Problems encountered in the onion cultivation of the Dambulla area

Problems encountered in the onion plant plant plant plant plant plant plant plant plant plant plant plant culture of the Dambulla argona outstanding onion wander was introduced to Sri Lanka by the British in 1855 and commercial goal was introduced by the Department of Agriculture during the 1950s and over the by historic period, the crop performance was evaluated in some(prenominal) parts of the country and it was observed that grownup onions fucking be grown economic in all in ally during every Maha season in almost all parts of the country.2. However, at present the nicety of astronomical onion is confined completely to Matale, Anuradhapura, Puthalama, Pollonnaruwa, Mahawelli and Jaffna Districts. More than 50% of the total onion production in Sri Lanka is cultivated from the Matale District.13. The regime strives to achieve a ego sufficient st mature in the production of better-looking onions since Sri Lanka spends a authoritative amount of cash outf woeful every year on the importation of the oversize onions. Meanwhile, in the recent away it has been noticed that the declamatory onion production has been moved(p) in Sri Lanka and therefrom customers be as well nonrecreational a uplifteder harm for the monstrous onions. In particular the big onion production in Dambulla range has been declining in the last few years.AIM OF THE RESEARCH4. The Dambulla bailiwick plays an signifi croupet role in the big onion acculturation in Sri Lanka. The political sympathies has been paying little c be and permit on promoting the big onion production in Dambulla. hence, it has so happened that the onion production in Dambulla has declined in the recent past as a consequence of the governings slight bet on for this sector. Therefore, the main purpose of this cogitation is to promote the big onion goal in the Dambulla atomic number 18a.OBJECTIVESGeneral Objectives5. This interrogation is carried out with the undermenti su perstard specific and general accusatives.a. The main general objective of this study is to identify the main problems encountered in the onion gardening of the Dambulla sphere of influence. particularized objective6. The specific objective of this study is to give the recommendation to mend the Big onion shade in the Dambulla ara and specific objectives are as fol downhearteds.a. To study the recent history of Big onion nuance in Dambulla area and to compare the present situation of the Big Onion nicety.b. To identify the main issues encountered in big onion subtlety in Dambulla.c. To identify the critical contributing factors.d. To make recommendations based on the take placeings.CHAPTER 2METHODOLOGYHYPOTHESIS1. Low yield of onion industry in Dambulla is due to less assistance of the government sectorSTATEMENT OF THE worry2. The Matale District plays an important role in the big onion cultivation in Sri Lanka in particular Dambulla provides big onions for the Sri Lanka ns consumption. In the recent past due to the neglect of support from the government sector the big onion cultivation has been declining.3. As a result the big onion cultivation in Dambulla will be non existence in the very abutting future. Furthermore, umpteen farmers depend on the big onion cultivation as their livelihood in Dambulla. Hence, if the big onion cultivation in Dambulla is abnormal numerous families will lose their income and it will affect the survival of many families. and so the deficiency of support from the government and the consequent less onion cultivation are considered as the research problem for this study.SCOPE OF THE contract4. This research studies the declining stage of the onion cultivation in Dambulla. The scope covers only the Dambulla area of big onion farmers. Therefore, this research has been express to the onion farmers of the Dambulla area. data COLLECTION METHODSa. Primary information . Structured questionnaires were hired to collect the data. These questionnaires dwell of 2 parts they are Part I the factors determining the big onion cultivation in Dambulla and Part II the own(prenominal) profile. The beginning part comprises instructions of two study factors which come across the big onion cultivation in Dambulla poor property of semens and the lack of plant food support. To identify the responses the questionnaire in part I applied the Likert scale of 1 5, which ranges from Strongly resist to Strongly Agree. The sec part included the personal profile of the respondents relating to age, sex, well-bred placement and number of years the farmer has been in cultivation.b. Secondary Data. In sum to primary data, secondary data withal was smooth for this research. It was compile by referring to the reports from the sylvan Department and from the Department of Census and Statistics.SAMPLE OF THE interpret7. This research studies the factors influencing the decline of the big onion cultivation in Dambulla. Therefore, the responses were collected from the local onion farmers from the Dambulla area. Thus, one C big onion farmers were considered as a sample for this study since all farmers could not be accessible inside the limited time for this study. These farmers were selected in a ergodic basis. Therefore, the simple random sampling method was applied for the selection of the sample.LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY8. The following limitations were encountered in the study.a. Time is limited, so that within the limited time the research has to be finished because of this in-depth analysis endurenot be applied.b. The researcher encountered limitation of resources.c. The sample was limited only to ascorbic acid farmers.LITERATURE REVIEW9. The big onion is an important minor crop consumed by many Sri Lankans and it has been estimated that 34,000 metric tons of onion is imported annually and Sri Lanka spends around 300 million rupees on onion importation (Gunawardena, 2009). Further more, it has been also estimated that 45,000 labour units are employed in the onion cultivation and production annually by Sri Lankans and therefore, it increases income and employment generation for many Sri Lankans.210. Many countries worldwide are observeting involved in the big onion production. In particular they are Belarus, Russia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, India, Pakistan and so on(Research Institute for Ve prepareable crops, 2006).11. correspond to Shanmugasundaram (2001) there are varieties of onion and it mainly includes the sweet, red, white, yellow, brown and green etc.TYPES OF onion plant address Shanmugasundaram (2008)BENEFITS OF ONION mathematical product12. Furthermore, it has been set that the big onion production brings several comparative benefits when compared to with other crops (Autko Moisevich, 2006). many of the benefits are disposed down the stairs.a. Output can be obtained in a short stream of time.b. Initial costs such as sow ins costs, fe rtilizer costs are comparatively less.c. It does not require a set cost.d. Less technology the machines are sufficient.e. High employability of manual labourers.f. Easy to find markets.g. Less terminal period.13. The onion basically has been divided into red onions and big onions and each course requires varied eco-agricultural conditions, labour, fertilizer, weather and climatic conditions, temperature, etc.REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS NEEDED FOR THE ONION PRODUCTION14. The literature suggests diametric requirements for smooth growing of the big onion production. Some of the conditions suggested by Autko and Moisevich (2006) are disposed below.a. growth of fertile soil layers in the zone of plant root by 4-6 cmb. Increase of aeration and thawing of soil, excluding over wetting in the period of heavy precipitationc. falloff of fertilizer rate masking by 30%d. minify of seed sowing ratese. Ensuring of looser soil state during the whole period of ve go aboutationf. hypothes is of soil surface copying by working organs of machines, during inter-row treatment, wakeless of plant protective zone 3-5 cm, mechanical weed destruction by 70-75% and band application of pesticides that witnesss the decrease of their rates by 2-3 timesg. Increase of irrigation efficiencyh. Diminution of nitrate content in the productionj. Decrease of energy expense during return-timeing by 20-40%.15. Therefore, the above conditions can be considered as the basic requirements for the growth and survival of the big onion production.16. The onion basically has been divided into red onions and large onions and each concoction requires different eco-agricultural conditions, labour, fertilizer, weather and climatic conditions, temperature, etc.DECEASES IN THE ONION CULTIVATION17. Shanmugasundaram, (2001) has identified the following diseases that affect the onion cultivation. He has divided these deceases into two.a. Field diseasesb. retentiveness diseases18. The field diseases c omprises of Stemphylium blight , Purple blotch, Anthracnose, Botrytis leaf blight, Downy mildew, Pink root, Smudge, filthiness and several Basal rots (Shanmugasundaram, 2001).19. The storage diseases covers common field rots, botrytis neck rot, opprobrious mold and bacterial soft rot (Shanmugasundaram, 2001).PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN THE BIG ONION CULTIVATION IN SRI LANKA20. Meanwhile it has been learned that in the recent past the onion cultivation has been reducing as a result of many factors. Some factors identified by Kulatunga (2006) are presented below.a. neglect of quality seedsb. Lack of advice given for application of seedsc. Insufficient loan facilities on tap(predicate) to procure last quality seedsd. Long durations taken for harvesting from seedse. Lack of government support in providing fertilizer facilities to the onion productionf. Lack of quality fertilizers available for the onion producersg. Lack of accessibility of fertilizer at outside and hidden outlets h. Absence of hash out and advice given on how to apply the fertilizers for the sassy conformationj. Lack of storage facilities to stemma the onion production.21. Though these problems are encountered in the onion production it can be divided into two major categories. These are given below.a. Lack of government support in bad seeds to the onion cultivators.b. Lack of government support to provide fertilizer to onion cultivation.LACK OF GOVERNMENT accompaniment TO SEEDS22. It has been observed that big onion cultivation has been change to greater extent by the lack of government pauperism in finding required seeds. Thus lack of quality seeds, lack of management and advise on applying seeds, lack of freshly variety of seeds, wanting(p) government financial support to purchase seeds, absence of assurance on harvesting duration etc are encountered under seeds (Kulatunga, 2006).LACK OF FERTILIZER SUPPORT23. Kulatunga (2006) has also identified that there is no sufficient fert ilizer support to motivate the big onion production. In Sri Lanka it has been learned that the onion farmers lack government funding and gunslingersidies to debase fertilizers. Furthermore, fertilizer is sold at a fairly game price in the outside outlets. In addition the efficient and harvest stimulating fertilizers are not available for the onion farmers. Also the amply quality and different variety of fertilizers are also not available to increase the big onion cultivation in the Dambulla area.INCREASING BIG ONION PRODUCTION24. It is therefore important that the onion production is increased in order to protect the big onion industry and to assure the livelihood of many Sri Lankans. Hence the literature suggests that the following measures can increase the onion production.a. Involving in research and development activities in order to increase the onion production.b. Government providing support to find high quality seeds.c. Government has to give seeds of the unexampled var ieties.d. Government has to provide seeds at subsidized prices.e. Government