Air-Conditioning Engineers‚ Inc. (www.ashrae.org). Reprinted by permission from ASHRAE Journal‚ (Vol. 47‚ No. 9‚ September 2005). This article may not be copied nor distributed in either paper or digital form without ASHRAE’s permission. Overcoming Barriers to Efficiency By Thomas M. Lawrence‚ Member ASHRAE‚ Jeffrey D. Mullen‚ Douglas S. Noonan‚ and Jay Enck‚ Member ASHRAE C ommercial and residential buildings consumed approximately 39% of the total energy used in the United States in 20021
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Barriers for Children Safety Child safety has been a major concern among families especially in homes. Research has shown majority of these injuries occur with children under the age of 5 years old are not intentional injuries and can be avoided with proper parental supervision (Ablewhite‚ J.‚ Peel‚ I.‚ McDid‚L.‚ Hawkins‚A.‚ Goodenough‚T.‚ Deave‚ T.‚ Stewart‚ J.‚ Kendrick‚ D. 2015‚ p. 2). Children at different stages of development are usually susceptible to these unintentional injuries including
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Computer Hardware Is No Longer a Major Barrier to Wide Use of Wireless Information Systems Introduction I will be writing this paper to support my title to the idea that computer hardware is no longer a major barrier for wireless information systems. If I were writing this paper 10 years ago it would be titled differently. With the advancements that have been made over the last decade we are given the technology to access almost any information that is available on the internet though a myriad
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to face the outer world" (Trompenaars‚ 1993: 24). Successful international operating businesses necessarily have to take into consideration all possible consequences of cultural differences on the management‚ the individual work attitude‚ the communication and negotiations (Rothlauf‚ 2006). It is therefore not surprisingly that especially human resource managers of international operating companies require a profound knowledge of people’s individual behaviour depending on their cultural background
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WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO THE DEMOCRATISATION OF COUNTRIES IN SUB SAHARAN AFRICA. As a prologue this paper poses two fundamental and pertinent questions: Is there any form of democracy in Africa? Are there model democracies in the industrialized countries today that can be used as standard measures? These‚ indeed‚ are very pertinent questions to Africans. They are especially important as they come at a time when there is a dramatic shift towards a new international order that
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Barriers to Quality Education Quality is at the core of education. It determines what students learn‚ how well they learn and what benefits they draw from their education. These issues have pushed the countries to have on their agenda the mission to ensure students’ optimum learning outcomes that help them play a positive role in creating a civil society. While it is difficult to define the quality of education operationally due to its complex nature‚ it is believed that it may be viewed in
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NON-TARIFF BARRIERS Kunj Baheti Roll no.: 6 Prof. Mrs. Amita Johnson M.com‚ M.K.S College University of Mumbai INDEX 1. Introduction 2. Types of Non-tariff Barriers 3. Examples of Non-tariff Barriers 4. Impact of Non-tariff barrier on International trade 5. Non-tariff Barriers in India
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What are the entry barriers to the Las Vegas Casino Resort market? When one thinks of casinos‚ one cannot escape from Las Vegas. Despite Nevada legalizing gambling in 1931‚ today‚ the notorious Las Vegas strip is dominated by several key players and the reason why this is so is due to the barriers to entry‚ defined as obstacles faced by potential new entrants‚ existent in the Las Vegas casino resort market. The entry barriers are explained below. Government Policy While the lucrative nature
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use of ICT in education may assist educators to overcome these barriers and become successful technology adopters in the future. This paper provides a meta-analysis of the relevant literature that aims to present the perceived barriers to technology integration in science education. The findings indicate that teachers had a strong desire for to integrate ICT into education; but that‚ they encountered many barriers. The major barriers were lack of confidence‚ lack of competence‚ and lack of access
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Cultural Barriers to the Use of Western Project Management in Chinese Enterprise: Some Empirical Evidence from Yunnan Province The Western project management (PM) approach is basically different from the traditional vertical management method. To adopt that approach‚ an organization needs not only to use PM techniques and tools‚ but also to develop shared cultural values among the organization’s members that support adoption of PM (Kendra & Taplin‚ 2004). Culture can be studied at the levels
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