Synopsis: Star Trek Episode “The Measure of a Man” [1] Most of us are aware that the television series Star Trek was about a starship‚ the Enterprise‚ whose mission was to explore the galaxy. This ship was part of a larger organization known as Starfleet. Serving as a Lt. Commander on board the ship was an android named Data. Data was an extremely advanced and unique android even by the standards of 24th century science. He had a special processor known as a “positronic brain” that allowed him
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UNICEF summarized the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child as spelling out the “basic human rights that children everywhere have: the right to survival; to develop to the fullest; to protection from harmful influences‚ abuse and exploitation; and to participate fully in family‚ cultural and social life”. This convention is almost universally ratified. Despite this‚ child labour (something that in many cases violates at least three of the non-negotiable terms laid out in the Convention of the
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C. Passenger Oriented Measure Of Reliability The approach in this study is to directly deduce service reliability from observed passenger trajectories. The two proposed reliability indicators of this paper target passenger-oriented predictability (day to day variation) and punctuality (deviation from the schedule). The former considers day-to-day variations in travel experience‚ whilst the latter refers to the discrepancy from scheduled travel times. The measures are calculated at origin-destination
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12 Questions to Measure Employee Engagement Do your opinions seem to count? Does the mission/purpose of your company make you feel your job is important? Have you had opportunities at work to learn and grow? Comments 11 | Recommend 676 ive years ago‚ The Gallup Organization began creating a feedback system for employers that would identify and measure elements of worker engagement most tied to the bottom line--things such as sales growth‚ productivity and customer loyalty. After hundreds
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Global Warning‚ Pollution‚ Climate Change‚ Greenhouse effect are the terms familiar to us in relation to our environment and society; however what are the measures taken by our government to protect the environment. Environmental issues increasingly become important and closely tighten within our daily life therefore this paper attempts to look at the way from the Australian government protect the environment by using different method includes legislation; signing international agreement and financial
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Repeated measures design was used in this experiment because the condition using black words was used as a control against the condition using coloured words. Therefore‚ participants would have to have taken part in both conditions to act as a control variable as different participants would have different capacities‚ in terms of STM. A repeated measures design is when the same group of participants take part in both of the conditions of the study that is being carried out. The key variable within
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Concordia University Department of Economics ECON 303/2BB: Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory I Fall 2013 Midterm exam #1‚ October 15‚ 2013 Instructor: Yves Tehou STUDENT NAME___________________________________________________ STUDENT ID ____________________________ Instructions: There are a total of 25 points. The exam has two sections: multiple-choices and short problems. The multiple-choice section is worth 15 points‚ and the short problems section is worth 10 points. For the multiple-choice
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Acknowledgement This report would not have been possible without the support and encouragement of Mohammad Imran‚ my supervisor (IUB). His vision played a major role in shaping the report. He was always there to guide and advice me with my research. His suggestions and comments have added to the development of the report in every possible way. the I appreciate time and effort he spent in helping me with this report. A special thanks to Shamim Hamid‚ my supervisor at UNDP‚ Bangladesh‚ for her
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GDP is an acronym for Gross Domestic Product. GDP is a standard definition of output based on a United Nations measure which is used by countries around the world to calculate their output. Using GDP‚ it allows output to be compared between countries and over time. For me‚ the main aim of Bhutan’s government is to maximise growth in GDP. This is due to the pillars of Gross National Happiness identified by Bhutan’s Prime Minister‚ Jigmi Thinkley in 1998. But in order to maximise growth in GDP for
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BUSA 2720 -- ECONOMICS E-SCAVENGER HUNT – TEAMS OF TWO (rev 1/2015) PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE ELECTRONIC FORM FROM D2L. I am looking for more than one word responses but some evidence‚ in your own words‚ that you understand what these concepts mean. Your completed document should be uploaded to D2L – BUSA 2720 – Economics Assignment. Students will be called at random to answer and explain your responses in next week’s lab. Please include your source (URL) and the date
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