software for a concurrent world

... Designing for a Sustainable World Author: Timothy Allan Keywords: Life Cycle Thinking, Sustainable Design, Locus Research locus research UPA - World Usability Day Title: Designing for a Sustainable World ... cycle and analyse the Competitors Assess your products environmental impact s to create a environmental performance against benchmark leading products and brands locus research UPA - World Usability ... research UPA - World Usability Day Title: Designing for a Sustainable World Author: Timothy Allan Keywords: Life Cycle Thinking, Sustainable Design, Locus Research locus research UPA - World Usability

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 17:32

... really... 1. 1 Weather Warnings 3 was, at that time, causing this forcing was, of course, ‘natural’ and due to methane and CO2 leeching from the ground and the oceans because of enhanced ... slumbering masses to at least consider the possibility that global warming is already here, and it could be potentially devastating! Climatologists talk about a process of ‘forcing’ when quantifying ... billion living as we do is far too many, and you run out of planet in no time James... a table-spoon full of water What this means is that a small fraction of radiation from the planet, which

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 11:20

... older industrialised nations in North America and Europe, and for nations such as Japan, Australia and New Zealand. To avoid an engineering skills dearth in these parts of the world, it is ... of a material such as a metal, is vast – typically about a hundred billion billion But so perfect is the balance that when you stand near another person you feel no force at all, that can ... downward pointing force arrows At the point where the ball becomes momentarily stationary some will show a small up-arrow balanced by a small down-arrow Others will represent gravitational force

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 11:20

... contained in ocean and sea waves These waves are mechanically sustained surface waves that propagate along the interface between water and air The restoring force that underpins the wave dynamics ... terminals of the receiving aerial or antenna. Before the advent of digital radios, the action of tuning a radio to a favourite radio station literally involved turning a knob that was directly attached ... originally generated during its formation several billion years ago, as it accumulated mass by ‘capturing’ space debris, through gravitational binding forces Since then additional heat has continued

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 11:20

... power stations at Manukau harbour and Waitemata harbour, for example, which are relatively equidistant from Auckland, would lessen power supply variations to the city Potential as a Source ... shallows between open seas and around the ends of headlands Marine... feasibility of tidal barrages are site specific Some locations are particularly favourable for large tidal schemes because ... in the oceans and. .. Measurements from a mid-Atlantic weather station indicate that average wave power levels of 80 MW/km of wave front are potentially available there, if wave machines could

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 11:20

... activity associated with this fault ring is to be found in Alaska, California, Mexico, Central America, the An- des mountain range, New Zealand, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Kamchatka, and the Aleutian ... and available technology. Needless to say a range of system topologies are under development each of which has its advantages and disadvantages. The alter- native arrangements are essentially ... normally located. In panel sizes appropriate for the forming of large solar arrays, parabolic reflectors are relatively inexpensive, they are not heavy, and, importantly, they can be manoeu-

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 11:20

... not available naturally, multiple wells may be required, to first form the air pocket, and second to maintain it. Leakage statistics for this method of storage are less favourable than for salt ... phase change temperature, are significant parameters in determining storage capacity. Sensible and latent heat storage can occur simultaneously within the same material, as when a solid is heated ... (Germany) and British Rail (UK) All use a test-tube shaped ceramic container, made of beta-alumina,... such as oxygen in water, with carbon in methane and with nitrogen in ammonia As a

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 11:20

... For a parallel plate capacitor the capacitance in farads is easy to compute, being proportional to the area between the plates and inversely proportional to the sepa- ration distance [38]. For ... becomes polarised. This happens generally at a much lower voltage than for a non-polar material. Thus pure water has a high relative permittivity, tabulated as 81 for distilled water. However, ... speed at which they can be discharged (fast charge and discharge capability). The current state of the art is that while small electrochemical capacitors for energy storage application are well

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 11:20

... in cars’. On all the available evidence it is hard to disagree. The unavoidable conclusion is that cultures that embrace private cars, road transport, and cheap air travel – obviously a strong ... holiday hotels and condominiums? Artificial sunshine, artificial suntans, and artificial beaches are, of course easy All ‘holiday needs’ could be available, in the future, at a local emporium, ... emporium, and all powered by renewable electricity! At a local and regional level it is apparent that renewable technology will favour trams and trolley buses for mass... that car and aircraft

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 11:20

... Farenheit Farad (F) Unit of capacitance Fannie Mae US federal national mortgage association (FNMA) FES Flywheel energy storage Forcing Atmospheric warming over and above natural solar warming ... unfortunate but unavoidable conclusion is that technology alone, no matter how good, is incapable of providing a cure for a feverish planet. We are seemingly paralysed by an inescapable paradox. ... Carbon based energy sources such as oil, natural gas, and coal. Freddie Mac US federal home loan mortgage corporation (FHLMC) g Gravitational acceleration for the Earth (9.81 m/s 2 ) G8 Abbreviated

