Exploring GE’s Strategy for Achieving Diversification and Differentiation: A Deep Dive

 General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate, founded by Thomas Edison, operating in multiple different industries: aviation, healthcare, power, renewable energy, digital additive manufacturing, venture capital and finance, lighting, transportation, and oil and gas. In the past 20 years, GE’s structure and strategy have changed to the extent that Jeffrey Immelt (2017), … Read more

The Secret Lives of Elephants: Their Intelligence, Social Patterns, and Captive Threats

 Literature review Recognized as some of the most intelligent creatures on earth, elephants continue to fascinate both scientists and general observers alike. Aristotle once described the species of elephants as, “the animal which surpasses all others in wit and mind”. Today, some enthusiasts believe that their intelligence may match or even rival that of … Read more

Power of Labor Unions in US/France: Comp. Analysis of Possible Goals and Results

 Michael Koveleski PS 138E Subtract 94+24 from word count A Comparative Analysis of the Power of Labor Unions in the United States and France Labor unions exist for several reasons. Workers who choose to become members of trade coalitions fight for the implementation of economic, political, and social policies to either maintain or ameliorate … Read more

Boston Marathon Bombing: Preparing for a Mass Casualty Incident – Keys to Successful Response

 Contemporary Case Study: Boston Marathon Bombing Mass casualty incidents, if they are natural or man-made, remain a constant global threat and the adequate preparation and alignment of resources with immediate needs remain the key to optimal outcomes (Gates et al., 2014). On April 15, 2013, two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were detonated closely after … Read more

Value the Work of SAHM and Working Moms

 Picture your mother.  Think about her job – does she have a full time job as a stay-at-home mom or does she have a part-time or full-time job?  How much do you value that work that she does?  Now picture the other side of that job she does and ask yourself this question: do … Read more

Exploring Tocqueville’s and Marx’s Philosophy of Democracy: Examine the Role of Ideals

 Marx’s theory of mankind, has an significant understanding in his originality in history, his critique of capitalism and liberal democracy, and  his theory of unfriendliness and his obligation and commitment to communism. Marx supposed that the history of communism involved a continuous change of human nature, that nature is not immutable but focus on … Read more

Exploring Educational Data Mining (EDM): Preprocessing, Analyzing, and Visualizing the Results

 There are many types of data that come from an educational context, and due to a recent increase in technology-driven learning environments even more data about students and their cognitive learning has become available. This source of data has paved the way for Educational Data Mining (EDM) to emerge as discipline of data mining. … Read more

Designers strive to meet there contributes to a sustainable future, by using different techniques and materials in the architecture field in order to reduce the tension of using up the planet’s resources. Designing Sustainable Buildings for a Better Future.

 My aim is to design sustainable buildings which touch the earth lightly with as little disruption to nature as possible. ‘Sustainability’ is ‘the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level’ which can be affected by climate change, loss of energy, design faults and waste. As a student, it is important that … Read more

Immigration: How the EU Adapted to Challenges of Moving Populations

 Throughout history, immigration has been a reality and phenomenon that affects civilization in many aspects of life. Immigration is an international movement that occurs all over the globe consisting of individuals that choose to leave their native country to move into another, illegally, for various reasons. During the great recession, many individuals migrated in … Read more

Create Soap with Nutmeg: Synthetics #22 and Organic Chemistry | Preetam Ganti Chem 213W

 Synthetics #22- Making Soap from Nutmeg Preetam Ganti Chem 213W, Fall 2018 Purpose The purpose of this experiment was to use recrystallization to isolate trimyristin followed by a saponification reaction and in order to synthesize sodium myristate (soap) and glycerol from trimyristin (an ingredient in nutmeg). Melting point data and IR analysis was done … Read more