Sensor protocols for information via negotiation: A data centric routing protocol for wireless sensor networks
Case study - 6 pages - Computer science
The emergence of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) as one of the dominant technology trends in the coming decades has posed numerous challenges for researchers. These networks are likely to be comprised of hundreds, and potentially thousands of tiny sensor nodes, functioning autonomously, and in...
Gamma ray spectroscopy using a scintillator detector
Essay - 6 pages - Physics
The aim of the experiment is to learn about the basic techniques of gamma ray energy spectroscopy and the interpretation of a spectrum, using a NaI(TI) detector. We obtained the spectra of two gamma sources using a spectrometer and the Maestro program. We also computed the energy...
SOLAR-CAL Company
Case study - 17 pages - Business strategy
Solar energy is a market that has been growing for the better part of twenty years. Japan, Germany, and the United States account for more than three quarters of solar panels installed in the world. These countries are at the forefront of this paradigm shift to alternative energy....
Sport and Diet
Course material - 29 pages - Sports
Health: Complete state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Physical activity: Any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles, for any purpose, that is accompanied by an increase in energy expenditure. Sport: is a physical activity...
A look at Electricite de France (EDF)
Thesis - 12 pages - Business strategy
There have been great modifications made in the organization of the electric sector in Europe. It is agreed that the sector management must change and must adapt to the requirements of the European Unique Market, and that the invisible power of the private market must replace the all too visible...
Green marketing issues about Total
Case study - 16 pages - Services marketing
Total is a leading multinational energy company with 111, 401 employees and operations in more than 130 countries. Together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, Total is the fourth largest publicly-traded oil and gas integrated company in the world. Its businesses cover the entire oil and...
Sensitivity analysis of the fertilizer industry
Tutorials/exercises - 71 pages - Business strategy
Crude Oil is one of the most important sources of energy for a country. The prices of crude oil depend on many factors like Supply restrictions by Oil producing nations, demand for oil, uncertainties like war in the middle east and also the stability of US Dollar, in which crude oil is...
A look at cogeneration
Thesis - 14 pages - Computer science
Power is one of the basic requirements for the economic development of a country. The performance of various activities is dependent on the availability of adequate and reliable power supply. Our country has made a rapid progress in the field of electricity generation. Thermal power plants are a...
Manufacturing and testing of parabolic solar cooker
Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - Physics
Solar cooking has been proved as the simplest, safest and the most convenient system for cooking food without using traditional fuels and heating up of the kitchen. A parabolic solar cooker works by reflecting solar radiation to a small area, where cooker or baking pot is located. The parabolic...
Local short term wind speed estimation using back propagation algorithm
Thesis - 14 pages - Physics
Apart from weather forecasting, wind speed prediction is required to estimate atmospheric effects on telecommunication systems such as satellites in launch, electromagnetic signal propagation in wireless channel, inland and water vehicle navigation, air traffic control, missile guidance etc. Wind...
Brand management - published: 29/09/2010
Case study - 21 pages - Services marketing
In these modern times, we can notice that many managers prefer sales or operations instead of brand management. Indeed, this task is less useful in a basic commercialisation process. But they are wrong and we will prove the efficiency of brand management, which is the creator of more value....
The rebranding of BP
Case study - 10 pages - Management
Founded in 1908 as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, BP has transformed itself from the humble beginning of a local oil company into a global energy group. Its operations are well established in six continents, with the sale of its products in over 100 countries (Christiansen). Upstream, BP...
Comminution behavior of porous and nonporous minerals
Case study - 30 pages - Educational studies
Grinding operation represents an important cost factor in mineral processing plant. At least 50 to 70 of the total energy is consumed in the process of grinding and 97 of energy input for grinding is consumed wastefully, as heat and sound, while a minuscule 1 of the input is...
Food and Sustainability
Case study - 13 pages - Educational studies
In the early 1990s, the phrase sustainability came out as a concept meant to lower the environmental human footprint. It was seen as an approach of seeing to it that there is conservation of natural resources for future use. The concept only picked momentum after few years due to public scrutiny....
Royal Dutch Shell plc: A company that needs to face the future today
Thesis - 16 pages - Services marketing
Petroleum is one of the fundamental substances necessary to make our economies function smoothly. It has shaped today's world as we know it - concerning both negative and positive elements. However, petroleum will not last forever. It is has been estimated that the global oil re-sources will...
