Clutches and Clutch Plate Design
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A 5 page paper describing the structure and function of the automobile clutch and suggesting alternative materials that could be used to increase friction for both racing and street applications. Racing clutch manufacturers already are using a ceramic-metal alloy; the paper proposes eliminating the metal component. A ceramic material also is lighter weight, contributing to reduced stress on the engine’s crankshaft as well as on the transmission’s input shaft. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSclutches.rtf

Cockpit Design: The Importance of Ergonomics and Consistency Between Models
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An 8 page discussion of the factors which enter into cockpit design. This paper reviews the aeronautical industry to contend that ergonomics are a growing concern or such design. An ergonomically designed cockpit can reduce or eliminate a variety of pilot errors as can consistency between a manufacturers various models. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPcockpt.rtf

Cognitive Science And Information Technology
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8 pages in length. The fundamental components inherent to cognitive science revolve around humans and their capacity for knowledge and learning. While this is a simple enough description of an otherwise complex concept, it serves to provide the conduit between man's intelligence and his capability for transferring that aptitude to nonhuman entities. The extent to which cognitive science affords an intrinsic connection with the future development of humanity as a species is both grand and far-reaching; that the coupling of cognitive science and information technology is intrinsic in nature speaks to the logical step currently realized whereby man and machine are extensions of each other. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCCogSciIT.rtf

Collaboration Within the Automotive Inbound Material Transport and Logistics Industry
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This 20 page paper examines the way that problems currently facing the many industries, including the automotive industry, regarding the inbound logistics. Increasing costs and inefficiencies are reducing profits for the carriers and sellers and increasing costs for the buyers, while many lorries travel empty on the roads. This paper considers how these inefficiencies are being tackled. The paper concentrates on the automotive industry and how the efficiencies can be enhanced in Europe. The paper includes initiatives such as the European Logistics Users Providers and Enablers Group (ELUPEG). The bibliography cites 25 sources.
Filename: TElogistics.rtf

Collaboratories
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This 20 page paper looks at what groupware and collaborative team work entail; why scientists need to collaborate; what collaboratories are; approaches to studying collaboratories in general and scientific collaboratories specifically; and how such collaboratories can be improved. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: HVCollab.rtf

Communications in the Aerospace Industry
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This 7 page paper looks at the problem of communication between pilots and air traffic controllers. Much attention is paid to the verbiage used in discussions between pilots and controllers. Examples of mishaps are included. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: SA441air.rtf

Company Profile and Analysis of Northwest Airlines in Regards to Current Political, Economic, Global and Technological Factors Affecting the Airline Industry
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This is a 9 page paper discussing Northwest Airlines in regards to the airline industry and the environmental economic impact on the industry since September 11, 2001 and the recent war in Iraq. Northwest Airlines is the fourth largest airline in the world with over 1,500 daily departures and its effective alliance with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in Amsterdam adds an incentive for international passengers. The official guidelines and expectations of the company in 1995 included “forward-looking statements” which included the recognition of risks and uncertainties in the airline industry such as war risk coverage and the general economic conditions in the United States. Since the end of the Gulf War in the early 1990s, Northwest and the rest of the airline industry were making a slow recovery and had increased the total aircraft fleet in the industry by 50%. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 however resulted in a loss of over $10 billion and 100,000 positions in the industry. While the government provided financial assistance to airlines in cash and loan guarantees, the same assistance is not guaranteed to the airlines in light of the recent war in Iraq in which Northwest alone has had to decrease its flight schedule by 1,500 departures, its fleet by 20 aircraft and its employees by 4,900 positions. Comparatively however, Northwest has faired well as airlines such as United, U.S. Air and American are either in the process of bankruptcy or are near that financial breaking point. The ongoing growth or recovery of the industry continues to be directly a result of political and global changes in addition to the usual industry factors of competition, customer satisfaction, technological innovations and product scope; all factors which Northwest has taken into account in its maintenance of its high rank in the industry. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TJNWAir1.rtf

Comparing Public & Private Transportation
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A 5 page research paper that contrasts and compares the advantages and disadvantages of private (cars) and public (buses and trains) transportation systems. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khpubpri.rtf

Comparison of British Airways and American Airlines
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A 13 page paper comparing financial results and ratio analyses of these two leading airlines. The paper assesses some of the external factors affecting both airlines, concluding that it is American Airlines that currently is most vulnerable. The paper includes SWOT analyses of both airlines, as well as several financial ratios and calculations arriving at those ratios. The paper also identifies the stakeholders in each approach to financial analysis. Includes 1 table. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: KSairlBritAm.rtf

Components of the Aviation System
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This 3 page paper uses systems theory in order to provide a description of elements of aviation and how they are interrelated. Tangible and intangible items are described. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA542air.rtf

Computer Crimes
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Initially, threats to computer security included the use of unidentified floppy disks, easily guessed passwords, and problems related to the spread of office information, but in the past decade, the hazards of using the Internet, increasing numbers of intranet and Internet terminals and modem access through backdoors have created a large number of potential risk in using information technology. This 10 page paper provides an overview of the topic and relates it to the findings in the current literature. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MHComCr3.rtf

Computer Ethics
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This 5 page paper takes a broad look at computer ethics, looking at what is meant by the term computer ethics, how the subject has evolved and the broad range of issues this covers in terms of the way information technology, computing and communication technology is used. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEcompeth.rtf