Juvenile Diabetes (Type 1 Diabetes) March 17‚ 2013 Diabetes was first discovered as far back as 6th century BC by an Indian physician Sushruta. He recognized that people showing certain symptoms all had sweet urine. He called this condition Madhumeha. In 1869 a young medical student in Berlin named Paul Langerhans was interested in learning about the structure of the pancreas. He discovered there were clumps of tissue clustered in the pancreas. Langerhans never learned the function of this tissue
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Assignment 08: "GREED IS GOOD!" Kant’s moral philosophy was the categorical imperative. As per Kant stated rules are rules‚ and commands are commands – unconditionally. Kant would have said that Gekko’s speech and ideologies were immoral. He would have said that greed was immoral as it was morally wrong intrinsically. As per Kant’s formula of universal law if the world population had to live with the maxim that “greed is good” the planet would soon run out of all its resources as everyone will
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Managing Business Operations Case Analysis: Blanchard Importing and Distributing Co. Inc. (HBS Case 9 - 673 - 033) Submitted by: Tushar Kothavale (130) NMIMS‚ FT MBA 2009-2011 1) Correct the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) and Reorder point (ROP) quantities for each of the five items mentioned in the case. We first predict the annual demand for the year 1972 based on trend for 4 months of 1972 based on corresponding months of 1971. Calculations for Annual demand (R): The assumption made
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Case 9 Enron: Questionable Accounting Leads to Collapse How did the corporate culture of Enron contribute to its bankruptcy? The corporate culture at Enron was centered on a twisted lack of ethical behavior based on greed and profit seeking. Top management set a tone in the workplace that encouraged risk and rule breaking in the name of revenue. Employees were compensated for unethical behavior that brought money into the company and terminated if they did not reach the monetary levels of
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1. A project has an initial cost of $27‚400 and a market value of $32‚600. What is the difference between these two values called? A. net present value B. internal return C. payback value D. profitability index E. discounted payback 3. The length of time a firm must wait to recoup the money it has invested in a project is called the: A. internal return period. B. payback period. C. profitability period. D. discounted cash period. E. valuation period. 5. A project’s average net income divided by
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Republic of the Philippines Northern Samar Colleges Catarman‚ Northern Samar Diabetes Mellitus: A transcending threat to Filipinos. Prepared by: Maceriano‚ Gian Cesar G. PTCP Regular Section I- Introduction What Is Diabetes? Diabetes‚ often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus. Diabetes comes from Greek‚ and it means a "siphon". Aretus the Cappadocian‚ a Greek physician during the second century A.D.‚ named the condition diabainein. He described patients
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1 INNOVATION IN THE INSULIN´S INDUSTRY – MARTIN MEISTER INNOVATION IN THE INSULIN´S INDUSTRY THE ELI LILLY AND PFIZER EXAMPLES Martin Meister Boston University MET AD 741 May‚ 2012 2 INNOVATION IN THE INSULIN´S INDUSTRY – MARTIN MEISTER Introduction The focus of the present paper is to understand why the pharmaceutical companies Eli Lilly and Pfizer failed in the introduction of what was supposed to be priced premium innovative products like the 100% pure synthetic insulin “Humulin”
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CC Mary is a 70-year-old female here today with her friend Barbara‚ after receiving Phytel call regarding follow up of her diabetes and hyperlipidemia. HPI The patient tells me that she is doing reasonably well‚ since I have last seen her. She has been to see several specialists‚ including Dr. Kunz and Dr. Meattey. Dr. Kunz‚ rheumatology Dr. Meattey for endocrinology. She reports that there was some discussion as to a diagnoses‚ but she was finally diagnosed with PMR and was placed on steroids
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Wen-hsin Hsu Questions of Cases Case 1: Accounting for the iPhone at Apple Presentation date: Oct 22 (Authors: Brochet‚ Francois;Palepu‚ Krishna G.;Barley‚ Lauren) 1. In your opinion‚ are GAAP or non-GAAP numbers most reflect the economic reality in Apple? 2. Discuss the impact on financial statements for GAAP and non-GAAP numbers. 3. Should APPLE lobby for their non-GAAP numbers to be sanctioned by FASB? 4. Does it matter if the revenue recognition rule for smartphone changes? Case 2: Bausch& Lomb
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Innovation Innovation is the conversion of new knowledge into new products and services. Innovation is the process of making changes‚ large and small‚ radical and incremental‚ to products‚ processes‚ and services that results in the introduction of something new for the organization that adds value to customers and contributes to the knowledge store of the organization. It is the ability to apply solutions to problems and opportunities to enhance or to enrich people’s lives. Innovation is a process
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