The Impact of the Great Depression on Canada

The great depression was an economic and financial slump that occurred globally between the fiscal 1920s and 1939. The depression severely affected many countries and crippled world economies. Canada was not spared either. This country had its own share of mystery as a result of its affiliation with global and international trade.Advertising We will write a custom research paper sample on The Impact of the Great Depression on Canada specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More The affiliations saw Canada being dragged into the tenets that appeared with the depression and the economy suffered a major setback with various government interventions proving futile in alleviating the problem. The depression took some time to abate despite its far reaching effects on Canadian residents and its economy as well. International trade that Canada depended on was shuttered while foreign financial markets were hit by a slump similar to that which crippled the U.S. economy. All through that period, the Canadian government battled the effects of the depression that threatened to derail the lives of Canadians. The head of the Canadian government was by then King Mackenzie, who did nothing to abate the prevailing economic conditions[1]. As a result, he was forced out of the prime minister seat and gave way to a more practical and result oriented Prime Minister, Richard Bennett. With the new prime minister, Canadian government embarked on several measures and adopted policies to ensure that the effects of the depression did not adversely affect the entire Canadian population. Some of the measures that Bennett put in place included camps to support the old and sick as well as the distribution of aid to the unemployed and disadvantaged in the country. Although, charity organization existed even before the depression, they operated on low scale and were therefore caught unaware by the level of humanitarian aid that the depression effects nee ded. In fact, they could not cope with the magnitude of the crisis. Besides, during the period of the great depression, the government prioritized charity to families and somehow neglected the unemployed and single individuals throughout the country. The mobility of unemployed people in search of charity made the Canadian towns and city dwelling rules to keep out the unemployed from other cities or towns. The government spent heavily on relief and charity work, lowered tax rates and offered subsidies to help spur economic growth. The causes of the great depression in Canada It is estimated that the depression had been long in coming and several warning signs had been present. Prior to the depression, Canada’s population had become a mass consumer society. Industries were venturing into the production of consumer durables and labor-saving equipment that were guzzled up by anxious consumers.Advertising Looking for research paper on canada? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More The onset of the advertising industry worsened the situation as it encouraged mass consumption. The upcoming and developing transport networks linked producers to consumers and offered easy access to consumer goods. It also linked industries to the consumers. Moreover, Britain was replaced by the U.S. as the primary source of investment and became the basic foreign-exchange souk for the Canadian Republic. As the U.S. economy continued to do well and the Wall Street posted huge profits in the stock markets, Canada was poised to be one of the leading economies of the world. However, the extra-reliance on industries in Canada proved disastrous during the depression as governments efforts backfired and created far worse problems[2]. The association of Canada with U.S. later on proved problematic in the build up for the crisis. Prior to the depression, the stock market was characterized by excessive and speculative buying of stocks. Ther e were increased cases of buying in credit. This buying mania had earlier caused a global recession in the early 1920s although it was easily quelled. The recession forced small banks and financial institutions to collapse. Therefore, the stock market crash in October 29, 1929 was not unprecedented, but had been looming. The economic boom created a volatile economic situation that could not last. In Canada alone, industries produced surplus of goods in anticipation of generating huge profits. When the stock prices in the Wall Street slumped, over-priced shares in addition to massive trading in the shares led to unexpected plummeting of the prices. The results affected the Canadian foreign investments due to its connection with the U.S. Countries and people lost fortunes whereas global world economies especially Canada felt the full blow posed by the slump[3]. Another major cause of the great depression in Canada was the lack of economic diversification. The Canadian economy heavily relied on two major economic activities to spur its economic growth namely agriculture and industries. Agriculture entailed the production of export wheat by the prairies farmers. Periods prior to the great depression, the economic boom that the world experienced provided huge returns to the Canadian wheat farmers. Conversely, industries relied on the wheat proceeds to market their own goods. When the wheat prices were high, the industries indulged in over-production of luxurious goods and consumer deliverables.Advertising We will write a custom research paper sample on The Impact of the Great Depression on Canada specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More The slump that followed shuttered the boom in the wheat price and consequently declined the foreign export of wheat. When wheat prices went down at an unprecedented rate, Canadian farmers lost most of their farms to the lending institutions that also went bankrupt. Wheat farmers became d esperate and were soon forced out of their farms. The industries that relied on these farmers shortly closed due to poor sales and excessive production. Jobs were lost in industries as well as in the agricultural sector and the unemployment rate became the highest for the first time in the Canadian history. Industries closed due to surplus production and lack of consumers, while greedy banks mortgaged their premises to recover their capital[4]. After WWI, industries in Canada opted to seriously indulge in production. They were in dire need of capital. The industries could only access capital by going into debts with banks, lending institutions and trading in bonds and stocks. The resulting effect was high levels of shares and bonds in the market. The traders took the bait and in expectation of the prices rising, raised the prices to unrealistic levels that did not warrant such industries. As traders run out of credit and industries promoted high consumption of unimportant and luxuri ous goods, credit buying was introduced. This tendency created a deficit in shares as traders moved into the profitable stock market, driving the share prices even higher. With the fall of the U.S. stock market, the Canadian investors felt the pressure and its share market plummeted to vey low levels. The high dependency on the economy of the U.S. is also one of the leading causes of the great depression in Canada. Canadian economy prior to the depression relied heavily on export to the U.S. for the growth of its economy. It was also a government option that introducing high tariffs in the export industry could protect the local industries and stabilize the employment sector. Failure by the government to deviate its economic activities meant that whether the tariffs were high or not, the whole employment sector depended on international trade. The onset of the great depression in America meant that Canadian economy was too going down. When trade declined sharply, the unemployment ra tes in Canada rose. As most of the industries depended on export trade to finance and pay off their workers, a decline in international trade that reached a maximum of 50% in 1933, meant that industries had to lay off workers and others were forced to close down. The high tariffs had created a volatile job market and Canada was to face the music[5].Advertising Looking for research paper on canada? