YouTube documentary on Dr. Jared Diamonds theories. Dr. Jared Diamond is an American author. He works as a professor of geography and physiology‚ and he is most recognized for his book “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel”‚ which he wrote in 1998. The book analyses his own theory on the evolution of society and what he thinks influenced the world to become what it is now in terms of wealth‚ development and culture. Yali‚ who was a guide in Papua - New Guinea that Dr. Diamond met‚ once asked him‚ “Why is it
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mineralogy‚ diamond (from the ancient Greek αδάμας – adámas "unbreakable") is an allotrope of carbon‚ where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is renowned as a material with superlative physical qualities‚ most of which originate from the strong covalent bonding between its atoms. In particular‚ diamond has the highest hardness and thermal conductivity of any bulk material. ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE: - . Diamond is less
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INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS A CHALLENGE TO DEMOCRATIC SUSTENANCE IN NIGERIA Based on the journal‚ International Studies 44‚ 3 (2007): 217-33‚ by Sarabjit Kaur was mentioned about Institutional Development as a Challenge to Democratic Sustenance in Nigeria. Democracy is one of the important thing that must have in social‚ economic and political in nature. In the development of countries usually because of economic and social conditions that helped in the sustenance of democracy but it was primarily
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race‚ and even ecological systems. As Nigeria consists of a wealthy class which seeks wealth by any means‚ it is hard to see how a country like this can evolve much more until corruption is taken out of everyday relationships of the upper class. However‚ there is great hope at the same time‚ because Nigeria is a country that has learned to make positive changes and learned from many of these changes‚ such as the democratization of the Nigerian state. Nigeria has learned to adapt and deal with many
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Impact of Industrial development on Nigeria stock market. The potentials of capital market in Nigeria as a catalyst to economic and industrial development cannot be over emphasized. The capital market as an internal part of a country’s financial system operates at the long end of the system to mobilize resources for long term development and growth. Basically‚ the capital market accelerates growth by providing ‚relatively long term capital - debt and equity finance – for government and corporate
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TURUN YLIOPISTON JULKAISUJA ANNALES UNIVERSITATIS TURKUENSIS SARJA - SER. B OSA - TOM. 314 HUMANIORA The effects of ICT on school: teachers’ and students’ perspectives by Liisa Ilomäki TURUN YLIOPISTO Turku 2008 From the Department of Teacher Education University of Turku Supervisors: Professor Erno Lehtinen Department of Teacher Education University of Turku‚ Finland Reviewers: Professor Robert McCormick Department of Education Open University‚ UK and Professor
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1. Reading for this Lecture Porter M. (1990)‚ The Competitive Advantage of Nations‚ Chapters 3&4 2. Why Location Matters The ways that firms create and sustain competitive advantage in global industries provides the necessary foundation for understanding the role of the home nation in the process. There are five premises we must understand relating to national advantage: 1) The nature of competition and the sources of competitive advantage differ widely among industries and industry segments
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ICT footprint Pilot testing on methodologies for energy consumption and carbon footprint of the ICT-sector FINAL REPORT A study prepared for the European Commission DG Communications Networks‚ Content & Technology Digital Agenda for Europe This study was carried out for the European Commission by Internal identification SMART-Nr 2011/0078 LEGAL NOTICE The information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the
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ICT IN M ARKETING Media for rural marketing Media Rural marketing uses both kinds of media i.e. the traditional media as well as the modern media. Rural marketing requires the understanding of the complexities and this article reviews some of the key issues. S.Gopalakrishnan Iyer India gopal@ei-india.com 20 Indian agricultural industry has been growing at a tremendous pace in the last few decades. The rural areas are consuming a large number of industrial and urban
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The role of ICT in higher education for the 21st century: ICT as a change agent for education Ron Oliver Edith Cowan University‚ Perth‚ Western Australia r.oliver@ecu.edu.au Abstract: Information and communication technologies (ICT) have become commonplace entities in all aspects of life. Across the past twenty years the use of ICT has fundamentally changed the practices and procedures of nearly all forms of endeavour within business and governance. Within education‚ ICT has begun to have a presence
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