Carotenoid Profiles in Pandan Leaves

Carotenoid Profiles in Pandan Leaves Presentation Pandan Leaves In Indonesia, individuals are recognizable of utilizing a few home grown leaves for specific purposes particularly for toppings to go about as normal colorants or characteristic flavors to improve shading and flavors in food for example pandan leaves (Figure 1). Pandan leaves (Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb) have been utilized in cooking and furthermore as customary home grown treatment for a few sicknesses in South East Asia Countries (Wongpornchai, 2004). Figure 1. Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb. Grouping of Pandan leaves are howl Kingdom:Â Plantae Subkingdom:Â Tracheobionta Super Division: Spermathophyta Division: Magnoliophyta Class:Â Liliopsida Subclass:Â Arecidae Ordo:Â Pandanales Famili:Â Pandanaceae Genus:Â Pandanus Species:Â Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb. There are a few herbs that have been explored contain expressive measures of a few bioactive mixes which can diminish maturing and furthermore drag out life expectancy and living life form (Ferrari, 2013). Normal items, including basic oils and concentrates are the primary wellspring of organically dynamic exacerbates that can give advantage for human wellbeing (Fernã ¡ndez-Garcã ­a et al., 2012). Numerous individuals said that pandan leaves are vanilla of the east since it is normally utilized in a few nourishments with the vanilla like fragrance (Comax Flavors, 2011). The variety name Pandanus is gotten from the Indonesian name of the tree, pandan. In a few Asia nations, pandan leaves, names given incorporate pandan wangi (Malaysian), daun pandan (Indonesian), bai toey or toey hom (Thai), taey (Khmer), tey boycott, tey hom (Laotian), dua thom (Vietnamese), and boycott yan le (Chinese) (Wongpornchai, 2004). The appropriation of pandan leaves is found over Southern India, the Southeast Asia peninsular, Indonesia and Western New Guinea (Wongpornchai, 2004). The plants develop in clusters and have meager and sharp leaves at the edge where the structure resembles blade, fragrant smell. Pandan leaves, ordinarily known as pandan, are regularly used to give an invigorating, fragrant flavor to both sweet and exquisite South-East-Asian dishes (rice, chicken, jams, drinks, puddings, custard or desserts). Pandan leaves are additionally utilized in cooking standard non-fragrant rice to mirror the more costly sweet-smelling Basmati and Jasmine rices (Nor, Mohamed, Idris, Ismail, 2008). Since the kind of pandan leaves is like that controlled by some well known sweet-smelling rice assortments, the leaves regularly discover their way into the rice pot to improve the fragrance of lesser rice assortments. By expanding the fragrance in lesser rice assortments, it can build the shopper acknowledgment by improve the flavor observation in client where the non-sweet-smelling rice has comparative flavor with the sweet-smelling rice for example Basmati and Jasmine rice. Flavor observation is fascinating subject. The kind of food is at last a result of the mind. The cerebrum joins tangible data from taste, smell and contact to produce our observation flavor, and how it does this is right now a hotly debated issue in brain research and neuroscience (Stevenson Richard, 2013). The investigation of the system of significant flavor during cooking rice is very intricate, where the ingestion of significant flavor by rice in both ideal and abundance water cooking was exceptionally subject to the nearness of water, dampness substance of rice, water to rice proportion, starch gelatinization process just as temperature and time of cooking (Yahya, 2011). Rice grains with the popcorn like aroma are extremely well known among a few Asian nations. Specifically, Basmati in India and Pakistan; Khao Dawk Mali 105 in Thaliand, Pandan rice in Indonesia are extremely famous (Bryant McClung, 2011; Kawakami et al., 2009). These fragrant rice are more costly and furthermore more significant than non sweet-smelling one. Since fragrant rice is over the top expensive and pandan leaves that have sweet-smelling rice like flavor. These days, since the enthusiasm of client flavor organizations have come out with various mimetic rice flavor oils. 2-Acetylpyroline (2 ACPY) as one of the principle mixes in rice additionally will give the popcorn like smell like scent (F. Yahya, Fryer, Bakalis, 2011). Hence, these days the exemplified procedure of pandan smell had been created. Shower drying is the most well-known and financially savvy approach to perform exemplification of flavors. The epitomized kind of pandan leaves by utilizing gum Arabic and maltodext rin had been created (Kawakami et al., 2009). Pandan leaf remove has been utilized for food ventures as color materials, and furthermore soya drink and coconut milk. As a customary home grown this leaves are commonly utilized for conventional medication particularly to experience the typhus disease in Indonesia (Roosita, Kusharto, Sekiyama, Fachrurozi, Ohtsuka, 2008). The impact of antimicrobial impact of pandan leaves has been researched on the protection of put away milk (Khusniati Widyastuti, 2008). At some point, pandan leaves are additionally used to wrap nourishment for cooking, for example, chicken enclosed by pandanus leaves and are conveniently collapsed into little bushels for loading up with puddings and cakes (Wongpornchai, 2004). The leaves are here and there likewise can be placed into searing oils to bestow flavor to singed food. Pandan removes additionally fit for impeding oxidation in