Engineering

Briefly respond to all the following questions. Make sure to explain and backup your responses with facts and examples. This assignment should be in APA format and have to include at least two references.At the end of your textbook on page 385, the author mentions several “encouraging security architecture developments”:The Open Group has created an Enterprise Security Architect certification. One of their first certified architects has subsequently created a few enterprise security reference architectures.The SANS Institute hosted three “What Works in Security Architecture” Summits.The IEEE initiated a Center for Secure Design. The Center published a “Top 10 Design Flaws” booklet.Adam Shostack published Threat Modeling: Designing for Security, and renown threat modeler, John Steven, has told me that he’s working on his threat modeling book.Anurag Agrawal of MyAppSecurity has been capturing well-known attack surfaces and their technical mitigations within his commercial threat modeling tool, “Threat Modeler.”Choose 2 or 3 three items from the list above and provide an update to their development status. Make sure you provide some background on your selection and then provide the update of the develoment.

Rapid set and traditional type I/II PCC for highway reconstruction comparison

Description1. For the City of RPV, City of Bellevue, and Excerpts from a Typical Construction Contract:Determine the standard of care (SOC) required by each contract. Identify the section of the contract that defines the SOC. Is this standard of care heightened as compared to the ordinary professional standard of care? Explain your response.2. Identify the section(s) of the Bellevue Youth Center Expansion Professional Services Agreement that deal with the following contract terms and conditions and prepare an explanation on yourunderstanding if this clause as written would be acceptable or unacceptable and why:Scope ChangesContract TerminationLegal ActionPersonnelNegligence/Indemnification

IntroductionHVAC systems typically consume around 70% of a base building’s energy usage, with 25-35% of energy consumed by chillers producing chilled water for air-conditioning. Therefore, the efficiency of chillers and the optimization of their performance within the HVAC systems they operate are important in achieving high performance.Purpose of the AssignmentIn this assignment a one-year historical data (refer to Daily Chilled water-1 excel file attached) for a chiller within a building has been measured. The main aims of this assignment are that students· Taste the flavor of forecasting methods within buildings.· Understand basic concepts of short-term/midterm forecasting.· Learn how to· capture the salient features using different regression models· build regression models using Excel· justify how well the models have fitted the data· develop a model for one day ahead load forecastingQuestionsStudents must answer the following question in details.1. Plot the data and apply the simple linear regression (SLR) model and second order regression (SOR) model for the chilled water and HDD. In both cases, find the mathematical models for producing daily chilled water as well.2. Use the obtained models above to forecast the chilled water that you would expect for the next January (2014) if the HDD varies as shown in Table 1 (attached).3. Apply multiple linear regression (MLR) model for the chilled water and all parameters impacting the amount of chilled water. Find the mathematical model for producing daily chilled water as well.4. Use the obtained MLR model above to forecast the chilled water that you would expect for the next January (2014) if the RH, Tdew-C and HDD vary as shown in Table 1.5. Calculate MAPE and RMSE for each model (SLR, SOR, and MLR) and discuss which model(s) is more fitted with the historical data?

DescriptionThere are two roles to play in this negotiation 1) the client, Big Corp and 2) the design professional Inland Architects. This homework is for those playing the role of a Big Corp representative. Read the scenario and then study the contract. Do not share you scenario with a student from the other side! You’ll spoil the fun. To prepare for this negotiation, read the following scenario details:You are the director of construction services for Big Corp, Inc., a major US telecom company.The contract you will be negotiating is the standard contract you use for all A&E firms. It’s tough, you know it’s tough and you don’t usually give in to client requests for concessions. However, twice recently you have selected a highly qualified A&E but been unable get them under contract because they would not agree to your terms & conditions. You eventually contracted with other firms who would agree to your terms & conditions but you have not been satisfied with the quality from these firms.You selected Inland Architects based on their strong qualifications. They really blew you away in their technical presentation, and you were impressed with the quality of their staff when you visited their home office. The bottom line is you want to get this firm under contract. You don’t want to appear soft or roll over, but you’ll accept any reasonable modifications, if that’s what it takes to get Inland Architects on contract.Read the contract and identify the areas in which you think Inland Architects will most likely ask for changes. For each area decide what changes would be acceptable and what changes are a no?go and you just won’t be able to accept. Write notes and come prepared!3. Provide your answers to the following questions.What clauses in contracts deal with standard of care? Is the required standard of care greater than the ordinary professional standard of care?What clauses in the contract deal with indemnities? Are they balanced and fair to both parties?What clauses in the contract deal with warranties and guaranties? Are they balanced and fair to both parties?If you were representing Inland Architects, would you sign this contract as written? If not what paragraphs would you object toFor each paragraph you identified in part d) above, explain how much you would give up at the Big Corp representative in order to reach an agreement with Inland ArchitectsSubmissionProvide your written responses to Part 1 (Questions 1 and 2) and Part 2 (Question 3) in a single .pdf or .docx file format.

