...Science or Fiction Controversy: When is a life form considered intelligent? Across many cultures there is a wide range of definitions as to when a life form is considered intelligent. Consequently, the debate on if and when it is appropriate to terminate a pregnancy has been highly discussed in the science community. Whilst there is no strict definition of life, most scientists would define whether or not something is living by comparing and observing certain characteristics; these requirements are, the object has the potential to perform the processes of metabolism, growth, adaptation to the environment, and reproduction (Schulze-Makuch & Irwin 2008). Whilst human foetuses can undergo these processes or have the potential to undergo these...
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...pop music has been one of the most popular branches of music in Turkey. This is in the broad musical spectrum, of music in Turkey. Popular music because of the fact that, primitive music could not be related to either the traditional ottoman music or from the western form of music. Popular music were sung by chiefly the non-Muslim women. In the 1960s, there was fusions of the pop music and the Ottoman psyche which was particularly common in Turkey. In the 1970s, Sezen Aksu a female song writer and singer became popular and changed the scene of the music scene (Richard, T. 1999). In the 1990 pop music began to find its true meaning, this is because, it is not merely a type of music as it may be considered, but as a culture, it became part of everyday city-life that cannot be separated with the lifestyle and sentiments of city life. During the Ozall administration, in the 1980s, the free market economy which became a state policy, brought new acceleration to the Turkish music industry. World class studios and consumer ideology to the youth, this brought a new, fast rhythmic urban life and pulse (Simon, B. 1999). After 1990s, the most influential form of sentimental style and perception was pop music. It affected the mode of dressing to trends of entertainment. Unbelievable variety sprung up each and every day. Momentary incidents of joy, disappointment and the relationship were based on the sensibility of pop music as the momentum. Every sector of the society experienced change...
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...Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid: Vitaly Komar and Alex Melamid, born in Moscow in the 1940s, studied together in the Moscow Art School from 1958-1960 (DAF 1). They began their collaborative work in 1965, and in 1967, they established the SOTS Art movement (the Soviet version of Western Pop Art). Through their SOTS Art movement they worked along with other Soviet nonconformist artists to create work that challenged the rigid official style of Socialist Realism (DAF 1). They held their first international exhibition at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, in 1976 and from that time, they are holding many public commissions and exhibitions at the international level (DAF 1). In 1978, Komar & Melamid shifted to America and in 1981, they became the first Russian artist to receive the National Endowment for the Arts grant (DAF 1). Komar and Melamid gained popularity for focusing on the absurdity of the Soviet system through their paintings. Their art was initially aimed at dismantling that system and now that the system has been dismantled, Komar and Melamid nostalgic about the sadness of the past (Solomon 77). Since the 1970s, Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid have used their paintings and installations to discuss the manipulation of history and art by governments and powerful people to achieve their own ideological goals. Their works have an undercurrent of a playful sense of irony, which is most apparent in their early works that mock at the pretensions of official Soviet...
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...For Entrance in Fall 2013 Application Supplement Office of Admissions and Financial Aid 86 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Please indicate under which timetable you are applying: Restrictive Early Action Please return this form to us as soon as possible, and by October 15, if possible. Final deadline is November 1. Valid for entrance in September 2013 only. Please submit this form as well as the Common Application or the Universal College Application as soon as possible. Regular Decision Please return this form to us as soon as possible, and by December 15 if at all possible. Final deadline is January 1. A completed application includes all portions of the Common Application or the Universal College Application, as well as the Harvard Application Supplement, required official testing results, a Secondary School Report, two Teacher Evaluations and a $75 application fee or fee waiver request. Full legal name Goswami Last/Family IE Arunesh First Apt./Unit W Middle Jr., etc. Prefer to be called Date of Birth 02/02/1994 (MM/DD/YYYY) Address 324-D TYPE-2 BLOCK-6 NEYVELI No. and Street CUDDALORE DISTRICT PR EV NEYVELI City State/Province India Country 607803 Zip/Postal Code Telephone Number (home) 091041422683 (cell) 091809813561 Secondary School JAWAHAR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL CEEB/ACT code 000004 If you can be reached by fax or e-mail, please provide a fax number or e-mail address and name of the contact person...
