...History of Evolution The word "evolution" in its broadest sense refers to change or growth that occurs in a particular order. Although this broad version of the term would include astronomical evolution and the evolution of computer design, this article focuses on the evolution of biological organisms. That use of the term dates back to the ancient Greeks, but today the word is more often used to refer to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. This theory is sometimes crudely referred to as the theory of "survival of the fittest." It was proposed by Charles Darwin in On the Origin of Species in 1859 and, independently, by Alfred Wallace in 1858—although Wallace, unlike Darwin, said the human soul is not the product of evolution. Greek and medieval references to "evolution" use it as a descriptive term for a state of nature, in which everything in nature has a certain order or purpose. This is a teleological view of nature. For example, Aristotle classified all living organisms hierarchically in his great scala naturae or Great Chain of Being, with plants at the bottom, moving through lesser animals, and on to humans at the pinnacle of creation, each becoming progressively more perfect in form. It was the medieval philosophers, such as Augustine, who began to incorporate teleological views of nature with religion: God is the designer of all creatures, and everything has a purpose and a place as ordained by Him. In current times, to some, the terms "evolution" and...
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...HRM The evolution of human resource management as a distinct profession dates back to the industrial revolution when factories established personnel departments to look into wages and welfare of workers. * slide 1 of 5 To understand the evolution of Human Resource Management, one must first understand its basis. The origins of workforce management lies in the arrangements made for the welfare of apprentices working with the master craftsmen in the putting out system that prevailed during the medieval ages. The industrial revolution that led to the establishment of factories displaced the putting out system. The workers in the early factories faced long hours of works under extremely unhygienic conditions, and mostly lived in slums. This soon resulted in several labor riots, the most famous being Ludds riots of 1811 in Nottingham, England, precipitated by reduced wages. The government soon intervened to provide basic rights and protections for workers, and the need to comply with such statutory regulations forced factory owners to set up a formal mechanism to look into workers wages and welfare, and redress other issues concerning labor. This led to the emergence of Personnel Management as a distinct profession. * The Personnel Management Approach The Personnel Management approach that remained in vogue for much of the 20th Century remained administrative in nature. Arising out of the need to enforce statutory compliance, it concerned itself primarily with ...
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...fire service is a fairly modern idea due to the industrial revolution. Some researchers have said that firefighting was first started and organized in ancient Egypt. There is evidence of firefighting machinery was used in Ancient Egypt, including a water pump that was developed by Ctesibius of Alexandria in the third century BC which was later improved upon in a design by Hero of Alexandria in the first century BC. One of the first well documented fire brigade or suppression team was the ones of the Roman Empire. The Roman emperor Augustus is credited with instituting a corps of fire-fighting "watchmen" in 24 BC. Regulations for checking and preventing fires were developed. The first Roman fire brigade of which we have any substantial history was created by Marcus Licinius Crassus. Marcus Licinius Crassus was born into a wealthy Roman family around the year 115 BC, and acquired an enormous fortune through "fire and rapine." One of his most lucrative schemes took advantage of the fact that Rome had no...
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...Lederrick Wesley December 11, 2008 Special Projects Dr. Karin Sehmann The History and Evolution of Gospel Music The culture of African Americans dates back to the beginning of times in Africa. So many things were carried across the world such as culture, art, music, and different cultural practices. The music of African Americans has transcended across different cultures. Gospel music is one of the sacred forms of music for African Americans. This is one of the hottest music genres currently out, and it is not only meant to relay a message to people but change their hearts in the process and help people endure positive out takes on life. Gospel music has a long rich tradition with great contributors such as Thomas Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson, Whitney Houston, and Kirk Franklin. Things such as gospel music workshops and conventions exist today to educate individuals on this peculiar style of music. Recently, I held a gospel music workshop and many things were involved in putting it together. The following paper will discuss my research on the evolution of gospel music and elaborate more on why I decided to do a gospel music workshop. African American gospel music has been implemented with secular and non-African American elements. This has caused many individuals to wonder “what is gospel music?” This musical phenomenon has moved beyond the walls of the “black church” and includes many aspects (Wise 1). Gospel music can be defined from a cultural, spiritual, or...
