Evaluating Mental Retardation The history of mental retardation originated during the era of therapeutic papyri of Thebes‚ Egypt (Biasini‚ Bray‚ Grupe‚ & Huffman). Although the concept was unclear‚ because of complications in translation‚ these documents evidently refer to psychological and biological disabilities due to damages of the brain (Biasini). Those assumed to posses these developmental disabilities were habitually victims of infanticide and homicide. The se outcasts were often sold
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EVALUATING THE CEMENT INDUSTRY –PORTER’S MODEL The model of the Five Competitive Forces was developed by Michael E. Porter in his book “Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analysing Industries and Competitors” in 1980. Since that time it has become an important tool for analysing an organizations industry structure in strategic processes. Porter’s Five Forces Model is probably the most widely used tool in business strategy. Porter has identified five competitive forces that shape every industry
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Location Analysis of a Franchise Restaurant Kristoffer Eyvindson <peter@the.link.ca> University of Saskatchewan Geography 319.3 Problem Statement: Boston Pizza International Inc. is a Canadian owned and operated restaurant. It has many facilities in Canada and has opened facilities in the United States and in Southeast Asia. Boston Pizza is penetrating further into the Canadian market and is opening at a new location on 8th Street in Saskatoon. The chosen location
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Evaluating the Research Process Remote communities face several challenges concerning health care. For instance‚ communication with health care professionals‚ transportation‚ availability of doctors‚ and shortage of doctors. Literature review to identify and review new methods of improving access to health‚ quality of care‚ and improving the effectiveness of delivering health care services in remote Alaskan villages. MEDLINE‚ EMBASE‚ and CINAHL databases that index health research were used along
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243 Location-Based Social Networks Declan Traynor University of Ulster‚ UK Kevin Curran University of Ulster‚ UK Chapter 15 ABSTRACT The ability to gather and manipulate real world contextual data‚ such as user location‚ in modern software systems presents opportunities for new and exciting application areas. A key focus among those working in the area of Location-Based services today has been the creation of social networks which allow mobile device users to exchange details of their
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Renewable energy is energy that originates from natural sources‚ which is a continuing and nonpolluting energy that is replenished due to its perpetual natural motion. These sources are commonly solar‚ geothermal‚ wind and tidal energies. Comparing different countries’ use of renewable energies -- in Portugal this year‚ close to 45 percent of its electricity will come from renewable energy sources (Rosenthal‚ 2010). This compared to 10.1 percent in the United States (U.S. Energy Administration
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Growing up in an urban community can offer many obstacles that can hinder a person’s growth and affect their world view. In other words‚ urban areas can greatly affect the things you like and don’t like. Two recreational activities that are almost universally disliked by people who come from urban environments are soccer and golf. The reasons why may vary‚ but the most common are that they are both “boring” and “slow” sports and more importantly‚ don’t have many African-American players who are
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only in the mid-1970s as the sophistication of technology increased and cost of the three underlying technologies dropped. Businesses usually maintain some kind of fax capability‚ the technology has faced increasing competition from Internet-based alternatives. However‚ fax machines still retain some advantages‚ particularly in the transmission of sensitive material which‚ if sent over the Internet unencrypted‚ may be vulnerable to interception‚ without the need for telephone tapping. In some countries
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THE STORY OF "GREENFREEZE" In the spring of 1992 Greenpeace brought together scientists who had extensively researched the use of propane and butane as refrigerants‚ with an East German company DKK Scharfenstein. The company had been producing refrigerators for 50 years and was the leading household appliance manufacturer in the former East Germany. After reunification‚ however‚ it faced severe economic problems and was due to be closed down. The meeting between the scientists and DKK Scharfenstein
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1 Business location checklist (Print out this checklist to complete it.) Basics Have you determined your requirements (size‚ street frontage‚ services‚ etc) before approaching the market? Yes No Do you propose to lease or purchase? Have you made contact with previous tenants or owners to determine the history of the site? Have any disadvantages become apparent? Is the site suitably zoned? Have you assessed the site for the sales potential of the area‚ economic and demographic factors
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