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The growing number of people that are living on Earth right now creates scary projections that might be associated with many challenges. For instance, the magnitude of population growth could seriously deteriorate the food production industry. Because of this, the current directions from the UN predict the need to develop food production and enhance agriculture across the globe. Such initiatives are expected to feed the anticipated population with no limitations until 2050 (Wolfert et al., 2017). One of the few technologies that are going to support these improvements is smart farming. It is based on artificial intelligence (AI) and may be expected to facilitate the majority of agricultural processes to a certain extent, where it would be much easier to implement technological solutions and collect crops of better quality. Owing to the development of the smart farming concept and precision agriculture, farmers all over the world gained a chance to implement digital tech to their daily operations and utilize AI to support some of the most important agricultural activities. The number of handheld agricultural tools is quickly decreasing, creating more room for the new industrial revolution that is going to move agriculture forward and contribute to a fundamental shift in how farmers view their industry (Wolfert et al., 2017). The current paper represents a thorough review of the existing evidence on why smart farming is beneficial and how the new technologies could be used to support farmers. The implications of utilizing smart farming and future research directions are also addressed to outline the forthcoming trends in AI-driven agriculture. Background To start with, the whole concept of smart farming is based on several technologies that are consequently developed to respond to the growing demand in the agriculture industry. AI-based smart farming includes multiple sensors that can be used to read and process information concerning humidity, soil condition, and water and temperature supervision (Walter et al., 2017). Farmers may also use smart technologies to gain more insight into networking and the usage of GPS tracking. On the other hand, there are multiple IoT-driven solutions that might include (but never be l
To begin with, the presence of bankruptcy does not depend on the market spirits. On the other hand, when the economy falls into crisis, the number of bankrupt companies usually rises, and the dynamics of this trend is one of the most credible information about the crisis conditions. As a result, it is extremely important to understand the nature of bankruptcy. Generally, the biggest reason for bankruptcy stands for lack of solvency, so that the company is unable to pay its creditors the needed amount of money at the concrete time. Moreover, beneficiaries from such operations vary, but the usual ones are auction participants and lawyers. Firstly, the main objective for the company to file for bankruptcy is the lack of resources to serve the financial expenses, which are usually bank credits or the company’s obligations. When the company does not have enough money to pay its creditors on a specific date, it usually starts a bankruptcy process. Due to this fact, leveraged companies, usually those with a debt/equity ratio of 2 and more, enter the risk zone when the business experiences stagnation (Altman, Hotchkiss, and Wang, 2019). This risk is the issue of solvency, giving the creditors to take off all the company’s assets when the business is completely filed for bankruptcy and is ready to pay off the part of the overall debt. Consequently, business bankruptcy occurs mostly due to the company’s inability to pay debts in time. While the evident beneficiaries are lawyers, who execute their job without any risks, the auction participants may also have advantages from their business bankruptcy. This is due to the balance prices of the vast majority of assets that are listed on a company’s assets. While the biggest part of auction beneficiaries are the creditors trying to take their credit collateral back, other people may also gain an opportunity to buy some objects in a significant sale. Overall, bankruptcy usually occurs when the company is experiencing the issue of solvency. As a result, they sell all their property at the auction to satisfy a part of their creditors who want to realize the price of credit collateral. The evident beneficiaries are the lawyers, while the unexpected ones are the auction participants, who can purchase objects at a high discount. Reference Altman, E., Hotchkiss, E., & Wang, W. (2019). Corporate financial distress, restructuring, and bankruptcy: analyze leveraged finance, distressed debt and bankruptcy (Wiley Finance) (4th ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley.