400+ wordsDiscussion Questions: How does cyber-power change either the nature or character of war? Does it change it at all? Can cyber-power be decisive in war? In your post you should consider what the impact of cyber-power in war and how it has the potential to revolutionize certain aspects of war such as intelligence, command and control and destruction of infrastructure. What is the potential of cyber-power and how might it influence the conduct of war.

Need help with an APA 5 page paper research paper about “Hazard communication”. A bibliography page must be in this paper that need to consist of sources relevant to the topic.You can also put small pictures in the paper.Title page, abstract and reference page do not count as a page numberWHEN WRITING THE PAPER MOSTLY FOCUS ON THESE ITEMSBibliography page, Paper Introduction, Paper Development, Paper Organization, Paper Conclusion

Questions:Why are contracts important in society? What would happen if we didn’t have contracts?One of the concepts in contract law is that if parties sign a bad contract, it is sometimes more efficient to break it and pay the damages than satisfy it. Do you believe that parties to a contract have a moral obligation to satisfy it?Name the elements of forming a contract, define them, and then apply them in context to a contract you have entered into some time in your life (nothing personal or that you feel uncomfortable sharing—a normal consumer contract is fine).Hypothetical:Grandma Meredith was beloved by her family for many years. Though she had many grandchildren, her particular favorite was a handsome 10-year-old named Michael. One day, when Michael’s family was visiting her toward the end of her life, she asked how Michael was doing in school. The family explained how bright and eager Michael was, and Grandma Meredith called him over and wrote a promissory note stating that Michael would receive $5,000 dollars when he turned 18.

Challenger Safety Article: You are to review the following article about the challenger Shuttle disaster at http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/space-disasters/challenger-disaster/. You are to reflect on the importance of reviewing details around technical concerns related to this incident and how this could relate to your future career in automotive design and answer the following questions. What overlooked details led to this disaster? What role did engineers play in this incident? What are some actions that engineers could have taken to prevent this tragedy? How does the article directly relate to both of the incidents you were involved in? How does this article relate to your future career of automotive design?

COMM 102: Mass Media & SocietyTerm Paper Guidelines• Length: 7-10 pages, 12-point Times New Roman, double spaced. (2,500-3,000 words)• Style: APA• Topic: Anything to do with Media & Society.• Important: You may choose a topic that has been covered in class, but you must take what we have covered as your starting point and research the topic well beyond that.• Sources: There are stacks and stacks of things called “books” in our library and the VPL. I am going to want to see some of these in the List of References or Works Cited section at the end of your paper. Wikipedia is not a valid source for academic research. It can provide a very useful place to start because it often lists good sources for further research, but it should not be used as a source itself. Our library websites also includes access to many e-books and databases, the most useful of which might be Communication and Mass Media Complete.• Tip: You might want to query me on your proposed topic, as I can probably tell you if you will be able to find many good sources on it and I can probably point you to some of them.• Due date: Sunday, midnight of week 10 for online sections.Possible term paper topics• How does mass media influence society?• What are the contributions of mass communications to modern society?• Marshall McLuhan from the Gutenberg Galaxy to the Global Village• How Web 2.0 advances the Internet from Web 1.0• How social media have changed politics• How U.S. hedge funds came to control Canada’s press Citizen journalism• Native advertising: Sell-out or saviour of journalism• Does Technology save or suck time?• What are the effects of TV and Movies on young minds?• Who controls content on the www?• Is the data being mined about customers on the www a breach of privacy?• Explain the importance of racial and gender diversity in mass media• How has history repeated itself in mass media?