dugong can grow to more than three meters in length and can weigh more than 400 kg. Newborns are a little over a meter‚ while mature animals measure at least 2.5 meters in length (Marsh et al. 1984). The dugong ’s body is torpedo-shaped with whale-like flukes. The neck is short and indistinct. The flippers are small and short are used for manoeuvring and as a support during feeding or resting at the sea bottom. The color of an adult dugong is greyish bronze‚ which becomes lighter ventrally. Neonates
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ANIMAL BEHAVIOR Animal behavior: what an animal does when interacting with its environment A lot of animal’s behaviors are genetically predetermined - Ethology Study of animal behavior Didn’t exist - People Karl von Frisch Applied scientific method to study bees Figured out how bees tell other bees Konrad Lorenz and Niko Tinbergen Scandinavian Their research helped to show that some behaviors have genetic bases Nobel prize - Evolution Underlays all behavior Behaviors enhance
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C H A P T E R 4 Be a Critical Reader‚ Listener‚ and Viewer You may be thinking‚ “This chapter doesn’t apply to me. I have no trouble comprehending the messages I read‚ hear‚ and see.” But this chapter isn’t about basic comprehension. It is about analyzing and evaluating the messages you receive and deciding whether they are worthy of acceptance. Chances are you haven’t had much training in this kind of reading‚ listening‚ and viewing. In this chapter‚ you’ll learn specific strategies for analyzing
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RELATIONSHIP MARKETING INDIVIDUAL PROJECT Amazon.com is obsessed with fervour to serve consumer and shareholder alike. Since its inception over fifteen years ago‚ Amazon.com has steadily grown from a burgeoning “dot-com” corporation into a multinational monster‚ a king in the domain of internet retail. It targets two goals: the satisfaction of a customer and efficient corporate growth. Its marketing strategies are near-legendary‚ and budding
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Purchased by Umesh Phadke (phadke.u@gmail.com) on December 22‚ 2012 Nine Things Successful People Do Differently Heidi Grant Halvorson Harvard Business Review Press Boston‚ Massachusetts ISBN: 978-1-4221-8561-2 Product number: 11065 Copyright 2011 Harvard Business School Publishing All rights reserved Purchased by Umesh Phadke (phadke.u@gmail.com) on December 22‚ 2012 CONTENTS Introduction 1. Get Specific 2. Seize the Moment to Act on Your Goals 3. Know Exactly How Far You Have
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Introduction 1. Theoretical lexicography‚ its aims‚ problems and function 5-10 1. The concept of “lexicography”. Aims and functions of lexicography. 5-6 1.2 Problems of lexicography. 7-10 2. Language norm and connection between lexicology and lexicography 11-16 2.1 Problems of language norms. 11-13 2.2 Analysis
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Joseph Conrad Biography (1857-1924) Joseph Conrad grew up in the Polish Ukraine‚ a large‚ fertile plain between Poland and Russia. It was a divided nation‚ with four languages‚ four religions‚ and a number of different social classes. A fraction of the Polish-speaking inhabitants‚ including Conrad’s family‚ belonged to a hereditary class in the aristocracy on the social hierarchy. They had political power‚ despite their impoverished state. Instead of devoting himself to the management
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Marketing Plan For U.S. Expansion Marketing Plan For U.S. Expansion COMPANY AND BRAND Ocean Basket is South Africa’s favorite chain of seafood restaurants. The philosophy of the brand is to remove all the frills typically associated with seafood and offer a fantastic product at a great value‚ backed by exceptional service in a fun and inviting environment. The brand has been extraordinarily successful with South African consumers during the past 15 years‚ opening 133 Outlets throughout
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Powder Technology 211 (2011) 54–59 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Powder Technology j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. e l s ev i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / p ow t e c Modeling of iron ore pelletization using 3 ** (k–p) factorial design of experiments and polynomial surface regression methodology John Samuel Thella a‚⁎‚ R. Venugopal b a b Research Development and Technology‚ Tata Steel Limited‚ Jamshedpur‚ India Indian School of Mines University‚ Dhanbad‚ India
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Acute Cholecystitis [pic] kulasekar Definition Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder‚ usually resulting from a gallstone blocking the cystic duct. • Gallbladder inflammation usually results from a gallstone blocking the flow of bile. • Typically‚ people have abdominal pain that lasts more than 6 hours‚ fever‚ and nausea. • Ultrasonography can usually detect signs of gallbladder inflammation. • The gallbladder is removed‚ often
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