Abstract Data and information storage, access, manipulation, backing up, and controlled access forms the backbone of any information system. Solid knowledge and understanding of the information architecture, access, storage mechanisms and technologies, internet mechanisms, and systems administration contribute to the complete knowledge of the whole system architecture. This knowledge is vital for procuring hardware and software for a large organization and effective administration of these systems. The discussion provides a detailed view of data storage, access, and internet applications and takes us through systems administration for large organizations. It ends with a discussion on large organizations and their application in large organizations. File and Secondary Storage Management Introduction Introduction An aggregation of software applications, data access control, and manipulation functions and mechanisms in files and secondary storages sum up to file management systems, commonly referred to as FMS. The database and operating systems share file management system functionalities occasionally (Burd, 2008). Components of a File System Graphically, the functions of the operating system and file management systems can be demonstrated based on the layering structure defining both systems, as shown below. From: Systems Architecture The file structure represents physical data storage mechanisms and data structures defined by bits and bytes and contiguous memory blocks. The operating systems interfaces device controllers and device driver applications. Data storage, access, and control are achieved through the kernel, which manages the transfer between the memory and other storage locations (Thisted, 1997). The kernel software is modularized with buffers and cache managers, device drivers that manage input and output devices ported to the system, device controllers, and modules that handle interrupts
Introduction Songs have different tones and rhythms; each one of them is designed in a way to suit a certain purpose to which it is designed. When composing a song, different styles are employed to come out with the test that is needed. The basic elements that songwriters use include; form, texture, and color. With the following details, one will be able to identify what distinguishes a song from the other. Form The form is a style through which a music piece is organized where the different structure is used to produce a specific sound. The styles used include repetition, contrast, and variation. Repetition in music creates a definite rhythm that is easy to remember and also enjoyable to listen to. Contrast is the change that is brought in the music, especially through different instruments to express moods. Variation, on the other hand, is the use of different tunes to bring out a variety of patterns. There are three different structures that a music piece may take; the first one is A-B; this is the basic form of music which is composed of two different sections that contrast each other. The second one is A-B-A, and in this form, the music is divided into three parts, but the last part repeats itself to bring about balance. The last structure is the A-A-B-A, which has four parts, three of them repeated. The B part r
That day Mary was not going to die but the road was too slippery. “The road is so slippery”, I thought. “A perfect day for a car crash.” My father told me that car crashes were the most frequent when a thin and treacherous layer of ice covered the roads It was always hard for me to imagine that a layer of frozen water could kill more people than any maniac or other natural phenomena far more impressive than one millimeter of a seemingly peaceful layer of frozen water. I have always thought that a volcano eruption or an earthquake was far more dangerous than a slippery road I could see through my window every day. “A perfect car, if only I could have only one ride on such a car”. A brand-new, shining, sparkling, glamorous black Porsche rounded the corner unimaginably swiftly. “A lightning…”. It swept past my window and I could only follow it with a rapturous glance until it approached the crossroads and I heard a terrible screech of breaks. It was too late. The Porsche ran into a girl with marvelous long fair hair. Somehow, I knew it was too late to help her. “A perfect day for a car crash”, I thought. “It is a perfect day to do something good. What shall I do? Shall I stay in bed doing nothing at all? In fact, I can let myself relax a bit. Oh, no. I have made a promise to myself and I should keep it. What a wise idea it was to decide to perform at least one good did every day! Oh, how much good I will do in my life! At least one good deed a day makes 365 good deeds a year! So, a will not waste this day, I will go and help someone, but, first, I want to do something good for myself. Let us change something. Oh, I know, I will go a have my hair cut, it is too long already”, so thought Mary combing her long fair hair in front of the mirror the morning she was going to die. In the presented narrative, we are trying to create a piece of expressive writing devoted to the idea of fatalism: you cannot plan your life as you never know what will happen to you next moment. Do good to everyone as long as you can. In the first draft, we have made use of such presentations of time as scene, since the story-time and discourse time are theoretically equal in this case (O’Neil 43). We describe two scenes, the first precedes the second one in the narrative but according to the sequence of events in the story, the second scene should precede the first one. Thus, we make use of prolepsis, telling the audience beforehand that the girl was not going to die. This is like a hint at the future tragedy. This prolepsis is immediately followed by the second one, when the narrator says that it is a perfect day for a car crash. Besides, the third case of prolepsis can be observed as well when the narrator mentions that the girl had long fair hair. As for the narrator, he/she is homodiegetic as he/she is the observer of the car crash. The story is presented as the first-person narration. In the second part of the story, Mary’s speech is predominant and the phrase “so thought Mary combing her long fair hair” should belong to