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...Economic Terms & Healthcare History Economic Terms & Healthcare History This paper will entail the history as well as the development of healthcare economics, and health care funding. The significance and how it affects the world today. I will address how the history and development of health care economics and the timeline of health care funding has changed over the past years in the United States. What is the Meaning of Evolution of Health Care Economics? Development of health care economics, it is a changing system within the United States. It has become multifaceted and in the past two decades, the upheaval in health care in is largely in lieu of rising health care cost. It is a discipline that deals with the conception, distribution, and all intakes of goods and services. Over the past years, it has dealt with pricing of products and the structure of the economy, as the price-cost relationship of a whole medical firm. It relates to an uncaring conversion, when a demand fails to increase or decrease in percentage to a decrease or increase in price. The adjustment involves the total health care market price of all the goods and services created within the form of a country during an identified time ("Gross domestic Product, " 2014). However, the evolution of health care economics deals with a broad and general aspect of an economy income and investments of the United States as a whole. The history and development of health care economics have...
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...History and Evolution of Health Care Economics Kimberly Geeter HCS/440 March 28, 2011 Pranab Rout History and Evolution of Health Care Economics Health care economics have changed so much during the course of history. While a lot has to do with the evolutionary changes that the U.S. underwent since inception, the major factors that have influenced change in healthcare economic are medical care and technology. It is important to understand healthcare economic history, and the cash flow system, managers are able to use this information to help prepare the company for its future. It is very important to remember that the drive behind health care economics is money, money helps run health care organization and it’s the key to success “Who pays for what has changed dramatically in the past 60 years. Whereas in the past, the majority of individuals paid their medical bills with private funds, today insurance companies and other third parties cover the majority of payments, with individuals paying only a small fraction of the total flow of funds with private money” (Getzen & Moore, 2007, p. 3, para. 1). History shows that physicians would trade medical services for non-money items (such as cotton, grain, and livestock) as forms of payment if a patient was unable or couldn’t afford the services. As the US advanced in historical factors such as the World Wars, the Great Depression, and technology, a new system had to be used to help the U.S. population with...
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...Evolutionary history of horses The complete fossil record of the horse covers 60 million years. (Hall, 2011) One of the major changes during horse evolution was the reduction in the number of toes (MacFadden, 1994) . The earliest horse-like fossil was the Hyracotherium also known as Eohippus(the dawn horse). It was 50cm high, weighed around 23kg, had three toes on its back legs and 4 on its front (Hall, 2011). This decreased to three toes in Mesohippus and one in Pliohippus and modern horses. Body size also changed as a result of major environmental variation occurring during the late Oligocene and early Miocene due to the spread of grasslands in North America. Early horses, such as Hyracotherium (MacFadden, 1994), some of which were no bigger than a modern day fox, (Hall, 2011), had a diet of leaves from bushes and low trees. As humid forest decreased and more grassland appeared (about 17-15 million years ago) a new lineage evolved, Merchippus and Pliohippus whose diet consisted mainly of grass. This also resulted in a change of tooth structure (MacFadden, 1994) as horses started grazing on large areas of grasslands during a period of dry, warm climate(Hall, 2011). Grass contains a high proportion of silica, is highly abrasive and eating it can cause abrasive grit to be introduced into the mouth. Grazing animals need...
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...THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING NAME: Nash H Kabunda PROGRAMME: M.Eng ICT COURSE: EEE6511 (Telecoms Industry, Policy & Regulation) TASK: Assignment 2 LECTURER: Dr. D. Banda HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE ICT INDUSTRY IN ZAMBIA. The first telephone exchange to be placed in Zambia was installed in Livingstone in 1913. The telephone circuit backbone infrastructure was developed in the major Zambian cities along the so called “line of rail”. The ‘line of rail’ spans from Livingstone through Lusaka to Copperbelt provinces. After the independence of Zambia in 1964, the country’s economy was based on socialistic principles until 1991. This means major that major business institutions and industries such as the mines, airlines, national railways, the post and the telecommunication were wholly or majority share owned by the government of the republic of Zambia. Therefore the Zambia Telecommunication company provided all telecommunication and postal services as a monopoly in the early years after Zambia attained independence. Liberalization of Zambian Economy In 1991, Zambia political terrain changed to a multiparty and democratic environment. The new government commanded a new liberalized economy where private participation in all spheres of the economy was to be maximized and government’s minimized and eventually phased out completely. In a major effort to liberalize the telecommunications...
