Day: May 14, 2018

What is the role of wood in contemporary textiles?
PRINCIPAL TOPICS:
wooden textiles,traditional fabric,domestic textiles,innovation,advantages,disadvantages,designers using this material,sustainability,practicality,

AIMS AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS
My main aim is to find out the current position of hard materials at innovative textiles industry. Use of wood in textiles ,artist who are using this material,what techniques they are using and what they are dedicated for? What people think about them at interior environment?
What are advantages and disadvantages?
What they combine with wood to get a good quality fabric?
Are they more practical then traditional form?
How looks sustainable side of production those textiles?

RATIONALE:
Last year I based my final major project on up cycled wood and metal as a form of ‘textiles’. That gave me a lot to think about traditional fabrics and new materials. I have been question myself: what is a fabric? Which material can we use as a fabric and which do not? I find out that fabric can be anything,depends only how we use it. Does not has to be transformed into a thread or yearn to create fabric. This year I want to find out practical side in this aspect and what can be the future. Traditional fabrics at domestic environment get dirty very quickly and they duration is limited. New designer should consider others forms which last longer and are more functional. Wood is well known as a hard and solid source for building constructions and furnitures. In textiles industry wood was known as a tool for stamp printing or part of machines. In our days new designers often using a traditional sources in a new way for textiles like Elisa Strozyk. She is working with thin pices of wood on textiles creating cloth.

METHODS
Research books and journals to look at beginning of innovative fabrics
Research existing designers who have adapted to those materials
Find out feedback about their work;
Investigate sustainable side;
Questionary;
What people think about this type of products?
Would they like to have it personally?
Would they give up traditional fabrics from their domestic environment to get one of those?
What is the future for traditional textiles?
Which is more sustainable?
Compare traditional textiles and wooden;

Colchester Chloe, “The new textiles trends+traditions”,
(Thames & Hudson, 1991)

Rossbach Ed “40 years of exploration and innovation in fabric art”,(Asheville, N.C. : Lark Books ; Washington, D.C. : Textile Museum, 1990.)

O’Mhony M, Braddock Sarah “Textiles and new technology”,(London : Artemis, 1994)

articles:

http://www.archdaily.com/795436/elisa-strozyk-turns-wood-into-fabric

Streaky Elisa,http://www.elisastrozyk.de( 10.11.2016)

Hernandez Ricardo,’Wooden textiles add a new dimension’, 30.10.2009, https://www.yatzer.com/Wooden-textiles-add-a-new-dimension-Elisa-Strozyk,(23.11.2016)

Viencato Diego,’Wooden Mesh’,http://www.diego-vencato.com/product/wooden-mesh-ii,(23.11.2016)

Charlcraft Emilie,’Wooden Mesh by Diego Vencato’, Dezeen,13.03.2013https://www.dezeen.com/2013/03/13/wooden-mesh-textiles-by-diego-vencato/,(15.11.2016)

‘Problems of the domestic textiles industry’, http://www.stewartlaw.com/Content/Documents/Sen%20-%20Problems%20of%20the%20Domestic%20Textile%20industry.pdf,(Washington, 22.11.2016)

http://www.lionessesofafrica.com/blog/2016/3/16/the-startup-story-of-sarah-nakisanze 28 th 11.2016

https://fredmutebi.org/letarttalk/barkcloth/

Read Texts 5 & 6 (files uploaded). Download and install ProjectLibre link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/projectlibre/?source=directory -Based on the CSS Project (file uploaded), answer the following: 1. Review the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) tabular form (file uploaded). In Word document, create a WBS tabular form that includes all tasks to be completed for the CSS project. 2. Review the Gantt Chart sample (file uploaded). Using the ProjectLibre, create a Gantt chart that identifies the schedule for the CSS project’s WBS tasks and indicates the interdependencies of those tasks. The schedule should be in the year 2017, from January to June and choose any days. Save your Gantt chart ProjectLibre file and upload it. Do not take screenshots. 3. In Word document, calculate the slack time of your Gantt Chart. Which task items are safe? 4. Which task items are on the critical path? 5. Which task items are most likely to suffer delays? 6. In 1 paragraph (6 sentences or more), what type of common delays may happen for the task items? 7. In 1 paragraph (6 sentences or more), what would happen if an aspect of the CSS project were delayed? Note: Do not plagiarize. Do not write introduction or conclusion. You can research on the Internet or books/journals.

Healthy People 2020 is a framework to assist communities in preventing disease and promoting health. Search the scientific literature and find a research study related to one of the focus areas identified by Healthy People 2020.

