...1. Inter-process Communication (IPC) Introduction Inter-Process Communication, which in short is known as IPC, deals mainly with the techniques and mechanisms that facilitate communication between processes. Now, why do we need special separate mechanisms or techniques for communicating between processes? Why isn't it possible to have information shared between two processes without using such special mechanisms? Let us start from something primitive. Imagine you have two glasses completely filled with water. One glass contains hot water and the other contains cold water. What can you do to make the temperature of water in both the glasses equal? The simplest answer will be to mix the water from both the glasses in a glass with much bigger capacity. Once water is mixed, the temperature becomes equal after some time. If one can remember, this will be framed as a problem with some numerical data in a High-School Physics examination. If we go by principles, then the phenomenon here is conduction. If we go by our topic of IPC, then we can say that since the two glasses were full, we had to use another glass with a larger capacity to mix the contents in order to balance their heat energy. We know that some medium or other is required for communication between different processes. Similarly, when it comes to computer programs, we need some mechanism or medium for communication. Primarily, processes can use the available memory to communicate with each other. But then, the memory...
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...CHAPTER 19 Fraud Awareness Auditing LEARNING OBJECTIVES | | | | | | |Review Checkpoints |Exercises Problems |Cases | | | | | | |1. Define and explain the differences among several kinds of fraud, |1, 2, 3 |45, 46 | | |errors, irregularities, and illegal acts that might occur in an | | | | |organization. | | | | | | | | | |2. Explain the various auditing standards regarding external, internal, |4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | | | |and governmental auditors' responsibilities with respect to detecting | | | | |and reporting errors, irregularities, and illegal...
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...Informational Interview 1. What is your job like? -What do you do? What are the duties/functions/responsibilities of your job? -What kind of decisions do you make? -What percentage of your time is spent doing what? -How does this type of work interest you and how did you get started? 2. Can you suggest some ways a student, like me, could obtain this necessary experience? 3. What are the most important personal satisfactions and dissatisfactions connected with your occupation? What part do you personally find most satisfying? Most challenging? What do you like and not like about working in this industry? 4. What things did you do before you entered this occupation/business? -Which one those have been most helpful? 5. Are you optimistic about the company’s future? 6. How does the company make use of technology for internal communication and outside marketing? (Use of email, internet, social networking, etc.) 7. If you could do things all over again, would you choose the same path for yourself? Why? What would you change? 8. What abilities or personal qualities do you believe contribute most to success in this business? 9. Does your work relate to any experiences or studies you had in college? 10. From your perspective, what are the problems you see working in this field? 11. What interests you least about the job or creates the most stress? 12. What kinds of experience, paid or unpaid, would you encourage...
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...INTERPERSONAL ATTRACTION What is Interpersonal attraction? Interpersonal attraction * is the desire to approach another person. * is the attraction between people which leads to friendships and romantic relationships.. * refers to positive feelings about another person. It can take manyforms,including liking, love, friendship, lust, and admiration. * is anything that draws two or more people together characterized by affection, respect, liking, or love ("Interpersonal attraction," 2010) Affiliation Needs As Aristotle called humans “the social animal”, indeed we have an intense need to belong – to connect with others in enduring, close relationship(Myers,2007). Around the world and across age-groups, most people spend about 3/4 of their time with others. People want not merely the presence of others but close ties with people who care about them. Two theories explain the reasons for our affiliation needs: 1. Social comparison Theory 2. Social exchange theory Social comparison Theory One way to know ourselves and better understand our place in the social environment is to compare ourselves with others. This information is required to evaluate the self. Theory of Social exchange Focus of this theory is on interaction between people. This theory proposes that we seek out and maintain those relationships in which the reward exceeds the cost. The exchanged goods can be either material (money, food, etc.) or nonmaterial (social influence, affection...
