equant that was constant. It was the use of the equant that distinguished the Ptolemaic system. Ptolemy did not predict the relative sizes of the planetary deferents in the Almagest. All of his calculations were done with respect to a normalized deferent. This is not to say that he believed the planets were all equidistant. He did guess at an ordering of the planets. Later he calculated their distances in the Planetary Hypotheses. For superior planets the planet would typically move through in the night
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QUESTION What methods would you use to achieve the modification to or retention of the workforce? Choose one method for the modification of the workforce and one method for the retention of the workforce. Do not limit your ideas to those outlined in the text. Why do you think these methods would be effective in modifying or retaining the workforce? SOLUTION There are a number of methods to modification and retention of the workforce. Career-path can be an effective method to use as it ensures each
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Maria Lundie Mathematics Rationale Dr. Montessori recognized that children are born with a particular kind of mind. A mind that is naturally inclined towards order. This ‘special’ mind is what gives humans the ability to make judgments and to calculate. Dr. Montessori called this ‘the mathematical mind’. Dr. Montessori felt that‚ if we are to support development‚ then we must offer mathematics at an early age since this is the kind of support that is appropriate for the kind of mind that we have
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Uses and Gratifications Theory Student’s Name Course/Number Institution Date Instructor Name Uses and Gratifications Theory Uses and Gratifications Theory (UGT) according to West and Turner (2007) is a mechanism of getting to know the reason and how individuals keenly look for specific media to meet their particular needs. As opposed to other media theory that seeks to understand what the media do to individuals‚ UGT seeks to understand what individuals do with media. UGT as argued
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he wrote a book explaining the secrets of reaching success. I personally became very motivated after listening to his speech and this blog would include my opinion about his speech and how it is motivational. I will explain the techniques he used to connect with the listener and to be able to move them to going after their goals. The register of this blog would be informal but not slang. The reason for this register is because of the targeted audiences which are the people who are in search of motivation
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Explain a time when you felt overshadowed. How did it help shape you into the person you are today? As a kid‚ I always thought I was the favorite child. I believed my parents liked me more than my younger sister‚ Kelly. I am a people pleaser. I always tried to please my coaches‚ teachers‚ friends‚ and parents. Even though I envisioned myself as the favorite child‚ I constantly felt overshadowed. I swam and had my small group of friends but Kelly was a field hockey star and beyond popular. This feeling
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Department of Mathematics COURSE INFORMATION SHEET |Course Code |MTHS002 | |Course Title |Descriptive and Inferential Statistics | |Prerequisite |MTHS001 (College Algebra) | |Credit/No. of Units
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few. Describe how you express your creative side. Creativity to me is when someone has the skills to make something beautiful or make nice stories. If you can turn something that is ugly and turn it around completely‚ then you are a creative person. I do have a creative skill because i learned how to use scratch and turn it around. With skill I always like to decorate my room because I watch many do-it-yourself videos. Whenever I get an empty glass lemonade bottle‚ I would paint the bottle
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Lecture Notes on Introductory Statistics‚ I (P.P. Leung) Lecture notes are based on the following textbook: N.A. Weiss (2012)‚ Introductory Statistics‚ 9th edition‚ Pearson. Chapter 1 The Nature of Statistics 統計本質 §1.1 Two kinds of Statistics §1.4 Other Sampling Designs (其他抽樣方法) Chapter 1 The Nature of Statistics 統計本質 What is Statistics? 何謂統計? From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopaedia: Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection‚ analysis‚ interpretation
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Nowadays‚ people are well equipped with many technology gadgets and items‚ so do I. If I was stranded on a deserted island‚ there would be unlimited things I would like to bring with me. However‚ since I can only bring three things‚ I would carry a knife‚ box of matches and a big jar. I believe those three things would help me surviving in such difficult living condition. First‚ a knife could be utilized in many ways. On such island‚ there could exist lots of wild and dangerous animals or species
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