has to provide constant counselling and advice on use seeds.f. Government has to extend the fertilizer aid.g. Providing high quality fertilizer.h. Monitoring fertilizer dissemination.j. Counselling on handling diseases.Conceptual model25. From the literature freshen up the following conceptual model has been developed.Figure 3.1 Conceptual Model lessen onion cultivationLack of fertilizer availablenessLack of seed approachability( ascendant Formed for this Research Study)26. The above figure depicts two sets of factors that determine the decrease in the onion cultivation the lack of seed handiness and the lack of fertilizer availability. This was derived from Kulatunga (2006). Each set of the major factors have sub factors. Therefore, these two are considered as the independent variables. The decreasing onion cultivation can be identified as the dependent variable. Hence, this figure establishes conn ect between the factors and the decreasing onion cultivation. Through this research study one need to know which factor(s) cause for the decreasing onion cultivation, among the farmers in the Dambulla area. carry over 2.1 Operationalization of VariablesConceptsVariablesIndicatorsLevel of MeasurementQuestion No.Factors determining the onion cultivationLack of seeds availabilityReceiving high quality seedsLikertQ1 dispersion of seeds by the governmentLikertQ2 grooming of subsidy by the government to misdirect seeds regularlyLikertQ3Seeds braggart(a) the evaluate harvestLikertQ4 purchase seeds from the Government outlandish DepartmentLikertQ5Provision of training and counselling regarding the new seeds by the governmentLikertQ6I can hit new varieties of seedsLikertQ7I can get regular counselling and advice of the diseases on the seedsLikertQ8Lack of fertilizers availabilityFertilizer subsidy from the governmentLikertQ9Purchase of fertilizer from the Government Agricultural Departm entLikertQ10Purchase of fertilizer from the clannish outlets at a less priceLikertQ11Getting high quality fertilizerLikertQ12Getting advice and counselling for the application of fertilizersLikertQ13Getting different variety of fertilizersLikertQ14Getting fertilizer that can maximize the harvestLikertQ15Storage of overplus fertilizer for future useLikertQ16( reservoir Formed for this research study)selective information paygrade27. The guess and amount excursus were derived for data analysis. Furthermore, the criteria shown in the table below was adopted to evaluate the soaked determine. accede 2.2 Evaluation Criteria for Mean setRangeDegree13.67Low aimModerate takeHigh level witnesser Developed for this studyCHAPTER THREEDATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS1. This chapter covers the data presentation, analysis and discussion.DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS2. This section presents remember and ensample deviation of the factors affecting the onion cultivation in Dambulla. The stiff quantifys have been divvy upd based on Likerts Scale of one to flipper which represents Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree. Meanwhile, misbegot values were evaluated based on the already established evaluative criteria which range from low level to high level.Table 3.1 the values of mean and tired deviation (SD) of factors contributing to the onion cultivationStatementsFrom current staffMeanSDLack of seed availability1.90.25Lack of fertilizer availability2.24.41Source mountain Data3. Table 3.1 represents values of mean and model deviation of factors contributing to the decreasing level of the onion cultivation. The mean value of the seed availability is 1.90 and the quantity deviation is 0.25. Since the mean value of seed availability (1.90) is less than 2.33, it falls into the category of low level gratification4. Meanwhile, the mean value of fertilizer availability is 2.24 and pattern deviation for the same variable is 0.41. Thus, the mean value of fertilizer availabil ity (2.24) is less than 2.33 and it also falls under low level of satisfaction.Table 3.2 the mean and standard deviation values for the reports in the seed availabilityStatementsMeanSDI get high quality seeds1.88.89Government distribute seeds1.94.81Government provides a subsidy to spoil seeds regularly1.74.69Seeds give an expected harvest1.56.61We can profane seeds from the Government Agricultural Department2.16.86Government provides training and counselling regarding the new seeds2.12.91I can get new varieties of seeds1.79.55I can get regular counselling and advice of the diseases in the seeds1.85.45Source cogitation Data5. Table 3.2 shows the mean and standard deviation values for the statements in the seeds availability. As presented above, all eight statements that measure seed availability for the onion farmers in the Dambulla area have taken the mean values of less than 2.33. Therefore, it can be derived that farmers satisfaction on all statements of seed availability fall into the category of overturn level satisfaction.Table 3.3 the mean and standard deviation values for the statements in the fertilizer availabilityStatementsMeanSDI get fertilizer subsidy from the government2.20.92I can buy fertilizer from the Government Agricultural Department2.14.85I can buy fertilizer from private outlets at a less price2.18.99I can get high quality fertilizer2.20.94I get advice and counselling on the application of fertilizer2.15.93I get different variety of fertilizer2.24.84I get fertilizers that can maximize harvest2.12.96I can terminus excess fertilizer for future use2.09.92Source Survey Data6. Table 3.3 reveals the values of mean and standard deviation for the statements in the fertilizer availability. Hence all statements that measure the enchant of fertilizer availability of the onion farmers in the Dambulla area have taken the mean values less than 2.33. Therefore it can be say that the farmers satisfaction towards all statements of fertilizer avail ability fall into the category of low level of satisfaction.Personal profile7. This section presents data on the personal profile of the farmers in the Dambulla area. It covers age, sex, civil status and the number of years of perplex in the onion cultivation of the onion farmers in the Dambulla area.Age DistributionFig 3.1 the age distribution of the onion farmers in the Dambulla areaSource Survey DataTable 3.4 the age distribution of the onion farmers in the Dambulla areaAge categoryFrequencyPercentLess than 25303026-35282835-452424 in a higher place 451818Total100100Source Survey Data8. Fig 3.1 shows the age distribution of the respondents from onion farmers in the Dambulla area. Thirty percent of the respondents are less than 25 years and the respondents falling into the category of 26 35 and 35 45 are 28% and 24%, respectively and 82% of the respondents are less than the age of 45. just now 18% of the responded onion farmers are above the age of 45. Hence it reveals a fa ct that the majority of the onion framers in Dambulla are less than the age of 45.9. Therefore it can be concluded that most of the young employees are run aground to be faced with a decreasing level of onion production.Sex DistributionFig. 3.2 Sex distribution of the onion farmers in the Dambulla areaSource Survey DataTable 3.5 Sex distribution of the onion farmers in the Dambulla areaSex categoryFrequencyPercent staminate6868Female person3232Total100100Source Survey Data10. Fig 3.2 shows the sex distribution of the onion farmers in the Dambulla area. Sixty-eight percent of the responded onion farmers in the Dambulla area are male and 32% of the responded onion farmers are female.11. This shows that most of the male onion farmers in the Dambulla area are found to be impact with a decreasing level of onion cultivation the Dambulla area.Civil statusFig 3.3 Civil status of the onion farmers in the Dambulla areaSource Survey DataTable 3.6 Civil status of the onion farmers in the D ambulla areaCivil statusFrequencyPercentSingle3838Married6262Total100100Source Survey Data12. Fig 3.3 shows the civil status of the responded onion farmers in the Dambulla area. Sixty-two percent of the respondents are married and 38% are single.13. It is clear that most of the married onion farmers in the Dambulla area are found to be facing the problem of a decreasing level of onion cultivation the Dambulla area.Distribution of years of experienceFig. 3.4 Number of years of experience in the onion cultivationSource Survey DataTable 3.7 Number of years of experience in the onion cultivationNumber of years of experienceFrequencyPercentLess than 320203-546466-103030 in a higher place 1044Total100100Source Survey Data14. Fig 3.4 shows the number of years of experience in the onion cultivation of the onion farmers in the Dambulla area. Accordingly, 20 % of the responded onion farmers in the Dambulla area have less than 3 years of experience and the responded onion farmers in the Dam bulla falling into the category of 3 5 and 6 10 years are 46% and 30%, respectively. Only 4% of the responded onion farmers have the experience of above 10 years. Thus, more than 95% of the responded onion farmers in the Dambulla area have less than 10 years of experience.15. Therefore it can be stated that the most of the onion farmers in the Dambulla area who have an experience of less than 10 years are found to be encountering the problem of a decreasing level of onion cultivation in the Dambulla area.CHAPTER FOURDISCUSSION AND ARGUMENTS1. This chapter provides the discussion on analysis. It presents the mean and the standard deviation of the two factors contributing to the onion cultivation.Table 4.1 Mean and standard deviation values for the statements in the seed availabilityStatementsMeanSDI get high quality seeds1.88.89Government distribute seeds1.94.81Government provides the subsidy to buy seeds regularly1.74.69Seeds give the expected harvest1.56.61We can buy seeds from t he Government Agricultural Department2.16.86Government provides training and counselling regarding the new seeds2.12.91I can get new varieties of seeds1.79.55I can get regular counselling and advise on the diseases in the seeds1.85.45Source Survey Data2. As presented in Table 4.1 the onion farmers have uttered their lower level of satisfaction on all statements of the availability of seeds and the quality, because all mean values are under the category of 1 2.33.3. Thus the first statement I get high quality seeds has taken a mean value of 1.88 which represents that the onion farmers are not extremely satisfied with the availability of the high quality seeds.4. Similarly the second statement Government distribute seeds has taken a mean value of 1.94 and this also comes under the lower level of satisfaction. This reflects that the government does not distribute seeds and therefore it also affects their onion cultivation.5. Third statement Government provides the subsidy to buy see ds regularly has taken a mean value of 1.79 which represents that the onion farmers are not satisfied with the governments subsidies to buy the seeds.6. Fourth statement Seeds gives the expected harvest has taken a mean value of 1.56 which reflects that the onion farmers are less satisfied with the amount of harvest from the seeds and this affect the onion cultivation from the Dambulla area.7. fifth statement We can buy seeds from the Government Agricultural Department has given a mean value of 2.16 which shows that the onion farmers are ineffectual to purchase seeds from the agricultural surgical incision and this also reduces the onion cultivation.8. Next statement Government provides training and counselling regarding the new seeds has obtained a mean value of 2.12 which indicates that the onion cultivators do not get sufficient training and counselling from the germane(predicate) authorities on how to apply the new varieties of seeds and this affects the onion cultivation in th e Dambulla area.9. 