“SMART MATERIALS” ABSTRACT The world has undergone two materials ages‚ the plastics age and the composite age‚ during the past centuries. In the midst of these two ages a new era has developed. This is the smart materials era. According to early definitions‚ smart materials are materials that respond to their environments in a timely manner. The definition of smart materials has been expanded to materials that receive‚ transmit or process a stimulus and respond
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The PESTEL framework is designed to provide managers with an analytical tool to identify different macro-environmental factors that may affect business strategies‚ and to assess how different environmental factors may influence business performance now and in the future. The PESTEL Framework includes six types of important environmental influences: political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ environmental and legal. These factors should not be seen as independent factors. Factors such as
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A conceptual framework is a statement of theoretical principles that provides guidance for financial accounting and reporting. (Collins & Hussey‚ 2007). It therefore prescribes the nature‚ function and limits of financial accounting and financial statements. The IASB’s Framework for the preparation and presentation of financial statements sets out the concepts that underlie the preparation and presentation of financial statements that external users are likely to rely on when making economic decisions
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| STRAT | COM 400 – Richard Wolfe | [An Analysis of BlackBerry] | Using the 7-S and other relevant frameworks. July 17‚ 2013. | Executive Summary This paper is targeted to anyone interested on further information regarding BlackBerry (investor‚ prospective employee‚ management) and is written from the point of view of a former employee. The overarching theme of the analysis is the organizational challenges facing BlackBerry in its competitive environment‚ where it has already
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Introduction to Curriculum (EDP 135) Assignment 1: Assessment Rubric (Student)Name: __________________________ Criteria | Fail (Marks 0 – 19.5) | Pass (Marks 20 – 23.5) | Credit (Marks 24 – 27.5) | Dist (Marks 28 – 31.5) | H Dist (Marks 32 – 40) | 1. Definition of curriculum | Has not addressed the criteria and/or missed the point. Does not present 3 different definitions/does not compare definitions to Marsh’s definition/very limited comparisons made. Does not use
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A FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF WILDLIFE TOURISM OPERATIONS Examples of marine wildlife tourism in Western Australia Kate Rodger‚ Amanda Smith‚ Claire Davis‚ David Newsome‚ Philip Patterson Examples of Marine Wildlife Tourism in Western Australia Disclaimer The technical reports present data and its analysis‚ meta-studies and conceptual studies‚ and are considered to be of value to industry‚ government or other researchers. Unlike the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research
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B.Ed. B.Ed. – 2nd Year ASSIGNMENTS January 2012 School of Education Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi‚ New Delhi-110 068 Assignments January 2012 B.Ed. – 2 Year Please Note: a) b) The Assignment Responses (AR’s) may be submitted by hand or sent by registered post to the Programme - in - Charge of your Programme Centre. You should retain a copy of all the assignment responses in your own interest. nd ES-334: EDUCATION AND SOCIETY Assignment - 01 Answer the following
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The ASSURE Model To become skilled in todays classrooms it is crucial to know when to use a wide range of instructional strategies and passive and interactive media. Heinich‚ R.‚ Molenda‚ M.‚ Russell‚ D. J.‚ & Smaldino‚ E. S.‚ (2002) stated to use media and technologies effectively a systematic plan for thier use is necessary. They suggest utilizing the ASSURE model as a guide‚ which identifies six major steps in an instructional planning process. The Assure Model is: Ø A procedural
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INTERNATIONAL MARKETING About the chapter “The CAGE Distance Framework” by Pankaj Ghemawat The CAGE Distance Framework The semi globalized state of the real world‚ in which borders continue to matter; the large differences arise at borders. The differences are in terms of the distances between countries along a variety of Cultural‚ Administrative / political‚ Geographic and Economic (CAGE) dimensions. As a result‚ the CAGE framework not only helps identify the key differences in particular settings;
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Composite materials A composite material consists of two or more physically and/or chemically distinct‚ suitably arranged or distributed phases‚ with an interface separating them. It has characteristics that are not depicted by any of the components in isolation Most commonly‚ composite materials have a bulk phase‚ which is continuous‚ called the matrix‚ and one dispersed‚ non-continuous‚ phase called the reinforcement‚ which is usually harder and stronger. The arrangement of the fiber in the matrix
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