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More In summary, the global recession in early 1920s set the stage for the onset of the great economic depression. It acted as an early warning of the consequences to follow due to the volatile economic and financial systems in place. The great boom was also a center stage that could have been acted on to prevent the depression. The great crash of the New York stock market in October 29, 1929, ushered in the real recession and paved way for the global fall in financial and economic systems. The drastic fall in the stock prices that followed in the Wall Street and the global pegging and dependence on the U.S. stock market meant that international trade would face a similar fate. After the crash in the stock market, the United States invoked Canadian export tariffs, leaving its goods locked out of the US market. The collapse of the economy ensued[6]. Farmers suffered from crop failures and severe droughts. There were escalating levels of unemployment, considerable drop in commodity prices and weakening of the purchasing power. The impact of the Great Depression on Canada The resultant effects from the crash in prices in the U.S. stock market heavily affected Canada. Financial and economic adverse effects were experienced all over the world with Canada bearing the high effects due to its association with the U.S. The great depression continued well into the World War II, where the effects abated but never disappeared completely. The historical effect The great depression affected the Canadian population to varying degrees. The worst hit areas happened to be the agricultural and industrial areas. In the prairies provinces where farmers relied on wheat exportation to survive, the effects were severe. The Great Depression in the prairies was coupled up with severe natural and climatical conditions that further added to the farmers’ mysteries. Long spells of drought, grasshopper plagues and inadequate rainfall coupled up with loss of lands due to mortgage loans too , dealt a fatal blow to the prairies dwellers[7]. As industries lost their main markets in the U.S., high unemployment rates set in. It was estimated that by the year 1931, Canada gross unemployment rate rose to 30%[8]. The poor policies of raising tariffs by Bennett aimed at protecting the indigenous industries and employment made Canada to further plummet to disastrous conditions. Policies like high tariffs, subsidies and low government spending only served to worsen the conditions of the Canadians. Banks underground and various industries closed due to lack of markets for their goods. Canadians were transformed to beggars and the government cut down the tax rates to enable people affords basic needs. The government set up institutions to help the poor, needy, the sick and the impoverished. The effect of the Great depression on the Canadian provinces Canada relied heavily on international trade to propel its economic forward. Through international trade, Canada exported its indust rial and agricultural goods mainly to US that generated 33% of the total Gross Domestic Product on the national scale. This stated an overreliance on international trade and a dangerous trade that thrive on forged relationship with the US. After the US experienced the trade hunch, it invoked tariffs that existed with the Canadian government to protect its domestic market. The invocation meant that the Canadian industries lost their market and revenue. Additional, domestic market fetched low price for industrial goods that could not sustain the economy. In the Saskatchewan provinces that relied on wheat export, the effect was adverse. The region was not only affected by the economic slump but nature provided a nasty scenario. Grasshopper plagues, droughts and long spells of reduced rainfall rendered the prairies useless. The farmers were faced with unpaid mortgages and banks closed in on their lands forcing them out. Provincial income in Saskatchewan plummeted down by 90% and people were forced out to seek relief. Other provinces that relied on industrial production were also hard hit. The only remnants of the industrial provinces were Quebec and Ontario that relied on domestic industrial production[9]. Other economic areas that were spared partly by the depression were fish, fruits and lumber markets but they somehow went low during the Great Depression periods[10]. Among the Canadians, the depression was felt differently. Poor living standards characterized the unemployed while living standards for the employed and property owners went up plummeting merchandise costs[11]. Effects on individuals, population and industry As the great depression raged on, the rate of unemployment went higher to unprecedented levels. As industries lost their key market in the slump and consequently their revenues, they laid off a high number of workers. Consequently, there was no hope that the existing industrial workers could continue as industries halted their production due to low prices that could not even meet production costs. The failure of the stock market and the continuing bite and worsening of the economic crunch provided no hope of industrial reawakening. Unemployment rates were high and families lost their sources of income[12]. A lot of Canadians turned beggars as they relied on the government for relief food and charity organizations to make ends meet. Furthermore, the immigration rates to Canada that offered cheap labor to the industries were cut off. This was essential to enable the government comprehend with the situation at hand. Immigrants were not allowed government relief and tax cut offs. The number of immigrants that Canada allowed into the country was drastically reduced and deportations of immigrants increased. The situation was to remain this way until the depression abated[13]. In this period also, Canada experienced the lowest population growth rate ever. The birth rate in Canada dropped to 9.7% in 1937 from 13.2% live births th at were reported per one thousand in the year 1930. This persisted to be the least percentage up to 1960s[14]. Industries received the full blow of the depression. Due to the heavy reliance on international markets, especially in the US, the plummeting of the international trade and revoking of the trade tariffs worsened the condition of the industries. Preceding the great depression, industries had indulged in excess production that the depression cut off its market. Some of the industries closed while other lay off thousands of workers. Groups and expansion introduced in Canada as a result of the Great Depression The Great Depression in Canada witnessed