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    Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania‚ it was fashionable with students to inhale gases like ether to create “hilarious antics”. Dr Long took part in these sessions and observed the effects of ether during “laughing gas” parties and “ether frolics” as they were called. He noticed insensitivity to any pain‚ bumps‚ bruises and some people would fall asleep‚ while under the effects of the drug but then the ether wore off. Ether is a colourless‚ highly flammable liquid with a strong sweet smell

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    What Is Operations Research

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    This is an Engineering Research Paper. What is operations research? Operations research is the application of the methods of science to complex problems arising in the direction and management of large systems of men‚ machines material‚ and money in industry‚ business‚ government and defense. The distinctive approach is to develop a scientific model of the system‚ incorporating measurements of factors such as chance and risk‚ with which to predict and compare the outcomes of alternative decisions

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    ASPECTS OF CONTRACT AND NEGLIGENCE FOR BUSINESS UNIT CODE: Y/601/0563By CONSTANCE L MABIALA LO 1 TASK 1 (approx 500 words) Using appropriate case law identify whether all the essential elements of a contract are in place between Woohoo and PS. Introduction A contract is defined as ‘promises or agreements recognised by the law’. (Chen-Wishart‚ 2012). The role of contract law is fundamental in governing contractual relationships between parties to the extent that those who are legally bound by

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    Internet Addiction

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    Internet Addiction Advances in technology have brought drastic changes into our everyday lives. Not too long ago‚ telephones were hung on walls‚ facts were found in books‚ and people had to take a trip to a record store if they wanted to buy the latest music (“Top 25: Technological Breakthroughs”). These simple tasks now seem prehistoric to us and too much of a hassle to accomplish. We are now living in the 21st century‚ and we have put that lifestyle behind us. Technological advances have

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    Applying Archetypal Analysis in Marketing Research © Paul Riedesel‚ Action Marketing Research 2008 Archetypal analysis is a mathematical procedure for decomposing a multivariate dataset as a function of a set of underlying archetypes or ideal types. While used for many years in the physical sciences‚ these methods were first introduced to marketing research practitioners by Louviere and Carson at the 1998 Advanced Research Techniques Forum. Little public use has been made in our field since then

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    History Of The Desert War

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    The north african campaign also know as the Desert War took place in the early 1940’s during world war II. “The North African campaign had three phases: the Western desert campaign (western Egypt and eastern Libya); Operation Torch(Algeria and Morocco); and the Tunisia campaign”. After the defeat of France and the withdrawal of British forces at Dunkirk‚ the center of warfare soon came to be north africa between the axis and allied forces america wasnt involved in the desert war physically but materilistic

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    Facing Challenge

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    Introduction I. Attention-getting statement From MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY‚ the definition of challenge is “to arouse or stimulate especially by presenting with difficulties.” (MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY) II. Thesis statement Challenge exists everywhere; everyone would meet challenge in every period. III. Preview statement In my opinion‚ challenge is a kind of breakthroughs experience which could explore oneself physically and mentally. Body I. First

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    a. Education is an effective tool in our efforts to build a more equitable society. b. Therefore‚ equal educational opportunities must be available to all citizens. “Providing students opportunities at school does not guarantee success if students watch television rather than do their homework—and parents let them. By assuming that any set of reform ideas can magically create a well-educated citizenry‚ we oversell the role of policy-making. Education requires initiative‚ a trait notoriously

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    The process of plea-bargaining is an issue viewed in various lights based on the individual’s role in this judicial process. Plea-bargaining may be beneficial to the rightfully accused allowing them a lighter sentence; however‚ if wrongfully accused‚ it could afford them their freedom. A plea bargain is an agreement in a criminal case where a prosecutor and a defendant arrange to end the case against the defendant before it goes to a judge or jury trial. The defendant agrees to plead guilty to a

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    Rudeness In America Essay

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    “Yapping away on a cellphone in a restaurant. Weaving in and out of traffic -- at 60 mph. Swearing like a sailor when there’s nary a Navy shipyard in sight” (Barker 1). These are all signs of a plague sweeping through the United States of America‚ one that is almost impossible to cure. A recent poll by “Are Modern Americans Rude” revealed that seventy percent of the population believes people are ruder now as compared to twenty or thirty years ago (1). People in America feel entitled to certain things

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