...Asian Social Science; Vol. 10, No. 16; 2014 ISSN 1911-2017 E-ISSN 1911-2025 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education Green Barriers and China’s Agricultural Product Export: Is There Any Relationship? Mudiarasan Kuppusamy1 & Behrooz Gharleghi1,2 1 Faculty of Business and Management, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2 Centre for the Study of the Economics of Ageing (CSEA), Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Correspondence: Behrooz Gharleghi, Faculty of Business and Management, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, TPM, 57000, Bukit Jail, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel: 60-19-615-3515. E-mail: behrooz@apu.edu.my Received: April 4, 2014 Accepted: May 30, 2014 doi:10.5539/ass.v10n16p34 Online Published: July 24, 2014 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v10n16p34 Abstract As an agricultural country, the export of China's agricultural products are often suffered the restrictions from the green barriers. The positive green barriers can regulate the agricultural production in China, and promote the agricultural development and international trade; on the other hand, the negative green barriers would increase the cost of trade, trade friction, and prevent the development of international trade. So the research of influence of green barriers on China’s agricultural products is very realistic. According to the influence of green barriers...
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...E-Healthcare Adviser System Acquisition Plan Hamlet A. IT424-1303A-01 Prof. Ashley Lee Colorado Technical University August 11, 2013 Contents Project Outline 4 About the Hospital 4 Our Service 4 Project Requirements 6 Functional 6 Non-Functional 6 Constraints 7 Technologies to be used 7 Sourcing 8 Alternative 1: Outsourced development 8 Alternative 2: Off-the-shelf software 8 Alternative 3: customized software 9 Request for Proposal 11 Company Name 11 Project Title 11 E-Healthcare Adviser System Acquisition Plan for New York City Medical Center 11 Project Functions and Requirements 13 Assumptions and Agreements 14 Contracts 16 Scope 16 DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION OF THE SYSTEM 17 SUPPORT SERVICE 17 TECHNICAL 17 COST 17 DELIVERABLE 19 Comparative Analysis 20 In-Source Alternative 20 Resources 20 Budget 20 Timeframe 20 Outsourcing vs. In-sourcing Alternatives Comparison 20 Summary Recommendation 20 References 21 Project Outline The main objective of this project is to implement a system that is a process-oriented clinical management; this system will allow doctors, nurses, paramedics, and other staff to provide patients in the different service area of the hospital with the best care that this hospital have to offer. This are some of feature that the system will included: handling workstation, nursing care, distribution and application of medications as well as other administrative data inherent the patient...
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...Founded in 1990 by TH Tung, Ted Hsu, Wayne Hsieh, and MT Liao on April 2nd 1990, ASUSTeK is now reaching its 22nd year of business. ASUSTeK has manufacturing plants in several locations around the globe, including Taiwan, China, Mexico, and the Czech Republic. “ASUS, the world’s top 3 consumer notebook vendor and the maker of the world’s best-selling and most award winning motherboards, is a leading enterprise in the new digital era. ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today's digital home, office and person, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktops, Eee Box and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, tablet devices, servers, multimedia and wireless solutions, networking devices, and mobile phones. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 3,398 awards in 2010, and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with the Eee PC™. With a global staff of more than 10,000 and a world-class R&D team of 3,000 engineers, the company's revenue for 2010 was around US$10.1 billion.” (ASUSTeK Computer Inc., 2011) ASUSTeK has been known to pioneer many new technologies that become prevalent in computer technology of this generation. The organization has a strong tie to its care for the environment and boasts a great corporate social responsibility. The organization itself is very atypical of most Western organizations. It focuses on five virtues within the organization, those five...
