Cars
On the surface, autonomous cars do not seem to present any serious ethical challenges. Their technological marvels herald a new era of transportation, in which roads can be potentially safer, less expensive, and more efficient. The technology includes a combination of sensory input devices such as GPS, radar, and cameras to enable the car to maneuver itself on roadways, and their processors allow for learning from experience. They are programmed to obey the rules of the road, and would therefore be far more law abiding than their human counterparts. Autonomous cars have a wide range of applications in business and law enforcement, and it is almost certain that they will be used in greater capacities in the future. However, for autonomous cars to remain safe and ethically viable, they should be required to operate in zones specifically designed for them as opposed to being a part of the standard traffic…...

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Harris, Mark. "FBI Warns Driverless Cars Could Be Used as Lethal Weapons." The Guardian. 16 July, 2014. Retrieved online:  http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/16/google-fbi-driverless-cars-leathal-weapons-autonomous 

Lin, Patrick. "The Ethics of Autonomous Cars." The Atlantic. 8 Oct, 2013. Retrieved online:  http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/the-ethics-of-autonomous-cars/280360/ 

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Self-Driving TechnologiesSelf-driving technology is the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to automate various aspects of driving, such as steering, controlling speed, and changing lanes. Self-driving vehicles are also known as autonomous cars or driverless cars. This technology has the potential to revolutionize the supply chain management process by allowing for more efficient transportation of goods and materials (Yigitcanlar et al., 2019). Companies such as Tesla, Google, and others have already made serious headway in terms of advancing self-driving technology in the marketplace.The introduction of self-driving technology into the trucking and transportation industries could drastically reduce costs and improve productivity. Trucks and other forms of transport could be programmed to travel safer, faster, and more efficiently than with human drivers. This would reduce the amount of fuel consumed, thus saving companies significant money on fuel costs. Automated vehicles could also be designed with the latest safety technologies, further reducing the risk…...

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References

Liu, P., Yang, R., & Xu, Z. (2019). Public acceptance of fully automated driving: Effects of social trust and risk/benefit perceptions. Risk Analysis, 39(2), 326-341.

Yigitcanlar, T., Wilson, M., & Kamruzzaman, M. (2019). Disruptive impacts of automated driving systems on the built environment and land use: An urban planner’s perspective. Journal of open innovation: Technology, market, and complexity, 5(2), 24.

Introduction

Brief overview of the advent of self-driving cars.
Introduction to the debate surrounding their safety, ethics, and impact on society.


Body


Safety Concerns





Statistics on accidents involving self-driving cars.
Comparison with human-driven vehicle safety records.





Ethical and Legal Implications





Decision-making in unavoidable accidents.
Liability in accidents involving self-driving cars.





Job Displacement





Impact on the transportation industry and employment.
Economic implications for professional drivers.





Privacy and Data Security





Concerns over data collection and surveillance.
Vulnerability to hacking and cyber-attacks.





Societal Impact and Accessibility





Changes to urban landscapes and infrastructure.
Accessibility issues for underserved communities.




Conclusion


Recap of key arguments against self-driving cars.
Emphasis on the need for careful consideration and regulation.
Call to action for further research and dialogue.


Introduction

The introduction of self-driving cars has been heralded as a technological marvel, poised to revolutionize transportation by promising increased efficiency and safety. However, beneath the surface of these futuristic claims lies a web of ethical, safety, and societal concerns that warrant closer examination. While proponents argue that autonomous vehicles (AVs) can drastically reduce human…...

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). "Preliminary Statement on Safety of [Specific Self-Driving Car Model]." NHTSA, year of publication. URL.

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Doe, Jane. "Economic Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on the Transportation Industry." Economics of Transportation Review, vol. number, no. number, year of publication, pp. page range.

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). "Risks and Threats to Autonomous Vehicles." CISA, year of publication. URL

Electric and Self-Driving Cars
Both the electric car trend and the self-driving car initiative may be considered fads that in the long run are simply untenable. Autonomous cars present numerous safety obstacles that are currently not being addressed, and the electric car phenomenon presents numerous obstacles as well. Currently it is a niche market: increasing power to the electric car and making it equal to gas-powered vehicles is a substantial obstacle, and a solution—expanding the number of electric vehicle charge points—needs to become part of the infrastructural horizon. In the UK, this solution is already being applied, as Murray (2016) shows: charge points are set to outnumber petrol stations in the United Kingdom by 2020.