7th statement I can get new varieties of seeds has authentic a mean value of 1.79 and this refers that the farmers are unable to get new varieties of seeds and therefore the onion production has come down in Dambulla.10. The terminal statement I can get regular counselling and advice on the diseases in the seeds has given a mean value of 1.85 which signifies that the onion farmers do not get regular counselling and advice on new diseases affecting the onion cultivation. Therefore, they are unable to protect the onion cultivation and ensure higher growth.Table 4.2 Mean and standard deviation values for the statements in the fertilizer availabilityStatementsMeanSDI get the fertilizer subsidy from government2.20.92I can buy fertilizer from Government Agricultural Department2.14.85I can buy fertilizer from the private outlets at a less price2.18.99I can get high quality fertilizer2.20.94I get advice and counselling on the application of fertilizer2.15.93I get differ ent variety of fertilizers2.24.84I get fertilizer that can maximize the harvest2.12.96I can store the excess fertilizer for future use2.09.92Source Survey Data11. As in Table 4.2 the onion cultivators have indicated lower level of satisfaction on all statements of fertilizer availability because the mean in all comes under the category of 1 2.33.12. Thus the first statement I get the fertilizer subsidy from government has taken a mean value of 2.20 and this means that the onion farmers do not get fertilizer subsidy to buy the fertilizer and this leads towards less onion cultivation.13. Similarly the second statement I can buy fertilizer from the Government Agricultural Department. has taken a mean value of 2.14 and this falls under the lower level of satisfaction. This reflects that the farmers are unable to purchase fertilizer from the agricultural department and has limited capacity of increasing their production.14. Third statement I can buy the fertilizer from private outlets at a less price has taken a mean value of 2.18 stating that the onion farmers cannot buy fertilizer at a less price from other outside outlets. Therefore, it has affected their capacity of the onion cultivation.15. Next statement I can get high quality fertilizer has taken a mean value of 2.20 which represents that the onion farmers are finding difficulties in purchasing fertilizer that can maximize their harvest and it has reduced the onion cultivation.16. 5th statement I get advice and counselling on the application of fertilizer has given a mean value of 2.15, indicating that the farmers are unable to get advise and counselling on how to use different varieties of fertilizer. This has limited the onion cultivation in Dambulla.17. 6th statement I get different variety of fertilizer has obtained a mean value of 2.24 which indicates that the onion cultivators are unable to find different varieties and new varieties of fertiliser that stimulate more harvest. As a result the onion cul tivation has been less in the Dambulla area.18. 7th statement I get fertilizer that can maximize the harvest has accepted a mean value of 2.12 and it means that the onion farmers are unable to find fertiliser that can give the optimal harvest and this has affected the onion cultivation from Dambulla.19. The final statement I can store excess fertilizer for future use has given a mean value of 2.09 which indicates that the onion farmers do not have facilities of storage and holding fertilizer for future use. Therefore, their fertilizer utilization is not optimal. Therefore the onion cultivation has been limited in Dambulla.CHAPTER FIVEFINDINGS/RESULTS1. This chapter provides the findings and the discussions. It presents the mean andthe standard deviation of the two factors contributing to the onion cultivation.Table 5.1 Values of mean and standard deviation

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For example, if an enterprise is operating at less(prenominal) than full capacity then its work force is probably underutilized. If it is the indemnity of the enterprise to maintain the level of its work force in the short term, until activity increases, then the crunch cost of this work force would be a non-relevant cost for a decision on whether to accept or reject a once-off special order. The labour cost is non-relevant because the wages will have to be paid whether the order is accepted or not. If the special order involved and element of overtime then the cost of such overtime would of course be a relevant cost (as it is an incremental cost) for the decision.Two further types of costs that have to be considered are hazard costs and sunk costs.Opportunity costs An opportunity cost is a level of simoleons or benefit foregone by the pastime of a particular course of action. In other words, it is the hono r of an picking, which cannot be taken as a result of following a antithetic option. For example, if an enterprise has a quantity of raw satisfying in stress which cost $7 per kg and it plans to use this material in the filling of a special order then you would normally incorporate $7 per kg as part of your cost calculations for filling the order. If, however, this quantity of material could be resold without further processing for $8 per kg, then the opportunity cost of using this material in the special order is $8 per kg by filling the order you forego the $8 per kg which was available for a straight sale of the material. Opportunity costs are, therefore, the real stinting costs of taking one course of action as debate to another.In the above decision-making situation it is the opportunity cost which is the relevant cost and, hence, the cost which should be incorporated into your cost-versus-benefit analytic thinking. It is because the loss of the $8 per kg is directly rela ted to the filling of the order and the opportunity cost is greater than the check cost. Opportunity costs are relevant costs for a decision only when they exceed the costs of the same item in the option to the decision under consideration.You may find the idea of opportunity costs difficult to grasp at first because they are notional costs, which may never be included in the books and records of an enterprise. They are, however, relevant in trustworthy decision-making situation and you must bear in mind the fact that they exist when assessing any such situations.Sunk costs a sunk cost is a cost that has already been incurred and cannot be altered by any future decision. If sunk costs are not affected by a decision then they must be non-relevant costs for decision-making purposes. prevalent examples of sunk costs are market research costs and study using up incurred by enterprises in getting a product or service ready for sale. The final decision on whether to launch the produc t or service would regard these costs as sunk (i.e. irrecoverable) and thus, not incorporate them into the launch decision.Sunk costs are the opposite to opportunity costs in that they are not incorporated in the decision making process even though they have already been recorded in the books and records of the enterprise.Exercise(a) An enterprise is considering replacing its professional legal advisers with its own bracinglyly trained personnel. The relevant personnel are currently apply in the secretarial section of the enterprise and will receive no comprise increase when taking up their new responsibilities. They will also be required to continue to perform their old duties. The current one-twelvemonth salary bill of these employees amounts to $100,000. Is the $100,000 a relevant cost in the decision on whether to replace the professional advisers?(b) An enterprise is considering the upgrading of its computer system. The upgrading would result in the annual maintenance sq uinch fee supercharged by the suppliers rising from $30,000 to $40,000.Is the maintenance fee a relevant cost to the upgrading decision? in short explain your reasoning.(c) The relevant cost of X in the filling of the special order is nil. The cost of the 200 kg of X in transmit is a sunk cost and thus non-relevant. This is so due to the fact that no amount of the purchase price appears to be recoverable through either a straight sale of the material or by incorporating X in the manufacture of a product (other than the special order) which could then be sold by the enterprise.Evaluating decisions involving relevant and non-relevant costsIt is observed that two task is to be performing before making final decisionEvaluate the options in the decision on a monetary pedestal using cost versus benefit analysis.Take account of the qualitative factors associated with each option in the decision.The performance of the first task is dealt with in this section. operation of the second ta sk is influenced by experience and common sense.Nearly all decisions will ever make will involve some relevant and non-relevant costs. As stated earlier the hardest part of the evaluation process will be the identification of the relevant costs for the decision at hand. This identification is often required from a plethora of information that you will have to carefully sift through to ensure the completeness of your evaluation.Once the relevant costs are identified for each option you simply perform a cost versus benefit analysis for each option and select the one that results in the greatest gain or least cost to the enterprise.Dont entomb that, in practice, qualitative factors can result in a diametrical option being selected than that suggested by the quantitative evaluation.ExerciseThe local office staff of a small town maintains a orbit and arts means for the use of a local repertory company, other visiting radicals and exhibitions. Management decisions are taken by a comm ittee which meets regularly to refresh the accounts and plan the use of the facilities.The field of operation employs a full-time staff and a number of artists at costs of $4,800 and $17,600 per month respectively. They mount a new production every month for 20 performances. Other monthly cost of the dramaturgy is as follows$Costumes2,800 tantrum1,650Heat and light5,150Apportionment of brass costs of local authority8,000Casual staff1,760Refreshments1,180On average the theatre is fractional full for the performances of the repertory company. The capacity and seat prices in the theatre are200 pose at $6 each500 seats at $4 each300 seats at $3 eachIn addition, the theatre sells refreshments during the performances for $3,880 per month. Programme gross sales cover their costs but advertising in the political program generates $3,360.The management committee has received proposals from a popular touring group to take over the theatre for one month (25 performances). The group is prepared to pay half of their ticket income for the booking. They expect to fill the theatre for 10 nights and achieve two-thirds full on the remaining 15 nights. The prices charged are 50 cents less than those normally applied in the theatre.The local authority will pay for heat and light costs and will still honour the contracts of all artists and pay full-time employees who will sell refreshments and programmes, etc. The committee does not expect any change in the level of refreshments or programme sales if they agree to this booking.Note The committee includes allocated costs when making profit calculations. They assume occupancy applies equally across all seat prices.On financial grounds should the management committee agree to the approach from the touring group?Suggested SolutionTo make a decision on the use of the theatre for one month the committee would calculate the relevant cost or benefit of accepting the tour groups qualifying as opposed to handle as is (i.e. with the repertory company).Relevant benefitsCosts saved with touring group$ Costumes2,800 Scenery1,650 Casual staff1,760Relevant benefits6,210Relevant costsDecrease in revenue with touring group taxation with repertory company200 x $61,200500 x $42,000300 x $39004,100$4,100 x x 2041,000Revenue with touring company200 x $5.51,100500 x $3.51,750300 x $2.57503,600($3,600 x 10) + ($3,600 x 15 x 2/3)= 72,000Half kept by touring company leaving,36,000Relevant costs (41,000 36,000)5,000 clear up relevant benefit (6,210 5,000)1,210Therefore, the committee should accept the touring companys offer as it results in a net benefit to the theatre of $1,210 for that month.Non-relevant costs were full time salaries, heat and light, apportionment of administration costs and refreshments. Re non-relevant benefits were refreshment sales and advertising revenue. All of the above were non-relevant because they were unaffected by the decision (i.e. they were the same whether the repertory or the touring c ompany occupied the theatre for the month).The qualitative factors that might apply to this decision includeThe desirability of go a range of activities in the theatre and thus to cater for a wider audience fulfils an important social role.The opinions of the artists who are employed by the theatre should be consulted. They may welcome some months for rehearsal or face-to-face development. But if this were regular, the more talented people who were in demand may seek opportunities elsewhere.A different number of performances may have implications for predicted cost levels and the accuracy of the theatre occupancy predictions should be confirmed.ExerciseLombard Ltd. has been offered a contract for which there is available production capacity. The contract is for 20,000 items, manufactured by an involved assembly operation, to be produced and delivered in the side by side(p) financial year at a price of $80 each.The specification is as followsAssembly labour 4 hours office X 4 unit sComponent Y 3 unitsThere would also be the need to hire equipment which would increase next years fixed crashs by $200,000.The assembly is a highly virtuoso(prenominal) operation and the work force is currently under-utilized. It is company policy to support this work force on full pay in arithmetic mean of high demand, in a few years time, for a new product currently being developed. In the meantime, all non-productive time (about 150,000 hours per annum) is charged to fixed production command overhead at a current rate of pay of $5 per hour.Component X is used in a number of other sub-assemblies produced by the company. It is readily available. A small investment firm is held and replenished regularly. Component Y was a special purchase in presentiment of an order which did not materialize. It is, therefore, surplus to requirements and the 100,000 units which are in stock may have to be sold at a loss. An estimate of choice grade for components X and Y provided by the mat erial planning department areXY$ per unit$ per unitBook value410Replacement cost511Net realizable value38Overhead costs are applied on a labour hour basis. multivariate overhead is $2 per hour worked. Provisionally, fixed overheads, before the contract was envisaged, were budgeted next year at $3,560,000 for productive direct labour hours of 1,040,000. There is sufficient time available to revise the budgeted overhead rate.Analyze the information in order to advise Lombard Ltd. on the desirability of the contract and briefly explain your reasoning.Suggested replyAdvice on the contract will be based on the relevant costs or incremental costs incurred for the contract using the values provided in the question.$ per unitLabour 4 hours x 00Component X 4 units x $520Component Y 3 units x $824Variable overhead 4 x $28Relevant cost per unit52Total relevant cost = ($52 x 20,000) + $200,000 = $1,240,000Revenue = $80 x 20,000 = $1,600,000A surplus of revenue over costs of $360,000 is reveal ed so the contract would appear to be attractive.The recommendation is based on the following reasoning Labour will be paid in any event as non-productive time so the incremental cost is zero. Component X will be replenished at the current replacement cost. Component Y is costed at its opportunity cost, that is, what could be obtained if sold at its disposable or realizable value. It is already in stock and has no alternative use. Variable overhead is incurred in relation to the direct labour hours worked. The only incremental fixed overhead is $200,000. The remainder is common and unavoidable in all situations.Advantages and disadvantages of Activity Base CostingAdvantages of an Activity Based Costing placementThe first and most important advantage is the accuracy in the process of costing with regards to the product line, the end-users of the product, the stock-keeping units employed by the management and the channel and kinfolk which streamline the flow of the product from the producer to the end user.This system conk out assists in the process of come acrossing the concept of overhead costs i.e. the allocation of common business resources as they are used by specific product lines and their relation to specific cost driver.The system is easy to understand and interpret is it is accessible, useable and practically implement able across all norms of business set-ups.This process uses unitary cost, or marginal cost as the computation base in contrast to the traditional cost accounting methods which employ total cost.The system works exceptionally well will quality improvement and up gradation programs e.g. Six SigmaThis system is particularly helpful in identifying and ear-marking some of the matters business activities which are a hindrance or stress on the business i.e. wasteful or non value adding services.The system also works exceptionally with performance management systems which are employed by most human resource departments in contemporary busin esses.This process allows companies to implement costing strategies across another diagonal of the firm as business processes, supply chains and value addition carry are ably and optimally analyzed in this process.This system mimics the actual business process as the appropriation of common pool resources takes place in the same way as common resources are used in the business.This system aids in the process of benchmarking which is an integral part of the quality control system.Disadvantages of an Activity Based Costing System entropy collection process for this system is very time consuming.The capital expenditure on the activity based system and its subsequent running costs can be a road balk for firms.The system is very transparent which some managers would not approve of as they would like to keep some things out of the view of the owners of the company.Technical LimitationsThe major technical point of accumulation that will be faced is testing the hypothesis in the real wor ld. Testing the hypothesis whether ABC is a more appropriate accounting solution is certainly possible on paper but its sexually attractive effects in the real world cannot be properly gauged unless it is directly implemented by companies operating in the world today and the analysis is conducted in a kinetic time apparatus. This is a major stumbling block for most organizations who are remain transfixed to their current accounting mechanism and dont want to change over to this new system, which despite its obvious benefits, seems to come a great switching or even multi-homing cost.

Service Provisions for the Homeless in Britain

Service Provisions for the roofless in Britain loving public lookance, majority rule and regimeSet out to a paltryer place is an evaluation of how kind welfargon, democracy, and governance relates to the veer of proceeds yield to parry or solve dispossessedness in Britain. in that respect argon, as go out be examined, various powers for septless personness, and therefore differing levels of run readying to military service the roofless in Britain. The post-war wellbeing stir had supposed to postulate made platelessness an almost negligible paradox, so social welf be, democracy and giving medication carried on operating without intellection the issue was serious, even though assistants were available when required. However, rooflessness had never asleep(p) away and various factors outlined below explain how the issue became more than important on the social welf ar policy, democratic and presidencyal schedules, and aid readying was in change magnitude demand. Whilst social welf are policies, democracy, and regimen may non directly ca phthisis homelessness, they bath arguably tolerate a great deal of influence over how it is tackled, and the level of serve provided and who provides those services. several(prenominal) cases of homelessness are easier to tackle or resolve than other cases, depending on the initial causes of homelessness. Social welfare, democracy, and government are factors that combine or act singularly to affect the levels of and the permanence of the service purveys to continue homelessness and to those that are already homeless. Social welfare, democracy, and government hold the pick up to demoteing homes for the homeless, and providing the service provision to ensure raft remain phratryd.The main foundation of social welfare policies in modern Britain was the welfare state as established during the working class governments of 1945 to 1951, which was intended to run into pauperisation, social exclusion, and homelessness disappear from British society. The welfare state leg completely in ally defined which organisations are obliged to provide services, namely government de opusments, local politics, and voluntary or non-governmental radicals (J mavens Lowe, 2002 p. 1). The rationale of the welfare state was exalt by the Beveridge Report and the Labour fellowships own ideological outlook, which was to eradicate poverty and social exclusion to make Britain a fairer country. As part of its plans it gave local government activity the powers, and the funds to provide council house on a greater scale than previously to every body that needed it (Lacy, 2006 p. 8). At the end of the Second World War the main cause of homelessness was very the twist of houses that had been destroyed by bombing during the war (Fisher, Denver, Benyon, 2003 p.11). The government did its best to solve the housing shortage with a large crook programme of council houses. The provisi on of council houses was intended to provide muckle with affordable housing when they could not afford private snags or to deal their own houses, and it was the province of all local administration to provide council housing using property provided by the government (Moran, 2005 p. 14).The welfare state was intended to wither poverty through the payment of unemployment gain, supplementary benefit, charter rebates, and Family Allowance. These benefits were supposed to keep the great unwashed above the bread line, to provide them with a minimum standard of living, and were generally benefits or services provided by the Department of Social Security. However, it was hoped that government frugal policy would reduce the need for people to claim benefits in the introductory place, or the need for services to keep them housed. Almost full employment, seemly levels of social certification benefits, and the change magnitude availability of council houses were signifi quartert f actors in preventing homelessness, although service providers were al shipway needed to ensure that people got help when they needed it (J whizs Lowe, 2002 p. 189). plight rebates and government attempts to control private domain rents were intended to keep families on low incomes in their homes. The main responsibility for controlling private sector rents was the governments whilst rent rebate was administered by local authorities on behalf of the government. The main public perceptions about the provision of services to the homeless until the late mid-sixties, was that social welfare measures such as social guarantor benefits, rent rebates, and rent controls had seen the puzzle all but cease to exist. Although service provision by government departments, local authorities, and non-governmental organisations had continued to operate, and even wave (Coxall, Robbins, remove, 2003 p. 137). However for those people that knew more about the provision of services for the homeless , it was piddle that social welfare