How LendingPost evaluates businesses for funding: A detailed overview

 This chapter describes some of the activities during the internship at LendingPost. LendingPost works with businesses that require money and consult with non-bank lenders and private investors to provide the funds required. For both parties it’s very important to minimize the risks of lending. Not every business is eligible to get funded. It depends … Read more

Prime Development Site in Preston with Mix of Retail, Commercial and Residential Use

 Located on the southeastern corner of Bell Street and Blanch Street, the subject site is in the northern suburb of Preston on the east side of the Bell Street level crossing. The property is situated approximately 8 kilometers away from Melbourne’s central business district. A mix of retail, commercial use and new apartment developments … Read more

Recruitment Process: Internal vs External Recruitment & Social Recruiting

 2.1 What is recruitment? Recruitment is the process of identifying vacancies, identifying suitable candidates and hiring a person for the position. Recruitment process includes analyzing the requirements of a job, attracting employees to that job, screening& selecting applicants, hiring and integrating the new employee into the organization. 2.2 Recruitment Process There are two ways … Read more

Child Abuse and Neglect Campaigns

 Child Abuse and Neglect Campaigns The future of our nation rests in our children. They need to be provided with all support and encouragement, superior upkeep, quality education, and elite opportunities to allow children to reach their full potential. The purpose of this paper is to underline an essential social matter of child abuse … Read more

Influence of Nano Silica and Silica Fume on Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Fibers Reinforced Scoria Lightweight Concrete

 ay in Influence of nano silica and silica fume on concrete mechanical properties containing scoria lightweight aggregate and hybrid fibers steel and polypropylene ‎ Abstract This study are focused on mechanical properties of hybrid fibers-reinforced scoria light weight aggregate concrete (LWC) and combination of  nano silica (NA) particles with silica fume (SF) Different amounts … Read more

Bain Luxury Study: Insights and Analysis of the $1 Trillion Global Luxury-Goods Industry

 Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Overview The 14th edition of the Bain Luxury Study, published by Bain & Company for Fondazione Altagamma, the trade association of Italian luxury-goods manufacturers, analyzed recent developments in the global luxury- goods industry. The overall luxury industry tracked by Bain & Company comprises 10 segments, led by luxury cars, luxury … Read more

Railway Communication Networks: Introduction and Expected Services

 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Introduction Communication networks in the railway sector are critical to the system operation and have restricted requirements for reliability and safety. These types of networks are commonly characterized as “mission critical.” Also, rail communication networks have requirements for interoperability with legacy technology and long life cycle support. Until recent years, … Read more

The Big Pivot: Is it Really Radical Enough for a Sustainable Future?

 sustainability Portfolio how radical is ‘The big pivot’? When a basketball player ‘pivots’, he is trying to turnaround as much as possible, while simultaneously holding one foot in a fixed position on the ground. The author of ‘The Big Pivot’ probably wasn’t thinking about this definition of pivoting, when writing his book ‘The Big … Read more

Reexamining the Fundamentalist Movement: A Dialogue Between Science and Religion

 One of the principal assumptions about the early American Fundamentalist movement is that it is inherently “anti-science.” The basis of this conclusion may arise from events such as the Scopes Monkey Trial, where fundamentalists have often been characterized as having a vehement and unwavering opposition to theories held as facts by a consensus of … Read more

Calculating Response Spectra and Capacity Curve with Pushover Analysis for Earthquake Design

 S_d=∆/(Γϕ_n ) Γ=({ϕ}^T [M]{1})/({ϕ}^T [M]{ϕ}) α=〖[∑_(j=1)^N▒〖m_i ϕ_i 〗]〗^2/(M∑_(j=1)^N▒〖m_i 〖ϕ_i〗^2 〗) Response Spectra: Obtain or calculate response spectra converted into the ADRS format as the capacity spectrum in in Sa-Sd format. Graphical Solution: Plot capacity spectrum and family of damped response spectra on an ADRS format (i.e. S vs S coordinates with period T lines … Read more