technology to enhance procurement efficiency‚ including e-procurement and purchase cards. 2 THAI CONTENTS OF THE BOOK Twenty-one studies or papers (hereafter called “chapters”) were selected‚ via a rigorous peer review process‚ on the basis of scholarship. Thus‚ it is expected that they cover a variety of research issues. However‚ three major procurement issues have been the focuses of fourteen chapters: procurement partnership and
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well as how these various perspectives guide sociological research and analysis. Students will also be introduced to the concept of culture and its uses as an analytical instrument in the study of society and Caribbean socio-cultural diversity will also be examined. Social institutions such as the family‚ education and religion will also be an integral part of this course. Students will also be exposed to the study of social stratification and inequality and how the daily lives of Caribbean people
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Investigate the Effect of Acid Rain on Building Materials Question: What is the effect of 6M sulfuric acid (H2SO4) on the corrosion rate of the 3 grams of steel as the amount (number of sprays) of sulfuric acid increases? Variables: Independent variable: the number of sprays of 6M sulfuric acid (0‚ 5‚ 10‚ 15‚ 20‚ 25 times) to observe its effect on the corrosion rate. Each spray will contain about 10mL. Dependent variable: The corrosion rate. It will be calculated by measuring the mass of steel
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DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIETY Volume 35 Number 1‚ June 2006‚ pp. 107~123 A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF INTERNET USE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE* BAE YOUNG Soongsil University This study examined the condition of Internet use and social capital‚ as well as its effects on teenager’s academic performance. We analyzed survey data of 361 high school students. The study findings suggest that the Internet expands its reach to teenagers’ school life. First‚ students are more reliant on the Internet
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English Language Teaching; Vol. 5‚ No. 12; 2012 ISSN 1916-4742 E-ISSN 1916-4750 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education The Effect of the Graphic Organizer Strategy on University Students’ English Vocabulary Building Arwa N. Al-Hinnawi1 1 Zarqa University College‚ Al-Balqa’ Applied University‚ Zarqa‚ Jordan Correspondence: Arwa N. Al-Hinnawi‚ P. O. Box 11974‚ 13118 Hay Al-Hussein Post Office‚ Zarqa‚ Jordan. Tel: 962-79-9266659. E-mail: Arwa_Alhinnawi@yahoo.com Received:
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parents’ influence‚ religion—all of the social forces around a person. Why is it possible for two employees to have entirely different reactions to the same boss? A: Because of their personality‚ each individual is going to have a unique way in which they handle a situation. Whether they have different backgrounds‚ upbringings‚ values or habits‚ there is inevitably going to be conflict or a conglomeration of opinions. If an employee’s survival‚ safety‚ and social needs have been satisfied‚ which of
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PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 10 AND 11 The need for and an understanding of a conceptual framework This topic forms most of Section A (and has an influence on Section B) of the syllabus for Paper F7‚ Financial Reporting. A conceptual framework is important to the understanding of the many principles and concepts that underpin International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and is an often-neglected part of candidates’ studies. Questions from these areas regularly appear in Paper F7 exams – usually as Question
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well-known. Saul Alinsky understood community structure and the impoverished and the importance of their empowerment as a successful element of community activism and used both as tools to create powerful‚ active organizations. He also used shared social problems as external antagonists to
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1 Three Waves of Variation Study: The emergence of meaning in the study of variation Penelope Eckert Stanford University Abstract The treatment of social meaning in variation has come in three waves of analytic practice. The first wave of variation studies established broad correlations between linguistic variables and the macro-sociological categories of socioeconomic class‚ sex class‚ ethnicity and age. The second wave employed ethnographic methods to explore the local categories and configurations
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Analysis of the Singapore Social Studies Syllabus Abstract Launched in 2001‚ the secondary social studies curriculum is seen as the primary vehicle to implement citizenship education in Singapore‚ and a crucial pillar of the government’s tripartite plan of National Education (NE) in schools. Broadly‚ the plan uses simplified slogans to categorize and underline the aims and intended outcomes expected of each level of education – “Love Singapore” is the focus of NE in primary schools‚ “Know Singapore”
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