International Association for Identification

Fingerprints have been widely used throughout the world as means of identification for forensic purposes. Forensic experts have extensively relied on premises that fingerprint characteristics are highly discriminatory and immutable amongst the general population (Haber and Haber, 2008). Fingerprint formation is induced by the stresses and strains experienced by the fetus in utero, which are random and infinite, it is likely that they subsequently produce a random, infinite variety of friction ridge patterns (Gutiérrez-Redomero, and Alonso-Rodríguez, 2013). Fingerprints are classified into five major common classes: Arch, Tented Arch, Left Loop, Right Loop and Whorl as shown at figure (1) (Cao et al., 2013). Figure 1: Major five classes of fingerprints:…

For a company looking to expand its business into a foreign market, an option available to them is to obtain a license agreement from an already established company in their market. A license is an agreement that allows one party to use an industrial property right in exchange for payment to the owning party. (Fred Luthans, 2015) In a typical license arrangement, the licensor allows the licensee to use a patent, trademark or proprietary information in exchange for a fee. The fee is most likely a…

Introduction to Franchising Franchising in business refers to a long term cooperative relationship maintained between two entities. Where the franchisor gives the right to his franchisee’s to use the business model and brand of the franchisor for a specific period of time on basis of an agreement to do business. The franchisor provides a privilege to his franchisee to use the developed products, trade mark, production process, marketing methods, service, brand name, raw materials, training and…

Jan Servaes (City University of Hong Kong) and Jim Anderson (University of Utah) have circulated a CFP seeking to address an apparent crisis in communication research. Aiming to publish in The International Communication GAZETTE, the crisis is rhetorically predicated upon questions such as “What has the communication discipline contributed to the social sciences? What has been its impact on policy and social change?” Citing, amongst other, the apparent lack of distinctive disciplinary problems,…

With these critiques in mind, Merolla’s phenomenon of interpersonal forgiveness and sincerity could be studied under a different metaphor and a different set of metatheoretical assumptions. This would shift the goal of the research and the kinds of questions that get asked, but could reveal the impact of how the conceptualization and theories behind a study shape the entire research process. If the application of metaphor were to shift from coordination to control, Merolla’s study would change…

Franchising is something that was not started in America, but American franchises have taking over the world. In the chapter, “American Global Cultural Brand,” the author tries to illustrate how globalization and expansion of American popular culture has come into play by the use of the commercial concept of franchising. The author uses case studies of two franchises McDonald’s and Coca-Cola, and the popular fabric, blue jeans, to argue how each have influenced other cultures with their brand…

Assignment 2 Choice B Simone DeVane Christopher McChesney MGT 320 13 November 2014 Choice B What is franchising? Franchising is a business model in where a parent company (the franchisor) sells the rights to business owners (franchisees) to identify with that company’s trademark. The franchisee pays fees and royalties to the franchisor so that they may sell the parent company’s products and services. They also may purchase the right to utilize the business formula already…

Vintage Camel cigarette advertisements appealed to middle class women and men by luring them in with the idea that smoking was healthy, and resulted in an elevated social status. While implying tobacco soaked in poisonous chemicals was healthy and attractive was irresponsible, to say the least, the big tobacco companies got away with it for several years. So how did Camel convince consumers to overlook the hidden dangers of smoking? Creating a campaign based on appeal, logic, and surveys,…

cargo operators must provide accommodations. Three of these categories are: high value cargo, perishable cargo, and hazardous materials. When an airline accepts this special cargo for transport, it must provide special equipment to handle the cargo, specialized warehouses to store it or trans-ship it, and sometimes specially configured aircraft to transport it. There are also international and national regulations that airlines must follow in order to transport this special cargo from one…

Why We Hurt: The Natural History of Pain is written by neurosurgeon, Dr. Frank Vertosick, who transforms the vast subject of pain into an exciting and enlightening discussion that is highly engaging. Dr. Vertosick examines many types of pain including migraines, phantom limb pain, tic douloureux, ruptured discs, rheumatoid arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, angina pains, and cancer. Each chapter presents a clinical case, the different ways in which cultures viewed the disorder and the biology…