Annotated bibliography: Risk factors for alcohol abuse in men who have sex with men Gilbert, P. A., Perreira, K., Eng, E., & Rhodes, S. D. (2014). Social stressors and alcohol use among immigrant sexual and gender minority Latinos in a non-traditional settlement state. Substance Use & Misuse, 49(11), 1365–1375. https://doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2014.901389 This study examined the relationships … Read more
During the past two decades, the frequency and scale of M&A’s have increased continually (Seo & Hill, 2005). Even though the number of mergers is increasing, mergers aimed at achieving growth and diversification are often not successful (Shrivastava, 1986). Especially neglecting the human side of M&As tends to be a possible explanation for failures of … Read more
General rights and duties Regulation about working conditions is a comparative assessment between the protec-tion of employees against abuse by the employer and the economical and technical reali-ty of a company. The main principles for all sectors are established in law. (Verplichtingen van de werkgever en de werknemer, n.d.) First of all employer and … Read more
Introduction Stolt-Nielsen is a shipping company with around 100 chemical tankers. The Stolt-Nielsen Short Sea fleet has 20 ships out of which 6 ships at 23 years of age , in 2 years they will be too old for the most oil companies acceptance. So between now and 2 years they have to start building … Read more
Literature Review 2.1. Introduction This chapter provides background and a literature review regarding the progressive collapse of buildings. First, the definition and famous examples of progressive collapse are presented. Next, design approaches and analysis procedures for progressive collapse of buildings are described. Next, the current guidelines for the prevention of progressive collapse are reviewed. Especially, … Read more
To illustrate how complex and burdensome Employment Law can be, take for example an employer seeking to quickly terminate an employee’s contract. There are two general approaches the employer may take. The first which may be deemed high risk is to simply give the employee notice under their contract or offer payment in lieu of … Read more
Traditional Approach and Fusion Theory The Court of Judicature Acts 1873 fused the administration of law and equity by the creation of High Court of Judicature exercising both law and equity and gave supremacy to equity in cases of conflict. There has been a never-ending debate on whether the Act, should be considered as having … Read more
It is common in the construction industry in UK to overruns the cost and timely delay in construction projects, in spite of the latest management technologies and techniques, the cost and time objectives cannot be achieved. They are many single or compound reasons, potentially causing this problems, start from the initial stage of the project … Read more
Whilst there is obvious expectancy to experience fright on a ride, health and safety at Alton Towers should be paramount importance. In a high profile position such as this it is often that Merlin entertainments will accept liability as early as possible to limit further damage to their reputation. It is of my opinion the … Read more
The court of first instance is the first court that your case will be heard in. In a civil case this is County Court or High Court. In a criminal case it will be the Magistrates Court or the Crown court (depending on the case). These are trial courts which will look at the evidence, … Read more
Introduction The purpose of this assignment is to give a clear definition of statutory interpretation and the approaches associated with it. This is so a better understanding can be created on how judges use these approaches to interpret statutes when in court. Statutory interpretation consists of three main rules which are described as the literal … Read more
Foundations of Law: Statutory Interpretation Essay Q 2 At a surface level, when supplied with the information regarding the case of Billy Tripe, one would believe him to be held responsible for the mistreatment of his herd of alpacas. However, upon closer inspection of Mr. Tripe’s case, in particular, the circumstances of the misfortunate treatment … Read more
“Explain the risk management framework outlined in Kaplan and Mikes and evaluate how you would use it to manage both operational risk and market risk in the bank” Introduction: As a result of the financial crisis of 2008 Robert S. Kalpan and Annette Mikes asked why Risk Management had so dramatically failed. In the aftermath … Read more
Owing to the rapidly increasing field of technology over time, especially in Genetic Engineering (GE) and Biotechnology, agricultural techniques around the world have become more modernised and efficient in order to supply enough food for the world, with only a few countries still using their ”old fashioned farming” techniques which have been passed down … Read more
Abstract—Congestion control protocols developed in order to resolve the issue of congestion in VANET must ensure a reliable communication of safety-related messages. In this work, we focused on formally verifying Congestion Control (CC) protocol in VANETs using model checking technique. The protocol was formally verified using a network of timed automata. The model was … Read more