Summary Sexuality and gender are contemporary concepts that have led to historical inquiry into a contest over culture in Islam. The Quran places both male and female sexes about each other based on biological and physical standpoints. Nonetheless, Western feminist scholars have many times interpreted the patriarchal society of the modern world without ample consideration of periodization and inquiry into the underlying socio-cultural problems. The historiographical evolution of female sexuality in Islam can be traced from the time of prophet Mohammed until the Middle Ages. During this time, many female roles, such as motherhood and wifehood, developed across Muslim society. Based on these religious impressions, one would say that scholarship has superimposed modern theoretical contexts over ancient times. This reflection paper focuses on examining the issues faced by women in the firm rules of the Muslim community. The article brings out a better understanding of the precursors for contemporary constructs of gender and sexuality in Islam based on these historical concepts. The discussion narrows down to veiling as seen in the popular dressing culture of the Muslim woman. The reflection paper also relates Western to Eastern harem in a modern-world context. A Critical Analysis of the Readings Gender can be regarded as a social construct that identifies a person with a larger social group. In the article Downveiling: Gender and the Contest Over Culture in Cairo, Herrera points out dressing as a primary element affecting the lives of women not only in the Quran but also in the broader human society (265). Present-day concerns with democratization, colonial domination, and prevailing economic conditions are relevant throughout this work. The dressing is an argumentative topic in the analysis of gender and sexuality issues in Islam, and it brings out a better understanding of various concepts in the foundations of the Muslim community. The paradigms of veiling and unveiling are overly contested in different levels and cross-cultural contexts. The article reveals that the mobility of the veil has been transferred from one generation to the next without contravening the codes of Islamic female modesty. In the Egyptian context, women are required to wear hijabs regardless of the work situation in which they are involved. This rigidity in the Islamic culture has given rise to hot debates regarding the dressing requirements of certain professions, including medical fields where the staff is required to wear lab coats. The representation of the Muslim female in th
F7 is a dominant seventh chord consisting of four notes or steps. A major triad is formed from two connected thirds, and a minor third is added to it. The main, lower note of the chord is its first degree – the note F. It is followed by a major third, the note A, which gives the base of the chord a major characteristic. The note C takes the role of the fifth step in this chord, in combination forming a major triad through the addition of a clean fifth. The additional seventh to the main triad in this chord is the E flat (Eb), which is the highest note in the F7 chord. Part A, repeated twice in the opening verse of “Taking a Chance on Love”, follows a recognizable chord progression. This allows the listener to perceive the song more as accessible music that is closer to pop than to intellectually loaded jazz music. The song structure of this composition reaches a higher tonally higher chord structure in Part B. It begins at 1:22 in this song (YouTube, 2010). Raising the tonality of the vocals in addition to the moving sound of the double bass gives the song a dreamy touch in this part of the song. The staccato, which in this performance appears to be the main method of playing the bassist, gives the song a sense of movement. Tonal transitions through chord arpeggios played using the staccato method allow the performers to gracefully transition from one section of a song to another. This section of the song seems more musically complex than the repeating section A. This is probably why the musicians play it only once, ending at 1:40 when the song returns to its more standard previous form. Reference Benny Goodman & Helen Forrest. (2010). “ Taking a Chance on Love” Benny Goodman and Helen Forrest [Video]. YouTube. Web.
A vast number of existing formulations of consumer decision making assume that consumers go through a specified succession of mental and behavioral stages in their decision processes as they engage in a convoluted search of the set of available alternatives to make a purchase. A widespread characteristic of many of the formulations is that they are grounded on hierarchy-of-effects models postulating that on their way from identifying the need for a particular product/service to making the actual purchase, consumers move in one direction through a given sequence which involves or incorporates a set of stages (Dellaert & Haubl, 2012). The present report employs the five-stage consumer decision process to critically analyze the online buying process of an Olympus digital camera from the marketer’s point of view. First introduced by John Dewey in the formative years of the last century, the five-stage consumer decision process continues to take center stage in the marketing domain as scholars and practitioners attempt to understand consumer decision making and buying processes (Tanner & Raymond, 2010). The first stage – problem recognition – is undoubtedly the critical stage of consumer buying process by virtue of the fact that consumers must first recognize a need for the purchase to happen. Extant literature demonstrates that this stage of the buying process is hinged on the extent of departure from homeostasis, the balance between the consumer’s actual state of affairs and the desired end state (Tanner & Raymond, 2010). In this regard, the need/problem to buy the digital camera from online sites was recognized when the departure from homeostasis was acute enough due to an oncoming holiday, and this unfulfilled need/problem required a resolution in the form of a purchase to satisfy the situation. The second stage of the five-stage consumer buying process is the information search, where consumers begin collecting information from numerous sources about the products they need using internal or external search techniques (Dellaert & Haubl, 2012). The search for the digital camera was done internally, where information about the desired digital camera models was recalled from memory and was intrinsically determined by existing knowledge about the models, along with the capacity to retrieve relevant product information from online product reviews and Websites. Based on need recognition and internal information search, it was then decided that the desired alternative models included Nikon, Sony, Philips and Olympus. It is important to illuminate the fact that it is at this stage of the process where advertisers and marketers have the opportunity to influence a customer’s purchasing decision, particularly if the customer applies the external search as it involves largely personal interaction by word-of-mouth or mass-market communication (Tanner & Raymond, 2010). Evaluation of alternatives is the third stage of the five-stage consumer buying process and entails evaluating the alternatives and selecting the one that meets the consumer needs and expectations (Dellaert & Haubl, 2012). In this phase of the sequence, consumers