palm olein during profound searing procedure than as successfully other cancer prevention agent which is BHT (Butyl Hydroxy Toluene). In tactile assessment, the concentrate likewise had the option to keep up tangible nature of French fries. The awesome flavor trademark from pandan leaves, which is notable all through the world as a significant part in Asian cookery, has made the mechanical creation of both common concentrates and counterfeit flavorings containing green food hues for use as food added substances in Southeast Asian nations amplify during the previous two decades). Like other green verdant vegetables, pandan leaves are otherwise called expected wellspring of a few lipophilic cancer prevention agent for example ÃŽ ²-carotene, nutrient E, phenolic mixes, ascorbic corrosive (Isabelle et al., 2010; Lee, Su, Ong, 2004). Verdant vegetables are supplements thick sources. They have cancer prevention agent movement and in this way can possibly be utilized as modest regular hotspots for diminishing cell oxidative harm and lessen degenerative conditions, for example, cardiovascular infections and malignancies. The utilization of a few verdant vegetable are urged enough to satisfy supplement particularly in creating nations (Uusiku et al., 2010). Examination of healthy benefit of plants are fundamental particularly to create systems to advance the usage, development and commercialization on these wellsprings of supplements which could be advanced another source and other creating nations to help with advancing biodiversity and battling unhealthiness (Schã ¶nfeldt Pretorius, 2011; Uusiku et al., 2010). The brilliant flavor trademark from pandan leaves, which is notable all through the world as a significant segment in Asian cookery, has made the mechanical creation of both regular concentrates and fake flavorings containing green food hues for use as food added substances in Southeast Asian nations amplify during the previous two decades (Wongpornchai, 2004). Pandan leaves which is known as one fragrant plants has been utilized in a few Southeast Asia nations to present smell and flavors in a few customary food. Use of pandan leaves flavor have been utilized in rice, where rice-starch covering containing characteristic pandan separate delivered non-sweet-smelling rice with fragrance mixes like that of sweet-smelling rice (Laohakunjit Kerdchoechuen, 2007). Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction from pandan leaves likewise have been examined as a novel applications in food flavorings (Bhattacharjee, Kshirsagar, Singhal, 2005; Laohakunjit Noomhorm, 2004). These days pandan leaves have been examined additionally as waste treatment. The exhibition of removed pandan leaves was explored towards treatment of textille wastewater by utilizing flocullation process (Ngadi, N. , Yusoff, 2013). This give such a promissing to build up a few procedure by utilizing regular source for example pandan leaves for a few purposes. Carotenoids The shade of food is maybe the main trait that buyers survey while deciding the quality and presence of an item, and along these lines conditions its adequacy. Shading turns into a proportion of value and furthermore a sign of decay. In excess of 700 normally happening carotenoids have been recognized (Britton et al., 2004). Carotenoids are generally dispersed though C40 isoprenoid shades with polyene affixes contain up to 15 conjugated twofold bonds. They outfit blossoms and natural products with unmistakable hues (e.g., yellow, orange, and red), which can pull in pollinators Moreover carotenoids assume significant jobs in photosynthesis, light reaping, and anticipation of photooxidative harm (Britton et al., 2004). Carotenoids can be delegated carotenes (sans oxygen; e.g ÃŽ ²-carotene) and xanthophylls (oxygen-containing; for example lutein, zeaxanthin, neoxanthin, violaxanthin, and antheraxanthin (Fig. 2). Fig. 2. Synthetic structures of chosen carotenoids The polyene chain of carotenoids is answerable for the shade of plants and organic products. The length of the chromophore impacts the shading, for instance from the dismal phytoene, through the orange shade of ÃŽ ²-carotene to the red of capsaxanthin (because of the expanding number of twofold bonds). Other than the shading, the polyene chain is liable for the flimsiness against a few ecological components for example oxidation, warmth and light or oxidizing substance (Britton et al., 2004). Carotenoid shades are gathering of bioactive exacerbates that are important to the food researchers, nutritionists and food ventures because of their positive effect on human wellbeing and their financial advantages. Carotenoids are liable for the alluring shade of most foods grown from the ground, having various organic capacities and exercises. A broad number of fa

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What the end of the semester does to Conner 2