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...ToDay Special ask *LG E1940T 18.5" WideScreen ask *LG E2040T 20" WideScreen ask *LG E2050T 20" WideScreen ask *LG E2240T 21.5" WideScreen $247* Samsung B2230 HDMI 21.5"Wide $359* Samsung B2430 HDMI 24"Wide DDR3 Memory 2Gb 3Gb 4Gb 6Gb CORSAIR CMX6GX3M3A1600C9 215 CORSAIR TR3X6G1600C8D 285 CORSAIR CMT6GX3M3A2000C8 379 CORSAIR TW3X4G1333C9A 128 CORSAIR CMX4G3M2A1600C9 142 CORSAIR CMT4GX3M2A2000C8 239 CORSAIR TW3X4G1600C9D Dominator 159 G-Skill RIPJAWS DDR3 1600169 G-Skill RIPJAWS DDR3 1600-8Gb Kit (2X4Gb) CL9 $359 G-Skill Trident DDR3 1600-8Gb Kit (2X4Gb) CL7 $399 G-Skill RIPJAWS DDR3 2000199 G-Skill Trident DDR3 2000-8Gb Kit (2x4Gb) $399 G-Skill Trident DDR3 2000215 329 G-Skill (Pi) DDR3 1600229 288 Kingston DDR3 1333 1pc x 2Gb 54 108 162 Kingston DDR3 1333 1pc x 4Gb 122 Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 139 159 259 Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 - 8Gb $559 / 12Gb $869 Kingston HyperX DDR3 2000 179 219 309 Kingston HyperX DDR3 2000 - 8Gb $689 / 12Gb $1088 Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 ( 3 x 4Gb ) =12Gb $988 OCZ 1333 OCZ3G1333 Gold 69 159 223 OCZ DDR3 1600 OCZ3X1600R2LV4GK 169 OCZ OCZ3OB1600LV4GK CL9 Obsidian 149 OCZ DD3-1600 Fatality OCZ3F1600LV4GK CL7 179 OCZ DD3-1866 OCZ3P1866LV4GK CL9 235 OCZ DD3-1333 OCZG1333LV6GK CL9 218 OCZ DD3-1600 Platinum OCZ3P1600LV6GK CL7 299 OCZ DD3-1600 intel XMP OCZ3X1600LR2LV6GK 259 Team Elite DD3-1333 CL9 123 179 Team Elite DD3-1600 CL9 149 Team Xtreem DDR3-1600 CL8 138 179 269 Team Xtreem- DDR3-1866 CL8/9 209 305 Team Xtreem-LV DDR3-2000 CL9 229 HardDisk 3.5"...
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...Independent Equity Research AskAnalyst.com Chisinau, Moldova info@askanalyst.com +373-796-24706 Initiation of Coverage 26 September 2005 TomTom NV Eurolist: “TOM2” Rating: Buy Price target: 45.9 EUR Quote 52-Week Range Recent Price Market Cap Shares Outstanding 09/26/05 35.86 $3,673.0 Mn 102.4 Mn € ’mn Revenue EBITDA Net Income Total Assets Total Debt Shareholders’ Equity Debt/Equity ROE ROA EPS P/E 2003A € 39.1 10.4 6.2 21.0 0.0 7.6 0.0 134% 48% € 0.06 2004A € 192.4 44.5 27.7 91.1 0.0 37.8 0.0 122% 49% € 0.26 2005E € 562.7 131.4 95.5 399.2 0.0 249.6 0.0 66% 39% € 0.86 41.8 2006E € 1,115.4 244.6 170.6 698.3 0.0 422.2 0.0 51% 31% € 1.53 23.5 We are initiating coverage of TomTom with BUY rating. The company has entered the commercialization phase after several years of development and reported tremendous growth of revenue, profits and cash flows. The company has the right product in the right place and at the right time, excellent operating and distribution capabilities, strong management team and a skyrocketing market. In addition, the company has excellent opportunities to outperform the market in terms of growth, as currently it is the leader on the European market, has the best product according to various research entities and sufficient cash resources to acquire smaller competitors and to finance the growth. TomTom’s expansion initiatives will provide it with stronger revenue streams from U.S., Australia, Eastern Europe and Asia. Moreover, TomTom has developed...
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...ACKNOWLEDGMENT The researchers would like to express their deepest gratitude to the following persons who extended their heartfelt support in making this thesis successful: First and for most, to Almighty God for giving them the wisdom and strength to complete and finish this particular study, for without Him, their design project would never reach its final form. Their beloved parents, brothers and sisters for their invaluable support that serves as our constant inspiration guiding them during difficult times of financial and moral crisis; Mrs. Karen Plaza, MSIT their research instructor for her remarkable assistance, patience and understanding in imparting her knowledge and expertise regarding research; Engr. Robert Bacarro, their research and technical adviser, for his inspiration and selfless sharing realistic ideas to acquire fulfillment of this scholastic task; Lastly, their friends for sharing their knowledge and ideas regarding theoretical aspect of the said design project. Abucejo, Jervic B. Antinopo, James Arbil E. Digamon, Rosie Gay S. ABSTRACT This study aimed to design a low cost “Laboratory...
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...CT1 – P C – 09 Combined Materials Pack ActEd Study Materials: 2009 Examinations Subject CT1 Contents Study Guide for the 2009 exams Course Notes Question and Answer Bank Series X Assignments* *Note: The Series X Assignment Solutions should also be supplied with this pack unless you chose not to receive them with your study material. If you think that any pages are missing from this pack, please contact ActEd’s admin team by email at ActEd@bpp.com or by phone on 01235 550005. How to use the Combined Materials Pack Guidance on how and when to use the Combined Materials Pack is set out in the Study Guide for the 2009 exams. Important: Copyright Agreement This study material is copyright and is sold for the exclusive use of the purchaser. You may not hire out, lend, give out, sell, store or transmit electronically or photocopy any part of it. You must take care of your material to ensure that it is not used or copied by anybody else. By opening this pack you agree to these conditions. The Actuarial Education Company © IFE: 2009 Examinations All study material produced by ActEd is copyright and is sold for the exclusive use of the purchaser. The copyright is owned by Institute and Faculty Education Limited, a subsidiary of the Faculty and Institute of Actuaries. You may not hire out, lend, give out, sell, store or transmit electronically or photocopy any part of the study material. You must take care of your study material to ensure that...
