them qualify for such. A taxonomy of WSNs applica-tions is shown in Fig. 6. In our opinion‚ applications of wire-less sensor networks can be broadly categorized into two groups‚ namely; bio-medical and non-biomedical applica-tions. A. Wireless body area networks (WBANs) Wireless body area networks (WBANs) is a wireless net-work which permits the full exploitation of wireless sensors and complementary technologies in health care system. They comprise of miniaturized intelligent devices attached on or
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American icon Thomas Edison‚ General electronic (GE) has been admired for his performance and spirit for more than 125 years. The businesses that they invent and build fuel the global economy and improve people’s life. GE is s very large corporation with business in a wide range of industries‚ including‚ aerospace‚ power system‚ health care‚ commercial finance and consumer finance. Today GE has more than 11 technology‚ services and financial business with more than 315‚000 employees in 160 countries
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General Electric Case Study Thanks to international markets‚ General Electric (GE) has created international revenues which have been contributed to growth of the company. During the 1980s and 1990s‚ GE made huge foreign investments in Europe‚ Latin‚ and Asia to expand their market. As a result‚ from 20 percent in 1985‚ the revenues from international sales increased to 40 percent in 2001. They realize that China‚ and India have been potential markets which purchase more wide-body jets than United
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Planning at GE Oil and Gas GE Oil & Gas was established in 2012 when GE Energy was divided into three new business units of General Electric. Prompted by poor financial performance‚ GE Oil & Gas was created in an effort to simplify business and also make General Electric more visible to its shareholders ("Working Environment | GE.com"‚ n.d.‚ p. 1). GE Oil & Gas has grown to become one of the key players in the energy sector. Operating in more than 100 countries and employing 43‚000 people‚ GE Oil & Gas
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Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational hardware and software corporation headquartered in Palo Alto‚ California‚ United States. (from Wikipedia) And HP product lines include personal computing devices‚ enterprise servers‚ related storage devices‚ printers and imaging products. At the same time‚ HP markets products to household‚ small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises. HP’s mission statement is that to provide product‚
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two major forces that drive globalization and how they work together to expand globalization. Explain how technological innovation impacts globalization and how it is accelerating the process. What factors help make some countries more global than others? Identify several highly global nations. How does this current period of globalization compare with the first age of globalization? One argument in the debate surrounding globalization is about the inequality between nations. Discuss how falling barriers
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Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks Kai Chen1‚ Yi Zhou2‚ Jianhua He3 School of Information Security and Engineering‚ Shanghai Jiaotong University‚ China 2 School of Electronic‚ Information and Electrical Engineering‚ Shanghai Jiaotong University‚ China 3 Institute of Advanced Telecommunications‚ Swansea University‚ UK ∗ Corresponding author: Kai Chen‚ kchen@sjtu.edu.cn 1 Abstract In this paper‚ we study the localization problem in large-scale Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSNs). Unlike
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GE’s Two Decade Transformation Case Analysis 1. How difficult a challenge did Welch face in 1981? How effectively did he take charge? In 1981‚ Jack Welch became the CEO of GE‚ following on the heels of a well-respected leader whom the industry heralded as “CEO of the year” several years in a row. Welch needed to find a strategy for GE to succeed in this economy to avoid being the CEO that broke what Reg Jones had built. In fact‚ when Reg announced his retirement‚ The Wall Street Journal wrote
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Case Study GE’s Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch’s Leadership By For BUS 463 - AE Contents Summary of Background and Facts General Electric General Electric (GE) occupied the eighth spot on Fortune 500’s list of companies at the close of 2013. While number eight was a slide from 2012’s number six GE maintains its position‚ as one of the world’s largest and most influential corporations. Today‚ GE’s operates in over 160 countries and is led by Jeffery Immelt. During
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About the Sensor Industry Few people realize how essential the sensor industry is to today’s society. Sensors can be found in almost everything we use on a day to day basis. America’s demand for smaller‚ lighter and faster products has driven the technology to innovate at a break-neck pace in order to keep up with the demand. According to the National Science Foundation‚ “incorporating new sensor technologies‚ manufacturers can bring new capabilities to their products while improving performance
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