What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 Hello readers. Happy Holidays to everyone! The term is over and Im happy to be getting lots and lots of sleep in my FULL SIZE (!) bed at home. Almost all of my grades are in and Im also happy to report that I did much better this semester than last (*grin*), so thats a nice feeling. All thats left from last semester is a bunch of pictures that Im about to share. I walked out of my room one day to discover a huge mess. Well, it may have taken a while for the mess to present itself (perspective and all that). But it had finally reached the point where it was worth documenting, so I took a bunch of pictures. And now Im able to show you just what finals week did to the 213 suite. First of all, everyone is always eating and never doing dishes, so the sink looks like that. Second of all, peopleapparently dont have big enough desks, so they spread their study materials all over the counters, like so. Also, since our walls are not made of dry-erase boards, they improvise. This is the wall of 5.12 (organic chemistry) study material, I believe. (Im not a chem person, dont ask me.) And we clearly dont have enough counter space But who wants to talk about how crazy everyone was studying for finals? Theyre over! Lets talk about the good stuff. Right between the end of classes and finals week (known as reading period, which is when were given a couple of days off to study, which we really spend shopping and catching up on sleep, which are both valid uses of our newfound free time, in my humble opinion), is the annual Conner 2 non-denominational politically correct winter festivities dinner, which is so named really just for the fun of it, since it comes complete with its very own Secret Santa tradition that no one ever complains is politically incorrect. Go figure. Please enjoy the following pictures of Conner 2 residents (in varying states of formal attire) enjoying the non-denominational festivities: Chris (our GRT) and David. Rick and Zach. A week before this picture was taken, some people were handing stuff out in front of Building 7 (the main entrance to main campus). This isnt really unusual, and it comes with varying degrees of annoyance. Protesters and activists hand out pamphlets and chant slogans, and sometimes I find myself able to forgive them for what I think are ridiculous opinions based on the cleverness of their slogans. Anyway, on this particular day I was handed one sticker, no strings attached (not even a website to visit, the one time I actually wanted more information) by a guy who explained that they were trying to get people to think about and get involved in public issues. The sticker said My government is a                  , which totally cracked me up. I really thought this was hilarious. Rick was also handed one of these, which he saved in case he ever needed it. Well, he scratched out the a, filled in the blank, and gave it to Adelaide as part of her Secret Santa gift. Anyway, all of that is a really long way of getting to the point, which is that Adelaide is wearing a sticker that says My government is Stephen Harper, because Adelaide is our resident Canadian. Ha. Mason is clearly the only one who has any idea Im taking this picture. Rick is wearing a cheese head, because hes from Wisconsin. I guess. I dont know, I just post pictures on the Internet, ok? Apparently Conner 2 is really into making its residents into caricatures based on their home towns/cities/nations. (Diana and are the resident New Jerseyans and often get asked such things as So when you go home for semester breaks, is it really like that movie Garden State?) I was debating if I wanted to get dressed up or not, and finally gave in to the temptation because Javier wanted to know what I actually looked like when I was dressed up. Adelaide took this picture, and I kind of think she should title it Girl with Fork because that would be both accurate and artistic, and how often do those two coincide? Seriously. Conner 2 has an additional tradition related to our Secret Santa exchange- instead of just writing the recipients name on the gift (how boring would that be!) we instead attach a poem about them. The fun starts when one person who is elected to begin the exchange picks a gift at random, reads the poem, and then everyone else figures out who the poem refers to. As you can imagine, these poems can getcreative? Amusing? Inappropriate for reposting on the Internet? All of the above? ;-) As for the poems, limericks are a popular choice, although this year even included a real-life honest-to-goodness sonnet. No joke. We take our Secret Santa seriously here on Conner 2. For example, Ricks gift was actually 5 or 6 separate items, separately wrapped. After the barbecue chips and wooden dowel, we were all really, really confused, until he finally unwrapped the stuffed penguin. Apparently theres some inside joke that I totally missed (which sadly ruined my full enjoyment of this moment of unveiling) about Rick wanting to know if rotisserie penguin are kosher. Dont ask me, I wasnt there, and I mean it when I say I really have no idea. In another example of Secret Santa hardcoreness, my gift was wrapped in duct tape (to which someone joked how are you going to open it??), a reference to my duct tape fashion constructions for the Anything But Clothes Party. (Seriously, once you post pictures of yourself wearing nothing but duct tape on the Internet, you can NEVER GO BACK. Just remember that. Forget everything I ever told you about college apps- thats my biggest piece of advice). My poem even started In case the packaging didnt give it away Thanks to Adelaide for some of the pictures! Happy Holidays, everyone! What are you guys doing for New Years? (No pressure, Im probably going to invite a friend to sleep over and stay up all night with my sister watching Season 2 of Veronica Mars on DVD, which I just got for Christmas.) Responses to Comments: Anonymous asked: What classes do freshmen take? Although there is a certain amount of freedom, freshmen usually try to knock off as many of the GIRs as they can. (GIRs are General Institute Requirements, which are core classes that everyone needs to graduate.) Its possible to branch out and start with some other subjects, but that can be hard