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...placements. PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE - I started my placement journey by getting shortlisted in Capital One on Day 1. They shortlisted 125 candidates on the basis of resume. Then they took a case study interview and reduced the number to 30. Then again took an aptitude test but finally didn’t give offer to anyone. - Then came Coca Cola on Day 2. They organised GD in the groups of ten each and then there was a single interview of about half an hour which mainly consisted of HR based questions. The topic of the GD was “Are Engineering students wasting time in studies ?”. The interview mainly focussed on the commitment to work with them and asked whether I did any activity depicting leadership skills. - Coca Cola shortlisted candidates with medium profile like moderate CPI with few extracurrecs. I had a target of gettng placed in Qualcomm from second year itself. It came on Day 2 and I got a call from Qualcomm in the middle of the interview of Coca Cola so I could not take their call. Immediately after this I went for the Qualcomm interview but they were not happy and asked me to leave without much interrogation. The results of Day 2 came and I got placed in Coca Cola. AJAYPAL SINGH, MECHANICAL...
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...Semiconductor Electrochemistry and Photoelectrochemistry Krishnan Rajeshwar The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3.1 1.3.2 1.3.3 1.3.4 1.4 1.4.1 1.4.2 1.4.3 1.5 1.5.1 1.5.2 1.5.3 1.5.4 1.5.5 1.6 1.7 1.7.1 1.7.2 1.7.3 1.7.4 1.7.5 Introduction and Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electron Energy Levels in Semiconductors and Energy Band Model . The Semiconductor–Electrolyte Interface at Equilibrium . . . . . . . . The Equilibration Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Depletion Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mapping of the Semiconductor Band-edge Positions Relative to Solution Redox Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Surface States and Other Complications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charge Transfer Processes in the Dark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Current-potential Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dark Processes Mediated by Surface States or by Space Charge Layer Recombination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rate-limiting Steps in Charge Transfer Processes in the Dark . . . . . Light Absorption by the Semiconductor Electrode and Carrier Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Light Absorption and Carrier Generation . . . ...
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...Management…………………………………………...39 VIII. Project Risk Management………………………………………………………...45 IX. Project Procurement Management………………………………………………..50 References & Bibliography…………………………………………….................55 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Green Computing Research Project is an initiative commissioned by We Are Big, Inc., to research green technologies, with a long-term objective of helping to improve the environment through technology, while increasing revenues and decreasing costs. A main purpose of the project is to research possible applications of green computing including: ● Data center and overall efficiency; ● Disposal of electronic waste and recycling; ● Telecommuting; ● Virtualization of server resources; ● Thin client solutions; ● Use of open source software; ● Development of new software to address green computing for internal use and potential sale to other organizations The overall allocated budget for the Green Computing Research Project is $700,000 and the allocated timeframe is six months from the agreed upon start date. I. PROJECT INTEGRATION Discount rate | 7% | | | | | | | | | | | Green Computing Research Project | YEAR 0 | YEAR 1 | YEAR 2 | YEAR 3 | TOTAL | Benefits | $0 | $500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $5,500,000 | Costs | $700,000 | $2,000,000 |...
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...ALTIBASE Administration Administrator’s Manual Release 5.5.1 January 12, 2012 ALTIBASE Administration Administrator’s Manual Release 5.5.1 Copyright © 2001~2010 Altibase Corporation. All rights reserved. This manual contains proprietary information of Altibase Corporation; it is provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and is also protected by copyright patent and other intellectual property law. Reverse engineering of the software is prohibited. All trademarks, registered or otherwise, are the property of their respective owners Altibase Corporation 10F, Daerung PostTower II, 182-13, Guro-dong Guro-gu Seoul, 152-847, Korea Telephone: +82-2-2082-1000 Fax: 82-2-2082-1099 E-mail: support@altibase.com www: http://www.altibase.com Contents Preface ............................................................................................................................................................................. i About This Manual ....................................................................................................................................................................................ii Audience........................................................................................................................................................................................ii Software Environment............................................................................
