...JGE236 MDG Assigment By: Saarangan Yogarasa, Nick Priore and Sarah Jeong Introduction: The planet that is home to all known life in the universe has been facing hardships since its formation almost five billion years ago. However, the rapid evolution and advancement of the human race has put the Earth through its greatest challenge yet. The last few centuries saw the Earth undergo massive irreversible damage at the hands of the human race. Although previous attempts were made at dealing with the problem of environmental damage and the non-sustainable use of resources, none were as clear-cut and globally united as the Millennium Development Goals. The Millennium Development Goals, hereafter referred to as the MDG, was signed by all 193 members of the United Nations. The MDG focuses on a wide range of human problems; from poverty and health to environmental damage and the non-sustainability of the current resource usage (Nations, 2010). This was so important because it was the first time that so many nations united together to attempt to solve the world’s biggest problems. Although a lot of the set targets were very ambitious, they were certainly within the realm of reality with proper funding and planning. The following report proposes a plan to carry out a sub-section of one of the goals in one region of the world. Although it would be a very small scale when considering all the goals of the MDG and all the regions of the world, it would provide a morale booster that shows...
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...bigger lead time, the bigger difference between demand variability and order variability. Batch Ordering: As it mentioned in the case, Barilla’s CDC and Barilla-run depots deliver their products in track load quantities. Therefore, the wholesaler may observe a large order followed by several periods of no order, which increase the variability. Price Fluctuation: According to table 5-1, the Italian wholesale price is fluctuated during the years, and also the Barilla uses trade promotion strategies in its marketing. This fluctuation causes the retailers often to stock up and increase the variability in their supply chain. How can the firm cope with the increase in variability? Reducing uncertainty: They can use centralized demand information in order to reduce the Bullwhip effect. Reducing Customer demand Variability: They can use some marketing strategies, such as “everyday low pricing” (EDLP) in order to reduce the demand variability in the supply chain. Lead-Time Reduction: Order lead time can be reduced through the use of...
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...Experiment 8. The hydrolysis of starch with hydrochloric acid (a) Prepare a water bath by half filling a 250 cm3 beaker with warm water and heating it to boiling point on a tripod and gauze, with a Bunsen burner. When the water boils, reduce the flame to keep the water at boiling point. (b) Label four test-tubes 1-4. (c) Copy the table given below into your notebook. (d) In each tube place 5 cm3 3% starch solution. (e) Using a syringe or graduated pipette, add 3 cm3 Benedict's solution to the starch solution in tube 1 and place the tube in the boiling water bath for five minutes. (f) Rinse the syringe or pipette and use it to add 1 cm3 dilute hydrochloric acid to the starch solution in each of tubes 2, 3 and 4. Note the time and place all three tubes in the water bath. (They will be removed at five, ten and fifteen minutes respectively). (g) Remember to remove tube 1 from the water bath after five minutes if you have not already done so. (h) After five minutes, remove tube 2 from the water bath and cool it under the tap. Neutralize the acid by adding solid sodium bicarbonate, a little at a time, until the addition of one portion produces no fizzing. Place tube in the rack and return to tube 3. (i) After ten minutes in the water bath, remove tube 3, cool and neutralize the contents as described in (h). Place the tube in the rack. (j) After fifteen minutes in the water bath, remove tube 4; cool and neutralize as before, and place it in the rack...
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...for the presence of these important compounds in food by using chemical reagents that react in predictable ways in the presence of these nutrients. Please refer to the notes given above on: How to record qualitative data. (Marks will be awarded based on proper recording.) What to do if you don’t obtain the desired results. Flowchart Students will be allowed to proceed with the experiment only if they have come into the laboratory with a flowchart of the day’s experiment. Lab manual version 6_201505 FHSB1214 Biology I & FHSC1214 Fundamentals of Cell Biology 14 Procedures: Part 1: Identification of Carbohydrates (A) Test for reducing sugars The reducing sugars include all monosaccharide, such as glucose and fructose, and some disaccharides, such as maltose and lactose, using 0.1 – 1% sugar solutions. Common tests for reducing sugars include Benedict’s test (described below) and Fehling’s test (not described here). See ‘basis of test’ below for explanation of the following reaction: Benedict’s test for...