several regimes come up with various litigation measures to alleviate the condition of the Canadians and help spur economic growth. Starting with Mackenzie and Bennett ill advised policies, the Canadian government failed to make any impact on the economic and financial condition of the nation. Bennett as well as Mackenzie thought t hat the introduction of government intervention like high tariffs, cutting off aid to some provinces and adjusted financial plans could abate the situation. These plans and policies backfired and only produced disastrous results for the Canadians. The failure of the latter plans and policies called for new transformations. The new alterations combined the social credit theories of inflation, the democratic socialism and the BC Premier Wages and Work program[15]. On the political scene, the economic slump saw the alteration of the modernization party steered by Stevens and the advent of Herridge New Democratic drive party. Canada’s Communist Party was virtually proscribed starting from the year 1931 after nine of its associates were detained and imprisoned for being supporters of illegitimate associations till 1936. The Communist Party was also outlawed after the 1939 declaration of war. Nevertheless, the National Unemployed Workers Association performed a critical role in the organization of the jobless and unskilled Canadians to demonstrate and protest against the Great Depression impacts and the reluctance of the government to take drastic measures[16]. While it might be perceived that domestic effects of such organizations were negligible, the Great Depression finally gave rise to the extension of the Canadian government accountability as regards to social and economic prosperity How the governments handled the crisis The Canadian government started off by denying various projects and provinces financial aid to aid economic recovery in the belief that the slump was momentarily[17]. During Bennett’s reign, the government initiated futile attempts but provided the needed aid to the struggling population. These futile attempts proved helpful in that they set the stage for other useful transformations like the Work Program and BC Premier Wages. Conclusion The unprecedented wave of the economic slump that hit the world in the early 1920s and ensued till the World War II proved so much for the financial and economic systems of Canada. From the over-reliance on industrial and agricultural export trade, the whole of Canada and its population felt the extreme effects of the depression. Unemployment ensued and formerly employed Canadians relied on government relief and charity grants for survival. In essence, the great depression wrecked the whole system of life in Canada and disturbed the economic and financial system prompting a new inquiry. Work Cited Bordo, Michael and Redish Angela. â€Å"Credible Commitment and Exchange Rate Stability: Canada’s Interwar Experience.† Canadian Journal of Economics 23 (1990): 357–380. Print. Bryce, Robert. â€Å"Maturing in Hard Times: Canada’s Department of Finance through the Great Depression†. Toronto, Ontario: Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 1986. Web. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/uwo/docDetail.action?docID=10138961. Bryden, Penny. Visions: Th e Canadian History Modules Project: Post-Confederation, Toronto: Nelson Education, 2010. Print. Granatstein, John and Norman Hillmer. â€Å"The Great Depression: Canada’s Century.† July 1999. Web. http://search.proquest.com/docview/218500803/abstract?accountid=15115. Haubrich, Joseph. â€Å"Nonmonetary Effects of Financial Crisis: Lessons from the Great Depression in Canada.† Journal of Monetary Economics 25 (1990): 223–252. Print. Horn, Michiel. The Great Depression of the 1930s in Canada, Ottawa: Canadian Historical Association, 1984. Print. Irwin, Douglas. â€Å"The Smoot-Hawley Tariff: A Quantitative Assessment.† Review of Economics and Statistics 80 (May 1998): 326 -334. Print. Maclean. â€Å"The Great Depression – Causes Concerns†. 1934. Web. http://canadachannel.ca/HCO/index.php/3._The_Great_Depression_and_the_Dirty_Thirties. Neatby, Blair. The Politics of Chaos: Canada in the Thirties, Toronto: Corp Clark Pitman, 1986. Print. Romer, Christina. â€Å"What Ended the Great Depression?† Journal of Economic History 52 (1992): 757-784. Print. Safarian, Albert. The Canadian Economy in the Great Depression, Toronto: Univ. Pr., 1959. Print. Schwartz, Anna J. â€Å"Understanding 1929 -1933†. In The Great Depression Revisited, Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 1981: 5-48. Print. Sprinkling, Noah H. â€Å"Serving the Great Depression.† British Columbia History 31.4 (1998):2. Web. https://www.lib.uwo.ca/cgi-bin/ezpauthn.cgi/docview/205085301?accountid=15115. Footnotes Bordo, Michael and Redish Angela. â€Å"Credible Commitment and Exchange Rate Stability: Canada’s Interwar Experience.† Canadian Journal of Economics 23 (1990): 357–380. Maclean, Mag. â€Å"The Great Depression – Causes Concerns†. 1934. Web. http://canadachannel.ca/HCO/index.php/3._The_Great_Depression_and_the_Dirty_Thirties. Maclean Mag. â€Å"The Great Depression – Causes Concerns†. 193 4. Web. http://canadachannel.ca/HCO/index.php/3._The_Great_Depression_and_the_Dirty_Thirties. Maclean Mag. â€Å"The Great Depression – Causes Concerns†. 1934. Web. http://canadachannel.ca/HCO/index.php/3._The_Great_Depression_and_the_Dirty_Thirties. Maclean Mag. â€Å"The Great Depression – Causes Concerns†. 1934. Web. http://canadachannel.ca/HCO/index.php/3._The_Great_Depression_and_the_Dirty_Thirties. Irwin, Douglas. â€Å"The Smoot-Hawley Tariff: A Quantitative Assessment.† Review of Economics and Statistics 80 (May 1998): 326 -334. Neatby, Blair. The Politics of Chaos: Canada in the Thirties (Toronto: Corp Clark Pitman, 1986) 23. Bryce, Robert. â€Å"Maturing in Hard Times: Canada’s Department of Finance through the Great Depression†. Toronto, Ontario: Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 1986: 1. Schwartz, Anna J. â€Å"Understanding 1929 -1933†. In The Great Depression Revisited (Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 1981 ): 5-48. Safarian, Albert. The Canadian Economy in the Great Depression (Toronto: Univ. Pr., 1959) 27. Romer, Christina. â€Å"What Ended the Great Depression?† Journal of Economic History 52 (1992): 757-784. Granatstein, John and Norman Hillmer. â€Å"The Great Depression: Canada’s Century.† July 1999: 48. Web. http://search.proquest.com/docview/218500803/abstract?accountid=15115. Haubrich Joseph. â€Å"Nonmonetary Effects of Financial Crisis: Lessons from the Great Depression in Canada.† Journal of Monetary Economics 25 (1990): 223–252. Sprinkling, Noah H. â€Å"Serving the Great Depression.† British Columbia History 31.4 (1998):2. Web. https://www.lib.uwo.ca/cgi-bin/ezpauthn.cgi/docview/205085301?accountid=15115. Romer, Christina. â€Å"What Ended the Great Depression?† Journal of Economic History 52 (1992): 757-784. Bryden, Penny. Visions: The Canadian History Modules Project: Post-Confederation (Toronto: Nelson Education, 2010) 2 98. Horn, Michiel. The Great Depression of the 1930s in Canada (Ottawa: Canadian Historical Association, 1984) 34. This research paper on The Impact of the Great Depression on Canada was written and submitted by user Evie M. to help you with your own studies. You are free to use it for research and reference purposes in order to write your own paper; however, you must cite it accordingly. You can donate your paper here.

