Stroke

Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and long-term adult disability with a worldwide prevalence of 15 million people per year according to the World Health Organization. A number that is likely to increase in the near future due to aging of the population. There are two main types of stroke, namely, hemorrhagic … Read more

The plea bargain

America has the system of common law, this includes that the courts base their decisions on prior judicial pronouncements rather than on legislative enactment. The judges are obliged to adhere to previously decided cases, or precedents, where the facts are substantially the same. And in the American common law system there is the phenomenon of … Read more

e-Business and Internet banking services

The literature review will address three research areas related to e-Business and Internet banking services. In the first section, research studies related to the basic concept of e-Commerce and e-Business will be addressed. It explains the type of e-Business models and framework of e-Business. The second section will focus on the review of research studies … Read more

APG

Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen methods are now widely used within APG. Managers and employers have been pursuing many improvement goals and were very motivated to reach them. The improvements, however, are mainly focused on the performance of the departments where the manager and employees are responsible. This leads to sub ‘ optimization, meaning that … Read more

Biosynthesis

Biosynthesis is an economic alternative over chemical and physical methods for the synthesis of metal nanoparticles [1]. The nanoparticles were extensively used in consumer products such as tires, textiles, cosmetics, food industries and in medical devices [2]. Several approaches are in practice to generate AgNPs, such as, chemical, electrochemical, photochemical and radiation [3-6]. However, still … Read more

Poem essay: 'Still I'll Rise'

Discuss the use of natural phenomena and poetic devices in the poem. How does this contribute to the message of the poem? The use of natural phenomena is used vastly throughout this poem. For instance in the poem Maya Angelou sneakily hints the relationship she had between the earth and the history she has had … Read more

Inverted pendulum system

In order to make the inverted pendulum stable, researches proposed kinds of control strategies: (i) Bang-Bong control strategy,(ii) PID control strategy,(iii) Sliding mode control strategy,(iv) Fuzzy Logic Control strategy, (v) Predictive control strategy, (vi) Fractional PID strategy. Bang-Bong control strategy required complex calculations. Another control strategy, such as PID control strategy is a conventional classic … Read more

Romantic and Gothic Elements in Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’

Romantic writers are concerned with nature, human feelings, dreams, compassion, rebellion against society, and freedom of individuals. All of these characteristics are expressed in the novel Frankenstein. Romanticism, a literary movement that emerged in the late 18th century, emphasized the importance of emotion, nature, and individualism, reacting against the rationalism of the Enlightenment. The Romantic … Read more

What factors contribute to job satisfaction?

Job satisfaction is a critical aspect in the workplace because it tends to enhance motivation. It refers to the level to which employees like or dislike their jobs and their characteristics. Because most people spend a good percentage of their time in the workplace, it is essential to make job satisfaction a priority. The aim … Read more

The influence of exercise on skin aging

Exercise not only appears to keep skin younger, it may also even reverse skin aging in people who start exercising late in life. Many people know from their own experience that their skin will change when they’re getting older. Your skin will start the process of aging after your 40th. This means that the skin … Read more

ICT in the banking sector

This chapter presents the methods and procedures used to discover, examine and estimate the impact of ICT on banking sector and payment system. The methodology specially explains the research model, research instruments, data collection process and the procedure for the data analysis. Research design The research design is the summarize or plan that is used … Read more

Diabetic nephropathy

Diabetic nephropathy is the primary basis of kidney disease in patients initiating renal replacement therapy and affects ‘40% of type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients(Jorge et al. 2005). In accordance to current WHO status there are around 347 million people globally having diabetes. In 2012 diabetes was the undeviating reason for 1.5 million deaths. … Read more

Use of information technology for effective performance management systems in Zambian Public Institutions

The literature reviewed suggested that, much as the concept of performance management systems had been in existence for a long period of time, as early as 1980s, it was only in the early 2000s that organizations begun to reap the benefits of implementing such systems. With Norton and Kaplan invention of the balanced scorecard (Kaplan … Read more

Consumer behaviour and perceptions of the people of Kolkata towards popular bathing soaps

Introduction Personal care includes products as diverse as lip balm, cleansing pads, colognes, cotton swabs, cotton pads, deodorant, eye liner, facial tissue, hair clippers, lip gloss, lipstick, lotion, makeup, nail files, pomade, perfumes, razors, talcum powder, shaving cream, skin cream, toilet paper, and wet wipes. Personal Care Products has maintained a strong commitment to the … Read more