elements are always a single capital letter or a capital letter followed by a lowercase letter. • Chemical symbols are just a shorthand way of representing the elements. • Some of the symbols are from the Latin or German names. – Ex: Tungsten (W = Wolfram)‚ Sodium (Na = Nadium)‚ Gold (Au = Aurum)‚ Potassium (K = Kalium)‚ Lead (Pb = Plumbum)‚ etc. • Each of the more than 110 elements that we know of is unique and has different properties from the rest. • Compounds are pure substances made of atoms
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PageRank Algorithm December 9‚ 2012 Abstract This paper dicsusses the PageRank algorithm. We carefully go through each step of the algorithm and explain each procedure. We also explain the mathematical setup of the algorithm‚ including all computations that are used in the PageRank algorithm. Some of the topics that we touch on include the following‚ but not limited to‚ are: linear algebra‚ node analysis‚ matrix theory‚ and numerical methods. But primarily this paper concerns itself with
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Truth Discovery with Multiple Conflicting Information Providers on the Web ∗ ∗ Xiaoxin Yin UIUC xyin1@cs.uiuc.edu Jiawei Han UIUC hanj@cs.uiuc.edu ABSTRACT Philip S. Yu IBM T. J. Watson Res. Center psyu@us.ibm.com of information on the web. Even worse‚ different web sites often provide conflicting information‚ as shown below. The world-wide web has become the most important information source for most of us. Unfortunately‚ there is no guarantee for the correctness of information
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The Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence By Matt Mahoney‚ Nov. 17‚ 2007 When we are able to create machines smarter than humans‚ then those machines could do likewise‚ but much faster. The result will be an explosion of intelligence‚ and according to Vernor Vinge‚ the end of the human era. The Friendly AI Problem The Singularity Institute was founded to counter the threat of unfriendly artificial intelligence‚ losing control of the machines we have built‚ but the problem remains unsolved
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References: 1. Marketing Management (International Edition)‚ 10th Edition ? Author: Philip Kotler; Publisher: Prentice Hall International‚ Inc. 2. What makes winning brands different ? Authors: Andreas Buchholz‚ Wolfram Wördemann; Publisher: John Wiley & Sons‚ Ltd. 3. Essentials of Marketing ? Authors: Perrault‚ William D. Jr.‚ E. Jerome McCarthy; Publisher: Chicago Richard D. Irwin Company
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Executive Summary Google is one of the leading companies in Internet Information Providers industry‚ which controls over 66 percent of the internet search market. The company has developed a vast portfolio of products to support its expansion strategy‚ with Android OS‚ Google Docs‚ Google Maps‚ and the Social Network Google+‚ among many others. Its primary source of revenue is generated from advertising. Despite the sluggish economy of past years‚ Google managed to consistently increase its revenues
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References: Anderson‚ P.L.‚ R.D. McClellan‚ J.P. Overton‚ and G.L Wolfram (1997). Price elasticity of demand. Retrieved on August 10th‚ 2010 from http://www.mackinac.org/1247 Kerin‚ R
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Beliefs‚ Morals‚ and Values Application Paper [Melisa’s Introduction] For as long as man has been around the question as to whether man is inherently good or evil has been debated. We look at the events that are happening in the world today and find ourselves asking that same question. As we study humanity‚ we discover that there are certain factors that lead to human development; biology‚ psychology and sociology. Some think that man is born evil and either continues to be evil or learns to
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Holy Blood‚ Holy Grail by Michael Baigent‚ Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln HOLY BLOOD‚ HOLY GRAIL PART ONE The Mystery 21 1 Village of Mystery 23 Rennes-leChateau and Berenger Sauniere 24 The Possible Treasures 32 The Intrigue 37 2 The Cathars and the Great Heresy 41 The Albigensian Crusade 42 The Siege of Montsegur 49 The Cathar Treasure 51 The Mystery of the Cathars 56 3 The Warrior Monks 59 Knights Templar The Orthodox Account 60 Knights Templar The Mysteries 75 Knights Templar- The Hidden
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University of Toronto Department of Economics (STG) ECO 204 2011 - 2012 Sayed Ajaz Hussain Lecture 1 © Sayed Ajaz Hussain‚ Department of Economics‚ University of Toronto‚ STG 1 Today About ECO 204 Motivational Example HBS Case: The Prestige Telephone Company Types of Optimization Methods in ECO 204 Unconstrained Optimization Evaluating change in optimal solution due to a small increase in a parameter Feedback? economics204@gmail.com © Sayed Ajaz Hussain‚ Department of Economics
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