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...Experiment 8. The hydrolysis of starch with hydrochloric acid (a) Prepare a water bath by half filling a 250 cm3 beaker with warm water and heating it to boiling point on a tripod and gauze, with a Bunsen burner. When the water boils, reduce the flame to keep the water at boiling point. (b) Label four test-tubes 1-4. (c) Copy the table given below into your notebook. (d) In each tube place 5 cm3 3% starch solution. (e) Using a syringe or graduated pipette, add 3 cm3 Benedict's solution to the starch solution in tube 1 and place the tube in the boiling water bath for five minutes. (f) Rinse the syringe or pipette and use it to add 1 cm3 dilute hydrochloric acid to the starch solution in each of tubes 2, 3 and 4. Note the time and place all three tubes in the water bath. (They will be removed at five, ten and fifteen minutes respectively). (g) Remember to remove tube 1 from the water bath after five minutes if you have not already done so. (h) After five minutes, remove tube 2 from the water bath and cool it under the tap. Neutralize the acid by adding solid sodium bicarbonate, a little at a time, until the addition of one portion produces no fizzing. Place tube in the rack and return to tube 3. (i) After ten minutes in the water bath, remove tube 3, cool and neutralize the contents as described in (h). Place the tube in the rack. (j) After fifteen minutes in the water bath, remove tube 4; cool and neutralize as before, and place it in the rack...
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...Objective: To identify the components of the solution in its pure form with various food tests and state the justifications. Observations: Tests | Observations | Reducing sugar test a) Glucose | * White glucose solution changes colour to blue when Benedict’s solution is added. After the solution is heated, the blue solution forms moderate amount of brick red precipitate. | b) Fructose | * White fructose solution changes colour to blue when Benedict’s solution is added. After heating, blue solution forms more amount of brick red precipitate. | c) Lactose | * White lactose solution changes colour to blue when Benedict’s solution is added. After heating, blue solution forms least amount of brick red precipitate. Solution still have a slight blue colour. | Non-reducing sugar test a) Sucrose | * Sucrose solution is neutralized with hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide solution. No changes is observed. Blue colour forms when the solution is added with Benedict’s solution. After heating, brick red precipitate is formed. | Iodine test a) Starch | * Blue-black precipitate is formed after 3 drops of iodine is added. | | Sudan III test | * Oil and distilled water were immiscible forming two separate layer. When Sudan III is added, fats globules are stained red. Fat layers forms at the top layer. The solution was opaque and forms at the bottom layer. | Emulsion test | * After shaking- White, opaque solution was formed. * After...
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...| Medical One | Memo To: | All Employees | From: | (name), VP of Sales and Marketing | Date: | May 15, 2013 | Re: | Reducing Costs and Readjusting Resources | | | With respects to the reality of the dwindling economy, we’re taking steps to realign Medical One’s costs. I want to tell you about what we’re doing and why. Effective immediately gasoline reimbursements for salespeople will be reduced to 50 percent of the purchased price. Respectively, salespeople need to submit all receipts and log all actual mileage, which was used while conducting business for the company, including the result of the client visit, to their sales managers. This will be in accordance to the cost reduction plan, which will save money to keep all of our respected employees with Medical One. The chair has also taken notice that our current benefits package is more than Medical One can currently afford. The chair has decided to trim down the current vacation/sick time from 45 days to 30 days. Also there is no “grandfathering” of this change to current employees. This change will affect all non-managerial staff. With this decision Medical One sees the next 5 years savings of up to $25 million dollars, which will alleviate the need to make further staff cuts. Currently, this year we have cut staff by 20%. Medical one has no intentions to cut anymore staff. The above mentioned changes will help signify the reduce costs and keep Medical One the most successful company. This is all in part...
