Fahrenheit 451: A Vivid Picture of Censorship and Fear

 Don’t Read This! Fear can manifest itself in many ways. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, fear manifests itself into censorship.  Censorship occurs in everything from school to everyday life in Fahrenheit 451.  If a society is not allowed to read the information inside of books, that is clear censorship.  The burning of the books … Read more

Why Understanding Marketing Environment is Crucial for Success

 Introduction: Nowadays, the world without marketing is unimaginable for us, whether it is a purely productive, commercial, cultural or non-profit organisation.  If a company wants to compete effectively, it must bear in mind what is happening within and outside of organisation and that is called marketing environment. Keller (1) concurs that a marketing system … Read more

The Most Frequently Construction Projects Claims in Iraq: Causes and Types

 Most Frequently Construction Projects Claims in Iraq: Causes and Types   Alaa Kharbat Shadhar Assistant Lecturer Civil Engineering Department Wasit University aalmaqsosy@uowasit.edu.iq ABSTRACT The construction industry in Iraq is one of the important areas because now we need to develop and set up a lot of projects in the scope of services and infrastructure … Read more

Why Financial Planning is Essential for Business Success

 Financial planning is essential for the business to achieve the necessary objectives and targets.  To formulate a financial plan, we will generally have to do the following: a) Work out the Company policy, profit targets, and long term plans. b) Prepare forecasts for sales, production, stocks, costs, capital expenditure, and cash. c) Compile these … Read more

The Single Strategy You Need to Fuel Business Growth Right Now

 The Single Strategy You Need to Fuel Business Growth Right Now With 2018 around the corner, businesses and brands are working to identify and leverage strategies to achieve goals and promote growth across all touch points. This means taking a look at existing initiatives and trying a fresh approach. For many, it’s time to … Read more

Exploring Market Growth and Competitiveness in Financial-Intermediary Services: A Case Study of NEL Fund Managers Ltd.

 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As a financial-intermediary, NEL Fund Managers Ltd. (NEL from hereon), serves its investors commercial and public sector needs for returns and social impact. NEL, an independent fund-management company, meets these needs by placing its client's money into businesses with financial and employee numbers’ growth-potential typically using mezzanine-debt products. This business project addresses … Read more

Leadership Development Centre (LDC) Case Study Analysis

 eadership Development Centre (LDC) Case Study Analysis Leadership Development Centre (LDC) is a Midwestern company which specialized in training of mid-level managers.  The firm wanted to launch a training program for senior level managers. The argument behind this move was that this would increase the likelihood of them (senior managers) recommending and approving training … Read more

Investigating the Dynamic Properties of Materials for Biomedical Engineering Applications

 The dynamic properties of materials are important in various applications such as FEA modeling in crash testing of automotive vehicles. The natural frequencies of any system can be determined experimentally by FRF method using impact hammer. Further, these natural frequencies and FRF function can be utilized to obtain the dynamic stiffness and damping factor … Read more

What are Syllables and How Do We Determine Their Boundaries?

 “What are syllables and how do we determine their boundaries?”; What are syllables and how do we determine their boundaries? Syllables, although they can be almost universally identified, have no agreed phonetic definition. The syllable could be said to be the smallest unit of speech. Every word or utterance contains at least one syllable. … Read more

Part-Time Franchise (Pros and Cons)

 Part-Time Franchise (Pros and Cons) If you are someone that has thought of starting your own business before, it is possible you have equally considered franchise business ownership as well. This is because just about everything and anything that is of interest to you including services is covered in the franchise business opportunity. Think … Read more

Causes of Obesity: The Role of Fat Storage and Genetics

 Statistics from 2014 show that 70.2 percent of adults have been considered to be overweight or have obesity. In fact, 80% of adults in the United States do not meet the government's national physical activity recommendations and 45% are not active enough to achieve health benefits. 117 billion dollars of healthcare costs are associated … Read more