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...Software Documentation Process Improvement ISMG 6040 Spring 2011 Dr. Judy Scott Margaret Irene Wallace May 5, 2011 Contents 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Organizational Overview 3 3. Competitive Environment & Strategy 3 4. Oracle’s Fusion Middleware Department 4 5. Business Process Problem Discussion 5 5.1 Project Roadmap 6 6. Results & Findings 8 6.1 Understanding the Current Process 9 6.2 Redesign – Requirements and Design 12 6.3 Oracle 11g – BPM Criteria and ROI & Success Criteria 15 6.4 Develop, Test, Implement, Train 18 6.5 Coping with Cultural Resistance 19 Appendix A: Modeling Experience 20 Appendix B: Process Description 23 Appendix C: Inputs and Outputs 24 Appendix D: Governing Rules for Process Steps 25 References 26 1. Executive Summary The process for creating and publishing software documentation at Oracle is lengthy and involves several roles and departments. The software documentation departments and the number of products they are responsible for have grown tremendously over the years due to acquisitions. However, the documentation process and its tools have not scaled well. There is no overall set of tools for the entire process. Email is the primary communication method, and is the basis for routing work from one step and role to the next. These steps are not automated, and the steps which are automated use out of date, non-integrated tools. The process is overdue for a comprehensive analysis and redesign...
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...SPINE Volume 25, Number 22, pp 2940 –2953 ©2000, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. The Oswestry Disability Index Jeremy C. T. Fairbank, MD, FRCS,* and Paul B. Pynsent, PhD† tried. The questionnaire had been published in 198038 and widely disseminated from the 1981 meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) in Paris. The objects of this article are: To present the various versions of the ODI instrument for comparison ● To review the various efforts that have been made to validate this questionnaire ● To compare the scores obtained in studies of different patient population both before and after treatment ● To review the methodology of outcome measurement ● To consider what is actually measured by this and similar instruments ● Study Design. The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) has become one of the principal condition-specific outcome measures used in the management of spinal disorders. This review is based on publications using the ODI identified from the authors’ personal databases, the Science Citation Index, and hand searches of Spine and current textbooks of spinal disorders. Objectives. To review the versions of this instrument, document methods by which it has been validated, collate data from scores found in normal and back pain populations, provide curves for power calculations in studies using the ODI, and maintain the ODI as a gold standard outcome measure. Summary of Background Data. It has now been 20 years since its original...
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...Case study—Paid Time off (PTO) Policies Gerissa Russell B6032 BLA Argosy University/Atlanta Harish Chandan September 17, 2014 Case study—Paid Time off (PTO) Policies Identify any additional information you would need to recommend a solution, and explain where you would likely find that information. Communication is all important. Much communication is needed in a merging procedure internal first and external second. A go-getting communication plan must be published at the outset and managed throughout the process. Communication mode and message will vary for different time frames 48 hours, weekly, monthly, and for different target groups. Key customer management. In order for the M&A to be successful, the smooth handling of ordinary business has to be ensured. The quality of relations with customers of both the acquired and acquiring. Identify key intangible assets and make plans to retain them early. As soon as practical, analyze the target company to identify key managers, specialists and knowledge owners. Who owns the customer relationships, which provides the headship to the team? These are key people who need to be engaged early to ensure their retention. What other unknown talent high potential individuals and teams – exist who will provide new value within the merged business? In a ‘friendly’ merger, gain access to and assess the key people before closing. Discuss any issues you would likely encounter if you were to merge the PTO system...
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...MKTG 1199 MARKETING PRINCIPLES KOH SHAOXUAN JEREMY 3348551 CHUA ZHEN QIANG 3348427 ZALIKHA BTE ZANUDIN 3348751 LOKE JIE YING ANGELA 3348602 Table of Contents Introduction 2 Section A for question 1 4 Type chapter title (level 2) 5 Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, Threat (SWOT) Analysis 6 Section B for question 2 4 Product/Market Expansion Grid 5 Product/Market Expansion Grid Cont’ 6 Section C for question 3 4 Demographic characteristics 5 Perceptual Map 5 Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) 6 Conclusion 4 References 4 Introduction Executive Summary The initial part of the report compares Shanghai Tang with 2 others luxury ready-to-wear brands in the western market, namely Chanel and Dior. It discusses the demographic and cultural environmental forces faced by Shanghai Tang when competing with other luxury ready-to-wear brand in the western market followed by a SWOT (Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats) analysis to identify both the internal environment (strengths and weaknesses) and external environment (opportunities and threats) that Shanghai Tang is facing. Through the SWOT analysis, we came up with a recommendation to either defend or expand Shanghai Tang’s market position. Secondly, a product expansion grid was used to discuss the possible strategies...