However, much of the rest of global society is affected by the autonomous car in only a marginal way: if they are ever allowed to proceed into the mass market it will be a different story. For…...

Essay Topic Examples 1. The Ethical Implications of Driverless Cars
In this essay, the writer would explore the moral and ethical considerations that come with autonomous vehicles. Topics might include the decision-making algorithms in life-or-death situations, privacy concerns regarding the collection and use of passenger data, and the impact on employment for professional drivers. The discussion would delve into how society, manufacturers, and policymakers could address these ethical challenges.

2. The Impact of Driverless Cars on Urban lanning and Infrastructure
This topic invites examination of how the widespread adoption of autonomous vehicles could transform city landscapes, impact public transportation systems, and require changes in road infrastructure. The essay could consider potential shifts in traffic patterns, the need for new types of parking solutions, and how cities might adapt to ensure efficiency and safety in a driverless car-dominated era.

3. The rospects and Challenges of Integrating Driverless Cars into Society
Here, the writer would assess the feasibility…...

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Koopman, Philip, and Michael Wagner. \"Autonomous Vehicle Safety: An Interdisciplinary Challenge.\" IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, vol. 9, no. 1, 2017, pp. 90-96. DOI: 10.1109/MITS.2016.2620684.

Anderson, James M., et al. \"Autonomous Vehicle Technology: A Guide for Policymakers.\" RAND Corporation, 2016, https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR443-2.html. Accessed 10 Apr. 2023.

Bansal, Prateek, and Kara M. Kockelman. \"Forecasting Americans’ Long-term Adoption of Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technologies.\" Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, vol. 95, 2017, pp. 49-63. DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2016.10.013.

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Newell's Simplified Car-Following Model
Drivers tend to display oscillatory paths that are characterized with cycles of regular acceleration or deceleration because of traffic oscillations. The term traffic oscillations are used to describe the stop-and-go driving situations that are common in overcrowded traffic. Generally, conventional wisdom postulates that traffic oscillations are brought by instabilities in longitudinal car interactions. As a result of increased traffic oscillations, especially in congested traffic, numerous car-following models have been developed and proposed in the recent past. These models have been developed to duplicate oscillations through assumption of probabilistic headways during accelerations. In addition, car following models are the most significant reflections of traffic flow dynamics based on single vehicles. An example of the recently proposed or developed car-following model is the Simplified Car-Following Model by Newell.

The Model's Assumptions

Newell's car-following model is arguably the simplest model that was recently developed as part of the microscopic models whose dynamics…...

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Captures Traffic Oscillations. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 46(6), 744-761.

Introduction Big data has become one of the most important aspects of supply chain management. The concept of big data refers to the massive data sets that are generated when millions of individual activities are tracked. These data sets are processed to yield insights that help inform managerial decision-making. Supply chains in particular have leveraged big data because companies have been able to develop technology to not only capture hundreds of millions of data points, but to process them in meaningful ways to eliminate waste and promote efficiency in the supply chain systems. This paper will examine the concept of big data, how it has arisen and come to dominate supply chain management, and look at the different ways big data is transforming the supply chain function. Lastly, the paper will take a closer look at the future for big data with respect to supply chain management. As it becomes easier…...

Google Innovation
How Google's Innovative Technologies Have Changed the World

The Google founders deliberately designed and continually fuel a corporate culture that puts innovation at the center, acting as a highly effective catalyst for creating new products and services. One of the foundational elements of their culture is the ule of 20%, which gives engineers the flexibility of spending up to 20% of their time on projects they are interested in transforming from concept to finished product (Laffey, 2007). Since instituting this program at the launch of the company, products and services generated from its successful use has delivered 56% of total revenues to Google on an annual basis (MIT Sloan eview, 2006). Google Docs, Gmail, personal search, Google+, Android operating systems, Goggles (visual search) and Latitude are all the result of the ule of 20% Program (Manyika, 2009). Taken together, Google's technologies have made a major impact on the world, and…...

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Brown, A.S. (2011). Google's autonomous car applies lessons learned from driverless races. Mechanical Engineering, 133(2), 31-31.

