Becoming a Fair-Minded Thinker Weak versus Strong Critical Thinking Critical thinking involves basic intellectual skills‚ but these skills can be used to serve two incompatible ends: self-centeredness or fair-mindedness. As we are learning the basic intellectual skills that critical thinking entails‚ we can begin to use those skills in a selfish or in a fair-minded way. For example‚ when students are taught how to recognize mistakes in reasoning (commonly called fallacies)‚ most students see
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Intellectual disability Intellectual disability‚ also known as mental retardation‚ is a term used when there are limits to a person’s ability to learn at an expected level and function in daily life. Levels of intellectual disability vary greatly in children – from a very slight problem to a very severe problem. Children with intellectual disability might have a hard time letting others know their wants and needs‚ and taking care of themselves. Intellectual disability could cause a child to learn
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Intellectual Property Kiara Rubenstein Intellectual Property (IP) is legal rights that result from intellectual activity in the industrial‚ scientific‚ literary‚ and artistic fields. The four major components of intellectual property include; patent‚ copyright‚ industrial design‚ and trademark. A patent is a government grant giving the right to eliminate others from making‚ using or selling an invention. A Canadian patent is protection within Canada for 20 years from the date of filing of the
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Although Intellectual property can be catorigized under many aspects‚ not every idea the mind can think is included. The legal definition of intellectual property often abbreviated IP is ideas‚ inventions‚ artistic works‚ songs‚ business processes etc. In general terms is any commercialily viable product created out of a persons mental processes. The Coca Cola company for example has legal ownership of several factories‚ bottling equipment‚ trucks for transporting their product and the actual ingredient
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Intellectual Power: How it is Measured‚ and its Effect on Learning Intellectual Power: How it is Measured‚ and its Effect on Learning Intellectual power‚ brainpower and mental capacity can all be defined as intelligence. According to The Developing Child‚ intelligence is a set of abilities defined in various ways by different psychologists but generally agreed to include the ability to reason abstractly‚ the ability to profit from experience‚ and the ability to adapt to varying environmental
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1. Intellectual property refers to the legal section of an idea. It allows businesses and the owners‚ innovators and creators to have their work protected and to prevent it from being copied. There are different ways you can protect your intellectual property: copyright‚ trademarks and patents. 2. It is important to protect your rights to intellectual property as it stops people from stealing or copying the names of your products or brands; your inventions; the design or look of your products; things
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update – December 2013 Final analysis by Nenad Pacek Business and economic outlook Nigeria • • • • • • • • • • • • • Executive summary Facts Economic fundamentals Strategic business importance Corporate sales and profit trends Growth trends and drivers Household consumption trends Gross fixed investment trends Government spending trends Currency outlook Interest rates and inflation outlook Political risks to be aware of Forecast table Contents • • •
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Persons with Intellectual Disabilities or Intellectually Disabled Persons: Which is the Classifying Entity? As I write this‚ sitting in a solitaire corner of the library‚ I’m gently enclosing in my hand a simple rubber bracelet. My inspiration. Not the famous‚ bright yellow LiveStrong ones that Neil Armstrong once yielded‚ but a modest black band with contrasting white letters simply stating "I See You." This statement may seem unpretentious and bland‚ maybe even comical to some‚ but it has a sincere
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1.1. Definition of intellectual capital and a brief history of IC management Before someone can measure something‚ he/she has to know what to count. So how should intellectual capital be defined? A universally accepted definition is the first step toward standardization‚ but still it is hard to find the best one for "intellectual capital". In this section I ’ll define intellectual capital and study the history of its development. Intellectual capital is knowledge that can be exploited for
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Intellectual capital-Tomorrow’s assets‚ today’s challenge Executive summary Abstract This report has the following objectives: Defining the intellectual capital; exploring how to change the tacit knowledge into intellectual knowledge; suggesting how to turn intellectual capital into revenue; highlighting the intellectual management in enterprises. With increasing emphasis on that intellectual property is the greatest asset‚ this report also investigates the ways to protect intellectual capital
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