Low-Background Muon and Neutron Benchmarking for Applications in Ultra-Rare Event Searches John Greavu‚ Mentor: Professor Priscilla Cushman Purpose The primary purpose of this study is to measure‚ to a high precision‚ the muon and neutron backgrounds experienced at the Low Background Counting Facility (Fig. 1) in the Soudan Underground Laboratory. An active muon veto shield lining most of the interior‚ in addition to a neutron detector—the Neutron Multiplicity Meter—in the facility‚ allow for benchmark
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financial management activities impact the overall performance of FedEx and UPS and study how the ratios change over time for FedEx. Ratio Analysis Two competitors‚ FedEx and UPS‚ dominate the Air Delivery & Freight Services industry in the United States. FedEx is the smaller of the two with a market cap almost a third of the frontrunner UPS. UPS enjoys a higher Price to Earnings while providing a lower Earnings Per Share than FedEx. How does a firm with higher earnings per share trade at a lower
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Pin-Up or Pin-Down? Pin-Up Grrrls: Feminism‚ Sexuality‚ Popular Culture is a book written by Maria Elena Buszek that explains how third-wave feminists are taking back pin-up culture. This new pin-up culture is shown developing through a 150 year time span. Buszek examines old and new female sex symbols as well as the beginnings of this new revival of the pin-up genre. This book illustrates how women are often publicly depicted and the representation of our sexualities since the early 1860’s. Buszek
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decade of reality TV‚ online shopping‚ cell phones‚ tablets‚ and more inappropriate movies and music. Some comparable aspects of both generations include technology‚ TV shows‚ and music. In my opinion the 90’s comes out on top as a better time to grow up in. The technology of the 90’s was much more simpler and not as relied upon as in the 2010s. Cell phones were introduced in the 90’s and were very big and clunky‚ only a few percent of people used them so you wouldn’t see people glued to their phones
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UV0906 UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA‚ INC. United Parcel Service of America‚ Inc. (UPS) had grown spectacularly from its humble beginning in 1907‚ when 19-year-old Jim Casey borrowed $100 to start a messenger and homedelivery service for Seattle department stores. By 2007‚ UPS had become a global public company‚ with a market cap of $74 billion‚ more than 428‚000 employees‚ $47 billion in revenue‚ and operations in more than 200 countries. A recognized leader among packagedelivery companies
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Jade Haron 17 December 2011 Wake-UP Energy Drink Design Process Goal for Wake-UP Ad Campaign The goal for Wake-UP Energy Drink (Wake-Up) Ad is to inform consumers that the new Wake-UP Energy Drinks are made with all natural ingredients with great taste and that there are seven flavors‚ both sugar and sugar-free. Wake-UP conducted research and will have to create a brand name because there are hundreds of energy drink brands on the market (Watson). Since 2006‚ energy drinks have become a 5.7
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in Global Business Today Case 1: UPS Global Operations with the DIAD IV Tags: UPS global operations; handheld computers; wireless mobile platform; digital firm; integration of business; customer value generation. Summary How IT drives the UPS operation worldwide. Using smart people and smart technology‚ UPS delivers over 14 million packages daily to 200 countries and territories‚ requiring the talents of 70‚000 drivers who are wirelessly connected to UPS main databases located in seventeen
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transition to UPS Technology is a major part of these changes and UPS spent huge amount of money on technological upgrades each year (Ross et al.‚ 2002). UPS always find new and improved technology which the company is able to maintain competitive in their pricing (Clinton‚ 2008). Fuel is a major expense for the company‚ their operations also helps UPS reduce costs. As they always put efforts to increase their achievement‚ UPS became more efficient and developed company compare to before by the UPS transition
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Andrew Brown CIS 5620 Dr. Hendricks August 28‚ 2012 CASE STUDY: UPS COMPETES GLOBALLY WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY QUESTIONS: 1. What are the inputs‚ processing‚ and outputs of UPS’s package tracking system? Inputs | Processing | Outputs | Smart Label created and attached to package (customer inputs various types of data) | Information from label about the sender‚ the destination‚ and delivery date is transmitted to UPS computer center | Package information is read by computer and sent
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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STUDENT ALLIANCE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS IN UP (STAND UP) PREAMBLE We‚ the member organization of the Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (STAND UP)‚ imbued with a strong desire to advance student rights and welfare‚ recognizing the need to unite the studentry and link its struggle with the basic sectors of the society in pursuing for a nationalist‚ scientific and mass –oriented education‚ do hereby ordain and promulgate
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