DISSERTATION TOPICS - School of the Built Environment You will find below‚ a long but not exhaustive topic list which reflects the main areas of academic interest and expertise found amongst staff in the Surveying group. You may already have a clear idea about what you want to research‚ but in order to help you through this process of topic selection‚ we have developed the list below. For your own benefit you are strongly advised to choose from this list‚ but if you wish to research a different
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strategy involves working in an industry and striving to make more money‚ usually by retaining customers and gaining new customers from competitors. To gain customers from competitors‚ business need to seem as though they have better quality and higher value. This is where marketing strategy comes in‚ using research in consumer behavior to identify needs and produce messages that tell consumers how the business’s product is better than competitors. Types of Corporate Competitive Strategy In a low-cost
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Virtues and Values MHA 622 Healthcare Ethics & Law Dr. Teresita Gonzalez August 27‚ 2012 Virtues and Values Virtues and Values are very important to health care today. Virtues and values are not about what a person wants to be‚ but rather virtues and values are about who a person really is. Any changes or decisions will always require people or even the patient ’s to examine their values and virtues. ( Sheryl‚ 2010). Virtue can be defined as the difference between
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In Sociology there are three different perspectives on the Environment. The Structural Functionalist perspective‚ Conflict Theory‚ and the Symbolic Interactionism‚ each theory being very different than each other. Each perspective representing different opinions of major sociologists. Structural Functionalism focuses on how changes on one aspect of the social system could affect the other aspects of society. Functionalist believe that by 2020‚ about 50 million people globally will become environmental
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do bad attitudes come from? Basically speaking‚ "Attitudes are caught‚ not taught." So‚ attitudes often go hand in hand with prejudice. All is not lost‚ however‚ in that attitudes can be greatly influenced‚ eradicated‚ and molded. Attitudes are how values are manifested in our actions and thoughts to others. ATTITUDES are our feelings towards certain idea or issues. Attitudes dictate how we react in concrete situations. Authors reveal certain attitudes within their texts whether these texts be fiction
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HPLC Theory: System Suitability Parameters High performance liquid chromatography is defined as a separation of mixtures of compounds due to differences in their distribution equilibrium between two phases‚ the stationary phase packed inside columns and the mobile phase‚ delivered through the columns by high pressure pumps. Components whose distribution into the stationary phase is higher‚ are retained longer‚ and get separated from those with lower distribution into the stationary phase. The
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drastic changes in family values‚ which appeared in yesterday’s edition‚ though I would like to share some of my own ideas and views on this subject. I do not wish to sound ambiguously and defensively‚ nevertheless I have few convincing remarks concerning your views. As you decidedly pointed out in your letter‚ family values have changed for the worse and most of teenagers are doing nothing but lazing around‚ however I dare to disagree with you at this point. Naturally‚ not only has family values changed
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and Value Promoting Paths Based on Value Chain Theory∗ Fan Linsheng 1‚ Han Yu2‚ Wang Na2 School of Management‚ Wuhan University of Technology‚ Wuhan‚ P.R. China‚ 430070 2 Shijiazhuang Broud Business Consultation Co. Ltd‚ Shijiazhuang‚ P.R. China‚ 050011 (E-mail: fanlinsheng5700@sina.com‚ hy007@163.com‚ wangna2335721@yahoo.com.cn) 1 Abstract: It has positive significance for promoting hotel value by analyzing hotel service innovation and the way of value improvement. This paper uses value chain
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The Values of Philosophy The “love of wisdom” or philosophy is viewed as useless in today’s society. It is often thought as a discipline that is outdated and irrelevant to the real world due to the fact that it seems to serve no purpose in real-life situations. However these very questions that may seem to have no answers can serve as a key to train our minds in order for us to live a fulfilling life. Philosophy is a discipline that should be encouraged in today’s world because the value of it
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Definition of Value at Risk (VaR) Value at risk is a statistical technique which measures the level of financial risk in a portfolio over a specific time frame. For example‚ if a firm states that it has a 1% one week value at risk of $5 million; this would mean that for any given week‚ the firm would have a 1% chance of losing $5 million. In order words‚ 1 out of every 100 weeks‚ the firm would expect to have a loss of $5 million. This can be viewed as the standard deviation of portfolio value during
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