policies had not been capable of completely re solve the problem. community that understood social welfare and housing policies too knew that homelessness was linked to deficient housing and unemployment. Unemployment meant that slightly people fell behind with their rent or mortgage payments, eventually take oning to their eviction or the re-possession of their homes. There were and are voluntary organisations such as entertain, Crisis, and the Citizens Advice Bureaux which provided advice services to prevent people congruous homeless (Coxall, Robbins, Leach, 2003 pp. 28-9).The public perception that homelessness was no longer a purposeful or measurable social and economic problem was changed by the exposure Cathy come home and the launch of a charity dedicated to solving the problem of homelessness and intent on influencing public opinion and government policies, aegis. foreign existing charities that helped homeless people such as the Salvation Army, Shelter only existed to tackle the issue of homelessness and it believed that being an active insistence group was the best way to alter or influence public opinion, as thoroughly as attempt to change social welfare policies. In other words Shelter wished to darker greater levels of service provision than government departments and local authorities did at that time. In the late 1960s the government had not changed its social welfare policies to have any duplication detrimental affects on the problem of homelessness. Instead Shelter was demonstrating that in nigh individual cases that social welfare policies had proved incapable of preventing homelessness or care up with social, economic, and political changes. At this time government departments and local authorities were the predominant service providers for the homeless, or the potentially homeless (Coxall, Robbins, Leach, 2003 p. 381). The 1960s afterwards all were a decade when social, economic, and political changes were starting to become apparent, these changes which had consequences for social welfare policies in general, and that had an refer on the service provision for the homeless. Social changes included it being easier to get divorced, a rise in the number of births outside marriage, a rise in the number of lone parents, increasing crime levels, and the growth of illegal drugs taking. All these social changes would change the ways families lived in Britain the neglect down of family relationships has arguably had a greater impact on the problem of homelessness than any changes to social welfare and housing policies. That is although the consequences were unwitting and inadvertent, yet they had to be responded to by the providers of services to homeless people (Jones et al, 2004 p. 294).Shelter and Crisis, amongst others, have argued that social welfare policies are administered in ways that make it harder for government agencies and local authorities to help people that are already homeless, compared to helping people that are already housed. plurality that are homeless are oftentimes only able to claim lower grade of social security benefits, and also honor it harder to gain employment or find somewhere permanent to live (Seldon Kavanagh, 2005 p. 70). Social welfare policies have been altered, most notably by the Conservative governments between 1979 and 1997 and by the spic-and-span Labour governments since 1997. In terms of social welfare the Conservatives had wanted to reduce the size of the social security figure, as well as reducing the size of the public sector, the former being a task in which it failed (Eatwell Wright, 2003 p. 287). In fact, under the Conservatives the budget for social security expenditure actually increased due to the economic policies that was pursued leading to high unemployment, and increased levels of service provision for the homeless. In contrast to the Conservatives, New Labour claimed that it would use social welfare policies to make service provision more antiphonal to their users actual needs, for example asking the homeless what they wanted from their service providers (Seldon Kavanagh, 2005 pp 415-16).There are also ways in which democracy in Britain can be related to the problem of service provision for the homeless and the potentially homeless, and also related to the political, social, and economic factors that influence and affect levels of homelessness. In a complimentary democracy such as Britain, the political, social, and economic policies used in relation to service provision such as towards homeless people can be mouldd by the relative importance that the electorate, grab to each individual issue. In many respects the service provision for the homeless has not become one of the major electoral issues that can dominate political debates, and that can ultimately determine which political companionship wins or loses the next general election. Despite not bein g one of the main political issues, the provision of services for the homeless is certainly an issue that is on the political agenda in Britain, and it is an issue that will doubtlessly stay there. That the provision of services for the homeless remains upon the political agenda in Britain has to be attributed to the efforts of pressure groups or charities like Shelter, Crisis, and the magnanimous Issue. and so the efforts of these groups have managed to maintain advancement about the problem of homelessness as well as providing some very useful services themselves. These groups believe that their publicity break aways will not only influence public opinion, their publicity campaigns will hope fully influence social welfare and housing policies to make service provision effectively serve the needs of the homeless. However these organisations are also important service providers for homeless people, giving advice, advocacy services, training, and emergency accommodation. roughly members of the electorate do not regard homelessness as being a disclose issue from social welfare policy, as far as they are concerned the government should have the appropriate policies to provide services to the homeless. after all that is what people pay their taxes for (Malin, Wilmot, Manthorpe, 2003 p. 51).Pressure groups or charities that publicly campaign for and in support of the homeless view the tackling of prejudices against the people that are homeless as an important part of their objectives of service provision for the homeless. Shelter and the crowing Issue act as advocates for those people that are homeless as they are disenfranchised by virtue of not having a home address, and therefore being unable to register their names on to the electoral register. Without the advocacy and media contacts of such pressure groups and charities, the homeless would have very unforesightful influence upon democracy, as they cannot vote for or against any political party because of its policies and objectives in relation to the issue of homelessness. semipolitical parties will not ineluctably feel the need to adjust their social welfare and housing policies to help certain groups like the homeless, especially if these people are formally and legally unable to participate in the democratic electoral processes at all (Jones et al, 2004 p. 294). However political parties have not been able to ignore the problem of homelessness, even if they have attempted to resolve the issues surrounding homelessness with varying degrees of enthusiasms (Jones, 1999 p. 176).However, although the homeless may be disenfranchised that does not mean that the homeless do not contribute towards liberal democracy in Britain. The work of charities and pressure groups helps the homeless to voice their opinions in public, and those groups actively promote the interests of the homeless. Shelter and the giant Issue hope to sway public opinion, as well as influencing the incumbent gove rnments social welfare and housing policies to assist the homeless as much as possible. In a liberal democracy like Britain, public opinion can influence government policies as well as governments attempting to shape public opinion in order to gain electoral advantages or support. The way in which democracy operates mean that political parties, pressure groups, and the media compete with each other to shape public opinion. In return the public often regard some issues as being more important than other issues. For instance, the state of the bailiwick Health Service, education, law and order, besides the state of the economy are often the most important issues during general election campaigns. The responsibility for service provision for the homeless goes across government departments, and the measures needed have to compete for backing with other policy areas such as health, education, and defence. Political parties naturally contract the policy stances that fit in with their id eological beliefs, yet maximise their chances of electoral success. Once governments are elected they have to decide who provides public services and the extent of the services that are provided (Seldon Kavanagh, 2005 pp. 48-50).In Britain the government has an important part to play in dealing with the problem of homelessness, even if the government has not caused those problems in the first place. For the government to effectively manage and reduce the problem of homelessness it helps for the government to understand the various causes of people losing their homes (Seldon Kavanagh, 2005 p.70). The majority of causes for people being homeless are social or economic rather than political. The government can prevent some people from becoming homeless by adopting social welfare and housing policies. The majority of causes for people becoming homeless are social or economic, rather than political. The government can prevent some people becoming homeless by adopting social welfare and housing policies, although the government cannot prevent the social batch that potentially lead to homelessness. The government is not in a position to prevent the break up of family units that make men and young people particularly endangered to becoming homelessness. Men actually are the group most believably to face homelessness in the wake of relationships breaking up. Women have a high chance of keeping their homes when relationships end. Other s factors that contribute to the problem of homelessness are related to crime, or more specifically those people that serve prison sentences and then have nowhere to live after they have been released. People with drug addictions, alcoholics, and those with mental health problems all have an increased run a risk of becoming homeless during their lives. These people have been helped by groups like Shelter, Crisis, and the Big Issue that provide services to get their lives back on cutting (Jones et al, 2004, p. 294).Although govern ments in Britain may not be able to prevent the circumstances or factors that make people become homeless, governments are in a position to help people find homes to live in. Governments are the key decision makers when it comes down to deciding upon the s w and housing policies that are the main ways of preventing people from losing their homes. Government policies can make it easier, or alternatively make it harder for people to stay in their homes or find new accommodation when it is required. For instance, the Thatcher governments decision to sell off council houses was very popular with existent council house tenants, one million of whom went on to buy their homes from their local authorities. The selling off of council houses might not have been so detrimental to efforts to keep people housed if the local authorities had been allowed to embodiment replacement houses in the same quantity. Selling off council houses made it harder to find affordable accommodation to rent, whils t the local authorities had a declining number of homes to provide housing for those that wanted it (Moran, 2005, p.28). Even if such a high flock of council houses had not been sold off, new homes construction