Archive for September 2011
Information Technology – 4 Reasons to Invest During Recession
September 28, 2011 | 
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In the current economy, business leaders are being forced to make some tough decisions. For many, a natural instinct is to cut spending across all departments. Though this seems to be the simplest solution, it’s not always the best one. Some investments can actually help your business weather through the current economic storm. Despite the impulse to reduce budgets, here are four reasons you should consider investing in Information Technology during a recession:
Increase Productivity While Reducing Costs – Information systems streamline business operations and help you do more with less.
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What is Forensic Science?
Forensic science has a very high profile on TV and across the media in general. This profile includes both real world references to forensic science in such programs as The First 48, and fictional references to forensic science most notably in shows such as CSI, CSI Miami etc.
However, despite this very high profile, the question “What is Forensic Science” is an extremely common search engine phrase (Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask etc).
What this shows, I think it’s fair to say, is that many people have a general idea of what forensic science is but they would struggle to come up with a definitive definition. The following information is presented with this very much in mind.
Forensic
From the Latin ‘Forensis’, meaning forum, specifically the Imperial Court of Rome.
Science
The systematic formulation of knowledge based on observation, experiment & induction. Science is organized knowledge (Immanuel Kant).
Forensic Science
Forensic science is really just science used in court
(Allan Jamieson, Director of the Forensic Institute, Edinburgh, UK)
Any science, used for the purposes of the law, is a forensic science. (American Academy of Forensic Sciences)
In essence then, forensic science is the application of scientific knowledge in a legal context.
Sources of Scientific Knowledge
There are many sources of scientific knowledge applied in a legal context. These Include:
Chemistry Pathology Toxicology Dentistry Anthropology Engineering
The Forensic Scientist
By definition, a person who applies scientific knowledge in a legal context is a forensic scientist.
If you would like to find out more about the fascinating world of forensic science, you can do so by visiting the website http://www.all-about-forensic-science.com
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – Zurich Ranked 24th in the World
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – Zurich is the best university in Switzerland according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). The ARWU is published by the Institute of Higher Education at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University and several indicators of academic or research performance are used to establish the ranking, these include highly cited researchers, articles indexed in major citation indices and staff winning Nobel Prizes.
There are eight Swiss universities in the Word’s Top-500 universities (2008). The Top-5 universities in Switzerland are: 1.Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – Zurich (ranked 24th in the world); 2. University of Zurich (ranked 53rd); 3. University of Basel (87th); 4. University of Geneva (101-151th) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – Lausanne (101-151th). Switzerland has a very high density of the world’s top universities, with 1.1 ARWU universities per 1 million inhabitants .
The S F I T – Zurich (ETHZ) is a specialised university. It mainly covers science and technology, with 16 departments that teach mainly in the engineering sciences and architecture, system-oriented sciences, mathematics and natural sciences fields.
The S F Institute of Technology – Zurich was established in 1855 and is a federally funded university. The only other university that is federally funded in Switzerland is the Swiss Institute of Technology – Lausanne (a ‘sister’ university). All other universities are funded at a cantonal level (regional level). Federal funding means the university is a national institution and this gives it a broader and more open educational mandate.
The total number of students at the S F I T – Zurich is 15,093 (roughly 50% undergraduates and 50% graduates). The university has two main campuses: one in the city centre and the other at Honggerberg. The city centre campus is on the top of a hill overlooking the city of Zurich. It sits alongside the Main Building of the University of Zurich, a university that has many links to Institute of Technology Swiss Federal – Zurich.
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