to do first semester since even a lot of the introductory classes within the majors have GIR pre-requisites. The basic track goes like this: Fall semester: 18.01 (Calculus) 8.01 (Mechanics) 3.091 or 5.111 or 5.112 (different flavors of intro chemistry) ??.??? Humanities class of your choice- its best to pick one that has a HASS-D (distribution requirement) and/or CI-H (communications intensive) label, since these are part of the needlessly complex (in my opinion) Humanities requirement Spring semester: 18.02 (Multi-variable calculus) 8.02 (Electricity and Magnetism) 7.013 or 7.014 (different flavors of intro bio- another flavor offered in the fall as 7.012) ??.??? Another humanites class of your choice- again, HASS-Ds and CI-Hs are useful, but by this point youll have a better grasp of the requirements, which will make it easier to know what you should take Depending on what classes you pass out of with AP credit or advanced standing exams, this schedule can look a lot different. This is just one option for a student that didnt test out of anything. If you get credit for 18.01, you could obviously start at 18.02 in the fall. Or you could take chemistry and bio in the fall and wait until the spring for 18.02. Orwell, you get the idea, there are lots of combinations available. The vast majority of freshmen take some calculus, some physics, and some chemistry first semester. And not that many take biology- its an intro class, but since most majors dont require it as a prereq, its certainly not uncommon to see seniors in 7.012, scrambling to fulfill the requirement for graduation. =) Another common freshmen class is 18.03 (differential equations). 18.03 is not a GIR, strictly speaking, but it can satisfy one of the REST elective requirements (restricted electives in science and technologyeven though its a math classgo figure) and its required for some of the more common majors (Courses 2 and 6- mechanical engineering and EECS, respectively- spring to mind). Also, a good portion of freshmen who test out of the intro classes (common ones to skip are 18.01, 18.02, and 8.01) will take an intro class in their major during the spring semester- like 2.001, 6.001, etc. While this can be a great way to get your feet wet in a subject youre not sure you want to major in, its important to remember that its not remotely necessary- if you come into MIT with no AP/transfer/advanced standing credit whatsoever, you can still graduate on time, take a bunch of cool classes, and be sure you wont be made fun of or anything. By sophomore year, most students will be in a similar place and no one will know/remember/care if you tested out of 18.01 or not. Post Tagged #Burton-Conner House

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Towns are like people. Some are rich and influential from their conception; others need to acquire such qualities over centuries. Minsk is an example of the latter though founded as a border fortification in the Polatsk Principality, over its millennial history Minsk has managed to be the predominant centre of power in an appanage, capital of a province and at long last the capital of an independent nation counting 10 million people. We will write a custom essay sample on Minsk: Towns are like people or any similar topic only for you Order Now Well, as Minsk is more that 900 years, it is quite enough to speak about its antiquity. But unfortunately almost all traces of old times are lost. There are practically no ancient buildings in Minsk, but the hero-city tries to keep memory about its past. And nowadays numerous names of the streets and squares, churches remind us not about the stormy past of Minsk, but of our country. 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Caroline Beaufort is the model of virtuous femininity rescued from poverty tobourgeois passivity. Caroline, the daughter of a proud, failed businessman,follows her father into self-imposed exile to avoid the humiliation of failurewhere he falls into a terrible sickness of humiliation. Completely dedicated toher father, Caroline attended him with the greatest tenderness; but she sawwith despair that their little fund was rapidly decreasing (Shelly 32)Luckily Caroline possessed a mind of uncommon mould; and her courage rose tosupport her in her adversity and by various means contrived to earn apittance scarcely sufficient to support life (Shelly 32). She not only caresfor him during his pathetic free fall from life, but she also actively procuredwork and single-handedly supported herself and her father. It is obvious thathas Caroline possesses the skills and tenacity to support not only herself, buther father as well. However, when her fathers falls victim to death sheimmediately trans forms from a caring, productive women to an orphan andbeggar (Shelly 32). There is nothing to note any changes in the attitude oractions of Caroline to warrant such a change. Rather, the change is a directresult of the death of her father. Despite the fact that Caroline possessed theability to provide for herself, her description and social status remained tiedto her father. Even though women had the ability to act as free agents insociety, their description, status was invariably tied to a male. Luckily, forCaroline, an associate of her fathers rescued her from her sudden sociallyimposed poverty. While mourning her fathers death, Alphonse Frankensteincame like a protecting spirit to the poor girl, who committed herself to hiscare (Shelly 32). Caroline translates her gratitude of being saved from atough mans world into lifelong subservience. She immediately transfers