2. Literature Review 2.1 Cost Estimation of Light Rail 2.1.1 Whole Life-cycle cost estimation of Light Rail As light rail is playing an increasingly important role in public transportation‚ more concern is put on light rail and the costs of the flexible and expandable transport. Most of our light rail transit decision-making considers the project forepart construction investment only. But in terms of the annual operation cost‚ scrap value and so on after project completion‚ there is less or even
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How to Stop Drug Trafficking In Our Country By: Gerald K. Wiley English 122 Ashford University Teacher: Elizabeth Hoyle March 25‚ 2011 The paper is to open people eyes about drug trafficking in our country. Where do you think the drugs are coming in from? Some say from Cuba. Others say from Mexico. I believe that the majority of drugs come from Mexico. It is okay to say that we cannot track down where all of the drugs are coming from but we can try to prevent our children‚ the next
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Homelessness is a global tragedy that is an ongoing problem which arouses anxiety in government and civil society. There are many difficulties in defining what ‘homelessness’ really means. There has been a long debate about the definition of homelessness in Western countries (Neil & Fopp‚ 1992). Questions arise such as; how should we define people who don’t own their own accommodation but are staying temporarily with other households? Should they be labelled as homeless? This leads to the debate
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created to aid the war on drugs on a local level. The targets of this task force were black neighborhoods. He sold the idea to white America into believing that black people on social programs were lazy and ruining the economy‚ so this war on drugs was a must to eradicate them through incarceration. Having a drug free society for a better tomorrow is a good decision. Targeting specific races of people who are suspected to have drugs is a bad decision. A war on drugs should involve all races of
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Literature Review of Mediation and Advocacy Bobbie Cecchini University of Phoenix Literature Review of Mediation and Advocacy Literature Review of Mediation and Advocacy in Human Services Field. This paper will review the following three areas: The Final Exit Network‚ Crime Victim’s‚ ‚ and Social Security Disability Advocacy. Additionally‚ we will explore the information which is available and links to mediation and advocacy to the human services field. This paper will discuss the
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affects almost half of adults living in America. (# 8‚ 2012) This is a shared sleeping disorder that many people across the universe are diagnosed with. Several causes of insomnia include exercising too much‚ stress‚ withdrawal from alcohol or a certain drug‚ physical circumstances‚ and diseases. People with insomnia usually have trouble going to sleep or staying asleep‚ which causes people to have poor-quality sleep‚ which will affect their mood‚ energy‚ and productiveness for the next day. (MediLexicon
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Introduction CSR is a situation where not only do firm’s care about profit maximization and wealth accumulation about take into consideration the needs of the society. According to Carroll (1979)‚ companies are expected to maximize profit‚ obey the laws of the land‚ operate in line with community norms‚ and do well in society beyond the society’s expectations. Today‚ CSR is becoming rational including the needs of the community‚ maximizing the profits and managing the stakeholders. Garriga and Mele
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CHARPTER 2 RIVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.0 Study of the existing manual HRM system The function of Human Resources departments is generally administrative and common to all organizations. Organizations may have formalized selection‚ evaluation‚ and payroll processes. Efficient and effective management of "Human Capital" progressed to an increasingly imperative and complex process. The HR function consists of tracking existing employee data which traditionally includes personal histories‚ skills‚ capabilities
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The Literature Review of Servicescapes Introduction: Shopping cannot simply be considered as an act of buying in an exchange for goods (C. Gardner and J. Sheppard‚ 1989). Because of the increasingly cut-throat competition‚ marketers and practitioners have to go great length to attract and retain customers. That is where the experiential marketing finds its inspiration. According to the vanguard of Morris B. Holbrook and Elizabeth C. Hirschman (1982)‚ experiential consumption is a view that focuses
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of Cannabis: A Review of the literature Zachary Gill Southern Oregon University University Seminar June 2‚ 2014 ADDICTIVENESS OF CANNABIS Abstract As a country‚ we have been fighting and struggling with the war on drugs since the turn of the century. In recent times two states‚ Washington and Colorado‚ have legalized cannabis for recreational use with the same stipulations as alcohol. It seems to be that the general public has begun to accept cannabis as a “recreational drug”. While the
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