Rent-A-Car

Our goal is to build a data management system for a car rental company. This enables the admin to rent a vehicle to a customer. This system increases customer retention while simplifying vehicle and personnel management. The interface of this software car Rental System is very user-friendly. As a result, users will find it extremely simple to work on. Administrators can use this system to manage customer confirm and cancel booking requests, customer testimonials, and customer issues. The vehicle data can be entered into the system. Administrators can also modify or delete existing vehicle data. There is no delay in the availability of any car information; it can be captured quickly and easily whenever required. In this application, we had three primary responsibilities: admin, renter, and owner. Renters can locate their vehicles and communicate with the owners, owners can upload vehicle information, and administrators can manage accounts and vehicles in this application. We chose the PHP Codeigniter framework to build our car rental website, which includes HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, and Javascript for the user interface and MySql for the database

Interacciones tróficas entre comunidades de peces y los bosques ribereños de arroyo de tierra firme (Presidente Figueiredo - Amazonas - Brasil)

  The aim of this work was to the determining the factors that influenced the structure of a community fishes in streams of Central Amazon and examine the fish communities dependence in relationship of riparian forest. Fish were collected in streams of Lajes of Presidente Figueiredo (Amazonas-Brazil) using fishing equipment. The fish were collected every two months for one year in three collection points (mouth, medium, river). Calculations were made diversity index and dominance and composition determinations of the fish diet (frequency of occurrence, relative volume, fat content) were performed. The composition of the associations of fish was determined. Total 141 fish, over three orders and eight families were collected. The Urubuí river presented itself as the most diverse, while point Foz showed less dominance index. Considering the data obtained, the increase of anthropogenic impact on bayous near the cities and food items present in the stomachs of the species collected, we conclude that fish community of the streams studied showed dependence on riparian forest.El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar los factores que influyen en la estructuración de una comunidad de peces de arroyos en la Amazonía central, así como examinar la dependencia de la comunidad de peces en relación con los bosques de ribera. Los peces fueron recolectados en el arroyo de Lajes, situado cerca de la ciudad de Presidente Figueiredo (Amazonas-Brasil) utilizando artes de pesca. Las muestras de peces fueron recogidos cada dos meses durante un año, la colecta se realiza en tres puntos (boca, medianas, ríos). Se realizaron cálculos del índice de diversidad y de dominio, determinaciones de la composición de la dieta de los peces (frecuencia de ocurrencia, volumen relativo, contenido de grasa). Se determinó la composición de las asociaciones de peces. Se recogieron 141 especímenes, tres órdenes y ocho familias diferentes. El río Urubuí se presentó como el más diverso, mientras que el punto Foz mostró menor índice de dominancia. Teniendo en cuenta los datos obtenidos, el aumento del impacto antropogénico sobre los arroyos cerca de las ciudades y de los alimentos presentes en el estómago de las especies recolectadas, se concluye que la comunidad de peces de los arroyos estudiados mostraron dependencia de bosque de ribera

The Long Exception: Rethinking the Place of the New Deal in American History

The Long Exception examines the period from Franklin Roosevelt to the end of the twentieth century and argues that the New Deal was more of an historical aberration—a byproduct of the massive crisis of the Great Depression—than the linear triumph of the welfare state. The depth of the Depression undoubtedly forced the realignment of American politics and class relations for decades, but, it is argued, there is more continuity in American politics between the periods before the New Deal order and those after its decline than there is between the postwar era and the rest of American history. Indeed, by the early seventies the arc of American history had fallen back upon itself. While liberals of the seventies and eighties waited for a return to what they regarded as the normality of the New Deal order, they were actually living in the final days of what Paul Krugman later called the interregnum between Gilded Ages. The article examines four central themes in building this argument: race, religion, class, and individualism

A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Finding communication strategies that effectively motivate social distancing continues to be a global public health priority during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-country, preregistered experiment (n = 25,718 from 89 countries) tested hypotheses concerning generalizable positive and negative outcomes of social distancing messages that promoted personal agency and reflective choices (i.e., an autonomy-supportive message) or were restrictive and shaming (i.e., a controlling message) compared with no message at all. Results partially supported experimental hypotheses in that the controlling message increased controlled motivation (a poorly internalized form of motivation relying on shame, guilt, and fear of social consequences) relative to no message. On the other hand, the autonomy-supportive message lowered feelings of defiance compared with the controlling message, but the controlling message did not differ from receiving no message at all. Unexpectedly, messages did not influence autonomous motivation (a highly internalized form of motivation relying on one’s core values) or behavioral intentions. Results supported hypothesized associations between people’s existing autonomous and controlled motivations and self-reported behavioral intentions to engage in social distancing. Controlled motivation was associated with more defiance and less long-term behavioral intention to engage in social distancing, whereas autonomous motivation was associated with less defiance and more short- and long-term intentions to social distance. Overall, this work highlights the potential harm of using shaming and pressuring language in public health communication, with implications for the current and future global health challenges

A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased negative emotions and decreased positive emotions globally. Left unchecked, these emotional changes might have a wide array of adverse impacts. To reduce negative emotions and increase positive emotions, we tested the effectiveness of reappraisal, an emotion-regulation strategy that modifies how one thinks about a situation. Participants from 87 countries and regions (n = 21,644) were randomly assigned to one of two brief reappraisal interventions (reconstrual or repurposing) or one of two control conditions (active or passive). Results revealed that both reappraisal interventions (vesus both control conditions) consistently reduced negative emotions and increased positive emotions across different measures. Reconstrual and repurposing interventions had similar effects. Importantly, planned exploratory analyses indicated that reappraisal interventions did not reduce intentions to practice preventive health behaviours. The findings demonstrate the viability of creating scalable, low-cost interventions for use around the world

A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Finding communication strategies that effectively motivate social distancing continues to be a global public health priority during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-country, preregistered experiment (n = 25,718 from 89 countries) tested hypotheses concerning generalizable positive and negative outcomes of social distancing messages that promoted personal agency and reflective choices (i.e., an autonomy-supportive message) or were restrictive and shaming (i.e. a controlling message) compared to no message at all. Results partially supported experimental hypotheses in that the controlling message increased controlled motivation (a poorly-internalized form of motivation relying on shame, guilt, and fear of social consequences) relative to no message. On the other hand, the autonomy-supportive message lowered feelings of defiance compared to the controlling message, but the controlling message did not differ from receiving no message at all. Unexpectedly, messages did not influence autonomous motivation (a highly-internalized form of motivation relying on one’s core values) or behavioral intentions. Results supported hypothesized associations between people’s existing autonomous and controlled motivations and self-reported behavioral intentions to engage in social distancing: Controlled motivation was associated with more defiance and less long-term behavioral intentions to engage in social distancing, whereas autonomous motivation was associated with less defiance and more short- and long-term intentions to social distance. Overall, this work highlights the potential harm of using shaming and pressuring language in public health communication, with implications for the current and future global health challenges

Educational and Career Aspirations and Expectations of Selected Jamaican Students

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