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...YourFirstName YourLastName Your Instructor’s Name English and Literature Date of Submission Explain how a given institution or symbol system in a nonwestern culture enhances the viability of that culture or, alternately, serves the purposes of some social group or category within that culture According to Madsen (101), syncretism refers to the fusion of differing religious forms and views into one. When related to religion, it often result into a creation of a new system of belief system which begins when alien viewpoints get introduced to an indigenous belief system and the traditions of the two systems intertwined and the new heterogeneous religion depicts characteristics of the component conglomerate of religious believes. Religious conversion refers to a continuous and consistent process of change in the religious believers’ practices. This is often realized through adoption of new systems and practice by abandoning some of their practices which may be considered as archaic (Hassing 247-248). Integration of the two ideologies explains certain religious factors which appear to be integrated between several bodies of religious belief systems. In movie The Other Conquest, the producer displays out two different belief systems adopted by the Spanish and the natives of the Aztec empire found in Mexico. The opening scene shows Topiltizn, the illegitimate son of Aztec Emperor named Moctezuma, thrashs about to move out from under a corpse. He survived the massacre at their...
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...solutions was adjusted to 30 mM with NaOH, and pH was adjusted to 7.0 with N-methylglucamine (NMG) or HCl. PIP2 liposomes (20–200 nm) were prepared by sonicating 1 mM PIP2 (Boehringer Mannheim) in distilled water. Reconstituted monoclonal PIP2 antibody (Perspective Biosystems, Framingham, MA) was diluted 40-fold into experimental solution. Current–voltage relations of all currents reversed at EK and showed characteristic rectification, mostly owing to the presence of Na+ in FVPP and possibly also residual polyamines. Current records presented (measured at 30 C, −30 mV holding potential) are digitized strip-chart recordings. Purified bovine brain Gbg29 was diluted just before application such that the final detergent (CHAPS) concentration was 5 M. Detergent-containing solution was washed away thoroughly before application of PIP2, because application of phospholipid vesicles in the presence of detergent usually reversed the effects of Gbg; presumably, Gbg can be extracted from membranes by detergent plus phospholipids. Molecular biology. R188Q mutation was constructed by insertion of the mutant oligonucleotides between the Bsm1 and BglII sites of pSPORT– ROMK1 (ref. 11). A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) fragment (amino acids 180–391) from pSPORT–ROMK1 R188Q mutant was subcloned into pGEX2T vector (Pharmacia) for expression of R188Q mutant protein of GST–RKC. The construction, expression and purification of GST–IKC (amino acids 182– 428 of IRK1), GST–GKC (180–462 of GIRK1), GST–IKN (1–86...
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...PREMIER INDIANO CUISINE LOUNGE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Today’s customers, especially business people and tourists crave for a high-end relaxing experience but in an affordable manner where they believe every dollar spent is worth it. Also, they wish for more food options without having to sacrifice one particular cuisine for another. This specially is true for people who go to restaurants in groups. Fusion Cuisine is a fast growing trend.Also, people crave for authentic food, whatever the cuisine may be. US is a land of immigrants. With different people come different cuisine. And it is difficult for people to have any authentic cuisine if they aren’t certified chefs to validate such food. Customers appreciate the fact that the food they are served is as good as it can get and is made by a certified chef. A restaurant ready to exploit this diverse demand of customers’ .i.e.: different authentic cuisines at one place will have unique product differentiator and a unique market stand as well. Manhattan is increasingly becoming a tourist destination. Especially a restaurant at Financial District will increasingly see an influx of customers. With 9/11 memorial and other significant places such as South Street Seaport Historic District, the New York City Police Museum, and Museum of American Finance, made Manhattan see some of the highest number of tourists in last few years. Also given the fact that Financial District is a financial hub, with multiple multi-national offices, we...
