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What is the poster presenting and why? The poster is presenting a sophisticated chromatographic based method that ensures a specific and sensitive detection of compounds or substances like β-blockers through the use of ACQUITY UPLC FLR detector that ensures optimization of excitation and emission wavelengths of β-blockers. It takes a lot of time taken to complete the process because the separation and sensitivity criteria are high if a conventional UPLC protocol is used. In order to overcome this time factor, and ensure much specific and sensitive method of detection, an up-gradation of equipment may be necessary.This is accomplished by the ACQUITY UPLC FLR detector as it allows to obtain quick and significant results. Briefly, for fluorescence-based applications, ACQUITY UPLC ® Fluorescence (FLR) Detector is very much reliable ®. The advantages inherent with the UPLC technology can be provided to any substance with fluorescence or phosphorescence properties, vitamins, drugs of abuse and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (“ACQUITY UPLC Fluorescence Detector: Getting Started Guide.”). Describe the instrument in Figure 2 based on the major categories discussed during the lecture [source(s), wavelength selector(s), and detector(s)]. In the figure 2, there is a mercury-xenon arc lamp located in the lamp housing unit of FLR detector equipment. The lamp produces a spectrum of light of a given intensity in the ultraviolet (UV) and visible ranges. Mercury-xenon arc lamps serve as common broadband excitation light sources, and at certain emission bands, they have benefit of higher fluorescence intensity (“ACQUITY UPLC Fluorescence Detector: Getting Started Guide.”). The wavelengths used are of different nanometers. These include 215 nm, 243nm, 305nm, and 350 nm. These are excitation wavelengths and the selector is a excitation grating monochromator. Briefly, monochromator is a device used for selecting wavelengths and grating monochromatic utilizes; this diffraction grating allows the wavelengths of the specific range to pass. Since the excitation is selected by monochromator, emission wavelength is also possible. Thus, in the figure 2, emission grating is also present the selected emission wavelengths. These are 405 nm,325 nm, 495 nm, and 397nm. Acquity UPLC FLR detector is a multichannel, tunable, fluorescence detector which operates from 200 to 900 nm. The detector is functional through its optical and electronic design that involves optics, selected wavelengths and test flow cell and Electronics. Optics or detector optics would mean the following Mercury-xenon arc lamp, two ellipsoidal mirrors and one parabolic mirror, wavelength calibration filter, and second-order filter, shutter, entrance slits and exit slits, Photomultiplier tube (PMT) and Waters axially illuminated flow cell. Electronics may imply lamp and dc power supply. Which detector provides the greatest detection
A company that provides the raw material for the enterprises that produce their goods from recycled resources, S&S Recycling has a lot of potential, yet needs a careful assessment of the marketing issues that it will most likely face, as well as defining its key market target. Once providing a careful assessment of the S&S Recycling market chances, one can expect that the latter will have a successful start. To start with, the target market must be defined so that the company potential could be analyzed. Speaking about the target market, it will be reasonable to suggest that the latter will be composed of the companies that use recyclable material as the raw material for their products. Therefore, it is reasonable to suggest that the target market will be composed mainly of the given kind of companies and entrepreneurships. Since the S&S Recycling Company is going to offer a number of various recycled materials, such as appliances (refrigerators, washers, dryers and hot water heaters), metal items, mostly the objects made of aluminum, it will be necessary to restrict the target market to the companies that produce their goods from the given recyclable materials. Given the fact that S&S Recycling provides the raw material for creating furniture and textile products, it will be a good idea to offer the services to the companies that produce carpets and furniture. However, it seems that the latter will not be able to use the entire range of raw materials that S&S Recycling provides. Hence, the business plan should also include the companies that use various sorts of metal to produce appliances and other goods that contain metal objects. Therefore, it seems that the target market could be expanded to include other companies that need recyclable materials for production process. Perhaps, the S&S Recycling company should give it a chance and try offering its services to the firms that deal with producing metal objects. In addition, such a marketing issue as competition should be taken into account when analyzing the business plan. While in the latter, the aspect of rivalry is given enough attention, it still seems that the business plan could use even more analysis of its marketing competitiveness. In addition, if the S&S Recycling company decides to expand their circle of clients by including some of the companies that deal with metal objects processing and production, S&S Recycling will be able to defeat its competitors by taking over two types of clients at the same time. While the given step presupposes that the company will have to face rivalry among the suppliers of recycled material for metal objects production, taking two niches at the same time is bound to be a huge advantage for the firm. Given the fact that the closest rival remains within a five-hour distance from the S&S Recycling, the fact that the business plan includes a policy of free bins and free picking from locations is rather appropriate and is likely to become the key advantage of the S&S Recycling. Even though