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...History and Evolution of the Securities and Exchange Commission The Securities and Exchange Commission was created at the conclusion of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee’s 1932–1934 investigation of stock exchange practices, usually called the Pecora Hearings, in recognition of the decisive role played by the committee’s counsel, Ferdinand Pecora.(Macey, 2010) Between September 1, 1929, and July 1, 1932, the value of all stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange shrank from a total of nearly $90 billion to just under $16 billion, a loss of over 80 percent.(Macey, 2010) In a comparable period, bonds listed on the New York Stock Exchange declined from a value of $49 billion to $31 billion.(Macey, 2010) These figures, staggering as they were, fully gauge the extent of the 1929–1932 stock market crash.(Wiesen, 1979) During the post-World War I decade, approximately $50 billion of new securities were sold in the United States approximately half, or $25 billion, would prove near or totally worthless.(Wiesen, 1979) Leading securities, including General Electric, Sears, Roebuck, and U.S. Steel common stock, would lose over 90 percent of their value between selected dates in 1929 and 1932.(Zimmer, 2009) Formally, the purpose of Pecora’s stock exchange hearings was to determine why these staggering decreases in security values had occurred and to propose legislation to prevent another stock market crash. (Wiesen, 1979) The Pecora hearings also had an obvious...
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...Universal Gas Constant * What are the four measurable properties of gases? Temperature, volume, moles, pressure. * R is the universal gas constant that relate the four properties of gases in one relationship. Write down the formula equal to R. PV = R nT * What is the unit that you used for R? Atm.L\k.mol * Hydrogen gas has properties very nearly like an ideal gas. Write down the equation for the production of H2 gas Mg(s) + 2HCl(aq) MgCl2(aq) + H2(g) * In our experiment, the total pressure of the gas was calculated by adding P(hydrogen) and P(water vapor). Where did the water vapor come from? * The H2 is collected over water bath * There is also some water vapor * Pressure of H2 is different than that of H2O * Explain how did you measure the following properties of H2 gas: Temperature of H2 | thermometer | Volume of H2 | HCl in the burette we Invert burette into beaker thwn we read it from the beurette | Moles of H2 | n = m/M | * A burette which contains 0.001 moles of Mg metal and HCl solution, was inverted in water bath of 300 kelvin. The reaction produces 0.025 L of hydrogen gas with a total pressure of 1 atm. Calculate the gas constant of H2. R= PVnT = 1 × 0.0250.001 × 300 = 0.0833 atm.L\k.mol * A 0.614 mole sample of ideal gas at 12 °C occupies a volume of 4.3 L. What is the pressure of the gas? (R = 0.0821 L.atm/mol.K) 12 °C+273.15=285...
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...The theory of atoms and atomic history have been changing throughout history. The atomic theory has had many factors changed and restated to go along with the more recent discoveries. Today, we know all atoms have electrons, protons, neutrons, and of course, the nucleus. Those are a few of the fundamental terms we use to understand the basic structure of an atom. Those are just the simple building blocks of an atom. There is also a electron cloud that is around the nucleus. It was thought to have electrons orbiting, not in a spherical cloud. It all started in 400 BCE when the greek philosopher, Democritus, was testing an experiment with amber. He rubbed the amber on fur, it created what we know as static electricity. However, he was unaware of this at the time. He thought to himself “What would happen if you broke matter in half, and then in half, and in half again?” This is what build the conclusion that all matter is made up of small indivisible particles, which he called atomos. After almost two thousand...
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...Communications Paper HSC/490 November 21, 2011 Professor Green Communications Paper When trying to inform employees and the public about what is going on in the health care organizations, many forms can be used to express this information. Information is passed down from management to employees; it is good to take notice and stress to every employee that they play a vital role in how the organization is viewed. Within any health care organization, the employees are essential components when it comes to saving the company money and making it more productive. Management needs to communicate properly and effectively to employees about the organization’s strategy and what is needed to achieve those plans. By stressing the organization’s strategy, the long-term and short-term goals will not seem so hard to achieve. In this paper, I plan to discuss the different methods that are used in electronica medical records, one of the ways that is used in communication modal is to keep track of all the patients’ medical records, and Health care workers see this as the biggest way of communication when working as a health care giver. Electronic records have been the talk of the century, although for ages charts where the thing but, have slowly been phased out by EMR systems. When you think about this, it opens up doors for much greater technology that could not be implemented into hospitals and doctors’ offices without the productions of EM’s. EMR’s makes the medical staff daily...