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...Communications Report | Effective Business Communications | | Effective Business Communications Prepared for Prepared by November 13, 2012 Letter of Authorization Alvin C. Miles Director of Business Development Lecturer of Management EMBA Coles College of Business Kennesaw State University October 29, 2012 Team Green Fusion EMBA Coles College of Business Kennesaw State University Dear Team Green Fusion: The documents (3 in total) directly beneath this assignment should be used to complete your formal communications report. This assignment is broken in to two parts: your team's evaluation of your assigned team's individual presentations and the formal communications report. This is to be a team assignment. This assignment is to be completed by November 18th Business report and presentation slides are available for review in the Business Communication Learning Module. Please look at the notes associated with each slide for additional information: A Microsoft Word template has also been supplied as a starting point for the formal report. If there are questions, the team is expected to delineate guidelines through research, inquiry, and rational decision making. I anticipate that teams will search for formal report guidelines to get specificity on structure, or look up white papers to read sample abstracts. In a Master’s program, this is the expectation. Each report will vary according to the interpretation of the requirements...
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...It is amazing to think that an accidental observation led to the production of one of the most widely used antibiotics still in use today. Furthermore, it is even more amazing that this antibiotic derived from a fungus. In 1928 a bacteriologist by the name of Alexander Fleming, while working on a project, made an observation on a contaminated culture plate of staphylococci by a mold. He noticed a bacteria-free circle around the mold growth and discontinued his project to focus on his accidental observation. The mold, a member of the fungi kingdom, was isolated and identified as Penicillium Notatum. When the mold was allowed to grow on culture plates and different bacteria were streaked across the plate; Fleming observed that some grew up to the mold while others were inhibited. This observation made Fleming conclude that Penicillium Notatum produced an antibacterial substance that inhibited some bacteria while not inhibiting others. The antibiotic produced from this member of the Fungi Kingdom is what we now know as Penicillin (Wennergren & Lagercrantz, 2006). Mold is just one member of the Fungi Kingdom. Fungi can be found everywhere in the world including the air, water, soil and on plants or animals. The fungi reproduction cycle is truly unique compared to all other eukaryotic organisms. They produce sexually and asexually with some organisms of fungi only reproducing asexually (Liang, 2005). During the life cycle of fungi they produce spores and from these spores...
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...Suggest the key financial drivers that most likely will cause health care organizations to merge. Provide support for your rationale. The future of the health care industry is dominated by many uncertainties as it is feeling the heat on both regulatory and economic fronts. The health care industry is one of the most regulated in the United States and organizations are required to comply with a number of federal and state laws and regulations. In turn, these regulations have increased health care costs to unsustainable levels (Horner and Basu, 2012). From an economic standpoint, the health care industry has been facing deep cuts with a decline in per-patient revenue that pose a great risk to the industry. There has also been an increase in the regulatory pressures in terms of developments and pricing fronts. The big players in the market often have greater access to more resources that allow them to combat the negative forces to a certain extent. However, smaller health care entities may find it difficult to fight against these situations and thus consolidation in the industry is seen as one of the ways for survival. Many health care service providers are taking on mergers and acquisitions in order to improve operational efficiency, patient care and lower their costs. Some of the reasons behind consolidation in the industry are: 1) seeking economies of scale, 2) drawing on a partner’s unique clinical or managerial strengths, 3) gaining geographic strength to better serve patient...
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...the Big Dipper: Alkaid, Mizar and Alioth. Alkaid is the most eastern star in the Big Dipper; it is the last star of the handle, and is the 35th brightest star in the sky. The constellation Ursa Major is not a commonly known shape in the sky, however it is the asterism known as the Big Dipper. The Big Dipper is composed of seven stars, and as mentioned before Alkaid is one of them. This asterism has a very long history, in many cultures it is seen as a chariot or wagon. These seven stars are not all moving in the same direction, and in time, the Big Dipper will break up. It is only in the past 50,000 years that the “dipper” has actually formed. Alkaid, unlike most of the stars in Ursa Major, does not belong to the Ursa Major Moving Group. It is actually moving in a different direction than the group (Umbra). Ursa Major The origin of Ursa Major is uncertain. It is known, however, that the ancient Greeks knew of this constellation. They identified it as two mythological figures. One creature was Callisto, this was a mortal who was turned into a bear after he fell...
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