Frankenstein (1818) or the Modern Prometheus is a novel written by a British author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly. She was born on August 30th, 1797, in London, England. Shelly wrote this novel when she was only 18 years old. She died in 1851 at the age of fifty-three. The first edition came out anonymously in London in 1818. The novel contains two significant genres of literature: gothic and science fiction. The book is infused with some qualities of the Gothic novel and some from the Romantic Movement too. The subtitle The Modern Prometheus refers to a figure in Greek mythology wherein he was responsible for a conflict between mankind and Gods. To save the people, Prometheus stole Zeus’s fire from the sun for which he was severely punished. Victor Frankenstein can be seen as the modern Prometheus. It also points to have a warning note to it in the subtitle against the over-ambition of the modern man and the impacts of the Industrial Revolution and French Revolution containing both enormous assurance and potentially recognized horrors. At the time, this novel was written debate between scientific discoveries and traditional religious and metaphysical beliefs was starting to bud, and the ethics on how far should men pursue to fulfill their desire of knowledge, which was possibly in Shelly’s mind too while writing this science fiction. Frankenstein is a Gothic novel with a lot of mysterious disappearances and supernatural occurrences. For example, the main protagonist is shown to be a solitary character with egocentric nature. The character of Frankenstein can be applied to both Victor, the doctor, and his creation as they both prefer isolation. The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being larger than average and more powerful in likeness to a man. In modern popular culture, especially in films since 1931, this creature is mistakenly referred to as Frankenstein, despite this being the name of the scientist. The novel has arguably spawned a complete genre of horror stories, and the first fully recognized science fiction novel. Early critics greeted the novel with praise and disdain. The critical reception of the book was generally unfavorable with confused speculations about the anonymity of the writer. Despite the reviews, it became widely known through its melodramatic theatrical adaptations. Later it supplied popular culture with numerous responses in the form of television serials, children cartoons, commercials, movies, etc. Gothic novels show the darkest side of human nature and, while doing so, evoke terror. Mary Shelly has explored the marvels of discovery and achievement, some of which were a prospect of future technology at that time. Some of the most recent technologies of that time were used to create Frankenstein. She has replaced the fire of heaven with electricity. The discovery of galvanization is indeed the process, which animates Frankenstein’s monster. This can be considered one more reason for the utter popularity of the book. Young Frankenstein (1974), directed by Mel Brooks, is the scariest comedy of all time. The film is an a
Of all the issues which remain just as important for the modern world as they used to be centuries ago, the mechanisms of human mating remains by far the most mysterious. No matter how many theories have been developed to explain the numerous ways in which people are attracted to the opposite sex, the main question, which is what draws people of the opposite sexes together, remains unanswered. The author of the article titled Desires in human mating , Buss tries to answer the given question, offering his interpretation of what makes people fall in love. However, it is necessary to mention that Buss not only tries to discover these mechanisms, but to explain them with the help of a specific theory; to be more exact, Buss obviously chooses evolution theory (Shoemake, 2007) to back his evidence up with. In addition, Buss asks a number of the questions which are somehow related to the human mating issue: “Why should humans seek similarity or equity? What might be the origins of these motives? What functions would they serve?” (Buss, 2000, 39). However, when considering Buss’s research in a more general way, one can consider that the answer to the question “Why should humans seek similarity or equity?” summarizes the goal of Buss’s research in a nutshell. When speaking of the article’s specifics, it is necessary to mention that one of its key peculiarities is the number of curious hypotheses which Buss offers at the very start. Buss’s suggestion that “biological differences, recurring over millions of years of evolutionary history, fail to select for a sex-differentiated sexual psychology” (Buss, 2000, 40) is a very challenging statement to begin with. However, Buss goes even further in his research, claiming in his next hypothesis that “parental investment is defined by decrements in a parent’s residual reproductive value” (Buss, 2000, 40). In addition, Buss also states in his third hypothesis that the choice of a mate depends on not only a momentary sympathy, but also on long-lasting plans: “higher-investing sex can select mates on various grounds, depending on the particular species, to increase the survival and reproduction of her offspring” (Buss, 2000, 40). The above-mentioned signifies that Buss also incorporates the social exchange theory (Nakonezny & Denton, 2008) and social role theory (Fernandez, Quiroga, Icaza & Escorial, 2012) in his research. Moreover, Buss makes it clear that parental investment also defines “any reduction in the parent’s survival, fecundity, mating success, or ability to invest in relatives” (Buss, 2000, 40), which is a next link in the chain of the logical conclusions concerning the process which take place in people’s minds when they make their the mating choice. Finally, Buss assumes tha
