Private schools in Argentina – A threat to the Human Right to Education?

Educational inclusion is a process that is constructed in opposition to the forces and trends that historically produced and produce the denial of the right to education of the poor and excluded in Latin America. The process of inclusion in the early twenty-first century has changed the situation remarkably: Today, “the probability that boys and … Read more

Competitive strategies in foreign markets

Evaluate the competitive strategies for firms in foreign markets in respect of: a. Niche market exporting b. Licensing and contract manufacturing c. Joint ventures d. Wholly owned subsidiaries Globalization is the tactic of following opportunities everyplace in the world that allows a firm to improve its business functions in the nations in which it functions. … Read more

Which differences and/or similarities between European countries exist on physical geographical and human geographical aspects?

To answer this question we looked at the differences between Croatia and other European countries. Croatia is a country in Europe, it’s located next to the Adriatic sea. When you compare Croatia with other countries in Europe you can find many differences, but also many similarities between them. Here are some examples: – The Netherlands … Read more

The History, Prevalence, and Types of Diabetes Mellitus

The diabetes was first time described by Asian Egyptian by all most 3000 years ago. The term was first coined by Araetus of Cappodocia in 81-133AD. Later on in the history Thomas Wills added the word mellitus (honey sweet) in 1675 after rediscovering the sweetness of blood and urine. Similarly 1776 Dobson first confirmed the … Read more

Prioritising Critical Successful Factors of Knowledge Management in Insurance Companies

Abstract This article attempts to investigate the ‘Road Map’ of critical successful factors (CSFs) of knowledge management in Iranian insurance companies. In this study, we aim to identify the CSFs of knowledge management (KM) used in Iranian insurance companies and rank them to allocate limited available resources, such as time, budget and human resources, in … Read more

Home energy management

The evolution of information technologies has led to fast changes in human lifestyle. The use of electricity is significant as one of the key source of energy that is vital in current modern life. Some types of mechanism based on available technology could be used to decrease wastage in electricity consumption [1]. Smart home impression … Read more

Applications for traffic systems

Efficiency Enhancing Applications There are several efficiency enhancing applications that use wireless communication technology in ITS to improve road and transportation efficiencies mainly by reducing congestions on roads and by easing traffic flow and reducing accidents. Congestion occurs when the demand for travel exceeds highway capacity and is, in fact, a real problem, and it … Read more

Image denoising

Abstract: The presence of impulse noise is one of the most challenging problems in many digital image processing applications. Hence, the removal of such impulse noise by median based filter is the most widely used techniques. These Median filters cannot differentiate noise and impulse information at higher noise levels. Hence, extensive research is carried out … Read more

Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT):[6,6]-phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM)

Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT):[6,6]-phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) is the most studied organic photovoltaic (OPV) system. However, up to the date this system is unable to perform consistently primarily due to lack of knowledge of optimized morphological structure.1’4 Morphological structure is important in every steps of OPV operation, from photon absorption to charge collection.5 Photon … Read more

Cultivating mushrooms

Our idea Worldwide there are millions of tonnes of mushrooms being cultivated every year. The biggest producer is China, who cultivates about 70% of the worldwide production. Poland is the biggest producer in Europe. The Netherlands is second biggest producer in Europe and cultivates around 250 million kilo mushrooms each year. All these gigantic quantities … Read more

Board oversight responsibilities in joint ventures

  The board of directors manages the day-to-day functioning of an organization (Mintzberg, 1983). The board of directors is responsible for monitoring and controlling a firm (Bamford et al., 2004). Boards consist of members that are responsible for addressing the interests of the shareholders (Boubaker et al., 2012). The board is ‘the formal link between … Read more

Inter stage integrated management

Abstract The city of Dammam in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is among the driest places on the planet with high temperatures where the conservation of potable water is a very challenging task. The effectiveness of a management approach in potable water conservation can be achieved with the implementation of the inter-stage integrated management approach. … Read more