Young peoples' perceptions of smoking

The world Health Organization (WHO 2014) recognises that engaging in risk behaviours, puts you at greater exposure of mortality and morbidity. A risk behaviour has been defined as something that intentionally or unintentionally puts that person at greater risk to themselves, of injury or disease. This essay will look at the risk of smoking in … Read more

Multicultural competence

In the modern context today, demographic changes are becoming more prominent across the globe and this phenomenon suggests that multicultural counseling is inevitable. Hence, the importance of counselors’ multicultural competence, which refers to the ability to interact effectively to individuals that are culturally of socioeconomically different, cannot be overstated. For this instance, counselor would have … Read more

Internet Addiction in the Students of Fiji School Of Nursing and Its Impact on Academic Performances

1. Introduction 1.1 Background The world is advancing every day and with that advancement comes along new trends, inventories and creations that has been incorporated into the lifestyles of many people. One of the most astonishing creation of mankind has been the internet. Internet usage as increased drastically in the recent years. Internet is widely … Read more

BigLift Shipping

BigLift Shipping, member of the Spliethoff group is one of the world’s leading heavy lift ship management companies, specialised in worldwide ocean transportation of heavy lift and project cargoes, with a history dating back to 1973. BigLift strives for innovation, excellence and operational reliability, adhering to high Health, Safety, Environment and Quality standards and operating … Read more

Buyer Behaviour Report: The consumer decision making process as it relates to a consumer who is replacing their laptop.

1. Introduction. Understanding consumer behaviour is essential to succeed in business. As Solomon et al. (2013) stresses, businesses exist to satisfy consumer’s needs. By identifying and understanding the factors that influences their customers, firms have the opportunity to develop a more efficient strategy, marketing message and advertising campaigns that is more in line with the … Read more

Machiavelli’s “The Prince”: Political Realism and the Dynamics of Power

Machiavelli begins his book by presenting his dedication with a letter to ‘the Magnificent Lorenzo Di Piero De’ Medici’, the ruler of Florence. In this dedication, Machiavelli points out that ‘wanting to present myself to your Magnificence with some testimony of my devotion towards you, the possession of mine that I love best and values … Read more

Software Quality Assurance plan of the Registration system for faculty of IT

1.0 Purpose The main purpose of the Software Quality Assurance plan is to ensure production of high quality end software product according to the specific requirements stated. The Software Quality Assurance plan of the Registration system for faculty of IT establishes the goals, processes and responsibilities required to ensure high quality and on-time delivery of … Read more

Asthma

INTRODUCTION Asthma is a common chronic respiratory disease with a global prevalence of more than 200 million. It is a heterogeneous disease identified by reversible airflow obstruction, bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) and inflammation. Treatment of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and/or combination of long acting ??-agonist (LABA) may deviate in dosage depending on the measure of severity among … Read more

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK CONTROLLED DSTATCOM FOR POWER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

Abstract: The main objective of this paper is to develop the artificial neural network control algorithm for the control of DSTATCOM for the improvement of power quality. The presence of nonlinear loads makes the voltage to be deviated and current to be distorted from its sinusoidal waveform quality. Thus harmonics elimination, load balancing and voltage … Read more

The Satyam scam and corruption in India

Chapter 1: Objectives: I. An introduction about the scams and corruption. II. Studying in detail about Satyam scam. III. Impact of Satyam scam on Indian economy. IV. Steps for preventing and eradicating corruption in India. V. Chapter 2: Review of literature: The studies documenting performance effect of board composition are inconclusive; grounding on the agency … Read more

The Japanese earthquake and tsunami disaster

The earthquake damaged hundreds of thousands of structures and triggered a tsunami that devastated the eastern coast of Japan. The tsunami, in turn, led to level 7 meltdowns in three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, leading to the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of residents. Natural disasters happen and some, even … Read more

Natural or organic solidarity

Emile Durkheim, a French anthropologist in the late nineteenth and mid twentieth centuries, became absolutely fascinated with the thought of ‘what is it that binds human beings together in communities both large and small’ (Crandall 9). To answer this inquiry, he created the idea of social solidarity. This was to be made out of two … Read more

Critical review II – The Dependency theory

Latin American countries have always been exposed to western influence. With its neo-liberalist stance the west encourages Latin America to open up its trade and cooperate with the west. During the 1960s many countries wanted to keep Western influence outside because they were convinced that this would negatively influence their development. A consequence of this … Read more

Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) Study – Production of Diammonium Phosphate (DAP)

Introduction 1.1 Background HAZOP stands for Hazards and Operability Study and it is an important systematic examination of an existing operation to identify and eliminate potential health and safety hazards in the workplace. In this study, our team will be examining the batch reaction between ammonia and phosphoric acid, which produces Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP). The … Read more