ESSAY Subject: History of Civilizations Question: 1. Analyze the Indian caste system and compare it to modern social stratification of the society. Discuss and identify similarities and differences. "Birth is not the cause‚ my friend; it is virtues which are the cause of auspiciousness. Even a chandala (lower caste) observing the vow is considered a Brahman by the gods." (Lord Krishna) In period of around 1500 BCE‚ Indo-European civilization called Aryan‚ settled in south-east
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The Rhizoctonia solani complex represents an economically important group of soilborne plant pathogens that can cause infection on many plant species throughout the world (Whisson et al 1995; Sneh et al. 1996 ). The pathogens are mainly perpetuated through infected propagation materials‚ originating from infected plants (Maas‚ 1984). Once the plants get infection‚ sclerotia of the pathogen are surrounded by sloughed plant cells‚ thus improving their survival rate in soil (Maas‚ 1984). It can persist
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Hi Katherina‚ Human error in nursing is usually unavoidable‚ unpredictable and unintentional. Further‚ some risks include language barriers‚ neglecting to follow the policy‚ in a hurry to complete the task. As a supervisor‚ I encountered a nurse who gave a patient the wrong medications. The error occurred when the patient answered to the wrong name‚ and the nurse failed to check the patient’s identification bracelet. Other errors can include carelessness on the behalf of the staff as well as not
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Oedipus complex in Sons and lovers Sigmund Freud introduced two theories‚ one is Oedipus complex and other is Electra complex. Sigmund Freud’s theory‚ the Oedipus complex takes its name from the Greek play Oedipus Rex. In the play Oedipus is prophesied to murder his father‚ marry his mother and have sex with her and he does this unwittingly. The strong attraction of a child to the parent of the opposite sex and envy or jealous feelings toward the parent
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Complex scientific studies have led to the modern manipulation of genetics which allows life to be created through various processes such as IVF‚ stem cell regeneration and cloning. Cloning has successfully produced biological entities of fully grown organisms (Freudenrich‚ 2001). In 1996‚ the first cloned mammal‚ Dolly the sheep‚ sparked excitement in the scientific world and the general public (National Museum Scotland‚ 2016). After this scientific success‚ public speculation about the future of
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demand in the future and containing the resources available on hand to do this. The challenge is not only to come up with the future demand and the efficient manufacturing design but also to beat the lead times in between the chains in the systems. The errors can be costly in this process. Overshooting in the forecasts will result in inventory costs in the factory‚ where underestimating will cause late orders‚ extra labor costs‚ missed sales opportunities‚ stockout costs‚ and even production close
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Jubar Complex On May 29‚ 1999‚ 1 Bihar was given the task to capture Jubar complex. 1 Bihar was in Assam and coming straight to conflict zone‚ in a totally different climate conditions than few day back (they inducted after war broke) in its previous field of posting. Same mistakes as we did in early days of Dras‚ mistakes were done here as well. The units were not logistically ready as well as not properly acclimatised to high altitude. You can imagine a person’s position that is coming straight
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Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of First Past the Post voting System First Past the Post is the voting system used in General elections in the UK. It has many advantages‚ like the fact that it provides a clear view of the parties that can be voted for‚ such as Liberal Democrats‚ Labour‚ and Conservative‚ among others. It usually allows Single party governments‚ and rarely ends up in hung‚ or coalition governments‚ such as the likes that we are in at the moment. It also prevents extremist
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measurement describe mathematical calculations particularly susceptible to propagating successive errors in downstream operations. Those flows create compounding phenomena‚ known as Propagation of Error‚ with the potential to severely degrade accuracy unless otherwise corrected or compensated. Imagine the profound corollaries of erroneous ship navigation while crossing an ocean‚ missile trajectory on a defense system or medical research for an experimental cancer treatment? In an age where technical accuracy
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ARTICLE IN PRESS Technovation 28 (2008) 633–643 www.elsevier.com/locate/technovation Post-project reviews as a key project management competence Frank T. Anbaria‚c‚Â Elias G. Carayannisb‚c‚1‚ Robert James Voetschd‚2 a Department of Decision Sciences‚ School of Business‚ Funger Hall 415‚ 2201 G Street‚ NW Washington‚ DC‚ USA Department of Information Systems and Technology Management‚ School of Business‚ Funger Hall 415‚ 2201 G Street‚ NW Washington‚ DC‚ USA c The George Washington
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