Just a Matter of Time: Field Differences and the Shaping of Electronic Media in Supporting Scientific Communication Rob Kling & Geoffrey McKim April 27‚ 2000 Indiana University School of Library and Information Science 10th & Jordan‚ Bloomington‚ IN 47405 USA +1 812 855 5113 kling@indiana.edu‚ mckimg@indiana.edu Accepted for publication in: Journal of the American Society for Information Science Abstract The shift towards the use of electronic media in scholarly communication appears to be an inescapable
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Jared Diamond’s article‚ “The Arrow of Disease” explains how the Native Americans living in the New World became victimized by germs from the Europeans.The main argument or question that is‚ is why didn’t the New World Indian’s germs pass on to the Spanish invaders as they crossed the Atlantic back to Europe. In this article‚ Jared supports the claim that the Europeans have been already immune to the viruses and diseases. He takes it all the way back when Europeans had the plague outbreak‚ measles
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cited international example of a micro credit institution is the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. But there are numerous others. Even during the Asian financial crisis‚ Bank Rayat Indonesia not only survived but also thrived; as did BancoSol in Bolivia. Delivery Models of Microfinance Individual Banking Based Model This is a formal banking model where individual clients are provided financial services. The group formation costs are not incurred. Group peer pressure is absent and therefore programmes management
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CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND 1.1 Introduction The delivery of health care services in the Philippines was officially devolved from the Department of Health (DOH) to the Local Government Units (LGU’s) in 1991 with the passing of the Local Government Code. The actual implementation of the devolution‚ however‚ was accomplished in 1992. Aside from gaining total control over the supervision and implementation of health care services‚ LGU were also granted the administrative autonomy‚ which
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CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION This chapter focuses on the problems encountered by stakeholders who interface with the deeds office using the paper-based system of conveyancing. The author shall further advocate for the abandonment of the current paper based system to adopt and establish electronic-conveyancing‚ the endeavour being to ensure speedy registration to maintain security of title and making sure that transfer of immovable property is not hampered by operational inefficiencies. Against that
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According to the article on the opposing viewpoints center‚ one in five adults who smoke already use the electronic cigarette (Sabrina). But why are electronic cigarettes becoming so popular? Electronic cigarettes are meant for the younger generation of smokers‚ they offer many different flavors and have a thicker mist than regular cigarettes. "Blu cigs" is the biggest electronic cigarette company in the world right now because of their product produces a thick smoke and has a wide range of
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Question 2) Definition of Electronic Office Electronic office is a modern office fused together with computer systems and information technology to handle present days demanding office work. Definition of Traditional Office Traditional office is an old office where office work was done or recorded by handwritten or typewritten means in papers. Types of Electronic Office There are many kinds of electronic offices seen operating in
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Bolster Electronics: Dealing With Dealer Demands SITUATION ANALYSIS Northern Alberta‚ the oil sands development area surrounding Fort McMurray‚ is the fastest growing economic area in Canada for several years. Obviously Bolster’s total market share in this area was the highest with one third of the total market share it held national wide. Vickers based in Edmonton‚ Alberta covered 50% of the local market share and 75% of servicing in that area in spite having a national distributor‚ National
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CW’s popular show‚ Arrow‚ follows the life of billionaire playboy‚ Oliver Queen‚ who spent five years on an island and returned home to Starling City with an agenda. In the first season of the series‚ Oliver reunited with his family and friends and wanted to help his late father to right his wrongs with the small book of names he left behind after they were shipwrecked. When Oliver returned to Starling City‚ he started to dress as a hooded vigilante at night to find the wealthy people of Starling
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Electronic Mall By the increase in the internet usage in different aspects of today’s life‚ the amount of creative and innovative ways to utilize the electronic world have eventually increased. It is easy and popular among the users to use search engines as a method to gain access to a specific product or service. However‚ while using the internet for their shopping‚ they may face difficulties regarding to lack of enough information about the product or service they are looking for‚ such as
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