In a 750-1000-word essay, critically appraise the study by answering each of the following questions:

What is the study question and is it relevant?
Does the study add anything new?
What type of research question is being asked?
Was the study design appropriate for the research question?
Did the study methods address the most important potential sources of bias?
Was the study performed according to the original protocol?
Does the study test a stated hypothesis? If so, what is it?
Does the data justify the conclusions?
Are there any conflicts of interest?
There are methodological points to consider in appraising literature that are specific to cross-sectional, cohort, case-control, clinical trials, and case studies. Based on the design of this study, what are the key methodical points to consider?
You are required to use a minimum of three scholarly resources.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Many independent African states inherited substantial and persistent challenges to state legitimacy (territorial and/or governmental). For any two African countries of your choice, compare and contrast the ways in which actors (state and/or other) within those countries have sought to address those challenges. the essay may focus on a particular time period (i.e., it does not have to cover the whole post-colonial period) and/or on a particular issue (economic policy, democracy, or any other issue of your choice).

The word count does not include the bibliography. i have stated 20 references so please only put in the bibliography what was actually read as there will be inspections and questions on each reference used to make sure it was actually used rather than just added in without any reference used whatsoever. so please be careful about that. ALSO PLEASE DO NOT PLAGIARISE WHATSOEVER AS it is a big penalty, which is very serious. Please at all cost please once again do not plagiarize •Do not use Wikipedia or similar non-academic Internet sources. Please put a word count on the cover sheet. It is crucial that the essay contain proper referencing and a correctly compiled bibliography. The essay should not merely summarize the approach in question. Instead, it should indicate your ability to critically engage with the subject matter.

Identify a research question and illustrate how you would address this question using one of the research methods so far covered in this module. You should describe what execution of this method would involve and require, what kind of data you are likely to collect and how this will be analysed. You will also address the advantages this method or strategy offers compared to possible alternatives as well as difficulties, weaknesses and limitations. Your commentary is expected to be critical and reflective, rather than simply descriptive.

Some helpful hints:
If you decide to focus on a more philosophical topic (e.g. research design, formulating
research questions, ethics) you should still address all the main issues of research design
mentioned in the guidelines, but in less detail than if you focus on a specific data collection
or analysis method.
Make sure you use research methods literature to support your critical analysis – this means reading widely and accessing a range of resources.
Do not use the assignment as an opportunity to talk about something you are interested in without actually showing (i) there is a research problem, and (ii) your method would be appropriate to investigate that problem.

Lecture slides would also be uploaded, please make use of the lecture slides and pick the methods from there.

This is a research method report, it will be using qualitative research method. The requirements and guidelines are as follows, please kindly be noted that it is important to follow all guidelines:

Firstly, the outline should be following this format:
1. Introduction
2. Research question (you probably will not have hypotheses because you will be using an inductive method)
3. Data colection technique (including a brief discussion of the sample and the technique used): ethnographic methods (e.g. participant observation), interviews, focus groups, recordings of of naturalistic speech
4. Ethical considerations (if relevant)
5. Method for data analysis (ethnogrpahic analysis, thematic analysis, conversation analysis)
6. Conclusion

Secondly, as there will be involving interviews/ focus groups in this research report, please take university students as the target group under any circumstances. I personally think that focus group would be more suitable on this research topic.

Lastly, this is a UK based university research essay. Please make use of UK writing format and the research approach/ data collection (especially the interview part with university students)shall be mostly based in UK.

*You can adjust the number of references if more references are needed.

This essay has to be written on a base of a case study, the word documents that are attached, concepts needs to be included in the essay as it is one of the most important requirements. The writer has to read carefully all the documents that I am attaching with this order, to be able to write to meet the criteria which has been mentioned in the attached files. It has to be written in proper English language and to a First Class level, it must make a complete sense, and flow well. In text citations has to be done well, reference list has to be done well and all references used must be no older than 2012, so this means I DONT want to see a references from 2011or 2010 or 1980 please. I also have uploaded a model of an essay that is an ideal model for the teacher. Please, the essay that you will be writing should be in that level and must be written in the same style or better.

Dear Writer,
Please, I need the below:
1. A literature review of at least 50 references
2. All references should be from SCOPUS list Journals.
3. All references should be from A, A*, and B journals only.
4. All used references should be recent which means the publication date is not more than 3 years back (Between 2013 to 2016)
5. Don’t reuse a reference more than twice
6. Make sure to support the idea in one paragraph with more than once reference.
7. Cover the following headings and make sure to show the research gap while writing the sections and link the sections together to support the idea of the research which is the impact of HRM practices on Innovation mediated by knowledge sharing in the ICT Sector.
8. Sections of the Literature Review:
8.1. ICT industry in UAE
8.1.1. • The importance of human resource management practices, knowledge sharing, and innovation for ICT industry in UAE. With Examples.
8.1.2. • Human Resources Management Practices
8.1.2.1. Definition and history
8.1.2.2. Importance of HRM Practices
8.1.2.3. HRM Practices in this study:
8.1.2.3.1. Recruitment and selection
8.1.2.3.2. Training and development
8.1.2.3.3. Appraisal
8.1.2.3.4. Compensation practices
8.1.3. Knowledge Sharing
8.1.3.1. Definition
8.1.3.2. Importance
8.1.3.3. Types of Knowledge:
8.1.3.3.1. Explicit knowledge sharing
8.1.3.3.2. Tacit knowledge sharing
8.1.4. Innovation
8.1.4.1. Definition
8.1.4.2. Importance
8.1.4.3. Indicators
8.1.4.4. Types of Innovation:
8.1.4.4.1. Product innovation
8.1.4.4.2. Process innovation
8.1.4.4.3. Administration innovation
8.1.5. Human Resource Management Practices and Innovation Management
8.1.6. Human Resource Management Practices and Knowledge Sharing
8.1.7. Knowledge Sharing and Innovation Management
8.1.8. Human Resource Management Practices, Innovation Management and Knowledge Sharing

Please ensure to balance the content between different chapters and focus on the last four main sections.