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) administers and enforces various laws that affect the securities of the investors. [1] It ensures that the investors in the security markers are protected from exploitation and misuse of their funds by the brokers, investment mangers and other clearing agencies. It therefore assists in controlling the marketing policies. It has been provided with enough resources necessary for reviewing both financial disclosures of various companies and the non-financial disclosures. It can certify the financial statements of public companies; enforce rules for periodic reporting and other non Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAPs). All these rules affect the way public companies disclose their statements including the Sarbanes-Oxley rules. The rules can extend to the off-balance sheet disclosures and other auditing rules. For example, the SEC enforces that the auditors should be independent to avoid any violations in the disclosure of financial statements to the investors in the public companies. The SEC has powers to enforce the Securities Act according to the US regulations. The SEC has published its standards so that all companies can see them and comply with them. Every company is required to check the publications from time to time so that it is informed on any changes. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) makes decisions on how the companies in the US should make use of the international standards of accounting. It enforces various laws that are codified for corporate governance. It sets certain rules that must be followed by the all companies listed in the NYSE. [2] To avoid accounting scandals, the NYSE has set very tough rules on the standards requirements for listing of mergers. [3] It also raises the disclosure standards of companies at the NYSE in order to avoid any failure of ethics and diligence which may occur in some companies. Through its Corporate and Accountability Committee, it can review it listing standards and any other reforms that have been proposed to ensure that there is Accountability and transparency of all listed companies. To avoid any instance of unethical behaviors, the NYSE has set some standards that allow all shareholders who have invested in the NYSE listed companies to monitor the directors of their companies as well as the performance of these companies. NYSE requires that anyone who is the chair of listed companies’ audit committee should have an experience in financial management. The listed companies are required to publish their codes of business to ensure that the shareholders can monitor the governance of such companies. Every CEO is required to certify that the management of the company has not
Introduction The issue of racism and discrimination of ethnic groups is widespread through the globe and is still persistent. This issue has caused many controversies in the west. Individuals relate and treat people of different racial groups differently. Individuals look at those different from them as being lower, less bright, and poor. In addition, they associate people different from them with negative issues affecting their communities. This article analyzes three chapters selected from three different books. The chapters aim at helping to change people’s view on ethnicity and racism. This article highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the three chapters under review and analyzes them. Further, this article focuses on factors for positive coexistence of people of different races and ethnicities. In particular, it considers the relationship between natives of a country and immigrants. Summary of chapters Herbert’s chapter is “Positive Functions of the Undeserving Poor”. This chapter starts by asking how Americans benefit from having large numbers of poor people. Further, it relates the issue of poverty to discrimination in the United States. He uses the consequences or the functions resulting from poverty in order to analyze this. He establishes the reasons why the well to do Americans stereotype the poor as undeserving. He attributes poverty in America to illegal immigration and moral decadency. Further, he analyzes the positive functions of the undeserving poor and classifies them into five broad sets. The functions are economic, political, normative, micro cultural and macro-cultural functions (Gans 183). The “Discrimination and American Creed” chapter by Merton talks about the different ways that individuals treat people of racial groups different from theirs. He addresses the way people treat different races inappropriately. He goes on to link this to social, economic, and peer pressure forces that surround those individuals. His article aims at educating people on the need for equality among races. He uses the American creed to emphasize his points. He says, “the creed asserts the indefeasible principle of the human right to full equity- the right of equitable access to justice, freedom and opportunity, irrespective of race or religion or ethnic origin” (Merton 131). Further, he classifies the Americans into different ethnical and racial liberal groups according to the way they adhere to the creed with references to beliefs and practices. He categorizes the Americans into broad groups of unprejudiced non-discriminators, unprejudiced discriminators, prejudiced non-discriminators and prejudiced discriminators. Merton advocates for people to treat each other fairly and equally irrespective of race. Cornell and Hartmann in their chapter “A Constructionist Approach” seek to emphasize on need for construction of ethnic and race. In addition, the chapter assesses the logic of construction and reconstruction of issues influencing ethnicity and racism. The chapter indicates that