herselfless dedication from one man, her father, to another, her new husbandAlpohnse Frankenstein demonstrating the f emales artificial dependence on men. Saved to the feminine life of passive servitude, Caroline similarly rescuesother girls from poverty and educates them in the virtues of bourgeoisdomesticity. Thus, she finds Elizabeth, whose seemingly innate, upper classfeminine virtue makes her shine amid a family of dark-eyed, hardy littlevagrants (Shelly 34). Upon being rescued, Caroline presented Elizabeth toVictor as her promised gift (Shelly 34). Immediately following herintroduction to bourgeois life, Elizabeth is transformed to possession of amale. Once in the Frankenstein household, Elizabeth learned to be the livingspirit of love to soften and attract (Shelly 38). Once under proper middleclass guidance, Elizabeth becomes the ideal female by providing comfort andsupport while becoming dependent on male energy and male provision. Thus, likeher foster mother, she is the perfect domestic woman: daughter, sister, friend,and wife-to-be. Justine Moritz, a poor girl is also saved from her tyrant,exploitive mother by Caroline. Once introduced to the bourgeois Frankensteinfamily Justine trained to be a servant. Just like Caroline and Elizabeth beforeher, Justine quickly learns the female role of serving others. Undoubtedlythankful for Caroline saving her from her tyrannical mother, Justine idealizedher and considered her to be the model of all excellence, and endeavored toimitate her phraseology and manners (Shelly 65). Evidently, Justine attemptedto emulate Carolines middle class virtues making her equally passive andobedient. 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Business Plan for Startup SME Company Business Plan for QW Consultancy Situation Analysis SME and Start Up Companies Operating from Cambridge UK and  Relational Competitor Analysis between QW Consultancy and Potential Competitors in Cambridge The situation analysis will primarily address the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats this new company could face in the transition from a theoretical construct to being a viable operative capable of mounting credible competition with other companies willing to offer similar consultancy services, or similar services within the generic and holistic framework of complete corporate consultancy services. The focus will be a relational comparison between Cambridge, UK, where the new company will be based and the rest of the UK, the EU and the international community. 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The typical firm†¦.can readily distinguish major from minor competitors and has about three of each. Its principal product is a mildly differentiated commodity which it would characterize as ‘similar’ to that of its rivals. Its customers vary in the extent to which they are well-informed. The typical customer is well-informed, and has a least some familiarity with the technical features of the products, and some experience, directly or indirectly, of consuming them†¦.[1]’. It is clear therefore, that QW will rely heavily upon the local economy in Cambridge, a relatively moderately populated location (the population of Cambridge as counted in the last census is represented in diagrammatic form[2] in the schedule attached[3]). Accordingly the success of QW is likely to mainly be contingent upon local factors, which in turn will be heavily affected by local competitors. Also, particularly in light of Reid’s analysis above, QW needs to understand that although it is a novel concept for a consultancy firm to provide consultancy services specifically to the small business sector, and although, according to the business plan it is anticipated that this will fill a gap in the market, QW must not over estimate the uniqueness of their idea. Their idea essentially involves a singular focus on the SME and start-up business sectors in terms of delivering consultancy services. However, if one examines Diagram One ((which gives a breakdown of the main companie s that offers similar consultancy services in Cambridge, UK, and therefore represents the potential main competitors which QW would encounter if they set up in Cambridge, UK) and which the writer has attached in the Diagrams Section, at the end of this document), it is integral to note that a significant percentage of the largest companies offering consultancy services in Cambridge target the same publics that QW propose to i.e. the start-up business sector and the SME sector. Also, it is important for QW to be aware that these competitors, (while they have got a range of services, only one element of which is usually targeted at the start-up and SME sector), still represent a major threat to the economic success of QW. Indeed, this situation will be a major threat to (and weakness of) QW along with the usual threats faced by fledgling companies. Anderson et al. (1993) give us an insight into these more generic threats: ‘Typically†¦business is forced to operate in market niches.These niches are often market segments which are relatively small in size and may be lacking in adequate growth or profitability opportunities, unless skilfully exploited. Limited physical, financial and human resources, a lack of industrial experience and of business acumen on the part of owner-managers†¦.are frequently to blame for poor exploitation of these fragile niches. Nevertheless, if a†¦(business)†¦.is to grow and prosper, rather than simply to survive, over a non-trivial period of time (say more than three years), it must properly identify, develop and implement