Figure 3.5 Remaining Service Life The figure 3.5 depicts PCR values generated by Kaplan Meier method. The graph of S(t) versus the t gives the Kaplan-Meier survival curves. Figure 3.6 Life Time of Roads The figure 3.6 depicts the Kaplan – Meier survival curves generated for each PCR threshold by using PCR data and is obtained by plotting the values given in the figure 3.5. S(t) Years 100-95 15-11 yrs 95-90 11-8 yrs 90-85 8-7 yrs 85-80 7-6 yrs 80-75 6-5 yrs 75-70 5-3yrs 70-65 3-1 yrs 65-60 <1
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page 17 Appendix page 22 Introduction to the Balanced Scorecard The Balanced Scorecard was first developed in the early 1990s by two researchers: Kaplan and Norton (2001). The researchers Marr and Adam (2004) found that the balanced scorecard was designed to be used as a strategic performance measurement and management framework. Kaplan and Norton (1996) describe the originality of the balanced scorecard as: “The balanced scorecard retains traditional financial measures. But financial measures
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Hans Berger: Creator of the Electroencephalogram A Research Essay San Francisco State University Author Note This essay was written for English 214: Second Year Written Composition‚ section 08‚ taught by Professor Mark Schleunes Abstract In the early 20th century the invention of the electroencephalogram impacted medicine greatly. After over 20 years of research‚ Hans Berger became the first to ever record human brain waves. Now‚ doctors are able to diagnose many different
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In 1988 a motion pictured titled: The Accused‚ was released. The movie was directed by Johnathon Kaplan and the lead character‚ Sarah Tobias‚ was played by Jody Foster. Ms. Tobias was a uneducated‚ poor white female that lived in trailer in New Bradford‚ Massachusetts. This was one of Hollywood’s first movies to include rape‚ let alone gang-rape‚ in a direct manner. The occurrence happened in Big Dan’s Bar‚ while the sexual assault was occurring the crowd within the bar was cheering the rapists
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Activity-Based Costing and the Balanced Scorecard By Dr. Peter Turney Activity-based costing (ABC)‚ activity-based management (ABM) and the balanced scorecard (BSC) are established management methods. They are building blocks of performance management systems. ABC and ABM provide cost and other business intelligence about key business elements including resources‚ activities‚ products‚ services and customers. They enable managers to make decisions that improve cost and profit performance. The
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The Balance Scorecard of Louis Vuitton (LV) In the early of 1980ies‚ a number of different performance measurement frameworks have been developed of which the balance scorecard by Kaplan and Norton is the most commonly accepted tool by scholars as well as by practitioners (Thakkar‚ 2007). The balance scorecard translates the mission and strategy of an organization into many goals. It uses financial and non-financial measurements within Financial‚ Customers-oriented‚ Process-oriented‚ Innovation
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There were many problems that needed to be fixed in the airline security department before 9/11. People were able to get dangerous weapons past the security machines and onboard the plane because our airline security was not as tight as it is now. Our airports did not have machines that uncovered explosives hidden in our baggage or even our clothing before and criminals took advantage of that. For example‚ Richard Reid had attempted to bring explosives onto a plane in his shoes. Fortunately‚ he was
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Budgetary control is part of overall organisation control and is concerned primarily with the control of performance. The use of budgetary control in performance management has of late taken on greater importance especially as a more integrative control mechanism for the organisation. Discuss. “It’s clearly a budget. It’s got a lot of numbers in it” (George W. Busch 2005). This definition of a budget can be supplemented using the Oxford dictionary‚ which states that a budget is an estimate of
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The Minority Report‚ written by Philip K. Dick in 1956‚ is one of his better known short stories and was adapted into a film in 2002. This story‚ not unlike many of Dick’s other works‚ has a central theme of potential realistic controversies or issues that could arise from the existence of certain technologies. Dick has become somewhat famous for this particular genre of science fiction‚ having identified many major aspects of modern society years before they were present. This story describes a
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My goal once I graduate is to become a licensed vocational nurse. I will need to complete my high school diploma first. When I am finished I can start taking CNA classes for a year or two. After working and saving some money‚ I will continue my education to become a LVN. I hope i can get alot of hands on training during the CNA program. I choose to finish my high school diploma because of my daughter. Back when I was younger I was not really interested in continuing my education. Now that I have
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