X-ray Powder Diffraction Analysis: Principles‚ Instrumentation and Applications M.S.Pandian Department of Earth Sciences‚ Pondicherry University‚ Puducherry-605014 Introduction X-ray powder diffraction analysis (XRD) is perhaps the most widely used X-ray based analytical techniques for characterizing materials. As the name suggests‚ the sample is usually in a powdery form‚ consisting of fine grains of crystalline material to be studied. The term ’powder’ really means that the crytalline domains
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more horrible it becomes. Soon‚ it becomes a nightmare‚ a world of illusions‚ of lies. That is the dystopic world that authors such as Bradbury and George Orwell pictures in their books‚ a world that exists under the image of utopia‚ and yet to the reader seems like a foreign‚ inhumane residence dominated by an all-powerful government. George Orwell’s 1984‚ and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 depicts two different dystopic worlds. The settings of both books are different and the characters are unique;
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Chocolates El Rey Case Chocolates El Rey‚ a medium sized Venezuelan chocolate company‚ produces top-quality chocolate made with single-origin Venezuelan cocoa beans. Jorge Redmond‚ the CEO of Chocolates El Rey‚ called a meeting with senior management in late November 2006 to discuss the company’s growth strategy. El Rey can accomplish this task through many ways; growing the United States industrial market using its own brand name‚ relocating their plants to low-income countries‚ or to scale up
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Pay for Performance Article Review: Affordable Care Act and Its Effect on Pay-for-Performance Programs Anthony Ray Shannon HSM-546 Keller School of Management Professor: Dr. Karlene Richardson October 12‚ 2014 Affordable Care Act and Its Effect on Pay-for-Performance Programs Pay-For-Performance Programs (PFP) are put in place to properly rate the effectiveness of the healthcare quality and related costs in all aspects of the healthcare industry‚ like with the day to day healthcare operations
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shoot. For example many NBA players don’t jump to shoot free throws and have no knee movement what so ever. In this case however‚ Ray Allen is using majority of the joints in his body if not all‚ due to his very "unique" and "effective" 3 Point Shot which makes him one of the best 3 point shooters to ever live. Major Joints Involved To start off‚ the first joint used by Ray Allen in his famous jump shot is the talocrural region or what is most commonly known as the ankle joint. It consists of three
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` Holt v. Hobbs Summarization: The case between petitioner Gregory Holt and responder Ray Hobbs who was the director of the Arkansas Department of Corrections circles around the idea of freedom of religion. Now‚ having the freedom to practice whatever religion that you would like does bring its advantages and its disadvantages as a citizen of the United States. In this case‚ Supreme Court Judges had to make a decision over the whole controversial topic
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In the modern world today‚ the media has rendered the generation of youth to a state in which books are frowned upon. In a frightening foreshadowing of what may result of this‚ Ray Bradbury’s "Fahrenheit 451" depicts the struggle of a fireman in a world of ’equality’ and censorship. Guy Montag’s troubled character in was conflicted with feelings of conformity and a longing to find the truth. Each symbol in the book represented a either a struggle or characteristic of Montag. The most important symbols
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The name Blu-ray is a combination of “Blue” for the color of laser that is used‚ and “ray” for “Optical ray”. The thrust for an advanced format of data storage on optical disc led to revolutionary introduction of BLU-RAY DISC. This advances in the race against its competitors DVD (Digital Video Disc) & AOD (Advanced Optical Disc) in that it has high storage capacity‚ advanced security and privacy features and the A/V high quality O/P (generally video) of the media files stored on it make’s
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Cheap Cruises Are Keeping Industry Afloat 1 May 2009 Barron’s Online Copyright 2009 Dow Jones & Company‚ Inc. All Rights Reserved. Susquehanna Financial Group THE RESULTS OF OUR cruise survey for March show a similar trend to that we have seen over the past few months. Cruise lines continue to lower ticket prices in an effort to stimulate demand. In our survey demand fell 4.9% in March‚ better than the 5.4% decline in February‚ and 5.9% decline in January. Prices fell 11.7% in March following
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Dynamic Character In the novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ the main character‚ Guy Montag‚ qualifies as a dynamic character. A dynamic character is‚ by definition‚ a character that undergoes important changes throughout the course of the novel. Because he goes through a metamorphosis as he struggles through internal conflict during the novel‚ Guy Montag is a dynamic character. In the beginning‚ Montag is a very normal man relative to his society. He is a city fireman and burns books and houses without regret
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