The #1 Rule for Filling Out Your Walmart Application

The #1 Rule for Filling Out Your Walmart Application SAT / ACT Prep Online Guides and Tips Applying for a Walmart career? Want your Walmart application to stand out? Filling out the Walmart online application can be a little confusing. In addition to normal application questions about your background, the Walmart application asks you to complete a "Pre-Employment Assessment test." This 65-question test will HUGELY affect your chances of starting a Walmart career. In this guide, I’ll tell you where to find the Walmart online application. Even better, I'll explain the key to acing the Walmart Pre-Employment Assessment Test, so you have the best chance possible of getting a Walmart job. How to Find the Walmart Online Application for Retail Work First things first, how do you find Walmart employment? Head on over to the Walmart.com jobs website. The website will take you through a few steps to find a Walmart job near you. Once you’ve located a job near you, the application is split into two main sections: background information and the pre-employment assessment. The background information section is pretty simple. It just asks you to enter information about where you live, how to contact you, your education, your previous employment history, etc. Simply follow the steps on the website, and answer every question truthfully. Once you’ve completed the background information portion, you’ll be re-directed to the Walmart Pre-Employment Assessment. How to Ace the Walmart Pre-Employment Assessment The second part of the Walmart application is the Pre-Employment Assessment, a 65-question test split into four sections. In the first section, you’ll be presented with various work-related situations and you’ll need to select the most appropriate response. Below are examples of these types of questions from the actual Walmart job application. The second section asks you to rate the effectiveness of certain work actions on a scale of 1-5 for effectiveness. In the third section, you’re presented with statements, and you need to select how much you agree or disagree with it. The fourth section asks you about your past experience. The Pre-Employment Assessment is graded pass/fail. You have to complete and pass the test to be considered for a Walmart job. Therefore, you need to do well, but how? The #1 most important rule to remember to ace the test is that quality customer service is very important to Walmart. Consider that before answering any questions. I’ll walk you through a sample question from each section and show you how to apply this rule to answer the question. Section 1 sample question: â€Å"One of your customers has just said to you, ‘The service here is terrible.’ You should say:† â€Å"What is it about the service that you have not liked?† â€Å"Would you like to fill out a complaint form? I can get one for you.† â€Å"I realize our service is poor today. We are understaffed, so I apologize.† â€Å"I am really sorry to hear you say that, but we are trying as hard as we can.† If you think what would quality customer service be, then you’d probably realize that just apologizing is not the best choice. You want to learn WHAT it is that was bad, and figure out how you can improve it. Therefore, I’d eliminate C and D. B is good but not very personal. A shows the customer you care and want to help. Therefore, A is the best choice in terms of quality customer service, so I’d choose A. Section 2 sample question: Rate the following action listed for dealing with an angry customer who has come to you with a complaint on a scale of 1-5 for effectiveness (1 being very ineffective, 5 being very effective): â€Å"Outlining reason why the customer’s concern is not right.† If I, the employee, tell the customer that they shouldn’t be angry and that their complaint is not valid, that will likely make the customer angrier. It certainly won’t make the customer happy and won’t make them feel like they’re being appreciated or listened to. Imagine if you went to a store yourself and was angry - would you like if it the staff member told you why you were wrong? Probably not. Therefore, it would be bad customer service, so I think it’d be very ineffective. I’d give it a 1. Section 3 sample question: Rate the following for how much you agree or disagree on a scale of 1-5 (1 being strongly disagree, 5 being strongly agree): â€Å"I enjoy spending the time to find answers to difficult questions.† If Walmart cares about quality customer service, then they want all Walmart employees to answer all customer questions. If a customer presents you with a difficult question, then Walmart expects you to find the answer. If you say you hate spending time answering hard questions, Walmart may think you won’t help customers. Therefore, I’d guess they want you to enjoy spending time answering questions. I’d say 5 strongly agree. Section 4 sample question: â€Å"You have typically set work standards that were aimed:† â€Å"Above average as compared to other employees.† â€Å"At the same level as other employees.† â€Å"At achieving the highest quality possible.† â€Å"At completing the largest quantity of work.† Again, Walmart cares about quality customer service. Therefore, they care about high quality work. Using this logic, A or C is probably the best answer. If you compare A and C, A simply says the work standard is above average while C says the work standard is aimed at achieving the highest quality possible. C is the better choice because it’s stronger than A. The customer should always be happy. Summary: How to Start Your Walmart Career If you're looking to work at Walmart, remember the following key points: You can find Walmart jobs and start filling out the Walmart application at the Walmart.com jobs website. There are two parts to the Walmart application: provide your background information and answer a Pre-Employment Assessment. You need to pass the Pre-Employment Assessment in order to be eligible for a Walmart job. When working through the assessment always keep the principles of excellent customer service in mind.