has lagged behind the demand for homes to rent or buy. In turn the shortage of houses to rent or buy continues to make rents and mortgages even higher and less affordable for many people. some(prenominal) Conservative and New Labour have refused to intervene to lower house prices or rents to allow more people to find a home (Fisher, Denver, Benyon, 2003 p.291). However New Labour has launched a programme to increase two the actual capacity and the quality of hostels and temporary accommodation with a budget of 90 million. That programme allows non-governmental organisations to improve the quality of the services that they provide to the homeless (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2005 p. 8).However, it would be wrong to assume that British governments do nothing to pre vent the problem of homelessness growing. The government has to decide which services are provided to the homeless. Local authorities or Registered Social Landlords are still prudent for housing many people and New Labour has been expanded the tot of new construction that can undertake (Seldon Kavanagh, 2005 p. 70). The main way in which the government helps to prevent the problem of homelessness increasing is through the social security system. Individuals and families in receipt of social security benefit or low income are generally entitled to housing benefit, which kernel that they have all or at least a high percentage of their rent paid for by the relevant local authority (Jones, 1999, p.176). Local authorities administer the housing benefit system and are then fully refunded by the government via the Department for incline and Pensions. Housing benefits pays out a great deal of money each year to prevent people being evicted and subsequently homeless, it provides a servi ce for millions of people (Jones, 1999, p. 176). Despite been means tested, housing benefit is still one of the biggest amounts of expenditure on the social security budget (Whitakers 2007 p. 450). For instance, in the financial year 2002 03 the government spent over 11 billion on housing benefit which, demonstrates the importance attached to preventing homelessness through the services provided by the Department of belong and Pensions in conjunction with local authorities (Department for Work and Pensions, 2003 p.32).BibliographyCoxall B, Robins L Leach R (2003) Contemporary British Politics 4th edition, Palgrave, BasingstokeDepartment for Work and Pensions, (2003) Departmental Report 2003, The Stationary Office, capital of the United KingdomEatwell R Wright A, (2003) Contemporary Political Ideologies 2nd Edition, Continuum, LondonFisher J, Denver D, Benyon J, (2003) Central Debates in British Politics, Longman, LondonJones B, (1999) issues in British Politics Today, Manchester University Press, ManchesterJones B, Kavanagh D, Moran M, Norton P, (2004) Politics UK, 5th edition, Pearson Longman, LondonJones M and Lowe R (2002) From Beveridge to Blair The first fifty years of Britains eudaemonia State 1948-98, Manchester University Press Manchester and New YorkLacey R, (2006) Great Tales from English History, the Battle of the battle of Boyne to DNA, 1689 1953, Little Brown, LondonMalin N, Wilmot S, Manthorpe J, (2003) Key Concepts and Debates in Health and Social Policy, overspread University Press Buckingham and PhiladelphiaOffice of the Deputy Prime Minister (2005) Sustainable Communities settled homes changing lives, Crown Copyright, LondonMoran M, (2005) Politic and Governance in the UK, Palgrave, BasingstokeSeldon A Kavanagh D, (2005) The Blair Effect 2001 5, Cambridge University Press, CambridgeWhitakers, (2007) Whitakers Almanack 2007 todays world in one volume, A C Black, London

Effect of Air Bags on Child Fatalities

Effect of Air Bags on tyke FatalitiesOverview of the studyEvidence fol kickoffing the suggestions for geezerhood-appropriate restraints as tumesce as hard crumb locations for kids travelling in the locomote vehicles has been fine established. Though, establish for the age-based suggestions regarding form clutchs as easy as kids is lacking. Even though the NHTSA course of process for kids as wellhead as give vent lookers discombobulate been circulated extensively, the age (or carcass size) that finest describe when a childs excess danger of the injury or demolition from an atmospheric state bug out is re move by benefit is unk non. Two initial studies suggested a link amid asynchronous transfer mode bags as well as childhood fatalities (defining kids as 0-12 eld as well as 0-9 eld of the age), yet both(prenominal) analyses were limited by relatively sm alone numbers of the fatalities, compliant statistically inconclusive results. Subsequent studies defin ed kids as 12 yrs of the age as well as erectd much conclusive leaven for the link between spread bags as well as remnant among good front s likewisege riders indoors this age range. Allison (2001) suggested that the increased mortality danger from personal line of credit bags was to the highest degree pronounced among right front backside passengers through age 10, becoming less(prenominal) pronounced from 11 to 14 years as well as turning to a shed light on benefit for passengers 15 years of the age, but the results did non r separately statistical signifi micklece. A more(prenominal) recent study examining differences in the pedigree-bag essenceiveness harmonize to age as well as restraint use suggested a net increase in the danger of the death among child passengers 12 years of the age, but sample size limitations pr flatted definitive statements regarding the childhood age at net danger might change to no effect (or benefit) as well as the study did not asse ss markers of the torso size. Durbin et al questiond that the danger of the injury (rather than death) among restrained kids 3 to 15 years of the age overt to passenger line of merchandise-bag deployment was twice that among front-seated kids not exposed to an spread bag, with the danger of the injury being relatively constant among kids 3 to 8, 9 to 12, as well as 13 to 15 years of the age.We hypothesized that specific cut-off points in the age, height, as well as/or heaviness among kids used to define when the danger of the serious injury from the presence of a passenger nimbus-bag changes from harmful to no effect (or beneficial), after adjustment for force bad as well as around other(a) important pick factors. We shielded this hypothesis with age, height, as well as weight as effect modifiers (interaction terms) of the link between the presence of a passenger pushover bag as well as serious injury among right front seat passengers 0 to 18 years of the age that is relate in the motor vehicle fragmentes (MVCs).Chapter Two Literature ReviewThe governing of the Air Bag guard A Competition among caper descriptionsIn light of the 121 deaths credit to the get off bag deployments, considerably to children as well as adults of the flyspeck meridian, recent form _or_ system of government flip over has purposeful on holdfast present national automotive circulate bag regulations. A trouble comment point of view is employ to identify the genius of this contention. (Ai Norton 2003) Utilizing a content analysis of the executive record of the unity U.S. dramaturgy as well as cardinal U. S. Senate hearings, it is quarrel that four enigma expositions exemplify the debate over air bag safety behavioral, governory, technological, as well as incorporated greed. (Allison 2001)Furthermore, it is argued that a chore translation persuasion offers a better illustration of the recent changes to Federal air bag regulations than do plurali st, elitist, as well as genius-agent models. (Association for the Advancement Automotive c atomic number 18 for 2001)Political discussion on policy issues ar frequently portray as a disagreement over competing interpretations of the social take aim. (Braver Ferguson 1997)A trouble definition offers the frame through that present conditions be supposed to be in the conflict with treasured social value. In this way, policy issues argon socially constructed as well as communicated through the articulation of the sh ard definitions. (Braver, Whitfield Ferguson 1997) trouble definitions ar significant to policy theory in the two ways. First, they compress that issues rise to the frequent agenda. Definitions delivers a frame through that social conditions ar perceive to be problematic as well as in the need of the government action. (Braver Whitfield 1998) Thus, the issues that are fighting(a)ly considered by government officials are in the part illustrated by the succes s of the definition competing for attention on a crowded agenda. (Barnard 1997)Further than illumination that concern is on the public agenda, the problem definition outdoor stage in like manner can assist in illustrating the bulge outcome of the policy process. As political dialogue, the purpose of the problem definition is at once to give tokens, to explain, to advocate, as well as to yield.(Berg 2000) Actors accede to commit their definition of the social state frame the nature of the policy discussion. (Cummings 2001) A problem definition clears the survival of the public problem as well as the causes that it exists. The usefulness of the specific solution jolly flows from the espoused line up of the causes. In this manner, policy entrepreneurs utilize problem definitions to taper the variety of the options infra consideration as well as to espouse a particular solution. (Calvert McCubbins 1989)Therefore, problem definition is often at the heart of the action itself, a rgues Allison (2001). A great deal of policymaking, in the fact, is pre engaged with whose definition would prevail (p. 98).Scholars gull recognized a range of the characteristics that assist to illustrate the utility of the definition for structuring policy debate. In the hands of the accomplished policy entrepreneur, a problem definition, has possible solutions, as well as is well-matched with other definitions is a potent tool for influencing policy formation. Though, this position of the problem definitions has yet to be exclusively explored. (Cobb 1983)The concern of the air bag security offers an opportunity to look at the role of the problem definitions in the policy procedure as well as to test propositions implicit in the previous research. Deaths that bemuse been veritable to air bag deployments incur got purposeful attention on the dangers relate with air bags as well as have resulted in the dispute to the wisdom of the Federal regulation necessitate that they b e fixed in the motor vehicles. (Corneli 2000) A number of problem definitions have emerged in the debate in the effort to influence Federal policy.What are the mechanisms of the complete problem definition? What explanations are being used by policy entrepreneurs to persuade the substance of the government set of laws on air bags? Those definitions have been the just nearly effective in the shaping new policy? Those definitions are believably to shape policy in the future? To deal with these questions we carry out a content analysis of the bureaucrat record of the three congressional hearings (two Senate, champion House) held on the question of the air bag safety during 1996 as well as 1997. (Damsgaard 2001) The official statements as well as oral remarks of the each contributor in the hearings were examined for the manner that the entity set forth (framed) the problem of the air bag safety. Also, present rules propagated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ( NHTSA) give out as the policy answer to this concern. (Allison 2001) To test hypotheses about the influence of the problem definitions on policy formulation, the content of NHTSA rules provide be compared with the dominant problem definitions articulated in the debate as carried out in the congressional hearings. (Coughlin 1994)Components of the Problem DefinitionsComplete problem definitions have several cite components. First, definitions recognize a societal state that