The brain is one of the most fascinating organs of the human body. It carries out multiple functions and is responsible for our breathing, movements, speech, and, of course, thinking. A huge number of scientists and researchers are focused on studying functions, features, and capacities of the human brain. This way, neuroscience can be called a study where the brain researches itself. The contemporary science has collected a great deal of information about the human brain. The functionality of our brain is so huge that there are several different kinds of scientists studying it: psychologists, psychiatrists, and neurologists. Even though the human brain today is very well-researched, the untrue commonly believed facts about it still exist. For example, many people grew up convinced that there are right and left-brained individuals, classical music played for the babies makes them smarter, or that we use only ten percent of our brain. Everyone has faced these myths at least once in their lives. Besides, there are sources that keep maintaining these myths for the public. For instance, some of the Hollywood films released not so long ago are based on the belief that we only use ten percent of our brains. Good examples of such films are “Limitless” and “Lucy,” featuring Bradley Cooper and Scarlett Johansson accordingly. The popularity of these movies may create a significant impact on the number of individuals taking such myths for granted. Outbrain contains around one hundred billion neurons, and it is constantly busy juts because it controls the processes in our body that never stop. Our brain is active all the time, when we think, when we meditate, sleep, or lie unconscious. Some of the parts of our brain function more actively than others. At the same time, none of the areas of our brain are constantly passive. When someone makes a statement about people being divided into left-brained and right-brained individuals, this person should be informed about the constant communication that the hemispheres of our brain engage into. Outbrain truly contains two hemispheres – right and left, and they are responsible for different functions in our bodies. This was tested on split-brain patients whose corpus callosum no longer functions. Corpus callosum is a part of the brain situated under the cortex. It is a gathering of neural fibers responsible for the communication between the cerebral hemispheres. When the communication is stopped, the patients start to experience difficulties naming the objects they cannot see when they touch them with their left hand (Animations: Split-Brain Functioning, part 2 par. 1). This happens because the information about the objects we hold in our right hand is processed by the left hemisphere, which is responsible for speech. The information about objec
Introduction The United States of America is an amazing country with its culture and rich historical heritage. It is unbelievable how many different people and nations live together and come along so well. Our country is also called a ‘melting pot’ for its racial diversity and cultural variety. It is interesting how the range of social interests and the variety of moral principles have been changing through time. The period under consideration is the 1950’s of the twentieth century and 2010 which is nowadays. Of course, it is hard to talk about any major differences that take place now in the social life of Americans due to the huge range of changing social issues. It is unquestionable that people of the post-war period had other views on life, love, relations, politics, and other less important things like fashion. Comparing the two Time Magazine articles dated January 1950 and January 2010, having two different topics I will depict some aspects of American culture and how they changed through time. Paper’s Focus The first side of the issue about time gaps is that any changes that take place on this planet do not simply slip by. Any aspect of our life, majorly transforming cannot be left unnoticed. The two articles under consideration are The Half-Century: The View from 1950 and Remembrance of Things Future by Nancy Gibbs. The two articles simply reflect people’s concerns and delights at two different age periods. It is important to mention that the historical frames we are talking about play a hugely important role in the two articles’ contents. Needless to say that the American nation of the post-war period varies from the contemporary people within the views on everything starting with ‘what is happiness’ and up to the notions of technical progress. The Half-Century: The View from 1950 The latter is vividly depicted in the article called The Half-Century: The View from 1950. We can explicitly see how the author appraises the improvements that had been made since 1900. The main idea of the article is that people now get an advantage of the fifty years’ advancing movement in every sphere of our life, including interior design. This piece of writing represents the ideas that the author brought to the readers of those times, to be more exact, the ideas that concerned the nation those days. Namely, the content of the article posted on January 2nd, 1950 revealed the progress that country underwent which should have definitely upraised the self-confidence and patriotic feelings of Americans. The story talks about Americans being so delighted about the plastic snowflakes that had been invented in order to make Christmas time happier not only due to the falling snow since it is hard to keep real snow in New York. In order to continue my observation