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Piper Alpha Oil Platform Catastrophe of 1988

some of the fire walls and soon the stored oil was burning. In addition, the automatic deluge system which was supposed to spray w...

Examination of Enron

for the scandal that ultimately occurred. "The contributions dwarfed what was at stake for Enron. In its energy trading in Calif...

Hormone Replacement Therapy's Risks and Rewards

hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, has its own risks associated with it (Hormone Replacement Therapy, 2002). Therefore, it is i...

Are Vaccinations Safe?

condition that they do not pursue lawsuits against the companies involved. Considering the sobering fact that a vaccination can ca...

Contracts, Obligations, and Risks

if a project is delayed due to weather or even a union strike of employees? These are all risks that contractors take into account...

Safety and Health

also places emphasis on the role of ongoing training and self improvement. Even if we look at commercial models for the way an org...

Overview of Microsporidiosis

AIDS sufferers, with an incidence rate of between 7% - 50% (Lores et al, 2002). However, it is not isolated to this group, the fir...

Examination of Cardiovascular Disease

the current trend toward the modified food pyramid; once top-heavy with animal flesh, the new version touts the combined physical ...

Nursing Practice and Atherosclerosis

1997). It is generally believed that atherosclerosis results from a combination of factors, which include: hemodynamic stress (hyp...

Women and Obesity

to join a health club or try to fit some other structured activity into her already-full schedule, at least not on a long-term bas...

At Risk Program Design Targeting Juvenile Delinquency

an individual level rather than a collective level. Not only will children be dealt with one on one they will be dealt with by ca...

F.O.B. and C.I.F. Contracts

statute law in the form of the Bills of Lading Act 1855 (White and Bradgate, 1993). This act was repealed by The Carriage of Goods...

Overview of Pediatric Asthma

would be inhaled corticosteroids. These work very well on pre-school and school aged children alike and the negative side effects...

Preventing Sexually Transmitted Diseases Program

teens living in non-institutionalized group situations at the time of the 1990 census (US Census Bureau). Figures from the 2000 C...

Legal Issues and E-Commerce

law is relatively simple. However, copyright law is complex, especially when applied to the Internet. II. Copyright Laws and Pro...

A Business Projection Example

for the company to be able to undertake a specific project that will involve a three year contract for the setting up of a network...

Emerging Markets of India and China

a most promising base for software development" (University of Bridgeport, nd). There are a number of risks in India, however, th...

Personal Financial Review on Investing

We also need to consider the income that the family have. Mrs Chan does not have a regular income, however Mr Chan is...

An At-Risk Brooklyn Youth Case Study

involved in drug dealing and in fact, by the time he would turn 14 years old, would carry a gun ("Shawn," 1993). By the time he is...

Business Considerations for the Establishment of an Internet Website

mail order, digital television and even fax (OFT, 2003). The main elements of the act is that consumers need to be given informa...

Thai Baht Evaluation Failure Evaluation

appointing bank directors. Clearly, the well-known power struggle within the Asian system can be blamed for at least part of the ...

An Esperanto Inc. Export Analysis

and services to another country, even as one as "anglo" as Canada, one doesnt just slap a few products on a freight truck up and s...

Civilization at Risk According to Sigmund Freud

the formation of civilization. In Civilization and Its Discontents, Freud expresses the opinion that people are driven an instinct...

Taking Risks in Tomasi di Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo

in some ways regrettable displacement of the aristocracy from their traditional position" (Horton). In this relatively simple desc...

Protection and Data Risk

exploitation of any potential vulnerabilities that have been discovered in stage 1, the actual hacking, either to gain the inform...

Risks and Uncertainties of Med Tunnel

costs while being low enough to attract passengers. To better understand the risks and uncertainties surrounding such a pr...

A Potential Contract Assessment

1 million marketing budget are 5,000, 8,000 and 10,000 and selling prices of 20,000, 18,000 and 16,000 respectively. The first iss...

Student Supplied Case Study on Nucor

to this discussion. The company has developed a competive advantage in the way that it employs and manages its staff, with lower t...

Leadership Comparison of Risk, Progressive, and Classical

workers would be unproductive if left on their own (Crawford and Brungardt, 1999). As a result, classical leaders use means such ...

Heart Disease Prevention and Exercise

information about breast cancer in women has increased and women generally seem worried about the risk and chance of breast cancer...