Dehydration In 1994‚ thousands of starving people died in the Africa nation of Rwanda. It wasn’t lack of food that killed most of these people‚ but cholera‚ a bacterial infected that cripples the ability of intestinal mucosal cells to reabsorb water. The severe diarrhea that develops can kill in days‚ sometimes even hours. Dehydration is deadly. Dehydration is a deficiency condition that occurs when output of water exceeds intake. It is a great problem for athletes‚ military personnel‚ and certain
Premium Blood Dehydration Blood plasma
Phenomenology (architecture) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/phenomenology/#1 From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Phenomenology is both a philosophical design current in contemporary architecture and a specific field of academic research‚ based on the physical experience of building materials and their sensory properties. Beginning in the 1970s‚ phenomenology‚ with a strong influence from the writings of Martin Heidegger‚ began to have
Premium Ignatius of Loyola Society of Jesus Our Lady of Guadalupe
Cited: Mateljan‚ George. The Worlds Healthiest Foods. Seattle: George Mateljan Foundation‚ 2006. Séralini‚ Gilles-Eric. "Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant." Elsevier (2012): 4221-4231. Sylvia R. M. Broeders‚ Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker‚ and Nancy H. C. Roosen. "How to Deal with the Upcoming Challenges in." Journal of Biomedicine
Premium Polymerase chain reaction DNA Molecular biology
Ancient‚ medieval and early modern * Hammurabi (died c. 1750 BCE) * Confucius (551-479 BCE) * Socrates (470-399 BCE) * Mozi (470-390 BCE) * Xenophon (427-355 BCE) * Plato (427-347 BCE) * Diogenes of Sinope (412-323 BCE) * Aeschines (389-314 BCE) * Aristotle (384-322 BCE) * Mencius (372-289 BCE) * Chanakya (350-283 BCE) * Xun Zi (310-237 BCE) * Thiruvalluvar (c. 200 BCE-c. 30 BCE) * Han Feizi (?-233 BCE) * Cicero (106-43 BCE) * Pliny the Younger (63-113 CE) * Saint
Premium Political philosophy Jean-Jacques Rousseau State of nature
SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY Social contract theory (or contractarianism) is a concept used in philosophy‚ political science and sociology to denote an implicit agreement within a state regarding the rights and responsibilities of the state and its citizens‚ or more generally a similar concord between a group and its members‚ or between individuals. All members within a society are assumed to agree to the terms of the social contract by their choice to stay within the society without violating the contract;
Premium Social contract Political philosophy
Duquesne (1993b)‚ "The Market for Luxury Goods: Income Versus Culture‚" European Journal of Marketing‚ 27 (1)‚ 35-44. Dubois‚ Bernard and Gilles Laurent (1994)‚ "Attitudes Toward the Concept of Luxury: An Exploratory Analysis‚" in Asia-Pacific Advances in Consumer Research‚ Siew Meng Leong and Joseph A. Cote (eds.)‚ Singapore‚ 1 (2)‚ 273-278. Dubois‚ Bernard and Gilles Laurent (1996)‚ "Le Luxe par-delà les Frontières: Une Etude Exploratoire dans Douze Pays‚" Décisions Marketing‚ 9 (September/ December)
Premium Luxury good Luxury vehicle Branding
Abstract: Wireless technologies have experienced an enormous growth in the last decades. The wireless personal area networks (WPANs) and wireless local area networks (WPANs) are heterogeneous networks which are used in different applications. Two networks‚ called Wifi (IEEE 802.11 WLAN) and ZigBee (IEEE 802.15.4 WPAN)‚ which operates in 2.4 GHz frequency. Spectrum sharing is an effective technique which is used to enhance spectrum utilization. However the coexistence and Interoperability is a critical
Premium Mobile phone Internet Bluetooth
Global Warming In 1995 a popular science fiction movie called Water World‚ starring Kevin Costner came out. The plot of this movie is based on a distant future where the polar ice caps have melted‚ and the sea level has risen hundreds of meters covering all the continents and humanity is forced to live on abandoned ships and floating fortresses scavenging for supplies. Of course‚ this was only a science fiction movie‚ and in 1995 the idea of the polar ice caps melting was too far for society to
Premium Global warming Carbon dioxide Greenhouse gas
Pierre Chandon‚ Brian Wansink‚ & Gilles Laurent A Benefit Congruency Framework of Sales Promotion Effectiveness Are monetary savings the only explanation for consumer response to a sales promotion? If not‚ how do the different consumer benefits of a sales promotion influence its effectiveness? To address the first question‚ this research builds a framework of the multiple consumer benefits of a sales promotion. Through a series of measurement studies‚ the authors find that monetary and nonmonetary
Premium Brand Sales promotion Marketing
Wiedmann‚ Hennigs‚ Siebels / Measuring Consumers‘ Luxury Value Perception: A Cross-Cultural Framework Measuring Consumers’ Luxury Value Perception: A Cross-Cultural Framework Klaus-Peter Wiedmann Institute of Marketing and Management Leibniz University of Hanover Nadine Hennigs Institute of Marketing and Management Leibniz University of Hanover Astrid Siebels Institute of Marketing and Management Leibniz University of Hanover Klaus-Peter Wiedmann is Chair of the Marketing Department and a Professor
Premium Luxury good