of the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki The morning of 6 of August 1945 a single atomic bomb called “Little Boy” exploded over the city of Hiroshima at 8:15‚ devastating almost the entire metropolis. “Little Boy” was 10 feet long‚ weighted 9‚000 pounds‚ and was dropped from a height of 31‚600 feet‚ exploding at 2‚000 above Hiroshima with the force of 20K tons of TNT. A conventional bomb would have destroyed only the wooden structures within a 40 meters radius‚ but the atomic bomb that
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American Economic Association The Theory of the Firm as Governance Structure: From Choice to Contract Author(s): Oliver E. Williamson Source: The Journal of Economic Perspectives‚ Vol. 16‚ No. 3 (Summer‚ 2002)‚ pp. 171-195 Published by: American Economic Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3216956 Accessed: 21-04-2015 06:39 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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different ways. There were three key elements that assisted in the spread of vernacular languages. They were the need to spread the beliefs of religions‚ technological advances‚ and the role of women in society. Historical Foundations Among the first to begin the spread of the vernacular language was the French. Around the fourteenth century the vernacular works began to make their way around Europe. The conversion to vernacular language from Latin demonstrates
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HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS INTRODUCTION Historical linguistics‚ also called Diachronic Linguistics‚ the branch of linguistics concerned with the study of phonological‚ grammatical‚ and semantic changes‚ the reconstruction of earlier stages of languages‚ and the discovery and application of the methods by which genetic relationships among languages can be demonstrated. According to dictionary.com‚ Historical linguistics is the branch of linguistics which deals with the history and development
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Ethical Issue (Historical Facts) In today’s goal driven society‚ cheating has become more prevalent among college students. These students first look for ways to cheat in secondary school and continue unethical practices in college. Some universities have implemented an honor code to hold students responsible for academic honesty. Researchers have investigated factors associated with college students and cheating that include personal and situational characteristics of this group of individuals
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The Structure of Myth and the Structure of Western Film Based on Saussure (1974)‚ structuralism is a theoretical method derived from his theoritical work. He divides language into two component parts which together produce a third (signifier‚ signified and meaning). According to him‚ meaning is produced through a process of combination and selection. As Saussure insists‚ “In language‚ there are only differences without positive terms… language has neither ideas not sounds that existed before
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Key Historical Developments The purpose of this paper is to discuss four key historical developments in nursing research and its utilization. Nursing research is the “scientific process that validates and refines the existing knowledge and generates knowledge that directly and indirectly influences clinical nursing practice” (Burns & Grove‚ 2007‚ pg. 548). Whereas nursing research utilization‚ is the process of taking the products of nursing research and applying them to practice in order to improve
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African Journal of Business Management Vol. 5(15)‚ pp. 6527-6540‚ 4 August‚ 2011 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJBM DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.1012 ISSN 1993-8233 ©2011 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper Capital structure and financing decision - Evidence from the four Asian Tigers and Japan Kuang-Hua Hsu1* and Ching-Yu Hsu2 1 Department of Finance‚ Chaoyang University of Technology‚ Taiwan‚ Republic of China 168 Jifong E. Road.‚ Wufong District‚ Taichung City
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Atomic bomb on Japan. On August 1945‚ the U.S had already taken possession outside of the homelands of Japan. The U.S now had to invade Japan directly face to face. Clearly‚ taking this action would result in a bloody bath. For an outsider‚ the Japanese already looked defeated. Their military size was shrinking and it was obvious that they had no chance in coming back to victory. However the imperialist Japan had a different mindset. Their mindset was to fight until the very last man standing. Civilians
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Organizational Theory: Determinants of Structure -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The objective here is to understand why organizations have the structure that they do. By "structure" I mean things like degree and type of horizontal differentiation‚ vertical differentiation‚ mechanisms of coordination and control‚ formalization‚ and centralization of power. See handouts page for more information on organizational structure. According to Taylor
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