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...Las aplicaciones más sencillas tratan de ser lo más ligeras posible, pero en el camino pierden funcionalidades interesantes para lo que un usuario necesita hoy en día: puede ser compatibilidad con Exchange, poca maniobrabilidad con las opciones por defecto… También existe el otro extremo, las mega aplicaciones de correo que intentan tener todas y cada una de las opciones que les ocurren, haciendo la aplicación pesada y complicada de usar. Algunas incluso tienen sus propias “reglas de funcionamiento” que impactan con lo que debería ser el flujo de trabajo del usuario. ¿Cómo debería ser una aplicación de correo moderna? Aquí hablaríamos de tres principios: potente, sencilla y adaptable. Combinar conceptos tan antagónicos – al menos los dos primeros – puede confundir a quien plantee la aplicación desde cero, pero no a quien esté diseñándola sabiendo abstraer lo que el usuario necesita y lo que debe ofrecer. Con Mail, Apple ofreció una solución sencilla, con ciertas posibilidades pero poco adaptable. Outlook ha sabido ver aquellos puntos débiles y tentar a los usuarios para conseguir ese hueco en el dock de su dispositivo iOS. La aplicación facilita la instalación de casi todos los servicios más utilizados hoy en día: Exchange, Outlook.com, OneDrive, iCloud, Google, Yahoo!, Dropbox y Box. La filosofía de trabajo consiste en una Bandeja de Entrada compartida por todas las cuentas, aunque podemos seleccionar cualquier de ellas para trabajar con alguna de forma independiente. Uno de...
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...JOB TITLE AGENCY BRANCH JOB ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER SALARY RANGE OPENING DATE CLOSING DATE SERIES & GRADE POSITION INFORMATION NUMBER OF VACANCIES DUTY LOCATION(S) WHO MAY APPLY Maintenance Worker Commander, Navy Installations Command Athletics Division FFR15-888 $11.17/Hourly Tuesday September 8, 2015 Open Until Filled NA-4749-05 FLEX 1 Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan Applicants with SOFA sponsorship (Including applicants with current Military Spouse Preference, Family Member Preference, and current Federal employees). SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The incumbent sets up gym area for sporting events and performs other related duties as assigned. Serves as assistant to a higher grade maintenance worker/mechanic in maintaining all equipment and facilities in optimum operating condition. Operates a mower, weed eater and other equipment as necessary to prepare and maintain athletic fields and related facilities. Assists in the performance of one or more trade practices associated with occupations such as carpentry, plumbing, electrical, air conditioning, painting, and other related trades that include general maintenance, repair and/or alterations to doors, floors, floor covering, walls, ceiling, windows, electrical switches, receptacles and light fixtures, commodes, wash basins and showers. Assists in performing repair of recreation/mess equipment and appliances and other related maintenance and/or custodial duties. Assists in the performance...
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...Petrolera Royal Dutch Shell: * Historial de ventas: Ganancias totales por año. 2007: $27.6 billones. 2008: $31.4 billones un crecimiento del 16% por acción comparado con el 2007. 2009: $9.8 billones un decrecimiento del 69% por acción vs. El 2008. 2010: $18.6 billones un crecimiento del 90% por acción comparado con el año anterior. 2011: $28.6 billones. 2012: $27 billones. 2013 (Segundo cuarto): 12.4 billones. * Innovación: Shell ha sido pionero en tecnología durante más de 100 años. Los más de 45,000 ingenieros y técnicos impulsan la innovación que se necesita para alcanzar los desafíos energéticos del futuro. Geólogos, ingenieros y geofísicos se pueden conectar a través de sistemas 3D de realidad virtual, para trabajar simultáneamente sobre los mejores planes de desarrollo para los yacimientos petrolíferos alrededor del mundo. Shell es miembro también del consorcio que dirije el Centro Tecnológico Mongstad, Noruega, la instalación más grande del mundo para probar la tecnología de captura de dióxido de carbono CO2. Shell ha sido el mayor inversor en investigación y desarrollo entre las empresas petroleras durante los últimos cinco años. En 2011 dedicaron 1,1 mil millones de dólares a la investigación y desarrollo de tecnologías que se necesitan para producir una mayor cantidad de energía de una manera más limpia, así como combustibles y productos más eficientes para sus clientes. El programa GameChanger de Shell, invita a pensadores creativos para que compartan...