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Role of Pectic Enzymes in Fruit Ripening Process ABSTRACT Fruits are important natural sources of human nutrition for regulation of several metabolic functions and maintenance of good health. They are one of the significant commercial food commodities and their economic value depends on several limiting factors. They easily undergo ripening in a shorter period of time and have a limited post-harvest existence. Fruit ripening is a common phenomenon occurring in fruits based on which they are harvested, consumed directly or processed for various purposes. It is an intricate phenomenon involving extremely synchronized, genetically encoded and an irreversible process that results in a sequence of biochemical, physical and organoleptic alterations in a fruit. This finally develops into soft, palatable and a ripe fruit which possess necessary quality characteristics. On the other hand, excessive ripening results in spoilage of fruits. Ripening is related to the modifications of cell wall polysaccharides like starch, cellulose, hemicellulose and p ectins. Despite of several changes occurring in fruits such as loss of turgor, starch degradation and loss of contents during ripening, enzyme-catalysed variations to cell wall composition and structure are considered as main reason for softening of fruits. Pectic enzymes are a group of enzymes responsible for pectin degradation in fruits. They are termed as pectinase that includes pectic lyase, polygalacturonase, pectic methyl esterase and rhamnogalacturonase. Pectic enzymes degrade pectin resulting in softening and senescence in fruits. Pectins are the important polysaccharides occurring in middle lamella and primary cell wall. It contributes to the texture, consistency and quality of fruits. Degradation of pectin during ripening process was known to cause fruit tissue softening. Recent developments in molecular biology have helped in better understanding of fruit ripening mechanism due to enzymic activity. A review about the role of pectic enzymes on the plant cell walls to bring about softening during ripening process is discussed. Keywords: Fruits, cell wall polysaccharides, pectin, pectic enzymes, ripening INTRODUCTION Fruits are important sources of human nutrition and it is a commercially essential food commodity. Fruits are greatly specialized structures developed from a matured and pollinated ovary which have aesthetic characteristics with delicate aroma, striking colours, flavour, taste and juiciness from the edible seed vessels or receptacles (Prasanna et al., 2007). Prasanna et al., (2007) have indicated that fruits possess a wide variety of nutritional substances like vitamins (B-complex, C and K), phenolics and carotene providing higher energy value. They are classified as temperate, tropical and sub-tropical fruits based on their distribution in nature (Prasanna et al., 2007). When completely matured, harvesting of fruits is done. Maturity and ripening of fruits depends on their catalytic mechanism and based on the respiration pattern and biosynthesis of ethylene during ripening, harvested fruits are grouped as climacteric (capable of ripening after detachment from parent plant) and non-c limacteric (unable to continue ripening when detached from parent plant) type (Prasanna et al., 2007). Fruit ripening is an intricate irreversible phenomenon which is highly synchronized and genetically encoded causing biochemical, physiological and organoleptic alterations resulting in a ripened edible fruit (Prasanna et al., 2007). Several factors involved in ripening of fruits are shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Factors involved in fruit ripening (Koning, 1994) Plant cell walls are complex structures which contain polysaccharides, proteins and enzymes. Pectin which contributes about one-third of the plant cell wall in dicots plays a crucial role in tissue development, adherence of cells, apoplastic porosity and so on (Almeida and Huber, 2007). Pectin is in control of maintenance of integrity of cell wall. It forms a cross-link between cellulose microfibrils and xyloglucans as shown in Figure 2. During ripening, pectin is greatly modified by the enzyme actions resulting in relaxing of cellular interconnections. This leads to loosening and hydrolysis of cell wall polymers which is the main reason for softening of fruit tissues (Gwanpua et al., 2014). Figure 1: Plant cell wall structure (Sticklen, 2008) Texture, an important quality attribute in fruits is altered leading to softening of fruits during ripening (Barret and Gonzalez, 1994). The mechanisms involved in fruit ripening were not understood clearly. It may be due to several factors like turgor loss, starch deprivation, loss of nutritional contents and so on (Ali et al., 2004). The major changes in texture causing softness where due to enzyme-catalysed changes in the cell wall assembly and composition, cell wall polysaccharides (pectin and cellulose) solubilization partially or completely (Waldron and Faulds, 2007). It has been studied by Rodriguez and Restrepo (2011) that, Pectic constituents is an important determinant of the firmness and consistency of the fruits (Van Buren, 1991). Pectinesterase (PE), polygalacturonase (PG) and Pectateliase (PL) are major pectic enzymes responsible for softening of fruit tissues during ripening (Rodriguez and Restrepo, 2011). Rodriguez and Restrepo (2011) have also indicated that, combine d action of these enzymes add to the final texture of fruit and when these enzymes undergo excessive reactions with pectin, it results in notorious softening and provides perfect conditions for microbial attack. Gwanpua et al., (2014) studied that softening is one of the significant changes occurring in climacteric fruit ripening. They were more prone to microbial infections and physical damages and may adverse during prolonged storage. Fruit firmness determines its economic value and considerable effects were taken to control softness of fruits due to enzymic action, metabolic changes and changes in storage conditions (Gwanpua et al., 2014). Softening associated with the ripening mediated by the pectic enzyme action on plant cell walls of different fruits is discussed in this study. 