Peter Belknap

Overview of IncidentA bracket on a test vehicle has become the focus of an incident which occurred at a loading bay during some preliminary cold weather tests in Canada that was measured around - 20 oC on the day in question. The bracket part has a small boss were the bush is mounted. It is also known that the manufacturer looked to save costs and changed the original material specification and used 1023 Carbon Steel Sheet (SS) instead of that proposed.   At the incident scene, ...

Learning OutcomesThis assignment requires you to assess ethical business issues and challenges within the global business environment linking to corporate social responsibility and professionalism, and to reflect on your learning from the module and produce a CPD plan. 1. Locate and evaluate resources relating to business codes of doing business in a moral and ethical way;2. Explore an aspect of professional practice in more depth;3. Reflect on your understanding of the core elements of op...

Creating a Table and Handling Missing ValuesUse the cars dataset, answer the following questions in Apache Spark. 1. Write a Spark DataFrames query to create a table called used_cars from data. Use a schema that is appropriate for the column headings 2. Look at the date column of the table used_cars. Why does the date column have allNULL values? 3. Bonus: Create a table such that the date column is read correctly based on the format in the dataset. 4. Write Spark DataFrames querie...

TaskDivided into different lab lessons, the students will follow the worksheet's guidelines to identify an unknown bacterial organism. Students will prepare a dichotomous key to identify an assigned unknown organism based on its morphological, physiological, and cultural characteristics (on Worksheet B). Following the identification of the unknown by interpretation of tests, the students will confirm their findings utilizing genetic information from the bacterium (on Worksheet C). Creat...

1 Clarity of instruction is paramount in delivering effective advice to clients.   Discuss the extent to which you agree with this statement and how you might ensure clarity, particularly where the initial brief provided by the client is unclear. 2 Whilst much communication is now by email or other electronic media, effective written communication remains an essential skill for property and  Explain the key attributes of a good technical report, illustrating this by...

Questions: Module Aims This module provides students with an introduction to marketing and its role in business and society. It gives students an overview of the principles underpinning marketing activities, and is both an introduction to the subject area. The module aims to introduce the key concepts of marketing, an understanding of consumer behaviour, and an evaluation and application of marketing tools in the context of contemporary major social and environmental issues. Learning Outcom...

Late Submission PolicyA reminder that assignments which are submitted late, without an extension arranged in writing with your tutor, will incur a 20% penalty.   There is one progress date for this assignment during which time students will able to ask questions and get feedback on work carried out to date.   The check-in date is Friday 17th September 2021 Students who hand in work for checking on the progress date will have the opportunity to rectify mist...

ObjectivesRationaleQualitative interviewing is a unique form of social interaction. Unlike most other social interactions, interviews are preconceived, managed communicative exchanges directed towards the specific goal of information retrieval. When done well, qualitative interviewing techniques can capture unique perspectives or experiences in relation to a particular issue. Although it might seem to be a simple task, conducting an interview is a skill that must be practiced in order to deve...

Problem 1: Page Replacement with Different AlgorithmsConsider demand paging. You are given the following reference string, page replacement policy and the number of frames available. Calculate the number of page faults in each case. a. Reference String: 7 10 9 8 6 7 9 10 6 8 7 10 8 9 9 7 6 8 Algorithm: LRU # of frames: 4 b. Reference String: same as (a) Algorithm: Optimal # of frames: 4 c. Reference string: 9 10 11 12 9 10 13 9 10 11 12 13 Algorithm: FIFO # of frames: 3 d. Reference string: sam...

Constitutional issues: Employment and human rights complaints in OntarioLinda decided that this trip was too much for her and decided to quit. She has been doing research online and wants to pursue making a claim to the Ontario Ministry of Labour or the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal and/or both and is unsure of what course of action to take. When the tubes finally arrived at the distribution centre, the tubes had significant rust and showed signs of contact with salty water. Trans-Global&rsqu...