the requisite business strategy†¦[4]’. Therefore specifically in terms of Cambridge, UK, QW should consider setting up a presence alongside their competitors, with a strong focus on what makes their service unique (including exclusive pricing policies). As these SME and start up company specific services, and similar ones are offered by their main competitors such as Ernst and Young, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Oakland, and because consultancy itself is such a fluid concept which is often misinterpreted or misunderstood by the end user of the service, QW need to keep two things in mind. Firstly, their planned marketing efforts should be targeted to establish their presence alongside that of their competitors, which will help to differentiate the service QW have to offer. Therefore, QW may wish to consider advertising in the Yellow Pages. Secondly, QW should consider using the voluntary and government sponsored sector within Cambridge to assist them to advertise their service. Therefore, they should potentially consider doing leaflet drops with agencies such as the East of England Regional Development Centre which is responsible for offering assistance to SMEs and Start-Up companies in Cambridge. Also, a similar initiative could be targeted at the St Johns Innovation Centre, in Cambridge which has a similar function. In this way, QW may be able to take advantage of inexpensive advertising for their new company and they will get a high level of exposure to desired publics. QW may also wish to set up a website, as many of their competitors listed in Diagram One have. Also, in terms of safeguarding the unique idea that their proposed company is based upon, QW may wish to consider registering this in order to secure intellectual property rights in their concept, as is their right in light of the developments the law has made in terms of offering intellectual property security. Pietrobelli, C. and Sverrisson, A. (2003) have pointed to the importance of taking such measures and they have also outlined the reasons why a company or product is vulnerable in the absence of such measures: ‘†¦the increase in research and development (RD) costs, the shortening of the life-cycle of products, difficulties of appropriating RD results, particularly in the field of easy-to-copy new technologies (such as computer programs), and the shift toward a global, knowledge-based economy, prompted a far-reaching reform of the intellectual property system (Correa 1994; David 1993)†¦..[5]’. In conclusion therefore, this document has looked at the position of QW in light of their business plan proposals. The piece has been demographically and geographically evaluated with reference to QW’s intentions to locate in Cambridge. Accordingly, the piece has looked at the competitors QW would be likely to encounter in this location and has examined how related factors may impact upon the likely success of QW. An analysis of the generic threats a business may face was looked at as a prelude to the more detailed study of how QW may operate within Cambridge, UK. Bibliography Books Anderson, M., Jacobsen, L. and Reid, G. (1993). Profiles in Small Business: A Competitive Strategy Approach. Publisher: Routledge. Place of Publication: New York. Pietrobelli, C. and Sverrisson, A. (2003) Linking Local and Global Economies: The Ties That Bind. Publisher: Routledge. Place of Publication: New York. Reid, G. (1995) Small Business Enterprise: An Economic Analysis. Publisher: Routledge. Place of Publication: New York. Website http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/pyramids/pages/12ub.asp >>. DIAGRAMS SCHEDULE DIAGRAM ONE QW’S MAIN COMPETITORS OPERATING IN CAMBRIDGE WHAT SERVICES DO THEY OFFER? Apto Consulting Limited Strategic and Business Planning Consultancy Performance Improvement Decision Support Services. Axiom-e Consultancy Financial Management Strategic and Business Planning Consultancy Performance Improvement Decision Support Services. Cambridge Enterprise Business Advice and mentoring for SMEs Funding Advice Financial Planning Cambridge Enterprise Technology Club Networking forum Cambridge Hi-Tech Association of Small Enterprises (CHASE) Networking Group for Entrepreneurs and SMEs Cambridge Strategic Management Research and other Consultancy Manufacturing and Service advice Training Strategic and Business Planning Consultancy Performance Improvement Decision Support Services. Ernst Young Audits and assurance consultancy, Taxation, Business and financial services. Business expansion consultancy Oakland Technical and Market Research Strategic Consultancy Strategic and Business Planning Consultancy Performance Improvement Decision Support Services. Peters Elworthy Moore Auditing and Accounting Tax Consultancy, Business Recovery, IT, Human Resources Recruitment. Price Bailey Forensic Accountancy Taxation Audit and Accounting Services Business Consultancy and Change Management, Financial Planning, PricewaterhouseCoopers Assurance and Regulatory Consultancy Tax services and Actuarial services Risk Management Business Recovery Rapier Management Consultants Corporate Strategy Strategic and Business Planning Consultancy Performance Improvement Decision Support Services. RWA Accountants Tax planning Ecommerce Consultancy Strategic and Business Planning Consultancy Performance Improvement Decision Support Services. Shelford Business Consultants Ltd Business Consultancy Services, Audit and Accounting Services Business Consultancy and Change Management, Financial Planning, DIAGRAM TWO Cambridge The percentages on the pyramid represent the percentage of all males (to the left) and the percentage of all females (to the right) that are in that age group. Age Range Total Males Females 0 – 4 5123 2599 2524 5 – 9 4799 2504 2295 10 – 14 5080 2650 2430 15 – 19 8807 4395 4412 20 – 24 16892 8705 8187 25 – 29 10853 5889 4964 30 – 34 8931 4653 4278 35 – 39 7534 3966 3568 40 – 44 6141 3098 3043 45 – 49 5843 2876 2967 50 – 54 5726 2820 2906 55 – 59 4798 2314 2484 60 – 64 3975 1944 2031 65 – 69 3489 1640 1849 70 – 74 3376 1575 1801 75 – 79 3064 1273 1791 80 – 84 2259 826 1433 85 – 89 1464 431 1033 90 and over 709 158 551 Totals 108863 54316 54547 This page printed from National Statistics Website. Crown Copyright applies unless otherwise stated. 