Question: Critically evaluate the potential of “ecosystem services and natural capital” to inform how environmental management issues are defined and addressed.

READING LIST: * Costanza (2016) “Ecosystem services in theory and practice” in Fish et al. (eds) Routledge Handbook of Ecosystem Services. New York: Routledge: 15-24
* Fish, R. D. (2011). Environmental decision making and an ecosystems approach: Some challenges from the perspective of social science. Progress in Physical Geography, 35(5), 671–680.
* Raymond, C. M., Singh, G. G., Benessaiah, K., Bernhardt, J. R., Levine, J., Nelson, H.et al. (2013). Ecosystem Services and Beyond: Using Multiple Metaphors to Understand Human-Environment Relationships. BioScience, 63(7), 536–546.

Abson, D.J., Termansen, M., 2011. Valuing Ecosystem Services in Terms of Ecological Risks and Returns. Conservation Biology 25, 250–258.

Costanza, R., D’Arge, R., De Groot, R., Farber, S., Grasso, M., Hannon, B., Limburg, K., Naeem, S., O’Neill, R.V., Paruelo, J., others, 1997. The value of the world’s ecosystem services and natural capital. Nature 387, 253–260.

Schroeter, M., van der Zanden, E.H., van Oudenhoven, A.P.E., Remme, R.P., Serna-Chavez, H.M., de Groot, R.S., Opdam, P., 2014. Ecosystem Services as a Contested Concept: A Synthesis of Critique and Counter-Arguments. Conservation Letters 7, 514–523.

Silvertown, J., 2015. Have Ecosystem Services Been Oversold? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 30, 641–648.

Potschin, M B, Primmer, E, Furman, E, Haines-Young R H (2016 in press) Have Ecosystem Services been oversold? A response to Silvertown, Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

Turner, R.K., Daily, G.C., 2008. The Ecosystem Services Framework and Natural Capital Conservation. Environmental Resource Economics 39, 25–35.

View the scenario called “Critical Decision Making for Providers” found in the Allied Health Community media (https://lc.gcumedia.com/hlt307v/allied-health-community/allied-health-community-v1.1.html)
In a 750-1,200 word paper, describe the scenario involving Mike, the lab technician, and answer the following questions:
What were the consequences of a failure to report?
What impact did his decision have on patient safety, on the risk for litigation, on the organization’s quality metrics, and on the workload of other hospital departments?
As Mike’s manager, what will you do to address the issue with him and ensure other staff members do not repeat the same mistakes?
A minimum of three academic references from credible sources are required for this assignment.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
RUBRIC 90-100 %
1] Description of scenario is clear, accurate and comprehensive.
2] Comprehensive and compelling discussion regarding the failure to report includes consequences with recommendations to address the issue with employees.
3] Thesis and/or main claim are comprehensive; contained within the thesis is the essence of the paper. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear.
4] There is a sophisticated construction of paragraphs and transitions. Ideas progress and relate to each other. Paragraph and transition construction guide the reader. Paragraph structure is seamless.
5] Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English..
6] All format elements are correct
7] In-text citations and a reference page are complete. The documentation of cited sources is free of error.

I want first class and that means between 80 and 100, I want you to follow the mark criteria very very very carefully. Read the assignment brief very carefully to know what you need to do. In part A, which is the ethical dilemma essay, do not use any company name for example, if you want to talk about any ethical dilemma in Starbuck or costa use coffee shop instead of their names. In part B, you have three appendices A, B, and C. In Appendix A, The Ethical Leadership Debate (in Seminar 4), see the assignment brief to know what to do and put it or do it on a table . In Appendix B, The Seminar Case (in Seminars 1 and 5), include the table characters, dilemma, option of each character, and moral ethical skills. In this case study, you have more than 9 dilemmas. For example, Boris dilemma, his girlfriend’s dilemma, employee dilemma, sweden company dilemma, parents dilemma, and the manger dilemma. write the name and date of author. choose one character to analyze and the best one to analyze is Boris and choose steak holder.Apply Jones’ (1991) Moral Intensity Framework theory and give more explanation. In seminar 5, use the diagram in slide 9which is a spider web and use the diagram in slide 12. In Appendix C,Interpersonal and Team-working skills, it talks about personal reflection in three segments. The first one is description, the second one interpretation (analyze), and the third one is the outcome.