inescapably to be remedied through government act. (Dahl 1967)Second, key statistics as well as descriptions of the relevant events are offered as evidence to empirically demonstrate the perceived condition. In offering specific empirical evidence a problem definition draws attention to certain aspects of the condition while strategically ignoring others. This evidence besides has the effect of the demonstrating that the condition being expound is not an isolated event. (Dahl 1982)The definition provides a fr ame through that the information is interpreted as well as may lead to a very divers(prenominal) interpretation of the data gleaned from a different problem definition. Third, the causes of this condition are identified to allocate blame or provide an illustration. It is this open causal theory which frequently diagnosees a number of definitions. Fourth, a complete definition clears a set of the results that would answer the supposed condition. (Damsgaard 2001)The solutions that are adopted reasonably follow from the articulated causal theory. Fifth, implicit in the reposed solutions is an studyance of the key values or a desired end state. These values portend what the condition should look like in the society. They also provide prescriptive justification for the articulated causal theory as well as solutions. Sixth, to carry to life these values, symbols are used to perform the social condition that needs to be lectured. Symbols are substance that is gifted with importance tha t is not inbuilt in the entity itself that individualistics use to sum up, condense, as well as simplify complex phenomena. (Decker 1984) Symbols not only help to converse other than it also builds understanding for a specific perspective. Entrepreneurs use symbols to persuade others to accept the basic assumptions of the problem definition. As Braver (1997) suggests, symbolic representation is the essence of the problem definition in the politics (p. 137).Air Bag Safety Problem DefinitionsIn 1984, the U.S. Department of the Transportation needed that front seats in the motor vehicles be capable of with automatic occupant safety devices (i.e air bags) in its place of the, or in the accumulation to, physical figure out as well as shoulder belts. In 1991, Congress chargesed the NHTSA to adjust this standard to necessitate an inflatable restraint (i.e., air bag) when it passed the Intermodal get on Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) (P.L. 102-240). The Act required that air bags be put in the 95% of the cars by model year 1997 as well as in the carbon% by model year 1998. Also, installation of the air bags was essential in the 80% of the light trucks in the model year 1998 as well as in the 100% by model year 1999. (Epidemiology 2002)Earlier than air bags were completely installed in the automobile fleet as focussed under the ISTEA, deaths to small children as well as women of the small stature focused attention on the dangers associated with air bag use. The NHTSA has announced 121 deaths attributable to the deployment of the air bags since 1990. In several(prenominal) cases, these crashes happened at speeds so low that only slight injuries would have resulted had an air bag not deployed. (Glass 2000)In reaction, Congress held three hearings to deal with the dangers of the air bags, as well as the NHTSA has concerned four modifications to its regulations in an effort to flog the probability of the future air bag deaths. Thus, sure policy debate has fo cused on modifying present Federal air bag guidelines even before the ISTEAs directive was completely put into practice. (Grisoni 2000)Manufacturers have installed some of the pass on technologies that is needed to comply with the good air bag rule in certain vehicles that are on the market today. (See table 1.) Manufacturers and companies that produce air bags are working on the stand upment of other needed advanced technologies, with the aim of having them ready for installation in vehicles by September 2003, as required.Advanced air bag systems installed in future vehicles that are untold more sophisticated than the conventional air bag systems in todays vehicles, because they provide be capable of tailoring air bag deployment to characteristics of the front seat occupants as well as crash mischievousness. Conventional frontal air bag systems deploy the air bags with a single level of rising prices siding for all crashes that exceed a predetermined severity threshold. (A i Norton 2003)These systems aboutly consist of separate components designed to work together crash sensors, a mold mental faculty, and a device driver and passenger inflator and air bag. The crash sensors and control module are typically located in one unit at heart the passenger compartment the unit is often mounted within the floor between the driver and the passenger. (Allison 2001) The crash sensors detect the occurrence and severity of crashes and provide this input to the control module. The control module evaluates inputs from the sensors. If the control module determines that a crash has occurred that exceeds the severity threshold, it then sends a triggering signal to the inflators to deploy the air bags. (Association for the Advancement Automotive Medicine 2001)The inflators and air bags are encase together in air bag modules, which are located in the steering wheel on the driver side and in the musical musical instrument panel on the passenger side. Upon receivin g a triggering signal from the control module, inflators experience or release gases that rapidly fill the air bags, generally within 1/20 of a second after impact. The purpose of the grand air bags is to provide protective cushioning between the occupants and the steering wheel, instrument panel, and windshield. However, the single stage inflators in to the highest degree vehicles today, in some cases, provide more inflation power than necessary because they fill the air bags with one level of output when deployed, regardless of the types of occupants requiring protection or the degree of severity of the crash. (Braver Ferguson 1997)Future frontal air bag systems designed to meet the achievement requirements of NHTSAs advanced air bag rule may have additional features that will offer the deployment of the air bags to adapt to characteristics of the front seat occupants as well as different crash situations. Auto manufacturers require that two new components may be needed to meet the rules requirements occupant assortment sensors and multistage inflators. (Braver 1998) Occupant classification sensors may provide an additional input to the control module to detect different types of occupants and whether or not they are belted. (Braver, Whitfield Ferguson 1997) For example, manufacturers anticipate installing sensors that is able to identify whether the front passenger seat is occupied by an infant in a rear-facing child seat, a child, or an adult. (Braver Whitfield 1998)Multistage inflators, which will replace single-stage inflators, may provide varying levels of inflation output that can be tailored to characteristics of the driver and front seat passenger as well as different crash scenarios. Deployment options could include no deployment, low-level output, and high-level output, as well as additional levels of deployment between the low- and high-output stages. (Epidemiology 2002)While the occupant classification sensors and multistage inflators a re the key new features of the advanced air bag systems envisioned by auto manufacturers, other components may also be better. (Barnard 1997)For example, manufacturers anticipate that these systems include crash sensors that can more incisively discriminate among different types of crashes (such as a crash into a rigorous concrete wall versus a crash with another car), control modules that can process the additional inputs provided by crash and occupant sensors and make more accurate and timely deployment decisions, and air bag designs that allows the bag to deploy less aggressively. (Berg 2000) These advanced air bag systems are designed to reduce the likeliness of the types of fatalities previously caused by air bag deployments. For example, such systems would deactivate the passenger air bag or deploy it at a low level if the passenger seat is occupied by an infant or small child. (Cummings 2001) These systems may also adjust air bag deployment if the driver or passenger is a small adult. Some vehicles on the U.S. market today have frontal air bag systems with multistage inflators and some other advanced features, such as seat belt usage sensors and ameliorate air bag designs. (Calvert McCubbins 1989)However, no vehicles shortly on the market have air bag systems with all the features manufacturers believe are needed to receive the requirements of the advanced air bag rule. In particular, no vehicles currently have frontal air bag systems with occupant classification sensors that can distinguish among child seats, children, or adults. (Cobb 1983)Manufacturers plan to continue making improvements in lively technologies for crash sensors, control modules, inflators, and air bags to comply with the advanced air bag rule. Manufacturers and suppliers are working on improving the ability of crash comprehend systems to differentiate levels of crash severity and types of crashes. As part of this effort, manufacturers plan to increase the use of multipoint c rash sensing systems. (Corneli 2000)Manufacturers and suppliers are also developing more complex computational systems to be incorporated into control modules, in establish to allow them to process the additional inputs in advanced air bag systems and to make accurate and timely decisions regarding deployment outputs. (Coughlin 1994)Behavioral DefinitionUnder the behavioural definition, standard aviation bags are touted as a productive gondola vehicle safety device. Federal regulations requiring the facility of strain bags in the machine vehicle fleet have helped have American machine vehicles safer for occupants. (Dahl 1967)To exemplify this perception, proponents of the behavioural definition offering estimates of the heart of lives that have been saved, and the core of injuries that have been averted, by aureole bags. For instance, Dr. Ricardo Martinez (NHTSA) testified that as of April 15, 1997, much than 1,900 drivers and passengers are awake because of atmosphere bags . About 600 were saved in 1996 only. (Damsgaard 2001)Deaths from atmosphere pocketbook deployments are sad cases, and steps essential be taken to guarantee that they do not happen in the future. But these deaths mustiness be understood in the larger point of traffic safety. (Damsgaard 2001)It is significant to recall that over 40,000 folk perish in machine vehicle crashes each year. The deaths traceable to broadcast suitcase deployments are tiny in amount when compared with the amount of lives that have been protected by atmosphere bags. Senator Gorton stated that atmosphere bag-related deaths are few in coincidence with the amount of lives saved, or when compared to the 3,300 children killed in automobile accidents every year. (Decker 1984)In this manner the behavioural definition downplays the meaning of the deaths caused by atmosphere bags. The causal hypothesis for this definition suggests that the origin of the trouble is the bestow of the vehicle occupants themselves. ( Epidemiology 2002)Occupants are pictured as placing themselves at danger by positioning themselves overly tight to the atmosphere suitcase at the moment of deployment or by being improperly belted. In mention to the children who have died, Martinez stated Last year, about 721001121220f all the children who were killed in the frontal place of an auto were riding unbridled (Glass 2000 p59)In most cases broadcast suitcase fatalities could well be averted by the appropriate custom of place belts and placing inexperienced children in the back place off from atmosphere bags entirely. The behavioural issues, where, how, somebody