is neutral. When dissolved in water, NaCl | | A. | does not separates, but interacts with water molecules. | B. | separates to form Na– and Cl+ molecules. | C. | separates to form Na+ and Cl– ions that interact with water molecules. | D. | separates to form Na+ and Cl– ions that do not interact with water molecules. | E. | remains as NaCl (does not dissociate). | | Correct See Concept 2.2: Atoms Interact and Form Molecules | Points Earned: | 1/1 | Correct Answer: | C | Your Response: | C | 4. | A reaction that has a negative ΔG | | A. | is always paired...
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...* . * deals with intentions and motives * Consequentialist theories don't pay direct attention to whether an act is carried out with good or bad intentions; most people think these are highly relevant to moral judgements. * Duty-based ethics can include intention in at least 2 ways... * If a person didn't intend to do a particular wrong act - it was an accident perhaps - then from a deontological point of view we might think that they hadn't done anything deserving of criticism. This seems to fit with ordinary thinking about ethical issues. * Ethical rules can be framed narrowly so as to include intention. Bad points of duty-based ethics * absolutist * Duty-based ethics sets absolute rules. The only way of dealing with cases that don't seem to fit is to build a list of exceptions to the rule. * allows acts that make the world a less good place * Because duty-based ethics is not interested in the results it can lead to courses of action that produce a reduction in the overall happiness of the world. * Most people would find this didn't fit with their overall idea of ethics: ...it is hard to believe that it could ever be a duty deliberately to produce less good when we could produce more... A C Ewing, The Definition of Good, 1947 * hard to reconcile conflicting duties * Duty-based ethics doesn't deal well with the cases where duties are in conflict. Top Kant taught (rather optimistically) that every rational...
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...Méthodologie de l’action marketing * Synthèse des informations : Sous la forme de tableau (SWOT) mettant en lumière les forces et les faiblesses dégagées par l’analyse interne ainsi que les opportunités et menaces dégagées par l’analyse externe. * Diagnostic La problématique : Elle doit sous forme de question, identifier le problème majeure auquel est confronté l’entreprise Exemple : Comment permettre à Dop de rajeunir son image de marque et de profiter de la forte croissance des après shampoing. * Les objectifs Ils ont pour mission d’exprimer les buts au l’entreprise doit atteindre Objectif qualitatif (renforce l’image de la marque) ou quantitatif (augmentation des ventes/CA) * La stratégie A ne pas confondre avec les moyens. A ne pas confondre avec les moyens : * La cible (consommateurs visés) * Le positionnement (différenciation avec la concurrence), personnalité du produit par rapport à d’autres marques concernant des produits de même nature * Les sources de volume (ou trouver des parts de marchés) * Le mix marketing : Ensemble d’outils à utiliser pour atteindre les objectifs fixés. Le produit, le prix, la distribution, la communication. Analyse et diagnostic On ne peut prendre aucune décision efficace sans une analyse complète : * de l’entreprise * du marché * de la concurrence * de l’environnement L’analyse SWOT : C’est l’outil d’analyse le plus employé, il repose sur quatre variables : * En interne, les...
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...1 Boys' 16 Singles - 1-32 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 64 Robert Krill (1) Elm Grove, WI Quarterfinals Semifinals R. Krill(1) 2 Bye 3 Felipe M. Campos Madison, WI Sun 6/14 8:00 AM HHS F. Campos 4 Bye 5 Lucas Ebel Pewaukee, WI Sun 6/14 11:00 AM HHS L. Ebel 6 Bye 7 Benjamin J. Sinense Elm Grove, WI Sun 6/14 8:00 AM HHS B. Sinense 8 Bye 9 John D. Massart (5) Elm Grove, WI Mon 6/15 11:00 AM HHS J. Massart(5) 10 Bye 11 Samuel R. Keller Wauwatosa, WI Sun 6/14 8:00 AM HHS S. Keller 12 Bye 13 Colt Tegtmeier Madison, WI Sun 6/14 11:00 AM HHS C. Tegtmeier 14 Bye 15 James Paradisin Waunakee, WI Sun 6/14 8:00 AM HHS J. Paradisin 16 Bye 17 Casey Johnson (3) Mon 6/15 2:00 PM HHS Kohler, WI C. Johnson(3) 18 Bye 19 Anish K. Singhal Brookfield, WI Sun 6/14 8:00 AM HHS A. Singhal 20 Bye Sun 6/14 11:00 AM HHS 21 Jonathan D. Peck Stevens Point, WI J. Peck 22 Bye 23 Haiwen Dai Middleton, WI Sun 6/14 8:00 AM HHS H. Dai 24 Bye 25 Cecil J. Lingard (7) Mon 6/15 11:00 AM HHS Madison, WI C. Lingard(7) 26 Bye 27 Robbie May Mequon, WI Sun 6/14 8:00 AM HHS R. May 28 Bye 29 Ethan G. Mardanus-Budiono Sun 6/14 11:00 AM HHS Sussex, WI E. Mardanus-Budiono 30 Bye 31 Harry Rosmann 32 Robby Baranko Bayside, WI Sat 6/13 3:30 PM HHS Mequon, WI Sun 6/14 8:00 AM HHS...