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...Class : FHSB1214 P16 Group Member : Lim Phei Ching Lee Jer Win Chong Hui Li Title : Investigation of Action of Saliva and 3 M Hydrochloric Acid in Two Carbohydrate Solutions . Objective : To Investigate of Effect of Salive and Hydrochloric Acid in Carbohydrate Solutions . Apparatus & Equipment : Boiling tubes , Beaker , Graduated plastic dropper , Water bath, ~ 37 oC , Water bath, ~ 95oC Materials : Carbohydrate solution A , Carbohydrate solution B , Benedict‟s solution , 3 M Hydrochloric acid , 3 M Sodium hydroxide , Iodine solution Procedures : Part 1 1. Two boiling tubes containing 1 ml solution A and 1 ml of solution B were prepared respectively . 1ml of Benedict solution was added into each tube . Both tubes were heated together in the 95°C water bath for two minutes . Results were recorded in table 1 . 2. A few drops of solution A and B were added separately on a white tile . 1-2 drops of iodine solution were added on each solution . Part 2 3. Boiling tubes were labeled 1,2,3,4 . 2 ml of solution B was pipette into each of four boiling tubes . 4. Tubes 1 and 2 were placed in a water bath of 37°C to heat up the solution . 5. Small beaker was salivated till it reached about 5 ml . 6. This step was done approximately at the same time . 2ml of saliva prepared was pipetted into tubes 1 and 4 . The contents of tubes were shaken well to ensure through mixing . 2ml of HCL...
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...benefits it will promote include reduction of fire deaths, decrease in property destruction. We will discuss the community wide benefits and the economic impacts of the cost associated with sprinkler installations. Residential sprinklers have been around since the 1970’s. The first residential sprinkler ordinance was implemented in San Clement, CA in 1980. Since the 1980 it is slowly increasingly more common to see residential sprinklers installed in new and remodel 1-2 family dwellings by the amount of 1-2%. Residential sprinkler systems have several benefits and are more beneficial the residents without contrary to popular belief. First and most important is the reduction of fire deaths. Sprinklers have been very successful in reducing multiple deaths from a single fire in a home. NPFA has yet to have a finding, or report that more than 2 people being killed in a fire where sprinklers were present and operational. In a 10 year period between 1989-1998 in the US, deaths were reduced by 78% when a residence was fully sprinklered. Since this study alarm systems have come along way with more advance technology and safer systems. An example of the effectiveness of the residential sprinkler system is the ordnance implemented in Vancouver. Over a 7 year period after the ordnance was in placed the fatality rate per year was reduced by 69%. Sprinkler systems will also play a role in the reduction of personal injuries. It is proven that a fire will double in size every minute...
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...Title: Identification of Biochemical in Their Pure Form Objective: To identify the components of the solution in its pure form with various food tests and state the justifications. Observations: Tests | Observations | Reducing sugar test a) Glucose | * White glucose solution changes colour to blue when Benedict’s solution is added. After the solution is heated, the blue solution forms moderate amount of brick red precipitate. | b) Fructose | * White fructose solution changes colour to blue when Benedict’s solution is added. After heating, blue solution forms more amount of brick red precipitate. | c) Lactose | * White lactose solution changes colour to blue when Benedict’s solution is added. After heating, blue solution forms least amount of brick red precipitate. Solution still have a slight blue colour. | Non-reducing sugar test a) Sucrose | * Sucrose solution is neutralized with hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide solution. No changes is observed. Blue colour forms when the solution is added with Benedict’s solution. After heating, brick red precipitate is formed. | Iodine test a) Starch | * Blue-black precipitate is formed after 3 drops of iodine is added. | | Sudan III test | * Oil and distilled water were immiscible forming two separate layer. When Sudan III is added, fats globules are stained red. Fat layers forms at the top layer. The solution was opaque and forms at the bottom layer. | Emulsion test |...
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...Mr. Woodrow Smith Date: 11 February 2015 Introduction Carbohydrates, proteins and lipids are all organic macromolecules composed of polymers which are made up of smaller simpler subunits (monomers). These macromolecules have unique characteristics that allow them to carry out complex functions. In this lab, four (4) tests will be conducted: the Benedict test (for reducing sugar) BNT test; Iodine test (for starch) BIU test; Biuret test (for protein) IDN test; and Sudan III test (for lipids) SDN test. The first test conducted would be the Benedict test. Carbohydrates include sugars, glycogen, starches and cellulose. Three substances will be tested for reducing sugars. These substances include sucrose, glucose and distilled water (H2O). If any of the substances are negative for non-reducing sugars it will have a blue color. If it positive for reducing sugar it will have a yellow to green to reddish orange color for weak to strong presence of the sugar respectively. The Idoine test for starch would be the second test preformed. Staining by distinguishes starch from monosaccharides, diaaccharides and other polysaccharides. Two substances potatoes and distilled water will be tested for starch. If starch is present in any of the substances...
