Category: Failure

  • Flexible Pavement Failure: Alligator Cracking Explanation

    The failures that occur in the flexible pavement are as follow:- Alligator cracking or Map cracking (Fatigue)- Consolidation of pavement layers (Rutting)- Shear failure cracking- Longitudinal cracking- Frost heaving- Lack of binding to the lower course- Reflection cracking- Formation of waves and corrugation- Bleeding and – Pumping. (Suryakanta, 2015)Alligator cracking or Map cracking (Fatigue) Fatigue…

  • Marilyn and Gerry

    This is Marilyn. I know you must be very upset with me for disappearing without letting anyone know. I had to go to meet Gerry. I could not have waited another year in order to meet him. It has already been 10 years that we have not seen him. All we received from him was…

  • Exceptions and Failures in Java Programming Language

    Motivation We seek robust (tough) programs. When something unexpected occurs” Ensure program detects the problem ” Then program must do something about it Extensive testing of special situations can result in ” spaghetti code Spaghetti code is a pejorative phrase for source code that has a complex and tangled control structure, especially one using many…

  • Understanding Service Failure: Root Causes of Inadequate Customer Service

    Introduction (Discussion of service failure) (300 words) The term “service failure” examines the real reasons why employees struggle in order to deliver outstanding service. (Toister, Jeff, 2012) Service Failure refers to not being able to perform the service which has been therefore promised by a company. (Sambridhi, Shrestha, 2017) A service failure is a service…

  • What Kept Thomas Edison from Giving Up?

    GRIT Have you ever wondered what kept Thomas Edison from giving up on making the perfect lightbulb? As shown in his data, he failed several times but persisted and eventually got it. He reflected “I did not fail 999 times. I just found 999 ways not to make a lightbulb”. Thomas Edison was one of…

  • Othello’s Failure: Weakness of Desdemona and Emilia

    The character’s of Desdemona and Emilia are very different in the play Othello, but are treated in similar ways because of the fact that they are women. During the 17th century, which is when the play was written and set, women were clearly seen as the weaker sex, and so their views and judgements were…

  • Were Provisional Government doomed to fail?

    The provisional government was set up in March 1917, due to the failure of the Romanovs. After such a long and unsuccessful leadership with Nicolas II. It was exceptionally hard shoes to fill. However, there were more problems to be seen. The establishment of the Petrograd Soviet meant that the Provisional Government was doomed to…

  • Failures of intelligence in Vietnam War

    The poor prediction, a neglect of important issues and the lack of clear central direction has characterized the United States intelligence. These kinds of failures caused three major intelligence failures which are: The US intelligence has failed to measure the extend of the conflict, which has been seen as larger than what the intelligence has…

  • Comedy Element in Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew”

    A discussion of mistaken identity in William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew”. Throughout the play “The Taming of the Shrew,” William Shakespeare has utilized several ingenious techniques resulting in an effective piece of work. One of the more unique and creative methods is the use of mistaken identity. With the use of mistaken identity,…

  • Hamlet’s procrastination: a study on his failure to act

    Hamlet is a play written by William Shakespeare, between the years of 1599 and 1601, under the reign of King James I. The play, set in the kingdom of Denmark, recounts the tragic tale of how Prince Hamlet enacts revenge on his Uncle Claudius, for murdering his father (King Hamlet), marrying Gertrude (his widowed mother,…