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...Some industries offer customers “the right to return a product to the seller under certain circumstances” (ASC 605-15-05-3). Since this directly affects inventory, returns impact year-end counts. In order to correctly value inventory, returns are to be matched properly. When a company sells its items with a right of return, revenue from the sales may be recognized at the time of the sale if certain conditions are met: the price must be fixed and the buyer must pay or commit to a payment, the seller should not have any future performance obligations that will directly bring about resale of the product by the buyer, and the amount of future returns must be reasonably estimated (605-15-25-1). Proper authoritative guidance allows returns to be made by either the direct customer or a party to which the goods were resold. However, there are reimbursement options for returned products. Some companies offer a refund of the purchase price, while others offer a credit or an exchange. However, it is not technically considered a return when the original customer exchanges an item for another of the same kind and price (605-15-15-2). Authoritative guidance is important for companies who offer their customers’ the right to return. This gives them insight and allows them to see when a transaction is considered a return. In some industries returns are not usually permissible. Real estate and service companies are examples. Products under warranty are also treated differently; if the good is...
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...Inter-Country Adoption Republic Act Number 8043 Inter-country Adoption • Refers to the socio-legal process of adopting a Filipino child by a foreigner or a filipino citizen permanently residing abroad where the petition is filed, the supervised trial custody is undertaken, and the decree of adoption is issued outside the Philippines Child • Means a person below fifteen (15) years of age unless sooner emancipated by law The phrase “unless sooner emancipated by law”- erroneous because RA 6809 which took effect on December 18, 1989, the age of emancipation is 18 years Authorized and accredited agency • Refers to the State welfare agency or licensed adoption agency in the country of the adopting parents which provide comprehensive social services and which is duly recognized by the Department Legally-free child • Means a child who has been voluntarily or involuntarily committed to the Department, in accordance with the Child and Youth Welfare Code • RA 6809 (December 18, 1989) Age of emancipation: 18 years Foreign Adoption Agency • Refers to the State welfare agency or the licensed and accredited agency in the country of the foreign adoptive parents that provides comprehensive social services an is duly recognized by the Department • Child-Caring Agency vs Child Placement Agency • Application –Homestudy report –Supporting documents Inter-country Adoption Board • The Inter‐Country Adop1on Board (ICAB) created by Republic...
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...InterClean is an $8 billion dollar company within the industrial and intuitional sanitation cleaning industry. The company has been a major player in the industry. InterClean sales have excelled within demonstrating and selling of products. In the near future InterClean want to obtain success and become a better company. The company is seeking other strategies to expand from the success InterClean has already obtained. The company acquired Enviro Tech to transform into a company that would be considered as a solution base organization and secure the competitive edge in the industry. InterClean has a current plan that would not be feasible for the company, since the integration of both InterClean and Enviro Tech has not been completed. This problem solution paper will review the following issues engrossed within InterClean’s strategies that would be implemented within the company’s newly developed opportunities, stakeholder’s perspective, alternate solutions, risk assessments, and concluding preparation to achieve the new direction of the company. InterClean is a heavy weight within the solution and cleaning sector. Because of the demands the company redirected the attention to services and solutions rather than just services and products. InterClean wanted to begin a new solution-base marketing selling within the next three-six months. For the company to make the transition, InterClean has planned some changes within the company’s sales department. The company is...
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...ASEAN COMMUNITY IN FIGURES Vision One Vision One Identity One Community ASEAN COMMUNITY IN FIGURES The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established on 8 August 1967. The Member States of the Association are Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam. The ASEAN Secretariat is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. For inquiries, contact: The ASEAN Secretariat Public Outreach and Civil Society Division 70A Jalan Sisingamangaraja Jakarta 12110 Indonesia Phone : (62 21) 724-3372, 726-2991 Fax : (62 21) 739-8234, 724-3504 E-mail : public.div@asean.org General information on ASEAN appears online at the ASEAN Website: www.asean.org Catalogue-in-Publication Data ASEAN Community in Figures 2011 (ACIF 2011) Jakarta: ASEAN Secretariat, April 2012 315.95 1. Statistics – ASEAN 2. Economics - Social - Environment ISBN 978-602-8411-81-3 The text of this publication may be freely quoted or reprinted with proper acknowledgement. Copyright Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 2011 All rights reserved FOREWORD ASEAN Community in Figures (ACIF) 2011 is the fourth in a series of annual publications by the ASEAN Secretariat focusing on key economic and social developments in individual ASEAN Member States and in the ASEAN Community as a whole. The pocket-sized ACIF is intended as a handy reference on selected and most recent economic and social indicators. It contains more than 50 tables and...
