E-commerce and Database Concepts for Business & IT

Module 3: E-commerce

  1. E-commerce, or electronic commerce, refers to the act of performing business transactions, such as buying or selling goods, over the Internet.
  2. Business-to-Consumer (B2C) involves businesses selling products or services directly to individual customers.
  3. Business-to-Business (B2B) covers transactions between two businesses and represents the largest segment of e-commerce by dollar volume.
  4. Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) facilitates transactions between individual people, often through
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Insurance Risk, Risk Management and IRDAI Regulation

Risk in Insurance and Finance

In the world of insurance and finance, risk is the raw material. While everyday language often treats risk and uncertainty as the same thing, they are scientifically very different.

Concept of Risk

In insurance, risk is defined as the possibility of an adverse outcome or financial loss. It is not just the “chance” of something happening, but the potential for a negative deviation from what we expect.

Key components of the concept:

  • Peril: The cause of the loss (e.g., fire,
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Thymic Positive Selection and Adaptive Immune Activation Mechanisms

Positive Selection in the Thymus

Positive selection occurs in the corticomedullary area of the thymus to select T lymphocytes capable of recognizing self HLA molecules.

Stages:

  1. Epithelial cells in this area are antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and express abundant HLA-I and HLA-II with their own peptides.
  2. The new T cells, with their T cell receptor (TCR), examine the APC.
    • If the TCR of the T cell binds to the HLA molecule of the APC, the T cell survives because it receives survival signals.
    • If the TCR
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Business Structures and Economic Sectors Explained

1. Private Business

Private Business: Private Businesses Are Mostly Owned by Private Individuals or a Group of Individuals. Their Objective Is to Make Money.
Public Business: These Are Owned by the Government, and Their Main Purpose Is to Provide Health Care, Education, and Environmental Services. They Do What Private Companies Fail to Provide Adequately.

2. Financial Objectives

  • Survival: Survival May Be the Most Important Objective. At the Beginning, Businesses Often Lack Experience and Resources,
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Digital Logic Circuits: Arithmetic, Data Selection, and Codes

Core Combinational Circuits and Digital Fundamentals

This section covers the core combinational circuits that form the backbone of digital systems. Mastery of their design, truth tables, and applications is essential for Unit III.

1. Arithmetic Circuits: Full Adder and Full Subtractor

These circuits perform the fundamental binary arithmetic operations.

A. Full Adder (FA)

A Full Adder is a combinational logic circuit that performs the addition of three single-bit binary numbers: two operands (A and B)

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Clinical Exercise Physiology Essentials

Role of the Clinical Exercise Physiologist

A Clinical Exercise Physiologist (CEP) investigates the relationship between exercise and chronic disease, focusing on the mechanisms of how exercise influences disease states. Their scope of practice includes evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. They study anatomy, physiology, chemistry, kinesiology, and psychology to analyze medical records, perform fitness and stress tests, and measure factors such as blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and

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Molecular Biology Essentials: DNA Structure, Replication, and Protein Synthesis

1. DNA Structure

      • Double Helix: Twisted-ladder shape.

      • Nucleotide: Sugar (deoxyribose) + Phosphate + Nitrogenous base.

      • Bases: Purines (Adenine [A], Guanine [G]); Pyrimidines (Cytosine [C], Thymine [T]).

      • Pairing: A pairs with T (2 Hydrogen bonds), C pairs with G (3 Hydrogen bonds).

      • Chargaff’s Rule: A = T, and C = G.

      • Antiparallel Strands: Run in opposite directions (5’→3′ and 3’→5′).

Key Scientists

      • Griffith: Discovered the transforming factor.

      • Avery: Identified DNA as the transforming factor.

      • Chargaff:

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Digital Marketing Tactics: SEO, Programmatic Ads & CRO

SEO On-Page vs Off-Page

SEO on-page and SEO off-page. SEO on-page refers to all the optimizations that are done inside a website to improve its position in search engine results. This includes creating high-quality and relevant content, using keywords properly in titles, headings, URLs, and meta descriptions, optimizing images, improving page speed, ensuring mobile friendliness, and maintaining good internal linking and site structure. The objective of SEO on-page is to help search engines understand

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Investment Assets: Mutual Funds, Equity, and Risk

Types of Mutual Funds

Open-Ended Schemes

In this scheme, there is an uninterrupted entry and exit into the funds. The open-ended scheme has no maturity period, and they are not listed on the stock exchanges. The open-ended fund provides liquidity to the investors since repurchase is available.

Closed-Ended Funds

The closed-ended funds have a fixed maturity period. The first-time investments are made when the closed-ended scheme is kept open for a limited period. Once closed, the units are listed on

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Strategic Management Accounting and Performance Measurement

Activity-Based Costing in Modern Manufacturing

Activity-Based Costing (ABC) is essential in modern manufacturing units for several critical reasons:

  • Overcomes Traditional Costing Limitations: Traditional systems use single cost drivers (such as labor hours), which can cause cost distortions. ABC uses multiple cost drivers that reflect actual resource consumption.
  • Handles Product Diversity: Modern units produce varied products with different complexities. ABC recognizes that complex products consume
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