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...CHAPTER 2a ENERGY TRANSFER BY HEAT, WORK & MASS CONTENTS Forms of Energy Energy Transfer by Heat Energy Transfer by Work Mechanical Forms of Work The First Law of Thermodynamics Energy Balance for close system Energy Conversion Efficiencies FORMS OF ENERGY • Energy can exist in numerous forms such as thermal, mechanical, kinetic, potential, electric, magnetic, chemical, and nuclear, and their sum constitutes the total energy, E of a system. Thermodynamics deals only with the change of the total energy. Macroscopic forms of energy: Those a system possesses as a whole with respect to some outside reference frame, such as kinetic and potential energies. Microscopic forms of energy: Those related to the molecular structure of a system and the degree of the molecular activity. Internal energy, U: The sum of all the microscopic forms of energy. Kinetic energy, KE: The energy that a system possesses as a result of its motion relative to some reference frame. Potential energy, PE: The energy that a system possesses as a result of its elevation in a gravitational field. The macroscopic energy of an object changes with velocity and elevation. • • • • • • ENERGY EQUESIONS Kinetic energy Kinetic energy per unit mass Potential energy Most of the closed system remains stationary, so for that system; KE = PE = 0 Potential energy per unit mass Total energy of a system Energy of a system per unit mass Total energy per unit mass PROBLEM Determined the mass...
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...Chapter 21 Structured Financing Techniques in Oil and Gas Project Fina.nce Future-Flow Securitizations, Prepaids, Volumetric Production Payments, and Project Finance Collateralized Debt Obligations Christopher L. Culp and J. Paul Forrester* I. INTRODUCTION Project finance is the extension of credit to finance an economic unit where the future cash flows of that unit serve as collateral for the loan. By facilitating the separation of project assets from the sponsor and enabling the financing of those assets on the basis of the cash flows they are expected to generate, project finance can allow a sponsor to undertake a project with more risk than the sponsor is otherwise willing to underwrite independently. Project finance can also help sponsors avoid incurring leverage beyond tolerable levels, thereby helping them preserve their debt capacity, credit ratings, and cash flows for alternative capital investment activities. Large-scale oil and gas projects have been popular subjects for project financing since the inception of the market. Indeed, modem project finance is thought to have begun in the 1930s when a Dallas bank extended a nonrecourse loan to finance an oil and gas project. I Project finance "came of age" in the 1970s and 1980s with the Please address correspondence to christopher.culp@chicagobooth.edu or jforrester@ mayerbrown.com. The usual disclaimer applies, and the opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of any...
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...The international trade activities are grown day by day. This trend is attributable to the increased globalization of the world economies and the availability of trade payment and finance from the international banking community. Although banks also finance domestic trade, their role in financing international trade and payment system is more critical due to the additional complications involved. First, the exporter might question the importer’s ability to make payment. Second, even if the importer is creditworthy, the government might impose exchange controls that prevent payment to the exporter. Third, the importer might not trust the exporter to ship the goods ordered. Fourth, even if the exporter does ship the goods, trade barriers or time lags in international transportation might delay arrival time. Financial managers must recognize methods that they can use to make payment and finance international trade so that they can conduct exporting or importing in a manner that maximizes the value of a business. In any international trade transaction, credit is provided by the exporter, the importer, one or more financing institutions, or any combination of these. The supplier may have sufficient cash flow to finance the entire trade cycle, beginning with the production of the product until payment is eventually made by the buyer. In some cases, the exporter may require bank financing to augment its cash flow. On the other hand, the supplier may not desire to provide financing...
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...Lignelsen om den barmhjertige samaritaner v25 Da rejste en lovkyndig sig og ville sætte Jesus på prøve og spurgte ham: »Mester, hvad skal jeg gøre for at arve evigt liv?« v26 Han sagde til ham: »Hvad står der i loven? Hvad læser du dér?« v27 Manden svarede: »Du skal elske Herren din Gud af hele dit hjerte og af hele din sjæl og af hele din styrke og af hele dit sind, og din næste som dig selv.« v28 Jesus sagde: »Du har svaret rigtigt. Gør det, så skal du leve.« v29 Men han ville retfærdiggøre sig selv og spurgte Jesus: »Hvem er så min næste?« v30 Jesus svarede og sagde: »En mand var på vej fra Jerusalem ned til Jeriko og faldt i hænderne på røvere. De trak tøjet af ham og slog ham, så gik de og lod ham ligge halvdød. v31 Tilfældigvis kom en præst den samme vej; han så manden, men...
