Business Challenge #6: To develop the best scratch resistant coating in the world for ophthalmic lenses [Titan] Background The ophthalmic lenses (spectacle lenses) consist of some base material (substrate) like CR 39‚ Polycarbonate‚ Trivex and a surface treatment is given to them to increase their hardness. Currently‚ there are 2 processes of applying this coating‚ i.e. Dip coating and Spin coating. The current scratch resistant (Hard) coating on plastic and polycarbonate lenses available in the
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logicgateone.com Logicgateone: Blogger’s Grammar Blues What Really Matters To be or not to be -- that remains the question today when it comes to the subject of grammar. No‚ not the school subject which can be traumatic and nose-bleed-inducing but the subject of applying grammar for blog-writing. And it covers just about all levels since ordinary people write blogs‚ just as senators (or their writers do) and professional writers do. But often‚ when we mention grammar‚ the grammar guardians
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Ted Talk: “What do babies think?” The ted talk that was examined was “What do babies think” with speaker Alison Gopnik. This ted talk discussed an overview of how babies actually think and process the world around them. The speaker starts by saying that babies in the past have been thought to be irrational‚ illogical and unable to determine and understand cause and effect. But babies actually tend to be better thinkers that most adults. Babies could actually be thought as the world’s
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Managers and Leaders Leadership and Management though they are at times used as meaning the same‚ they are different and should not be used interchangeably. The many and similar definitions of leadership and management have made it very difficult to differentiate the two (Stogdill ‚ 1974). “Leadership is about articulating visions‚ embodying values and creating the environment within which things can be accomplished” (Richards and Engle‚ 1986‚ p‚ 206) Whilst “Management works out how to achieve
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themselves occupied. In the article‚ What Screen Time Can Really Do To Kids’ Brains‚ Mari Swingle‚ a neurotherapist and a doctor of psychology‚ states that “What we’re seeing with this group is that they’re attaching to objects instead of peers and parents. They don’t respond to parental calls as much. When we talk about straight discipline and obedience‚ they’re not responding to parents as much. They don’t know how to
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What Does It Take to Be an Effective Leader? What does it take to be an effective leader in today’s fast paced and ever changing world? A leader must be able to move quickly from one agenda to another. A leader must be able to inspire a person or a group of people to want to do their best. A definition of leadership can be‚ “A relationship through which one person influences the behavior of other people” ( Mullins‚ p. 904 ). One of the biggest problems that a leader in any organization has to deal
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Major indicators that cause political leaders to ignore intelligence warnings originate in cognitive biases that create their mindset. These mindsets can lead political leaders to ignore intelligence warnings by either creating unrealistic expectations of intelligence‚ or politicizing intelligence that support their policy preferences. Political leaders crave a confident amount of certainty and accuracy in intelligence reports. Their cognitive biases assume that intelligence should be perfect‚ in
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Can differences in communication between men and women be defined as black and white? Deborah Tannen’s essay “But What Do You Mean” divided the biggest areas of miscommunication between men and women into seven categories‚ three of which caught my attention for personal reasons. As examined‚ women have a habit of apologizing to maintain a pleasant atmosphere. Tannen expressed how men and women react to complaints‚ as well. Jokes were also discussed‚ suggesting that men razz each other to maintain
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no possibilities of defeat. But what is life really like in Gallipoli? The food and water are of a bad quality and insufficient‚ the medical facilities are primitive and hundreds of Anzacs die each day‚ their bodies rotting in the heat. Does Winston Churchill know or care about the situation he placed the Anzacs in? As a war journalist‚ I have spent two days in Gallipoli living and fighting with our brave soldiers. What I found was incredible and far from what has been reported in Australia. It
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Many leaders throughout time have shown effective leadership.However‚ what characteristics made them more effective than other? Communication skills‚ time management‚ respect‚ and admit mistakes are some characteristics that have shown‚ many leaders to be effective. First of all‚ an important characteristic of an effective leader is proper communication skills. A leader must be a good speaker as well as a listener. The leader must know how to communicate with his follower‚ and listen to ideas
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