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...A ∑ E= This eBook is provided by www.PlentyofeBooks.net mc 2 Plenty of eBooks is a blog with an aim of helping people, especially students, who cannot afford to buy some costly books from the market. For more Free eBooks and educational material visit www.PlentyofeBooks.net Uploaded By Bhavesh Pamecha (samsexy98) 1 By Matt Smith http://smidgenpc.com/ Edited by Justin Pot This manual is the intellectual property of MakeUseOf. It must only be published in its original form. Using parts or republishing altered parts of this guide is prohibited without permission from MakeUseOf.com Think you’ve got what it takes to write a manual for MakeUseOf.com? We’re always willing to hear a pitch! Send your ideas to justinpot@makeuseof.com; you might earn up to $400. BUYING LAPTOP COMPUTERS 2012 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1.1: The Current Laptop Market 1.2: Ultrabooks Hit The Spotlight 1.3: Buy The Whole Laptop 2. Discovering What You Need From A Laptop 2.1: Performance: What Do You Really Need? 2.2: Portability And Battery Life: Still Exaggerated, Still Good Chapter 2.3: Screen Size Showdown Chapter 2.4: Thick or Thin? Think About It 3. Hardware Explained 3.1. Central Processing Unit (CPU) Basic – Will get the job done. Slowly. Entry – Quick enough for most tasks Performance – Can quickly handle almost any task 3.2: Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 3.3: Random Access Memory (RAM) 3.4: Hard Drives Chapter 3.5: The Display Chapter 3.6: Connectivity 4. Brand Reliability And Customer...
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...UnitedHealth Group Name of Student Institutional Affiliations UnitedHealth Group The UnitedHealth Group is a company that offers diversified health care management services. It is based in Minnesota in the United States of America. It is located at Minnetonka (UnitedHealth Group, 1974). It is ranked the 14th on the Fortune 500 List of the best companies and business enterprises in the world. UnitedHealth Group has two companies that offer their services and products to the consumers. The two business entities are Optum and UnitedHealthcare. It has approximated that it serves over 70 million people in the United States of America. This paper discusses the company in various dimensions. Firstly, the history of its strategic evolution is presented. The important development highlights the various changes that have been done on the company since its introduction. The changes include the introduction of new services, products, and business branches. Notably, these changes are responsible for the success that the company has registered in the few past decades. The SWOT Analysis, Environmental Assessment, Financial Assessment, and Strategic Issues that the organization faces are also discussed. The paper concludes the evaluation of the company by recommending some strategies that could be used to improve the performance of UnitedHealth Group. These recommendations aim at improving the quality and quantity of production, profitability, as well as reducing customer complaints and enhancing...
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...UnitedHealth Group Name of Student Institutional Affiliations UnitedHealth Group The UnitedHealth Group is a company that offers diversified health care management services. It is based in Minnesota in the United States of America. It is located at Minnetonka (UnitedHealth Group, 1974). It is ranked the 14th on the Fortune 500 List of the best companies and business enterprises in the world. UnitedHealth Group has two companies that offer their services and products to the consumers. The two business entities are Optum and UnitedHealthcare. It has approximated that it serves over 70 million people in the United States of America. This paper discusses the company in various dimensions. Firstly, the history of its strategic evolution is presented. The important development highlights the various changes that have been done on the company since its introduction. The changes include the introduction of new services, products, and business branches. Notably, these changes are responsible for the success that the company has registered in the few past decades. The SWOT Analysis, Environmental Assessment, Financial Assessment, and Strategic Issues that the organization faces are also discussed. The paper concludes the evaluation of the company by recommending some strategies that could be used to improve the performance of UnitedHealth Group. These recommendations aim at improving the quality and quantity of production, profitability, as well as reducing customer complaints and enhancing...
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...JOHN T. GO URV ILLE JERRY N. C ONOV ER GolfLogix: Measuring the Game of Golf It was a sunny May afternoon in 2002 as the employees of GolfLogix—all six of them—assembled around the company’s conference table in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was 106!F outside, but it was comfortable inside—partly due to the air conditioning, and partly due to the company’s finally gaining traction in the market. After three years and nearly $2 million in investments, things were looking up. GolfLogix was founded in May 1999 on a simple concept—using the satellite-based global positioning system (GPS) to aid golfers in playing the sport they loved. In its simplest form, the GolfLogix product consisted of a customized, handheld GPS receiver, called an “xCaddie,” that indicated the distance to the green to which a golfer was hitting (see Exhibit 1). Rather than having to “guesstimate” how far he was, the golfer could simply look at his xCaddie, see that he was, say, 157 yards from the green, and pick the club appropriate for that distance. GolfLogix was offering 60 of these “Distance Only” units to golf courses for approximately $1,500 per month on a three-year lease. In turn, courses could provide the units to golfers free of charge, rent them for a nominal fee (say $1 per round), or bundle their cost with the greens fee. Do No But GolfLogix’s system could do much more. Rather than simply indicate distance, the system also could be used to record a golfer’s progress around the course. Using...
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