2. Pectic enzymes Pectinases are commonly referred to as pectic enzymes. They act upon pectin constituents of cell wall matrix resulting in softening of fruits. Polygalacturonase (PG), Pectin methyl esterase (PME), Pectin lyase (PL) are some of the major pectic enzymes classified based on their type of action involved in degradation of pectins. The modes of action of these enzymes are as shown in figure 2. Figure 3: Mode of action of pectolytic enzymes (Van Rensburg and Pretorius, 2000). PME causes de-esterification by catalysing the pectin methyl group hydrolysis (Prasanna et al., 2007). They were known to usually attack on the methyl ester linkages of a galacturonate entity which lies next to non-esterified galacturonate component. This process acts as a precondition for polygalacturonase activity (Prasanna et al., 2007). Rodriguez and Restrepo (2011) implicated that pectin methyl esterases (PME) were found to alter pectin in case of low methoxy pectin and in polygalacturonic acid by hydrolysis of methyl ester bonds in esterified carboxyls. It was observed that the softening process could be controlled by the control of this enzyme action in fruits like pear, grape, citrus, tomato, strawberry, arracacha, potato, papaya, kiwi and guava (Rodriguez and Restrepo, 2011; Prasanna et al., 2007). PG, referred as Pectolytic glycanase is an essential hydrolytic enzyme playing an important role in pectin termination (Prasanna et al., 2007). They act on pectic acids and ÃŽ ±-1, 4- glycosidic bonds are hydrolysed between the residues of galacturonic acid in galacturonans. They are categorized as endo-PG and exo-PG (Prasanna et al., 2007). Prasanna et al., (2007) studied that Endo-PG act randomly in pectin de-polymerization and exo-PG releases galacturonic acid by catalysing the glycosidic bonds hydrolysis from the non-reducing end of the pectic substances. It is recognized that middle lamella dissolution in the course of fruit ripening were done by PG. PL undergoes mechanism of ÃŽ ²-elimination of the glycosidic bonds (Prasanna et al., 2007). They also indicated that PL acts an endo-enzyme which acts randomly during cleavage of esterified galacturonate units. PL was known to act at methyl-ester bonds leading to beta-elimination of glycosidic bonds by formation of double bonds in galacturonic acids (Rodriguez and Restrepo, 2011). Rodriguez and Restrepo (2011) specified that pectin lyase (PL) enzyme were responsible for cell wall degradation resulting in softening of banana and strawberries. The changes in pectin due to these enzymes action were as shown in Figure 4. Figure 4: Action of Pectolytic enzymes on pectin (Prasanna et al., 2007) 2.1. Role of pectic enzymes in softening during ripening in different fruit varieties Pectic enzymes play an important role in ripening of fruit by degradation of pectic substances found in fruits. Several researches were conducted in different fruit varieties and in their respective juices to understand the role of pectic enzymes in softening of fruit tissues and their intended use in preparation of fruit juices to enhance mashing of fruits, for clarification of fruit juices and also to increase the release of flavours from fruits (Whitaker, 1984). Invitro-studies of some selected fruits and their pectic enzymic activity is discussed. Besford and Hobson (1972) studied the pectic enzyme activity in tomato fruit and concluded that action of PG/ PME or transelimination by pectic transeliminase were not responsible for tomato ripening. Almedia and Huber (2008) have indicated that softening of tomato fruit during ripening were not associated with the PG activity eventhough they remained active in ripened fruit. Enzymic activities of other fruits are studied comparing with tomato as model fruit (Ali et al., 2004). Pires and Finardi-Filho (2005) have extracted PE and PG from Peruvian carrots to understand the pectic enzyme activities in carrot and found that pectinases along with amylases would act together to bring about spoilage in tubers. Owino et al., (2004) have studied about the alterations in fig fruits during ripening due to changes in cell-wall polysaccharides. They have concluded that qualitative differences in both receptacle and drupelets were observed in pectic polymers compared to the hemi-cellulosic substances. This indicates that ripening of fig is associated with modifications in pectin. Several studies were done to understand ripening of strawberries genetically as it softens rapidly (Pombo et al., 2009; Bustamante et al., 2006). It was observed that cell wall degradation were due to pectin dissoloution by pectic enzyme activities in strawberries which enters ripening phase quicker overlapping with the senescence. Manrique and Lajolo (2004) discussed about the cell-wall modifications in papaya fruit during postharvest ripening. They found that several enzymic actions are involved in papaya fruit during the entire period. There were notable changes in pectic polymers during papaya ripening which were mainly due to PG activity and probably due to PME as there were charge density modifications in polymers (Manrique and Lajolo, 2004). Avocado fruit undergoes pectin depolymerisation in contrast to other fruits and it was observed that it was the only fruit in which huge amounts of pectin were readily solubilizing under milder conditions (Pesis et al., 1978; Huber at al., 2001). In case of apples, exo-PG, PME and PL activity were observed to cause changes in cell wall polysaccharides (Goulao et al., 2007; Oritz et al., 2011). Studies related to cell wall modification during ripening of apples reveals that exo-PG, PME and PL activity influences softening of apples (Goulao et al., 2007). Studies by Gw anpua et al., (2014) in jonagold apples have shown that increment of PG activity occurred late during ripening and PME activity did not influence the ripening process. Cheng et al., (2011) observed that banana fruit which enters softening during ripening were associated with pectic hydrolytic activity and it was mainly due to the combined effects of PG and PME activity. Abu-Goukh and Bashir (2003) have observed that softening of guava fruit and mango were mainly due to PG and cellulose activity during ripening which resulted in drop in firmness of the fruits. Similarly in case of peaches, softening is due to depolymerisation of pectin by endo-PG activity resulting in solubilization of cell-wall polymers (Yoshioka et al., 2011). 3. CONCLUSION Pectin polymers form a gel-like matrix which provides cell-wall integrity contributing to the firmness of fruits. It stabilizes the texture and colour of the fruit based on which freshness of fruits is determined. Commercial value of fruits is based on these quality attributes. Several researches conducted on different types of fruits indicate that pectic enzymes have an important role in softening of fruit tissues during ripening. They were known to cause pectin solubilization in cell-wall matrices by different modes of action like lysis, de-esterification and glycanase activity. Research studies conducted on selected types of fruits under in-vitro conditions indicated that Polygalacturonase activity is predominant in almost all-types of fruits compare to pectin methyl-esterase and Pectic-lyase activities. Pectic enzymes were not the only factor for softening of fruits during ripening as it is influenced by several other factors like changes in pH, temperature, harvesting period, st orage conditions, physical damage, microbial attack, presence of sugars, other hydrolytic, kinetic and amylase enzymes and so on. Better understanding of mechanism of pectic enzymes on primary cell-walls of fruits would enhance the control of softening and ripening process. This in turn, will improve the quality of fruits extending its shelf-life. Recent advancements favoured the isolation of pectic enzymes commercially which is used intentionally for accelerating the maturation of fruits, added in production of fruit juices to easily crush the fruits, to solubilize the complex cell-wall matrices, to release all nutrients, to control haze formation in juices, to enhance flavour and colour characteristics of fruit juices, and so on. Recent developments in molecular biology have paved a way for genetically understanding the pectic enzyme action on primary cell-walls in fruits. Henceforth, pectic enzymes play a determining role in softening associated with ripening of fruits.