Abstract The task of introducing an innovative 5G technology is the urgent issue of digital development, and this topic is considered in the context of global practices with a special focus on the activities of the UAE and its stakeholders. As a justification for the relevance of this theme, a literature review is provided where various facts are given regarding the features of the introduction of a new wireless network, the bodies involved, and the preparations for launch. With the help of qualitative research and special questions asked in interviews, it is possible to assess the views on new technology and opinions concerning the nuances of its introduction. The analysis of the data presented demonstrates the high expectations placed on the 5G network and its capacity. The purpose of this study is to determine which factors are considered by the state as the ways of modernizing the existing digital base. Introduction The introduction of the modern means of communication is characterized by the rapidity and using the latest developments in this field. High-speed computerized technologies provide an opportunity of not only practical but also comfortable work with the progress achievements, and every year, the representatives of the digital market offer new ways of communication and data transfer. One of these technologies is the fifth generation wireless connection, abbreviated as 5G. Previous versions had undeniable merits; however, the updated system has not only better performance but also more advanced features. The introduction of this mechanism in the UAE, the country where much attention is paid to the development of the technology industry and updating the digital base, has several peculiarities. In particular, the government of the state has organized relevant committees that control the implementation of 5G in various sectors. Also, a specific roadmap has been drawn up, which presents a plan for the implementation of the program aimed at the gradual introduction of the innovative communication system. The research question is as follows: what contextual factors affect the early deployment of 5G technology in the UAE? The purpose of this work is to evaluate the existing practices used by the government to support the policy regarding the modernization of the digital sphere and the introduction of a new communication system. As objectives, it is essential to describe the elements of the 5G roadmap and mandates of the UAE official committee, assess the status of implementation, evaluate the problems and prospects of the 5G initiative in general, and provide recommendations to the UAE from the standpoint of the state readiness for this new technology. As a research approach, a qualitative analysis method will be used. To receive a comprehensive picture of the current situation, questions for elite interviews wil
Background Argentina is located in South America. Based on the area occupied by the country, it is the eighth largest state in the world. The country has a variety of terrain, such as tall mountains, deserts and striking waterfalls. It is divided into six main regions, which are Tierra Del Fuego, Patagonia and the Lake District, the Pampas, the Chaco, Mesopotamia and the Northeast, and Cuyo and the Andean Northwest. It boarders Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, and Uruguay and other lands. As at 2010, the country had a population totaling to 40,091,359. The pillars of the economic growth of the country are export-oriented agricultural sector, well-educated population and rich natural resources. The manufacturing sector of the country is also well-developed. The main sectors are motor vehicles and food processing (Embassy of Argentina in Australia 1). Economic history of Argentina There are a lot of literature on the economic history of Argentina because instead of having experienced robust economic growth in the 20th century, the country had a low economic growth. The condition is commonly known as ‘Argentine paradox’. The country has a comparative advantage in agriculture since it has rich fertile land. During the period lasting from 1860 to 1930, the fertile land had been highly exploited by the Spanish conquerors. There was no clear economic system in Argentina during that period. In fact, the Spanish conquerors made use of the land for their own benefit. Despite acquiring the land against the will of the natives, the foreigners ensured that the proceeds from agriculture were used for the development of the country. During the same period, the country was experiencing robust economic growth and it performed better than other countries, such as Australia. The economy of the country started to decline in 1930. This was attributed to the great depression and political instability. Between that year and 1970, the reigning leaders strived to attain self-sufficiency in industrial production. They implemented certain strategies such as import substitution. The aim of this strategy was to minimize the amount of money the country spends on importation of industrial product. The strategy led to the creation of some employment opportunities. On the other hand, it resulted in a reduction of agricultural production. Since agricultural production forms the main component of GDP of the country, the strategy created a number of negative effects such as hyper-inflation, privatization, high unemployment rate, devaluation of Peso, and a large amount of foreign debt. The economy recovered in 2005 (The Central Intelligence Agency 1; International Monetary Fund 1; The World Bank Group 1). Aim of the paper The data exercise entails collecting and analyzing data for Argentina. The data analysis is carried out for a period of twenty three years that is between 1980 and 2012. Some of the data collected and analyzed are real GDP, inflation rate, and unemployment rate. Policy