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...Chinese managed Float-format Summary : One of the ways China's economic rise was accomplished was by pegging its currency, the Chinese yuan to the United States dollar and instituting trading arrangements between the two nations. One of the arguments yuan against dollar is that it appears that China benefits more than the U.S. Manufacturers in the U.S. often put pressure on Congress to lobby China to appreciate its currency, citing the difficulty of competing against artificially cheap Chinese goods as a reason for change. Year after year, new bills are introduced by Congress demanding that China appreciate its currency so the yuan and dollar balance is more equalized. They claim the Chinese are protecting their trade superiority and the U.S. is forced to pay the price. Problem detecting : The problem from China's perspective is that appreciating the yuan could mean less foreign investment in China, deflation, lower wages and unemployment. Fewer exports will also diminish China's supply of dollars for investment, both inside and outside the country. China argues that the currency peg is meant to foster economic stability and abandoning the peg could result in an economic crisis. Some benefits of an undervalued yuan for the U.S. include lower prices for consumers, lower inflationary pressure and lower input prices for U.S. manufactures that use Chinese inputs. Alternatively, an undervalued yuan hurts U.S. industries that compete with cheap Chinese goods, thus hurting production...
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...Phase 4 IP Key Assignment Dr. Theodore Okendu Colorado Technical University Online MGM316-1304B-05 : International Business Communications Laura Prestridge December 15, 2013 Negotiations and Cross-Cultural Approaches Fast-Food Franchise Project Expansion Orientation Meeting The Fast-food franchise has been cleared for business in all four countries (United Arab Emirates, Israel, Mexico and China). Construction on the restaurants is about to begin with the financing coming from the United Arab Emirates, the materials coming from Mexico and China, the engineering and technology coming from Israel, and the labor being hired locally within the countries by the management team from the United States. All of the key players are coming to headquarters in the United States for a big meeting that will explain the project and let the players get to know each other. At the beginning of the meeting the people seem to be staying with their own groups and not mingling. Cultural phenomenon is taking place in this meeting because each of the cultures has their own behaviors, values, customs, and beliefs that are taught from generation to generation. The other cultural phenomenon in the room is nationality, race, and ethnicity. It is natural that the people are drawn to stay in a group with others of their own culture and be uncomfortable being around different cultures than their own. Intercultural communication is critical in the business world and is mandatory when...
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...Nguyen Thuy Vy 1132300396 HOMEWORK #1 1. Trade between two nations would not be possible if they have identical production possibilities frontier curves and identical community indifference curves. 2. The meaning of terms-of-trade index equals 150 is to purchase a certain number of imports, country A must give up 50% fewer exports and it could gain 50% more imports for a given number of exports. Terms of trade are determined by the relative strength of a nation’s demand for the other nation’s products. Using offer curves below to show the equilibrium’s terms-of-trade: (PX/PY)I1 X* X OB Y Y* OA (PX/PY)IE (PX/PY)I2 E * Note: OA : offer curve of country A OB : offer curve of country B (PX/PY)IE: International price at E E : The equilibrium terms of trade 3. False. The autarky equilibrium occurs when available production meets the societal satisfaction at the highest level. In autarky equilibrium, a nation’s marginal rate of transformation (measured by the slope of its production possibilities schedule) equals the marginal rate of substitution (measured by the slope of its community indifference curve); in other words, relative price is equal to opportunity cost. 4. The Heckscher-Ohlin theory explains comparative advantage as the result of differences in countries’ relative abundance of various resources. 5. False. According to the factor-endowment theory, international specialization and trade cause a nation’s...
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