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...Southern & Eastern Part of India. | January 16 2014 | History of the evolution and emerging Trends of the Indian Tourism and lodging Industry. | | NAME | Student No | Sushil Gujar | 6894422 | Jacob Jose Moolan | 6908420 | Roshan Shetty | 6657332 | Abstract The hospitality and tourism industry in India has largely diversified and has greatly complimented to the GDP as well as employment in major parts of India. Due to its rich heritage and culture it has recorded tremendous growth over the past years thus making it global tourist destination. With development in major hospitality projects and international brands setting its business in India, has led to the prosperity of the Hospitality industry. By providing you a glimpse about major tourist destination and hotels that contribute majorly to the growth of the industry, this report would provide you an insight on the hospitality industry in the southern and the eastern part of India. Contents Introduction 3 Southern part ofIndia 4 Kerala tourism 4 Munnar 4 Cochin 5 Kumarakom 5 Karnataka Tourism 5 Srirangapatana 5 Hampi 6 Mysore 6 Tamil Nadu Tourism 7 Ooty 7 Kanyakumari 7 Pondicherry tourism 8 Lodging and Hotels in South India 8 Taj Group of hotels 8 Oberoi Hotels and Resorts 8 ITC Group of hotels 9 Eastern part of India 10 Bhubaneswar 10 Ranchi 10 Gangtok 10 Kolkata 11 Result/ Conclusion 12 Reference 13 Introduction India consists of 29 states...
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...Strategic Management Project: Module 1 1. Give a short account of the history of the company, and trace the evolution of its strategy. Try to determine whether the strategic evolution of your company is the product of intended strategies, emergent strategies, or some combination of the two. Walgreens has a long history spanning over a century. Charles Walgreen founded his first store in 1901. His first store was in Barrett's Hotel in Chicago's south side. The early stores experimented with many entrepreneurial ideas. The algreens.com web site, under the Our Past section, states, "Walgreens continued to come up with new, important ways to service customers and - just as importantly - employ thousands of people during this period of extreme economic distress"(5). Walgreens had flourished during very hard economic times, and had 500 stores by the 1930s. Early Walgreens stores used soda fountains to increase revenue. Walgreens became a publicly traded company in 1927. They started radio advertising in 1931. Charles Walgreen died in 1939 at the age of 66. Walgreens is growing faster now than ever before. The Walgreens.com web site, under the Our Past section, explains, "Today, with 500 new stores opening each year and 7,000 Planned by 2010, Walgreens continues to innovate"(7). Walgreens has always maintained a simple strategy. Although the strategy changed over the years to mention newer innovations, the basic principles of the strategy have remained similar. The Walgreens.com...
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...Asimo Unit 2 assignment 2 | AbstractASIMO is a humanoid Robot that was built to genuinely help people. Linda Vaughn | Asimo Unit 2 assignment 2 | AbstractASIMO is a humanoid Robot that was built to genuinely help people. Linda Vaughn | Linda Vaughn GS1145T 10/3/2015 Why Create ASIMO? ASIMO is humanoid robot created to duplicate human motion and genuinely help people. ASIMO took more than two decades of persistent study, research, trial and error before achieving a humanoid robot. ASIMO's design, development and operation rely on many different disciplines including Mathematics, Physics, Anatomy, Engineering and Computer Science. In 1986 Honda engineer’s set out to create a walking humanoid robot early models (E1, E2, and E3) focused on developing legs that could simulate the walk of a human. Models (E4, E5, and E6) focused on developing walk stabilization and climbing stairs. Then the head, arms and body were added to improve balance. Hondas first robot P1 was rather rugged standing at 6’2 and weighing at 386lbs. P2 had a more friendly design. P3 model was more compact standing at 5’2 and weighing 287lbs. ASIMO can run, walk on uneven slopes and surfaces turn smoothly and reach and grab for objects. ASIMO can also comprehend and respond to simple voice commands. It can also recognize the face of a selective group of individuals using camera eyes. It can also map environment and register stationary objects and can avoid moving objects as it moves along...
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