Has a third oil crisis emerged? (January 2007)
Thesis - 13 pages - Economy general
Within a time span of twenty-seven years between 1973 and 2000, the global oil market has been shaken by two major unexpected “shocks”. In this context, it is worth recalling the definition of an oil shock, that is often confused in the minds of the public. This phrase has been used to...
Strategic Management: Royal Dutch Shell
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
Shell is one of most globally renowned companies in the energy industry. The current environment requires the company to get involved in the creation of future solutions to meet the increasingly growing energy demands. So, Shell guides its strategy towards innovation and technology...
On our own: American Identity and the New Crisis of Independence
Essay - 11 pages - International relations
In this analysis, I use government documents, presidential statements, and opinion polls to chart how American goals of independence moved in and out of different contexts, and the ways this movement reflected structural as well as domestic conditions. Part one takes a broad look at...
Corn Ethanol: How realistic is this source?
Essay - 8 pages - Ecology & environment
While the price of gasoline has dropped precipitously since the summer, the memory of $3.80 - $4.00/gallon of gasoline is still fresh in the minds of most Americans. In fact, gasoline is at its lowest price in almost 10 years; however, the American population is still looking to President-elect...
Study of DC drives
Tutorials/exercises - 50 pages - Physics
In general practice in industrial applications machine tools make use of motors for their feed applications where in, speed of this motors are controlled in conventional methods i.e., Ward-Leonard system, multiple voltage control, rheostatic control method etc. However, these methods are...
A study on the influence of the sun on climate and weather patterns in the earth
Thesis - 9 pages - Geology
The Sun is a burning ball of mostly gaseous hydrogen with a surface temperature of 6000 degrees centigrade, large enough to hold a million Earths. The importance of the sun rests on the fact that it warms the surface of an otherwise cold and lifeless earth and makes possible the existence of...
Product design and development of a 10kW Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade
Thesis - 8 pages - Physics
Wind power generation techniques are being promoted all over the world as a beneficial alternative among other renewable sources (Li, Chen 71). A wind turbine is defined as a rotating machine that is used to generate power by means of converting kinetic energy to mechanical energy....
Security challenges in wireless sensor networks
Thesis - 5 pages - Electronics
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are wireless ad hoc networks of tiny sensor nodes. As a result of advances in sensor technology and wireless communication, sensor networks have emerged as an indispensable and important new tool for multiple civilian and military applications, including patient...
Using oil reserves
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
There's a lot of talk these days about the state of our energy supply. One side wants alternatives to oil; the other wants more oil now, tapping reserves to solve energy problems for the coming decades. Although neither side can offer definitive long-term solutions to our...
SWOT Analysis - Tesla
Case study - 8 pages - Automotive marketing
- Tesla Inc. is an American automotive manufacturer and innovative energy solutions company - Founded in 2003 - Develops electric-powered vehicles to promote the sustainable use of energy - Best known for sustainable innovation - Famous for manufacturing and marketing...
The function of sleep and its effects on health deprivation
Thesis - 13 pages - Medical studies
A human being spends on average 28 years of his life sleeping. The role of sleep remains obscure but the consequences of its deprivation on the health is of growing interest. It appears that sleep deprivation is associated with certain conditions related to food (obesity and diabetes) by altering...
Climate change and green house gas emissions: issues and challenges in India
Essay - 7 pages - Ecology & environment
Green house gas (GHG) emission is a matter of grave concern across the world. The adverse impacts happen mainly in the form of climate change and global warming. Immediate steps are required to cut the emissions. India is the fourth largest emitter of GHG in the world in absolute terms. Being a...
Financial Market and Sustainable / Green Finance
Dissertation - 18 pages - Finance
In April 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report focusing on the mitigation of climate change. The experts underline the emergency of a new way of life in order to limit global warming to 1,5°C. To respect the agreement taken during the COP 21, the IPCC proposes...
Experiment: Computational chemistry lab
Thesis - 5 pages - Physics
Using AM1 and ZINDO molecular modeling, we calculated the excitations energies of four thiacyanine dyes DTC, DTCC, DTDC, DTTC to be 430nm, 485nm, 544nm, and 600nm. Using UV?Visible Absorption Spectroscopy, in a previous lab we determined that the absorption wavelengths were 422nm, 544nm, 655nm,...
Critical analysis of ExxonMobil and British Petroleum
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
ExxonMobil is an American multinational, with its corporate headquarters in the city of Irving in the state of Texas. It is considered a leader in the industry of energy and petrochemicals in all its fundamental characteristics, they operate facilities: managing all processes from...