Cho, K. (2009). Powering the Google engine: Innovation is key. Fountainebleau, France, Fountainebleau: INSEAD.

Deegan, M. (2008). New products from google aimed at sparking innovation. SNL Kagan Media & Communications Report,, n/a.

Gopalakrishnan, S., Kessler, E.H., & Scillitoe, J.L. (2010). Navigating the innovation landscape: Past research, present practice, and future trends. Organization Management Journal, 7(4), 262-277.

Electronic Hybrid and Patrol Engines
ELECTONIC, HYBID AND PETOL ENGINES

The first auto engine was invented in 1886 by Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler. Tracing the history of the origin and development of engines, we see that the crucial role in the creation of the car engine played a gasoline internal combustion engine, which remains to this day, a source of power to the vast majority of engines. Analysis of the ways of development of automobile engines is not only interesting from a historical point-of-view but it is a striking illustration of a very productive and relatively rapid improvement of internal combustion engines with respect to those requirements of road transport. Very often, it takes years, even decades, before a more perfect principle or the most rational design application in production. The design of automobile engines, their creation, improvement and mass production for a wide variety of operating conditions, carried out over…...

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Choi, H & O. Inha, (2010)."Analysis of product efficiency of hybrid vehicles and promotion policies, "Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(5), pp 2262-2271.

Michi, N, (2009)."Hybrid or Electric Vehicles? A Real Options Perspective," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business, pp 09-31,Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics and Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP)

Moyer, M (2009), 'Internal-Combustion Engine. (Cover Story), Scientific American, 301, 3, p. 97.

Wolf-Peter, S. (2010)."Electric Vehicles: Charging into the Future," Weekly Report, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 6(27), pp 207-214.

Sociology and Feminist Theories on Gender Studies
Postmodern Feminism in "Cherrie Moraga and Chicana Lesbianism"

In the article entitled, "Cherrie Moraga and Chicana Lesbianism," author Tomas Almaguer analyzes and studies the dynamics behind Moraga's feminist reading of the Chicano culture and society that she originated from. In the article, Almaguer focuses on three elements that influenced Moraga's social reality as she was growing up: the powerful effect of the Chicano culture, patriarchal orientation, and homosexuality that she experienced within the context of her nationality.

Chicano culture centers on race as an indicator of one's cultural orientation, while patriarchy serves as the ideology that is prevalent in Moraga's social reality. Homosexuality, particularly, lesbianism, is Moraga's release from the somewhat repressing role that she perceives women receive in her culture. Thus, lesbianism becomes Moraga's alternative sexual orientation to a heterosexually conservative Chicano culture. Using the following factors concerning the cultural, social, and gender realities of…...

ELF
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)

ELF Logo 2009 (Earth Liberation Front, N.d.)

Eco-Terrorism Overview

Examples of Eco-Terrorism Groups

The Earth Liberation Front

If a Tree Falls in the oods: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (Documentary)

There are many people and/or groups who claim responsibility for the Earth Liberation Front's (ELF) development. The group is comprised of loosely affiliated or autonomous cells that are only bound by the idea that they can move beyond civil disobedience and accept more contentious tactics for the defense of their environmental causes. This group was one of the groups that helped coined the label of an "eco-terrorist" which later became mainstream label of such types of offenders. The ELF group was considered one of the first eco-terrorist groups and was at one time labeled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as the most dangerous domestic terror group in the United States.

This analysis will provide a background on eco-terrorism followed…...

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Federal Bureau of Investigation. (N.d.). Definitions of Terrorism in the U.S. Code. Retrieved from Federal Bureau of Investigation:  http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/terrorism/terrorism-definition 

Jarboe, J. (2002, February 12). Testimony Before the House Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. Retrieved from Federal Bureau of Investigation:  http://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/the-threat-of-eco-terrorism 

Libcom.org. (2012, January 12). If a tree falls: A story of the Earth Liberation Front (documentary). Retrieved from Libcom.org:  http://libcom.org/blog/if-tree-falls-story-earth-liberation-front-documentary-12012012

The color of the car was also considered as 1= brown, 2 = black, 3 = blue, 5 = red, 6 = yellow and 7 = white. Other variables included the time of the day and month at which the person was caught driving to control for the possible rush hour affect and month influence, the exact time of the stop was eliminated to avoid double counting in the model. The two dummy variables included the fact whether the person speeding was the resident or none resident. The none residents were assigned 1 to hypothize that none residents no matter of their gender and car type and time of the day, day of the month and month, are more tempted to speed over the limit. The second variable is the gender to assume that at all other things being equal, male are more prone to speed over the limit…...

