Health Tourism (Also known as Medical tourism) refers to the act of traveling to a foreign country in order to receive medical care. Varying reports based on the US alone put the number of American patients seeking healthcare abroad between 500‚000 to 750‚000 in 2007. This is a steady increase from 2006 in which medical experts believed as many as 200‚000 to 1/2 a million Americans traveled out of the country for medical procedures. These figures indicate a significant growth in the industry‚ currently
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Workshop on Multimedia and Internet Technologies 26th to 28th February‚ 2001 DRTC‚ Bangalore Paper: BC Multimedia Database: Content and Structure Samir Kumar Jalal Documentation Research and Training Center‚ Bangalore-59 Abstract Multimedia is a combination of text‚ graphics‚ animations‚ audio and video converted from different formats into digital media. The extension of database application to handle multimedia objects requires synchronization of multiple media data streams. Time-related
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We all know mobile phones and their extensive usage.Initially when the cell phones were launched in the market it was available to all but affordable only for a set of people who could avail it. Phone is the symbol of emergency however‚ today’s cell phone technology has become a status symbol. When compared with the scenario has now changed. It is found everywhere and in everybody’s hand right from a school kid to an old man begging on the street. Phones in previous days were considered to be used
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What do you think of the use and abuse of private tuition? Private tuition as against what is being done in regular school is resorted to‚ in certain cases where the pupil is not able to follow his lessons well and wants to improve his performance. In some cases the parents want to make their child sit at his studies and in others it is a matter of prestige. Whatever the reasons may be for private tuition‚ it can certainly complement and supplement the class work provided the teacher and his
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Social Media: A boon or a bane Malcolm X‚ the famous civil rights activist‚ once notably said‚ “The media is the most powerful entity on Earth.” To a large extent‚ his words hold true even today‚ as mass media virtually puts all the world’s information at the general populations’ fingertips. However‚ even in an age where life revolves around technology‚ some people hold the view that media (especially Social Media) is harmful to society. Accordingly‚ these people believe that traditional
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Moving to the Girl’s Side of “Hills Like White Elephants” In the article‚ “Moving to the Girl’s Side of ‘Hills Like White Elephants”‚ Stanley Renner carefully analyzes the movements of the female character and argues the different view from the general conclusion while still pondering on the open-end question the writer‚ Ernest Hemmingway‚ has left with the readers. Renner is left unsatisfied with the unresolved ending of the story. Although the majority of critics conclude that the girl will have
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EC1103- ESSAY Globalization- A boon or a curse for developing countries? Sanjita Sahi 100608980 Word count-3181 List of content: • Introduction • Economic definition of globalization. • What is happening instead of what should have happened? • Positive effects of globalization with example of China. • Negative effects of globalization using Jamaican economy as an example. • Other effects of globalization prevalent everywhere such as poverty‚ unequal society
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My Little girl’s Holiday The occasion trip has been persistently wonderful. At last‚ my daughter’s school proclaimed the mid-year occasions. She compelled me to orchestrate a voyage to Mysore. We began to go to Mysore by our car. Before we achieved Mysore‚ our car got a punctured tire. I got away from the car‚ appallingly‚ the car jack stand was broken‚ and there was no help close-by. I was broiled under the scorching sun and the warmth that couldn’t abandon me from the car. We’ve been sitting
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Social networking: For years‚ social networking sites didn’t exist‚ but yet people kept in touch. These days‚ with social networking sites becoming a part and parcel of our daily lives‚ there are advantages and disadvantages that come along with them. For example‚ you can make a friend from Timbuktu and on the flip side your account can get hacked and you can find yourself in a big mess. A recent research revealed that teenagers tend to hide the real stuff by using code language you may never understand
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of who versus whom‚ and the speaker reminds the listeners to use who when a person is the subject of the sentence (Fogarty‚ 2007). Reference Page Citation Fogarty‚ M. (Writer/Speaker). (2007‚ March 9). Who versus whom [Audio podcast]. Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing. Retrieved from http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/who-versus-whom.aspx 22 Online Video In-Text Citation Sample 1 In an Internet video‚ Gore (2008) stated that 68% of the American population believes
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