sits, are ever going to be one of the head word determinants of living and death in the outcome of a wreck. (Grisoni 2000 p36) To exemplify the behavioural part of this matter, the place belt recitation pace of American machine vehicle passengers is compared with that experienced in new nations. Seat belt utilization range in Canada and Australia are offered as benchmarks against which the U. S. experience is compared. (Ai Norton 2003)For example, Canada and Australia are credited with belt utilization rates of 90 0x0.002fb0804a29p-1022nd 95%, respectively whereas the joined States experiences a pace of 68. The correlation between belt consumption rates and atmosphere suitcase deaths is noted as Canada has had simply two or three fatalities attributed to broadcast suitcase deployments. If the conduct of machine vehicle occupants is causing the unfavourable consequences, so tools that change this conduct are the proper solutions. In the brief condition, behavioural changes are the virtually practical cure and would take the about prompt welfare. Three tools to achieve a difference in conduct are increased national training, improved resident security laws, and high-visibility enforcement of these laws. (Allison 2001 p44)The values tacit in these behavioural solutions are general national safety, tete-a-tete obligation, and societal eco nomical efficiency. (Association for the Advancement Automotive Medicine 2001)Because deaths happen in situations where the person is improperly situated or restrained, the person bears the obligation for altering the conduct that places them in risk. As Martinez testified No safety device is a cure-all finally, drivers and passengers must go obligation for their own safety. To increase ablaze consequence for these arguments, proponents provide respective depictions of the safety benefits of atmosphere bags. A womanhood is brought before a congressional hearing to say her tale about how an atmosphere suitcase saved her living. We a-e reminded that the lives saved are parents and grandparents. Videos indicate how atmosphere bags defend crash examination dummies in staged crashes. (Braver Ferguson 1997 p128) In each lawsuit these symbols assist dramatize the technological and statistical arguments about the consequences of arbitrary conduct that induce the deaths traceable to bro adcast suitcase deployment. (Braver, Whitfield Ferguson 1997)Regulatory Definition Proponents of the restrictive definition admit the safety benefits of atmosphere bags, but the dangers of atmosphere bags are more outstanding than in the behavioural definition. The scope that is described is one where atmosphere bags make easily, but individuals are being hurt and some die needlessly. To back this portrayal of the circumstance, statistics are cited that describe the amount of children and occupants who have died payable to broadcast suitcase deployments. But it is pointed out that unnoticeable injuries are the more popular outcome. (Braver Whitfield 1998)To exemplify the general potency of atmosphere bags, it is estimated that in that respect have been over 1 trillion atmosphere suitcase deployments. In light of this whole amount, the industry is not putting away a faulty merchandise, but atmosphere bags surely can be improved. Also, it is noted that these deaths are occurri ng at a moment when Americans are buckling up more now than always. Seat belt utilization rates are used to identify the circumstance but are interpreted in a distinct circumstance than under the behavioural definition. The reason of the circumstance is outdated and rigid regime rule. After describing the death of a 1-year-old missy in his country, Senator Dirk Kempthorne characterized Federal rule as followsIs Alexandras death a happening? Yes. Is this disaster the outcome of regime rule? Yes. Is this rule killing children? Yes. It is argued that automotive manufacturers are required to play rigid regulations when designing atmosphere bags. In specific, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety bar No. 208 is the principal perpetrator. This measure requires atmosphere bags to defend the median grownup male, who is unbelted, in a head-on wreck at 30 miles per minute. In light of statistics indicating that most Americans now crumple upward, the unbelted examination is outdated. (Barnard 1997 ) More significantly, to be in conformity with this rule. atmosphere bags must deploy at a power equivalent to 200 miles per minute. Such higher deployment forces are in extravagance of what it would go to defend children and occupants wearing place belts, and still unbelted occupants.Standard No. 208 is particularly unacceptable because by protecting individuals who in most cases are violating country place belt laws (i. e. , are unbelted), manufacturers know that they must put the older, tiny women, and particularly children at greater danger. As Senator Kempthorne comments Standard no. 208 says, in gist, lawbreakers who do not don place belts will be protected. (Berg 2000 p67)But it may be at the price of your children. Not simply is there worry about the safety implications of Standard No. 208 but too the obligation manufacturers may hold. We think that manufacturers should not be subjected to merchandise liability danger when they are responding in better religion to a Feder al authorization. (Cummings 2001)The resolution that emanates from this causal hypothesis is an alteration in Federal rule. In the brief condition it is recommended that Standard No. 208 be amended to allow manufacturers to depower atmosphere bags (i. e. , cut the volatile accusation for deployment. Depowering would cut the danger that occupants watch when an atmosphere suitcase deploys. (Calvert McCubbins 1989) Ultimately, the more suitable resolution is the liquidation of the unbelted examination entirely so manufacturers could produce a safer merchandise. (Cobb 1983) The security of the almost susceptible occupants in machine vehicles (i. e. , children, women of tiny height, and the older) is expressly espoused by this definition. other value apparent in the proposed solutions is ecclesiastic self-reliance or regulation flexibility. More tacit in this definition are values primed(p) on legitimate conduct (i. e., wearing place belts) and the avoidance of maker merchandise li ability. (Corneli 2000)Common symbols engaged to produce sustain for this definition are susceptible infant passengers as well as outmoded, nonflexible regulation. Proponents of this definition let alone a direct critique of Federal regulators. As a substitute, their ire is determined on the regulation itself that is unfashionable or misguided. As this difference in symbols among the regulation as well as the regulator may seem minor, it allows sustained cooperation among the regulators as well as those espousing this restrictive definition. (Dahl 1967)Technological DefinitionThe technological problem definition outlooks the state from the viewpoint of the young children as well as people of small stature who are exposed to too much danger. As air bags have safety benefits, the technological definition focal points on the negative cost of air bags, that are a more serious problem than depicted by either the behavioural or authoritarian definitions. (Coughlin 1994)To reveal the amou nt of this problem, the amount of fatalities is a key statistic that is referenced. Moreover, the number of air bags in employ, both driver as well as passenger side, are recognized to exemplify the prevalence of air bags in todays automobile fleet. As Jim abode (National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)) gives evidence, we add another 1 million vehicles each month with air bag technology that is not protected for everybody, as well as specially not for children. This marker assists to demonstrate that the problem is one that potentially faces a large segment of the population. (Dahl 1982) nonentity like the other definitions, it is the technology that is the major cause of the deaths. The technology is described as crude comparable to a one-size-fits-all piece of c haulhing. What creates one individual secure, though, will not essentially offer the same amount of safety to the next occupant. As a substitute of sensing the size of an individual, whether or not the person is belte d, or whether a child safety seat is there, todays extension of air bags deploy with one consistent force. This is why persons of small stature as well as young children are placed at danger during air bag deployment. Insufficient research as well as development has been mannered to create the next generation of air bags that will decrease the danger to smaller occupants. (Damsgaard 2001)Obviously, the solution is to develop air bags that deploy with forces that are customized to the occupant as well as the conditions of the crash. Advanced technology holds the answer to improving air bag safety. These smart air bags will offer greater safety remunerations than existing ones without the amplified exposure to danger that young children as well as occupants of small stature currently face. As these technological growths are not directly available, short-term solutions comprise of depowering, installing on-off switches, as well as deactivation on demand. The suffer two of these shor t-term solutions offer the resident with the alternative of using the active technology. (Decker 1984)A number of proponents imply that government regulation desires to be ratifies to set off producers to expand smart bags. In reference to setting government standards pertaining to proper technologies in the future, Mr. Hall statedI think the economic thoughts are the actuality here, Senator, as well as the automobile manufacturers, until the Federal government sets the standard, are not going to initiate the changes that are required. (Epidemiology 2002 p71)Charles H. Pully (Automotive Restraints Council) went further as well as testified (Glass 2000 p89)So when will the sophisticated smart restraint existence be available? If we have aggressive targets set, the 2000 model year is not unreasonable. Thats the 1999 schedule year. (Grisoni 2000 p164)These solutions unreservedly worth technology, as future advances will make the motor vehicle an still safer means of transportation. (Ai Norton 2003)Additionally, passive protection is valued, as the final goal is to create an air bag that suggests safety reimbursements to all occupants without all responsibility positioned on the occupant to make sure proper usage. (Braver, Whitfield Ferguson 1997)Outmoded as well as hazardous technology is employed as an economic symbol to heighten awareness for creating new technology. The present generation is referred to as dumb air bags, whilst the new as well as improved generation is smart technology. (Calvert McCubbins 1989)Corporate Greed DefinitionUnder the corporate greed definition we are faced with an emergency or crisis. It is not that occupants are inadvertently dying, it is that air bags are killing people. In particular, air bags are killing young children. Even though it is acknowledged that some small women as well as senior citizens have died as a result of air bag deployments, it is the death of the child that is the focus of this description. (Epidemi ology 2002)As confirmation to validate this depiction, the number of children whose deaths have been credited to air bag deployments is obtainable. Their ages are identified as well as the pot surrounding their death. Frequently presented is a description of the way in that the air bag caused the death.These are children who were struck in the face by air bags, all in low speed collisions in that normally they would have survived. (Corneli 2000)Approximation of future child losses due to air bag deployments is also offered. (Damsgaard 2001)Air bags are killing twice as a lot of children as they are saving, as well as the most current projection that I have seen from NHTSA is that air bags will kill 128 children a year, ab