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 11:20

... 110 ammonia, 103 Ampere, 29 Andes, 75 Angier, Natalie, 42 anode, 104 Antarctica, 3, 9, 36 antenna aerial, 30 cone, 59 appliances pump, 43 Arabia, 65, 72 Arctic, 4, 16, 108 Arctic ... Ocean, 4 Arizona, 73 Ascherson, Neal, 5 Athanasiou, Tom, 6, 141 atmosphere, 1, 46, 104, 130 Auckland, 65 Austin, Texas, 89 Australia, 16, 18, 20, 72, 75 automobile battery, 131, 132 cars, ... stack, 33, 38 stray fields, 120 tesla, 32 magnifying glass, 69 mains electricity, 33 manganese, 104 Manhattan, 42 mankind, 146 Manning, Aubrey, 8 manpower, 21, 74, 134, 140, 142 manual, 7 Manukau,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 11:20

... for talking to a consumer base that has... we happily pay a premium for brands with foreign cachet, whether Chanel or Haagen Dazs (a ¨ made-up name for a product that’s really produced ... slays bionically enhanced dinosaurs The company hopes to turn each of the chosen few into an ambassador for the game, since at the least, each warrior wannabe will have to patiently explain the ... ‘‘ as former subjects of the Soviet empire dream it, the American dream has very little to do with liberty and justice for all and a great deal to do with soap operas and the Sears Catalogue.’’14

Ngày tải lên: 24/08/2014, 06:20

... administration, process views 22 al-Qaeda, as organization/network 1–2 analyzing: see also process-based organizational analysis; levels of analysis fallacy 68–70; organizations 7–9 assumptions: ... acquisitions: a critical discourse analysis of media texts’ Organization 9(2):275–303 Van de Ven, Andrew H and Marshall Scott Poole (2005) ‘Alternative approaches for studying organizational change’ Organization ... and discussed with the help of a broader canvas of process thinking provided by Whitehead From the analysis, ideas are suggested for a framework for process-based organizational analysis Advanced

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2017, 11:05

... leadership communication, meaning that an executive, manager, or other organizational leader develops a message for all relevant employees AACSB: Communication Blooms: Remember Difficulty: Easy ... and goals Similarly, whereas team communication typically occurs in the context of formally created teams or units, networked communication allows groups to form and disband more informally and ... to allow all relevant people to participate in a communication A Coordination B Immediacy C Cue D Permanence E Richness Coordination deals with the effort and timing needed to allow all relevant

Ngày tải lên: 19/10/2017, 15:56

... while Raul wants to make the change happen before summer What can you deduce about Claire and Raul? A Claire is a green MVS; Raul is a blue MVS B Claire is a red MVS; Raul is a hub C Claire is a green ... Others 61 Claire and Raul disagree about a proposal for the company to adopt flexible work schedules Claire wants to make sure that they have thoroughly investigated other companies that have such ... part of the talk and points at her presentation partner, the gesture most likely means it is her partner's turn to speak AACSB: Analytical Thinking Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze

Ngày tải lên: 19/10/2017, 15:56

... Brunswick; the Sonoran Desert, in Arizona and California; and the central tall grasslands, which once covered parts of Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. Ecoregions range in size from ... implications for both con- servation and the laws that support it. You cannot just draw lines around relatively small areas you deem important for ecological or any other rea- sons and assume all ... As big whales grew scarce, orcas tar- geted populations of smaller and smaller coastal marine mammals. Pop- ulations of harbor seals began to collapse in the early 1970s, followed by fur seals...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 17:20

... Marketing Management, Organizational Behavior, Strategic Management, Accounting and Management Control, Financial Management, Managerial Economics, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Information ... U.S and a member of the Ivy League. Its superlative programs in undergraduate, graduate, and medical education are characterized by a distinctive academic philosophy, a world- class faculty, and ... across all sectors. IE Business School is fully accredited by the three leading accreditation agencies in the management education arena: AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA, guaranteeing the quality and...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 10:20

... mechanism for monitoring fair wages and overtime payment, and can facilitate the sending of remittances to rural areas or home countries. Savings accounts and fi nancial literacy can also elevate a ... instances of hypertension and diabetes, Juárez is a particularly dangerous and unhealthy place for young women, making it an ideal location for a workplace women’s health program. At Pegatron, ... between factory management, local NGOs, workers, and international brands, building a foundation for sustainability and enhanced impact and reach. Project Peer educators suggested radio broadcasts,...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 11:20

... japanese strategists who once attached so much value to Korea can be indif- ferent to its fate; airfields in adjacent Siberia and Manchuria offer just as much of a threat to Japan as any Korean airfields ... Chiang and a Yangtse TVA, instead of pressing for a Communist coalition, not only would a historical balance have been found to Japan but a historically pro-American power would have been placed on those ftontiers ... outdated. The Stockholm Peace Appeal, capitalizing on the natural revulsion against Hiroshima; the war in Korea, showing that no mortal dared unleash the A- bomb when retaliation was possible, and now the...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 23:20

... would argue that the correct solution is not a database at all, but rather an interface bus, which acts as a façade over the database and takes control of all communications to and from the database. ... development teams discuss architecture and test plans, and many database developers are still not aware of, or do not apply, standard software development best practices to database applications. Almost ... every software application requires some form of data store. Many developers go beyond simply persisting application data, instead creating applications that are data driven. A data-driven application...

Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2013, 08:48