Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 59 (2012) 66–75 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Finite Elements in Analysis and Design journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/finel Improved braking torque generation capacity of an eddy current brake with time varying magnetic fields: A numerical study Kerem Karakoc a‚n‚ Edward J. Park a‚b‚ Afzal Suleman a a b Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ University of Victoria‚ PO Box 3055‚ Victoria‚ BC‚ Canada V8W 2Y2 Mechatronic Systems Engineering
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organizations needs as well‚ focussing on customer satisfaction by attracting‚ retaining and enhancing customer relationships has become a goal for every organization. This essay will examine how customer’s perceived quality can have a bearing on the profitability of a company. The essay concludes that providing quality services and products enhances customer satisfaction and perceived quality‚ which leads to customer loyalty and retention ultimately leading to success. INTRODUCTION Businesses are embracing
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Introduction Gender preferences in hiring decisions is a very current subject. It has been proved that there is an inequity in salaries between men and women‚ and that men will more often occupy leadership positions than women. But does gender really has an influence in hiring decisions? In this paper one will try to investigate this. The first point will treat the different gender stereotypes. The second point will cover the three main factors that have an influence on hiring decisions and the effect of
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Minority Set-Aside programs‚ such as the Small Contractors Set-Aside Program‚ are contract award preference programs intended for state based small contractors. In the state of Connecticut‚ Small contractors are classified as those: 1) which have been in business for a minimum of one year; 2) that maintain its primary place of business in the State of Connecticut; and 3) with a prior years ’ gross revenue of less than $10‚000‚000. This essay will discuss the issue of minority set aside programs and
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Negligent Hiring: An Ethical and Legal Overview Introduction The subject of negligent hiring has gained considerable attention in the past few years as companies recognize the ethical and legal issues associated with negligent hiring. Currently‚ all fifty states and the District of Columbia acknowledge some form of negligent hiring as a cause of action for liability although the law has been inconsistently applied among the federal and state courts in a number of cases. While the legal requirement
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Being an ethnic minority and the contextual factors that come with it contribute to anxiety disorders among youth. All the disadvantages that come with being a minority interact in a way that produces a stressful environment‚ furthering feelings of anxiety. The most commonly associated variable with minority status is low socioeconomic status. Both of these factors are related to symptoms of anxiety. From a socio-ecological perspective racial minority status is part of the exosystem‚ which forms
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This paper will be addressing the issue of racism and its health effects on targeted minorities. This essay will attempt to answer/prove my research question‚ which asked‚ if the unequal health status between whites and minorities is as a result of the effects of racism? . Racism has been proven to cause serious health disadvantages to minorities. It has become so advanced that it is imbedded in various institutions of the society like schools‚ health centers‚ prisons and the media and as such part
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McDonald’s National Hiring Day Juan Sebastian Yanguas Embry Riddle Aeronautical University McDonald’s National Hiring Day McDonald’s national hiring day was only one day which they received thousands of application from people in the United States and they were trying to hire 50‚000 new people. Crew and management positions were the types of jobs McDonald’s were seeking for. There are 14‚000 McDonald’s in the Unites States and the company stated that one of the reasons to hire so many people
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influence and minority influence will be discussed in terms of their underlying psychological processes and how they differ. Majority influence or conformity refers to the desire to belong or to fit in within a particular group which involves adopting certain attributes‚ behaviour and attitudes of a particular group. As a result individuals consequently experience group pressure (in Baron‚ Branscombe &ump; Byrne 2008). Minority influence on the other hand‚ refers to the influence that the minority exert
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filmmaker use cinematic techniques and narrative elements to explore their message about a theme in Minority Report? The man fled down the centre of Main street frantically looking around‚ everywhere he glanced there was an advertisement. These were unlike any advertisements the man had ever seen before‚ they could learn. “Hello‚ Mr John‚” said the closest advertisement‚ it knew his name. The Minority Report‚ directed by Steven Spielberg in 2001‚ covers many social problems from that time period
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