Dramatic Monologue Essay -- Essays Papers

Dramatic Monologue When discussing the poetic form of dramatic monologue it is rare that it is not associated with and its usage attributed to the poet Robert Browning. Robert Browning has been considered the master of the dramatic monologue. Although some critics are skeptical of his invention of the form, for dramatic monologue is evidenced in poetry preceding Browning, it is believed that his extensive and varied use of the dramatic monologue has significantly contributed to the form and has had an enormous impact on modern poetry. "The dramatic monologues of Robert Browning represent the most significant use of the form in postromantic poetry" (Preminger and Brogan 799). The dramatic monologue as we understand it today "is a lyric poem in which the speaker addresses a silent listener, revealing himself in the context of a dramatic situation" (Murfin 97). "The character is speaking to an identifiable but silent listener at a dramatic moment in the speaker's life. The circumstances surrounding the co nversation, one side which we "hear" as the dramatic monologue, are made by clear implication, and an insight into the character of the speaker may result" (Holman and Harmon 152). Although Browning wrote numerous dramatic monologues his contemporaries often criticized his works as being too emotional. The dramatic monologues of Browning are characterized by certain identifiable traits. The three requirements of a Browning dramatic monologue are "The reader takes the part of the silent listener; The speaker uses a case-making argumentative tone; We complete the dramatic scene from within, by means of inference and imagination" (Landow). Critics have interpreted the third requirement, the reader's interpretation and conclusions... ...tical Views. Ed. Harold Bloom, N.Y.: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. 23-44. Murfin, Roy and Supryia M. Ray, eds. The Bedford Glossary of Critical Literary Terms. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1998. O’Neill, Patricia. Robert Browning and Twentieth-Century Criticism. Columbia, SC: Camden House, 1995. Preminger, Alex and T.V. Brogan eds. The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Princeton: PUP, 1993. Shaviro, Steven. "Browning upon Caliban upon Setebos." Browning Society Notes 12 (1983). Rpt. in Robert Browning: Modern Critical Views. Ed. Harold Bloom, N.Y.: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. 139-150. Wagner-Lawlor, Jennifer. "The Pragmatics of Silence, and the Figuration of the Reader in Browning's Dramatic Monologues." Victorian Poetry 35.3 (Fall 1997) : 287-302. Woolford, John. Browning the Revisionary. N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1988.

Pfizer information systems Essay

Pfizer is a health organization in form of a pharmaceutical company. It has its headquarters in London. Due to the wide distribution of activities within the corporation however, success of its activities has been through the use of Clinical Management System (CMS). This is management software, which is in a form of a wide scope of database that support the storage, processing and release of information across different departments. In 2000, this information system database won the top honor towards care management. The nature of the database is inform of a complex autonomy of information sourcing, storage and dissemination center to the various departments within the organization. (http://ieeexplore. ieee. org/Xplore/login. jsp? url=/iel5/6709/20043/00926806. pdf? arnumber=926806) It has been an important implement towards the maintenance of patient records in electronic forms. It helps in providing support for the providers of primary care, care managers, health professionals and nurses with the most appropriate framework for decision-making. Within its system, CMS database holds records about the outlay of various chronic diseases. Elsewhere, it is equipped with the health information of various patients which is seen as an important step towards offering adequate performance lifestyle in the care management for the patients. (http://www. pfizer. com. my/01b_bus. asp) To Pfizer, CMS database system was developed as a solution towards patients care management. It has been a tool for supplement health care management in various institutional process management within the organization. A complex autonomy of data is held within its system which captures patient health history, chronic diseases, and medical attention given to them above others. Decision support for patients is attained through the provision of information across various departments within the organization. The database helps the professionals for health care in collected the most appropriate medical history, laboratory data, medical data information on treatment status, symptoms and other basic patient information. Within its system also, treatment information on patients that have diabetes, depression and heart failure is maintained. It also has a component of modules that are used by health care professionals in facilitating health lifestyles. Consequently, an approach towards lifestyles that help to reduce the risks involved in cardiovascular disease is provided. (http://www. pfizerhealthsolutions. com/media/071301_award. asp) Therefore, CMS is a risk management database system where information which is patient specific is stored. Consequently, the stored information is thus configured towards providing the most appropriate real-time analyzed decision support structures to the caregivers. The application of the information held in the system involves trained nurses as well as care managers who are licensed to use various program protocols under strict supervision of a specialist. They then deliver the most appropriate care towards the success of the patients. It has various clinical features and functions aimed at patient care management. Generally, Pfizer Health solutions have been known in offering and enhancing efficiency and quality in health care delivery. This would perhaps be a simple structure of database CMS information system.