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...example, we are not using the same Honda car which our parents used 20 years back. We say simply it is old fashioned, we always look for a change and new ones. Proper research is required to introduce changes, if they do not spend on R & D, they lose their market share. * In more productive issues, for expansion, that is expanding product lines, new products, services and new businesses to gain profits. * And in technology, to be more competitive and also as technology makes work easier and faster, and through this companies can increase their sales and make more money. * Reducing costs is also critical for a business to gain competitive advantage: Material cost, which includes Direct labor and direct material have to be reduced to gain competitive edge: like 1. Going for an alternative source of material which will cost less than original and have the same quality. 2. Reducing scrap for example in food industry, people will look for expiry date, and there is a chance of items going into scrap. Business must try to reduce percentage of scrap by efficiently planning the production. 3. Redesigning the product say for example...
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...Reducing Poverty The countries in which poverty levels are the highest are generally those that have the most rapid increases in population and the highest fertility levels. Countries that have reduced fertility and mortality by investing in universal health care, including reproductive health, as well as education and gender equality, have made economic gains. Bringing the concept of contraception to developing countries can reduce poverty. However, this must be approached with sensitivity due to cultural beliefs. In a lot of these countries it is the men who make all decisions for the women concerning reproduction. If these women, exercised their human rights and made the decision for themselves, it would raise the average per-capita income because the money earned would be supporting fewer people. Women who have fewer children are able to gainfully contribute to the workforce; this it would raise the income of their family unit. Poverty can also be reduced with aid and guidance from a reputable governmental system. The more people that work outside of the home will increase the available funds by payment of income and property taxes. A well-structured government would enact these taxes in such a way that would be affordable to all. Monies received from these taxes would pay for education, job training, food banks, health care resources, and housing. Poverty can also be reduced in creative ways such as international trade of goods native to their particular area...
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...the production process in the period of use of electricity tariff rate is low, can save our production cost. Then, what specific benefits we can get if we let the flour milling processing machinery production stagger? Now let us try to understand it: The flour milling processing machinery load shifting production of the most important benefits is to reduce the flour milling processing machinery production cost, in a certain way, it also let our electricity substantially reduced, thus greatly save our production costs, of our economic interests will have more advantages. The staggering production and processing of flour milling processing machinery can also to avoid the occurrence of dielectric loss for the phenomenon of excessive, reducing loss of power energy, also can reduce the motor load, to avoid the dangerous situation to which because of the failure of the motor and lead, so that our production safety can be ensured. Because of the above reasons, when we are in the using of flour milling processing machinery, it is best to let the flour milling processing machinery for peak production, this will be more conducive to our economic benefits. Any interests or questions pls leave message in our website, you also can send email to me, and I will reply you as soon as possible. http://www.flour-milling-machine.com/ email:...
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...Class : FHSB1214 P16 Group Member : Lim Phei Ching Lee Jer Win Chong Hui Li Title : Investigation of Action of Saliva and 3 M Hydrochloric Acid in Two Carbohydrate Solutions . Objective : To Investigate of Effect of Salive and Hydrochloric Acid in Carbohydrate Solutions . Apparatus & Equipment : Boiling tubes , Beaker , Graduated plastic dropper , Water bath, ~ 37 oC , Water bath, ~ 95oC Materials : Carbohydrate solution A , Carbohydrate solution B , Benedict‟s solution , 3 M Hydrochloric acid , 3 M Sodium hydroxide , Iodine solution Procedures : Part 1 1. Two boiling tubes containing 1 ml solution A and 1 ml of solution B were prepared respectively . 1ml of Benedict solution was added into each tube . Both tubes were heated together in the 95°C water bath for two minutes . Results were recorded in table 1 . 2. A few drops of solution A and B were added separately on a white tile . 1-2 drops of iodine solution were added on each solution . Part 2 3. Boiling tubes were labeled 1,2,3,4 . 2 ml of solution B was pipette into each of four boiling tubes . 4. Tubes 1 and 2 were placed in a water bath of 37°C to heat up the solution . 5. Small beaker was salivated till it reached about 5 ml . 6. This step was done approximately at the same time . 2ml of saliva prepared was pipetted into tubes 1 and 4 . The contents of tubes were shaken well to ensure through mixing . 2ml of...
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