system”. While the playground social setting is only for play, and therefore not a total institution, the same theories of using “house rules”, privileges, and punishments² to gain obedience could be applied. While I did not see any specific examples of it happening, it is likely that children understood a set of rules they were to follow at the park, whether their caretaker told them before they got to the park, or on previous trips to the park. Understanding these rules explains why the children did
Survival Analysis on Technical Analysis of Stock Prices Introduction The stock prices of a company stock is the highest price that is someone is willing to pay for that stock or in other words the least price that it can purchased. Generally, it is assumed that stock prices usually follow random walk and thus concept of Random Walk is used to model the behaviour of stock prices. This practice assumes that investor act rationally and without any biases. So at a moment the valuation of stock prices
and employed two levels of analysis offered by Barni and Bagna (as cited in Finzel, 2012) to gain adequate information and to make correct interpretations in analyzing a LL. Semiotic analysis examines the function of a sign through its relation to time and space. Macro-linguistic analysis deals with the sign’s internal function including its spatial organization, the dichotomy between authorship and readership and signs’ communicative functions. Micro-linguistic analysis deals with the qualitative
exist in this cultural dimensional. The five Hofstede’s cultural dimensions are: • Individualistic/Collectivistic: Personal needs and goals prioritized vs. needs and goals of a group/organization. • Masculine/Feminine: Masculine societies play different roles within men and women but less so in the feminine cultures. • Uncertainty/Avoidance: Comfortable in changing the way people work or live (low UA) and or known systems (high UA). • Inequality is in the distribution of power in society. • Time
The study uses four dimensiones of Hofstede culture and Environmental sustainability index report 2001 for 52 countries and uses correlation and regression statistical tool for analysis. The results indicate that individualism is positive whereas power distance and masculinity is negatively related. The second study, Park et al. (2007), employed same data as used by Husted (2005) but added education as controlling variable for 43 countries. The result indicates that power distance and masculinity
Captive breeding plays an important role in conservation biology. However it is not perfect tool since it has drawbacks in breeding rate, inbreeding, lost of gene variation, surplus animals, adaptation captivity,etc. a. Breeding rate Not all species breed well in captivity. Most species that easily breed in captivity has the same management requirements with domestic animals or considerable experience. Poor reproduction in captivity is often due to behavior problems caused by inadequate husbandry
In-City Accessibility and Travel Behavior Introduction The energy used for transportation per person for working and non-working services is important to track sustainability of a town. Transportation places key role for land use planning and to reduce greenhouse gas emission and effective energy use. The essay talks about the internal connectivity/ accessibility to various services by different age grouped people with respect to gender. The “Planning Policy Guidance 13: Transport (Departments
leading pizza quick service restaurant in South Africa, Debonairs Pizza was established in 1991. The two university students (one of them being Craig McKenzie) who founded this restaurant (operating in Pietermaritzburg from a family bakery) played a key role in setting up Debonairs to what it is today. Currently in South Africa there are 382 outlets (as of 28 February 2014). Recently, Debonairs has been launched in Mumbai, India which forms part of the 64 international outlets around the globe. In 1996
Eco tourism Background Ecotourism Eco-Tourism has been increasing at a rate of 20%-30% PA since 1990 to 2006 (International Eco-Tourism Society). The Definition of Ecotourism Eco-tourism is defined as “responsible travel to natural area that conserves the environment and improve the well-being of local people” (TIES,1990) Conservation Offering market-linked long-term solutions, ecotourism provides effective economic incentives for conserving and enhancing bio-cultural diversity and helps protect
Speaking plays an active role in using a language to express meaning. Through spoken language, a new language is encountered, perceived, practiced and learned. Speaking is not only one of the aspects of learning a language, but the prime source of language learning. Unfortunately, speaking problems are the biggest challenges for foreign language learners. Speaking is the main language skill; however, majority of students and learners struggle to overcome their speaking difficulties. Through the golden