1 Footnotes [1] P52. Reid, G. (1995) Small Business Enterprise: An Economic Analysis. Publisher: Routledge. Place of Publication: New York. [2] Available at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/pyramids/pages/12ub.asp >>. [3] This diagram also denotes how many adults this population contains. [4] P121. Anderson, M., Jacobsen, L. and Reid, G. (1993). Profiles in Small Business: A Competitive Strategy Approach. Publisher: Routledge. Place of Publication: New York. [5] P220. Pietrobelli, C. and Sverrisson, A. (2003) Linking Local and Global Economies: The Ties That Bind. Publisher: Routledge. Place of Publication: New York.

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Adults also have a predisposition to care and be responsive to their offspring, as the survival of the infant into adulthood ensures the continuation of their genetic line. Therefore the have an innate response to the infants’ social releasers. Bowlby suggested that infants have a Critical Period, up to 2 1/2 years, for attachments to form. If attachments were not made by this age, it would not be possible for the child to form any attachment and the child would suffer long-term, permanent emotional damage, particularly in the formation of lasting adult relationships. This is due to the â€Å"Internal Working Model† according to Bowlby and later by Bretherton and Waters (1985) who said that â€Å"secure children have developed a positive working model of themselves, based on their feelings of security derived from having a sensitive, emotionally responsive and supportive primary care-giver†. It is therefore said that avoidant children have a rejecting, unresponsive caregiver, resulting in a negative working model of themselves. He also developed the Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis, where he claimed that infants who were unable to develop attachments would grow up having problems with relationships and have a higher chance of behavioural disorders. This hypothesis was supported by other psychologists such as Spitz and Wolf (1946) and Robertson and Robertson (1971). An alternative theory of attachment is the Psychosexual theory put forward by Freud. He said there are five stages of development a child goes through: Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency and Genital. The stage that deals with attachment is the oral stage, which occurs from birth to about 18 months. Freud thought that during this time the infant is driven by the â€Å"Pleasure Principle†. This is caused by the development of the â€Å"Id†, the first component of the personality to develop. The â€Å"Id† demands instant gratification and in the oral stage, gratification comes through the mouth. The drive for oral satisfaction is vital at this age as the attention is focused on food and thus, survival. There are three parts to this stage of development: the drive for oral gratification that results in an uncomfortable feeling, so the infant cries. He is then fed, and the drive is reduced and the uncomfortable feeling, hunger, is gone. This is experienced as pleasure. Therefore the attachment is made with the person who offers the gratification and pleasure. Although at first glance, the two theories are very different, when analysed, similarities can be drawn. They both suggest stages the infant must go through in order to develop into a stable adult. Bowlby says that no infantile attachment leads to problems in adult relationships and Freud says that an unsuccessful transition through any of the five stages will result in regression in later life, for example a child with an oral fixation will suck his thumb, chew pen tops and in later life smoke. Both of these points are true to a certain degree, as there as been countless studies about children who have had maternal deprivation in early infancy and grown up into maladjusted adults. However it is difficult to be able to pinpoint exactly what is the cause of an adults’ maladjusted behaviour as there may be numerous reasons, which cannot be reduced to maternal deprivation alone. One major difference between these theories is that while Bowlby recognises that the primary bond doesn’t have to be with the mother, Freuds’ theory is dependant on the mother or wet nurse. This could lead to implications when trying to apply Freud’s theory today, as many infants are not breast-fed at all. Bowlby’s theory was very well received in the UK when it was published, as it came just after the second world war, when women were being encouraged to go back to the home and their children, so the men could return to the jobs in the factories etc. His theory gave the government something by which to almost force the women home, as the threat of a maladjusted child, due to your absence, was more than most women wanted to deal with. It was also one of the most important and influential pieces of psychological work of that century.