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...BUS 530(NSU) SPRING, 2013, Synopsis:6 MBA Prog. Sec. 1 and 2 (1). Investment is addition to capital stock. Capital is the plant, equipment, buildings, and inventories of raw materials and semi-finished goods that are used to produce other goods and services. - Two flows change stock of capital: investment and depreciation (wear and tear and obsolescence). Depreciation is also called “capital consumption”. - Total amount spent on new capital and on replacing depreciated capital is “gross investment”. Gross investment minus depreciation is “net investment”. (2). Three types of investment: Business fixed(equipment structures), Residential Investment, Inventory Investment(goods that businesses put aside in storage, including materials and supplies, work in progress and finished gods). - The major determinant of investment is real rate of interest (rr). [pic] Fig 1: Downward Sloping Inv. Function Fig 2: A shift in Inv. Function ( in MP of capital) (3). Sources of Investment fund: I is financed by national saving and borrowing from the rest of the world. GDP = C + I + G + (X-M) Also GDP = C + S + T Combining two I + G + (X-M) = S + T Or I = S + (T-G) - (X-M) Saving, govt. saving, borrowing from ROW Or I = Pr. S + Govt. S Govt. saving may be positive or negative depending on budget surplus or deficit. The condition of stability (equality of S and I) ...
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...Chandler's development of the theme danger The extract I've decided to choose for this particular task has a range of different forms of danger. These forms of danger are presented to us, as readers to make us react to certain scenarios differently. In this extract; Marlowe is with Bill Chess, an isolated man, both physically and mentally. Marlowe only meets Bill Chess a few pages prior to this scene in which Marlowe and Bill Chess witness the disturbing appearance of a body emerge from out of the water. From pages 50-53 ( The end of the chapter) there isn't much dialogue between the two characters as Chandler's focusing predominately on the environment they're in, and uses this to create a vivid image inside the reader's head which helps in the development of the sense of danger throughout this scene. Towards the ending of page 50 and the beginning of page 51, Marlowe enters into a deep thought whilst looking at the lake. There's a lexical field of 'peace' and the short paragraph in which Marlowe describes the atmosphere, he makes every detail seem sensitive and fragile: "It lay in the water almost without motion..." and "The air was peaceful and calm". He contrasts this with an environment he's more used to, the city. "a quiet you don't get in cities" this informs us of his lack of experience in these environments, the isolated cabin in the woods. The isolation of the cabin could reflect the current feelings Marlowe's experiencing as he makes himself seem 'new' to the...
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...大作文： 概况介绍：任务介绍、评分标准（包括右下角的字数不够等等）、写作时间安排，其他（最简化写作P5） 话题词汇（最P28-39） 句型语法（最p40-45） 分段方式 模板：开头段的写法，结尾段的写法，中间段的topic sentence 论证方式 高分技能：具体化、词汇多样性、准确性、不常用词（意义深刻）、句型多样性（70从句）、指代的使用、名词的重要性、书面文体的问题、程度控制、topic sentence、thesis statement、连贯衔接、评分标准checklist（加上字数、字迹等等/范文分析）、思路头脑风暴角度，学写提纲、特殊开头词、平行结构、分词、非谓语动词、定语的多样性、否定的多样性、押头韵、论证方式、观点难想题目分析 四种题型范文各一篇 十天突破展开 准确表达 具体化+such as +介词短语 句式变化：被动，从句，倒装，etc 小作文 常用句型单词 按重要性，要写做什么 内容顺序安排 连贯衔接 分段方法 模板：开头段，中间，结尾 句型多样性 词汇多样性 加上一点定性的描述 常见错误（不要加主观观点） 时态 流程图地图的特殊性 教学方法： 让学生自己在电视报纸上寻找使用了我所说的论证方式的地方，最好是英文 Individuality:随时加上那些学生新的知识点缺失，补充新的知识点 错误可能变成一个新的知识点，也可以一笔带过，make your best judgement If you don't know, you are not supposed to know. Put a pin on it and move on.Experiment Specify the measurement of mastery 要不要顺便教些难的：教：可能学多点，扩展；不教：少即是多，太多distract/lack focus-->可以放那里，看学生反应决定要不要教，怎么教。（一个知识点是否值得讲） 没讲过的给出：降低难度、增强信心 不给出：引发思考和学习 加强跟之前知识的联系，但是也不是每个出现过的知识点都要复习，有时一笔带过也行 观点的掌握和语言点的掌握，考察重点不同。观点的掌握，重在理解，记住，用上，迁移。语言点的掌握，重在准确 将学生真正薄弱的急需的（他们意识到他们薄弱、令学生意识到他们薄弱） 有些错误不必改，学正确的就行 有些点不用专门学，顺带提到就行 知识点--》神经连接 小作文：翻译--》看图自己写 知识点细化 学生表达跟范文表达的区别 选用常用单词写段落 such as……横线填空 短句技术拓展 句子连接在一起，明确逻辑关系 一定要用到某种句型和单词来写 variety of activities: what situation can you think of that you will use this word? the fact that ___________________________________ makes me happy/sad... the message that ______________________________makes me satisfied... students should engage in more recreational activities such as__________________________________ ...
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