Distance

Introduction Open learning is not restricted to distance education; it can be held on campus or online by means of attaining a degree or simply for lifelong study. Any institution can provide open learning as long as it accomplishes flexibility in regard to factors such as demography, geography, values and interests, time, and teaching and learning methodologies. According to Shale, the dominant reason for the existence of distance open universities is an “ideological bent toward higher…

devoted to the spatial impact or the effect of distance from the resource on its valuation than the socioeconomic or demographic characteristics. That is based on the notion that the average value is expected to decay with distance from the resource in question. Within the stated preference approach, there is a large body of research – dominated by contingent valuation studies (CV) – confirming the sensitivity of WTP measures to spatial aspects; distance precisely (e.g. Sotherland and Walsh,…

Technology is an integral part of most people’s lives today. Recent studies report that approximately 62.5% of the world’s population are smartphone users (Boal). This number is only expected to increase, reaching a whopping 90% by the year 2020 (Mlot). Another study shows that 58% of smartphone users do not typically go more than one hour without checking their phones (“Lookout”). Whether for work or entertainment, the majority of people use some form of technology at least one time per day.…

(1970:2) defines migration as: “a move from one migration defining area to another (or a move of some specified minimum distance) that was made during a given migration interval and that involves change of residence.” A migrant is also defined as: “a person who has changed his usual place of residence from one migration-defining area to another (or who moved some specified minimum distance) at least once during the migration interval” (UN, 1970:2). Migration is considered…

Step one of the chain involves a mix of biomechanics and physics. The player has more strength to lift, carry, and move baseball bat. The ease of the baseball bat operations for the player on anabolic steroids results in the faster swing because it becomes easier for him to do that. It can be compared with the tossing of a lightweight Nerf ball between a five-year-old child and and adult. The adult has more power so that he will throw the ball further and will not feel the weight of it in his…

Reading Group 12 Moon Illusion: A Continued study of Existing Hypothesis One of the most extraordinary optical illusions in nature, the moon illusion has attracted attention from generations of scientists. It seemed that despite of the distance between earth and moon did not change, the size of the moon appeared larger in the horizon but smaller at zenith. The debate of explanation behind this illusion had never stopped. Starting from as early as 330 B.C, Aristotle had discussed…

Morse Code There are many different ways to communicate. Hundreds of years ago, if you wanted to communicate long distance, a message would be written and delivered by a carrier. It wasn’t until a tragedy entered a great painters life that he turned from painting to becoming a great inventor. Samuel L. Morse was a painter and inventor who is is best remembered today for his invention of a single wire telegraph system and co-inventor of the Morse Code. He entered a formal school at the age of…

The average of PDI (Power Distance Index) of Asian countries is 64, but the PDI of China is 80. That is, inequalities among people are acceptable. The subordinate-superior relationship tends to be polarized and there is not defense against power abuse by superiors. In the Chinese…

Building bottle rockets can be a fun and learning experience, as many students at UCAS found out. There were many things to test, and many interesting aspects of the rocket. Three main features of the “Mission to Mars” are how to construct the rocket, rocket performance, and physics of the rocket. When these items are viewed, it is evident that students can see the effects of physics in real life problems. And by doing so become more intelligent as teenagers want to learn more, and have fun…

as the relative size of both countries and their sensitivity to changes in the real exchange rate. This level could be appropriate on average, but would still result in excess supply in country 1 (as shown by the distance Y to Y’) and excess demand in country 2 (as shown by the distance Z to Z’), therefore causing both countries to be in disequilibrium. It is evident that for asymmetric shocks in a monetary union, central bank exchange rate manipulations that benefits one country, costs the…