Is greater life expectancy always desirable? Essay

The quest for the elixir of life has been going on throughout history. In every civilisation, there are myths which depict heroes and heroines who live long lives, some even forever. There is also recorded history of men and women, called alchemists, who experimented to discover means by which people could live forever; or at least for very long times. Mod ¬em medicine too aims to prolong lives – often even of very sick per ¬sons with no hope of recovery from their ailments. In fact, one of the signs of a progressive nation is when its statistics show that its popula ¬tions has a high life expectancy; that is that they can live longer than their forefathers. The longer the life expectancy of a nation; the better that nation. All these show that it is in the human consciousness to want to live for a long period of time. The question now is whether this is always desirable. Seen in the light of the individual, longer life expectancy certainly seems desirable. Almost everyone would like to live and enjoy life longer. Hu ¬mans have generally shown a reluctance to die and leave this beautiful world and their loved ones. This is in the survival spirit with which every person seems to be born. Almost all of us want to prolong our lives and live as long as we can. However, there is a condition to this. We also want to live well. If we are in dire economic consequences or incurably ill or in great suffering, we would not want to live too long, as doing so will prolong the difficulty and pain. If with greater life expectancy comes greater health, it would be a good thing. Suppose a person can be made healthy till the day he dies, then he will not be dependent on anyone and greater life expectancy would be most welcome. Usually, we say that life expectancy has increased, in a society, with reference to statistics. These are likely to be simple and just show that over a number of years, people are now living longer. There is usually no reflection about the quality of life that has been lived by the people who now live longer. The statistics show an average without saying which of the people who have lived longer have lived disease-free lives and which have lived lives of comfort and happiness. It is possible that some of the people who have lived longer lives have actually lived miserably in retirement homes where the doctors have tried their best to make sure that the retirees  live as long as possible. If by longer life expectation we mean that people live longer, but with no improvement in the quality of their lives, then it would be much better if we do not have a longer life expectancy. In such cases, longer life expectancy would be undesirable. It would be better to live shorter but happier l ives than have one’s life prolonged, to suffer and die slow, lingering and painful deaths. Another consideration about greater life expectancy is about the effect it would have on society. Unless longer life expectancy also brings about with it greater health, there is going to be chaos. If people live longer, it could mean that it would take them longer to live out their old age. This means dependence on the younger population. The younger and health ¬ier generation, or indirectly the state, has to support the older. In fact, there have been forecasts that as time goes on there will be more old people in proportion to the younger. If this is a consequence of greater life expectancy, it will place a strain on the younger people as they would have to look after their parents and grandparents while they themselves struggle to make a living. The final thing to consider is whether there will be overpopulation if there is greater life expectancy. It is easy to see that the earth’s resourc ¬es are not limitless. There may come a time when there are too many people in the world to be able to survive. On the other hand we cannot rule out the possibility of earth colonies on the moon and perhaps even other planets. This seems to be a possibility in a century. In conclusion, though it is apparent that greater life expectancy is a good thing, there are certain conditions that should go with it. The most important thing is the ability of the people to live longer lives indepen ¬dently. There is also the consideration of the earth being able to support the larger number of people living on it. References Coale, A.J. 2003. â€Å"Increases in expectation of life and population growth.† Population and Development Review, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 113-20. Riley, J.C. 2001. Rising Life Expectancy: A Global History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.. White, K.M. 2002. â€Å"Longevity advances in high-income countries, 1955-96.† Population and Development Review, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 59-76. Wilmoth, J.R. 1998. â€Å"The future of human longevity: A demographer’s perspective.† Science, No. 280, pp. 395-97.

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