IT Doesn’t matter Essay

â€Å"If a company needs evidence of the kind of money that might be saved, it need only look at Microsoft’s profit margin† Excerpts from a company’s strategy document †¢ †¦ the company will ensure that it will have at least 2 plug points in each room with AC connection. †¢ The switches will be white in color and will make a ‘click’ sound on pressing †¢ Press to hear the click sound Disclaimer †¢ We all agree to the fact that IT plays a crucial role in running an organisation. †¢ All that we are driving at is that the existence of IT does not grant a competitive advantage to a company, anymore In other words, IT lets you remain in the race, Winning is a totally different ball game altogether The (lost) Edge †¢ Can IT provide an edge for you? †¢ You only gain an edge over rivals by having or doing something that they can’t have or do. †¢ By now, the core functions of IT – data storage, data processing, and data transport – have become available and affordable to all. †¢ And hence they are becoming costs of doing business that must be paid by all but provide distinction to none Risk >>> Advantage †¢ When a resource becomes essential to competition but inconsequential to strategy, the risks it creates become more important than the advantages it provides †¢ Lets classify technologies into †¢ Proprietary technologies †¢ Infrastructural technologies. †¢ Proprietary technologies can be owned, actually or effectively, by a single company. †¢ Infrastructural technologies, in contrast, offer far more value when shared IT has all the hallmarks of an infrastructural technology. †¢ Its mix of characteristics guarantees particularly rapid commoditization. †¢ IT is, first of all, a transport mechanism–it carries digital information just as railroads carry goods and power grids carry electricity. †¢ And like any transport mechanism, it is far more valuable when shared than when used in isolation Hence the technology’s potential for differentiating one company from the pack – its strategic potential – declines as it becomes accessible and affordable to all. Mainframe timesharing local area networks Ethernet networks Internet †¢ Each stage in the above progression has led to Greater standardization of the technology and hence greater homogenization of its functionality. †¢ The benefits of customization would be overwhelmed by the costs of isolation. †¢ Because most business activities and processes have come to be embedded in software, they become replicable †¢ Both the cost savings and the interoperability benefits make the sacrifice of distinctiveness unavoidable The arrival of the Internet has accelerated the commoditization of IT by providing a perfect delivery channel for generic applications Signs that the IT has reached Saturation †¢ First, IT’s power is outstripping most of the business needs it fulfills. Second, the price of essential IT functionality has dropped to the point where it is more or less affordable to all. Third, the capacity of the universal distribution network (the Internet) has caught up with demand – indeed, we already have considerably more fiber-optic capacity than we need. Fourth, IT vendors are rushing to position themselves as commodity suppliers or even as utilities. Finally, and most definitively, the investment bubble has burst, which historically has been a clear indication that an infrastructural technology is reaching the end of its buildout. Do the Right Thing†¦ †¢   The operational risks associated with IT are many – technical glitches, obsolescence, service outages, unreliable vendors or partners, security breaches, even terrorism–and some have become magnified as companies have moved from tightly controlled, proprietary systems to open, shared ones. IT may be a commodity, and its costs may fall rapidly enough to ensure that any new capabilities are quickly shared, but the very fact that it is entwined with so many business functions means that it will continue to consume a large portion of corporate spending. IT buyers should throw their weight around, to negotiate contracts that ensure the long term usefulness of their PC investments and impose hard limits on upgrade costs. And if vendors balk, companies should be willing to explore cheaper solutions, including open-source applications and bare-bones network PCs. Most of the major business technology vendors, from Microsoft to IBM, are trying to position themselves as IT utilities, companies that will control the provision of a diverse range of business applications over what is now called, â€Å"the grid. † The upshot is ever greater homogenization of IT capabilities, as more companies replace customized applications with generic ones. Wal-Mart and Dell Computer are exceptions to this though. In2002, the consulting firm Alinean compared the IT expenditures and the financial results of 7,500 large U. S. companies †¢ The 25 companies that delivered the highest economic returns, spent on average just 0. 8% of their revenues on IT, while the typical company spent 3. 7%. †¢ Larry Ellison, one of the great technology salesmen, admitted in a recent interview that â€Å"most companies spend too much [on IT] and get very little in return. † †¢ The key to success, for the vast majority of companies, is no longer to seek advantage aggressively but to manage costs and risks meticulously. Thank You

Repast and Repaste

Repast and Repaste Repast and Repaste Repast and Repaste By Maeve Maddox The old-fashioned word repast, meaning a meal, is still used by modern speakers, but rarely and self-consciously. Its rarity may explain the fact that many writers who do use it don’t know how to spell it. Here are some examples the misspelling of repast found in print and online: And don’t the Bedouin fry locusts in oil for a tasty repaste? we steered our sturdy craft to dock at a charming little riverside sandwich shop for a tasty repaste and a break from the ride. Two wild pigs provided a tasty repaste for about 25 folks enjoying a tasty repaste of four Quaker Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip granola bars The spelling and pronunciation of the noun repast conform to modern English spelling conventions. The letter a between consonants represents the short vowel sound, /à ¦/ as in past. Adding an e to the end of the word changes the short a to a long a, /eÉ ª/ as in paste. The spelling repaste does exist for two verbs. 1. repaste: verb. paste again. Say you’ve made a collage by pasting flowers and leaves to a piece of cardboard. What do you do if it starts falling apart? You repaste the bits that have fallen off. 2. repaste: verb. replace the thermal glue between the CPU and the heatsink in your computer. I’m on shaky ground here, but I’ll try to explain this one for fellow nongeeks. While cruising the web looking for incorrect spellings of repast, I discovered that computer gamers are concerned about the necessity to â€Å"repaste.† Computers contain something called a heatsink that draws heat away from the CPU (Central Processing Unit). The CPU and the heatsink are separated by a viscous substance called thermal grease or thermal paste that improves the efficiency of the heat sink by filling any tiny gaps that might exist. As I understand it, computer gaming generates a lot of heat and sometimes the thermal paste dries up, becoming less effective. A gamer â€Å"repastes† by opening the computer, scraping off the dried paste and replacing it with fresh. Other terms for the viscous material are thermal gel, thermal compound, heat paste, heat sink paste and heat sink compound. Bottomline: If you’re writing about food, spell it repast. Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Keep learning! Browse the Vocabulary category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:"Because Of" and "Due To" 41 Words That Are Better Than GoodWhen Is a Question Not a Question?

Development of an internet based housing demand database system for Dissertation

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Joseph Plumb Martin Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 500 words

Joseph Plumb Martin - Essay Example Wit and humor are great assets for a writer. Martin describes about the confusing situations that prevailed in the uncertain battlegrounds. Without able officers to guide, issue orders to the soldiers as to the course of action to be followed everything was in a state of mess in the war-fronts. The soldiers were ill-equipped, untrained and faced life-and death situations often. Most of them were inexperienced and did not possess the skills and intricacies of attacking and defending in warfronts. Martin’s grouse that the authorities did not care for the ordinary soldier is genuine. They defended the people and the cause, and once the war was over they were finding it difficult to defend their poor pensions. This observation of Martin is bone chilling: â€Å"If I chance to die in a civilized country, none will deny me that. A dead body never begs a grave; thanks for that.† (p.179, 180). Martin and fellow-soldiers fought wars with utter dedication in sub-human conditions. Their patriotism was matchless. Martin felt genuine anguish the way the soldiers were treated by the authorities, once the job was done. His language is not that of a bitter critic. His simple words pierce the conscience of a discernable reader, like a sharp dagger. Revolutionary speeches were delivered by the big leaders, theoreticians on the subject of racism, and other think-tanks from the ivory towers. But the real difficulties of the war was borne by the ordinary soldiers, and the goal of freedom for the Nation was accomplished by them fighting from the deadly trenches, with genuine apprehensions about their survival to see the sun rise for another day.