Essays Tagged: "travel time"

Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) Foraging Response to Predator Scent in Rural versus Urban Settings

pts in behavioral patterns of gray squirrels. Distance to cover, item size, food energy content and travel time seemed to factor into the tradeoff that the squirrels made in the field.The idea that su ...

(2 pages) 103 1 3.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Science Essays

Workaholism

t begin with words 'Quick' or 'Instant', we never go to work without a walkaman or book so that the travel time is not 'wasted'. If we finally decide to have a break, we usually squeeze a variety of p ...

(3 pages) 30 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Frankenstein: The Cost of Greatness

lp humanity and to be well-known someday by finding a passage through the North Pole that would cut travel time considerably. He travels north through the thick ice to search for a passage across the ...

(2 pages) 16 0 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Best Practice Policy - Refining preventative patrolling

tive police strategies. The "Rapid Response" strategy rests on the idea that the shorter the police travel time from dispatch to arrival, the less crime there will be. Rapid Response has become the ba ... es not reduce the crime problem itself. Research in the United States has found that cutting police travel time from five minutes to two point five minutes would require a doubling of the police offic ...

(4 pages) 136 0 5.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Lab report on the effects of rolling a cd car down an incline.

height, measure and record data4. Set the CD Car at the starting point and release5. Time the car's travel time from starting point to ending point record datarepeat 5 times6. Repeat steps 3-5 five mo ... sses in front of the finish line the timer will stop.Another error in this lab is that car does not travel straight. This is because the wheels on the car are not perfectly aligned, because they are c ...

(3 pages) 18 0 3.7 Oct/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Time Travel

TIME TRAVEL Time Travel has been in the question every since H.G. Wells wrote The Time Machine, but is wa ... timated that you have to go around 99.95 percent of light to go in to the future.To be able to time travel as it were. Current theory requires an existence of a black hole. A black hole is infinitely ... tigravity would be placed in the throat of the wormhole and opening the wormhole enough for a space traveler to pass. But you would need a lot of "antigravity" to counter act the massive gravitational ...

(3 pages) 1096 0 5.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

B2C and B2B Supply Chain Differences

icate with their customers as well as their business partners. This is very useful because it saves travel time and it makes negotiations possible overseas.The internet proved to help in solving the c ...

(5 pages) 552 0 5.0 Jul/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Racial Profiling         Abstract: Racial profiling is considered by many to

it doesn?t exist would be like saying racism doesn?t exist. And as a result of this, minorities are traveling less often, not leaving the house as much, and even going as far as to compute traffic sto ... often, not leaving the house as much, and even going as far as to compute traffic stops into their travel time.Although not many people can think of a specific example of racial profiling, this is us ...

(9 pages) 31 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

The Force of Knowledge can be Destructive

lp humanity and to be well known someday by finding a passage through the North Pole that would cut travel time considerably. He travels north through the thick ice to search for a passage across the ...

(3 pages) 1156 0 0.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Achieving Project Goals

rucks. Just a couple factors to consider were the amount of time the elephants were sedated and the travel time to the airport, and how those factors were going to impact the original scope of the pro ...

(4 pages) 112 0 3.7 Jun/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

What Grinds My Gears

llow and they drive basically bumper to bumper so they can shave off a couple of seconds from their travel-time. If people really have that little time to do their daily chores then they should try to ...

(7 pages) 1204 0 0.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Miami School District Negotiations

ave given five different oppositions to this plan. The reasons are: quality of education, increased travel time, crossing economic and cultural boundaries, impact on property values, and social impact ... reasons why they do not want the rezone to happen. The reasons are: quality of education, increased travel time, crossing economic and cultural boundaries, social impacts on the children. The first re ...

(8 pages) 617 0 2.2 May/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Miami Schools District Redrawing

re the school board and expect the following concerns to be addressed;Quality of educationIncreased travel time that may be incurred if his or her child has to change schoolsThe crossing of economic a ...

(6 pages) 145 0 3.0 May/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Why Southwest Airlines did so well? This is an analysis/report on strategies implemented by Southwest Airlines.

erms of providing luxurious first class seats and food, but in terms of on-time percentage and fast travel time overall. Externally, establishing self ticketing machines for faster check-ins, closer l ...

(3 pages) 58 0 3.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Organizational Negotiations, Miami School District

g constructed to address the stakeholders concerns, about the quality of education, the increase in travel time for the students, economic and cultural boundaries that may be crossed, any effects the ... the best area. When busing takes place children are forced to leave earlier due to the distance of travel, which then cuts down on the amount of rest the child has and can negatively impact the child ...

(6 pages) 73 0 0.0 May/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Miami School District

ns. Many parents objected the proposition for many reasons such as, quality of education, increased travel time, crossing economic cultural boundaries, possible affects on property value and last, soc ... re use to this type of learning environment.Another concern that the stakeholders have is increased travel time. Parents will have to drive further if boundaries are redrawn. Many students live walkin ...

(4 pages) 95 0 0.0 May/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Miami School District Negotiation Paper

fect on the quality of education. In addition, parents oppose the changes because of an increase in travel time to-and-from school; students will cross economic and cultural boundaries, adverse effect ... . Furthermore, another factor is if the parents are happy with the quality of education, convenient travel times, and effects on their children. Other factors affecting the parents include the shiftin ...

(7 pages) 161 0 0.0 Jun/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Acheiving Project Goals Simulation

rucks. Just a couple factors to consider were the amount of time the elephants were sedated and the travel time to the airport, and how those factors were going to impact the original scope of the pro ...

(5 pages) 13 0 0.0 Jun/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Improving Order-picking response time of Ankor’s warehouse

edures can improve efficiency without the large capital investments in racks or equipment. Besides, travel time and order picking time depend largely on operational procedures, which routing policies ... educed the route length by 28.9% and reduced congestion in picking items. This help to save time in travelling in warehouse to get certain items. " By the new equipments, picking time can be reduced. ...

(5 pages) 0 0 0.0 Mar/2012

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies