Africa is‚ surprisingly‚ an underdeveloped country‚ despite her abundant natural resources.Colonialism came in disguise of civilization and in the process destroyed the core values of Africa.The traditional system of education was undermined to perpetuate western education which is alien to African culture.The trade and economic system was quite exploitative and was capitalist oriented.Tactically‚ the European colonialists explored and exploited both human and material resources of Africa to develop
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Operant Conditioning Operant Conditioning was invented by B.F. Skinner. This was based on positive and negative reinforcement of conditioning and punishment. Operant conditioning is a rise and decrease in response behaviour in relation to different types of reward and punishment systems. Skinner showed how positive reinforcement worked by putting a hungry rat in his Skinner box. The box contained a lever on the side and as the rat moved about the box it would accidentally knock the lever‚ a food
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Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering‚ 3131 Seamans Center‚ University of Iowa‚ Iowa City‚ IA 52242-1527 Prediction of Wind Farm Power Ramp Rates: A Data-Mining Approach In this paper‚ multivariate time series models were built to predict the power ramp rates of a wind farm. The power changes were predicted at 10 min intervals. Multivariate time series models were built with data-mining algorithms. Five different data-mining algorithms were tested using data collected at a wind farm
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A Spiral Model of Software Development and Enhancement Barry W. Boehm‚ TRW Defense Systems Group “Stop the life cycle-I want to get off!’’ “Life-cycle Concept Considered Harmful. ” “The waterfall model is dead.” “No‚ it isn’t‚ but it should be.” hese statements exemplify the current debate about software Iife-cycle process models. The topic has recently received a great deal of attention. The Defense Science Board Task Force Report on Military Software‘ issued in 1987 highlighted the concern
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In this practical‚ the teleostic model of Zebrafish‚ also called Danio rerio‚ was examined in its various stages of neurulation. The Zebrafish model is beneficial to experiments like this one for a number of reasons‚ the most major one in this experiment being its short life cycle. The life cycle of a Zebrafish is extremely short‚ lasting only 90 days. This fact is important as in the practical that was carried out‚ the majority of the neurulation of the Zebrafish can be observed in a number of hours
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ADKAR model Lewin’s change model Kotter’s change model - ADKAR stands for Awareness‚ Desire‚ Knowledge‚ Ability and Reinforcement. Each word represents a step in the change process and must be done in order so that the desired change is achieved. - This model focuses on principles of change that are effective on an individual. Its focus is on how to change people. Steps - Awareness: To begin change‚ an individual must know what needs to change and why. What the risks for not changing are‚ benefit
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The history of the waterfall model The waterfall model which is also referred as a linear sequential life cycle model was the first model to be developed. The waterfall model is a sequential design process used in software development processes in which progress is seen as flowing steadily downwards(like a waterfall) through the phases of conception‚ initiation‚ analysis‚ construction ‚testing‚ production/implementation and maintenance. The waterfall model creation originates in the manufacturing
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C. Takaful Operating Models • The Mudaraba Model The mudaraba is a kind of partnership in which one party that affords supplies funds while the other offers its expertise and management. It is based on classic profit sharing principles‚ for example a partnership in which two parties involved‚ one is fund provider which is called the participant‚ while the other person or party is called the operator who provides expertise and management of the fund. Both share the profits of the joint venture
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The Transnational Model by A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal Dr. Stephan Buse‚ The Transnational Model Challenges of Globalization Need for Global Efficiency Need for Local Responsiveness and Flexibility Need for Cross-Market Capacity to Leverage Learning on a Worldwide Basis (Worldwide Learning) Dr. Stephan Buse‚ The Transnational Model © Dr. Stephan Buse Global Efficiency Converging consumer tastes and preferences Technological innovations force companies to develop and
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SWAT model The SWAT model‚ a physically based model developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)‚ operates at a daily time step. This model has been developed on a physical‚ semi-distributive‚ scale-basin basis for continuous time and with emphasis on soil surface processes. SWAT’s sub-watersheds are divided into hydrological response units (HRUs) that have unique combinations of slope‚ land use‚ and soil type within the sub-basin and form the basic land segment for computing flow
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