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References Available at  http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Courses/soc740/lecture-5.pdf#search=%22dummy%20variable%2C%20regression%22 

Schroeder, L.D., Understanding Regression Analysis: An Introductory Guide, Sage Publications, 1996. Available at

Extrinsic rewards should only be used when other efforts to actively engage students in learning has failed; (3) In the event extrinsic rewards must be utilized, they should be "just powerful enough to control behavior" and should be eliminated in phases before all intrinsic motivation is lost.

Jones, Vermette, and Jones posit in their article, "An Integration of "Backwards Planning' Unit Design with the "Two Step" Lesson Planning Framework," planning and engaging students in effective lessons is a fundamental component of successful teaching and therefore, motivating students (Skowron, 2001). The authors created the concept of backwards planning which requires educators to start with a nominal list of essential questions all students must answer by the end of the lesson plan. With the end goal in mind, teachers then design assessments based on those understandings and strategically crafted lessons to achieve the desired objectives. Once the goals and assessments have been created,…...

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Alvermann, L. (1999). Classroom goal orientation, school belonging, and social goals as predictors of students' positive and negative affect following the transition to middle school. Journal of Research and Development in Education, 32(2), 89-103.

Assor, A., Kaplan, H., Kanat-Maymon, Y., & Roth, G. (2005). Directly controlling teacher behaviors as predictors of poor motivation and engagement in girls and boys: The role of anger and anxiety. Learning and Instruction, 15, 397-413.

Assor, A., Kaplan, H., & Roth, g. (2002). Choice is good, but relevance is excellent: Autonomy enhancing and suppressing teaching behaviors predicting students' engagement in schoolwork. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 27, 261-278.

Assor, A., Roth, G., & Deci, E. (2004). The emotional costs of parents' conditional regard: A self-determination theory analysis. Journal of Personality, 72, 47-88.

F.A: Yes, if you work with any software especially developing websites you will face many problems, but you should be patient to solve them (1).

I.A: Definitely, my career has always centered on developing various applications and programs to our clients. As a Project Team Leader, I am always involved from start to finish with the software projects I am assigned to lead (3).

H.A: Yes I have, I worked with drilling operational risk assignment, and it was generic software program (1).

H.Z: Yes, I have from beginning to the end (2).

K.A: Majority of my work involves ensuring that designs and plans are properly executed during all phases of software projects; thus, I am always involved in all stages of the SDLC (3).

M.A: I have always been involved with software projects from beginning all the way to the end-of-life of the applications my company developed. However, my part in all aspects of software…...

Peachtree Healthcare
IT Architecture ecommendations to Peachtree Healthcare

The discussions and cursory analyses in the Harvard Business eview case Too Far Ahead of the IT Curve? (Dalcher, 2005) attempt to implement massive IT projects without considering the implications from a strategic and tactical level. There is no mention of the most critical legal considerations of any healthcare provider, and this includes compliance to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) in addition to highly specific requirements by medical practice area and discipline (Johnston, Warkentin, 2008).

Second, there isn't a framework described for governance of the IT strategies as they relate to Peachtree Healthcare's overarching strategic vision and mission. The lack of focus on governance in any strategic IT implementation will eventually lead to confused roles, cost overruns and chaos relating to the long-term contribution of IT to rapidly changing business priorities (Smaltz, Carpenter, Saltz, 2007). Max Berndt is right to…...

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Alhatmi, Y.S. (2010). Quality audit experience for excellence in healthcare. Clinical Governance, 15(2), 113-127.

Cheng, H.K., Tang, Q.C., & Zhao, J.L. (2006). Web services and service-oriented application provisioning: An analytical study of application service strategies. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 53(4), 520-520.

Coetzee, M., & Eloff, J.H.P. (2005). Autonomous trust for web services. Internet Research, 15(5), 498-507.

Dalcher, D. (2005). Breakthrough it change management: How to get enduring change results. Project Management Journal, 36(1), 62-62.