ENCOUNTER WITH THE WEST 10. THE TRAIDING ROUTE • In the last two centuries of the Middle Ages‚ the Europeans‚ while regaining the Holy Land from the Muslims‚ were able to establish commerce with the Orient through trade routes. The goods the Europeans wanted were gold‚ jewels‚ silk‚ perfumes‚ especially spices like: *pepper *onions *ginger *nutmeg *garlic is the most important items of trade from East. • Owning to the desire of the Europeans to enhance the taste of food and to preserve
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Reaction Papers 1. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) (a.) The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is the central bank of the Philippines. It was rechartered on July 3‚ 1993‚ pursuant to the provision of the 1987 Philippine Constitution and the New Central Bank Act of 1993. The BSP was established on January 3‚ 1949‚ as the country’s central monetary authority. A group of Filipinos had conceptualized a central bank for the Philippines as early as 1933. It came up with the rudiments
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Outsourcing and the U.S. Economy Outsourcing jobs has been a topic of great debate for the past several years here in the United States. Those who are against outsourcing stated that it would have a negative effect on the U.S. economy because we would lose our competitive advantage to other countries and hundreds of Americans would lose their jobs‚ which include not only low-skilled workers but also semi-skilled and skilled workers‚ and in the end this does not leave enough jobs for the American
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I. Background and Historical Account of the Industry A. History In the early times in the Philippines‚ illnesses and sickness were treated only by using herbal and medicinal plants. Quak doctors and faith healers were also at boost during that time. Because the culture and beliefs to the anitos and natural phenomenon were very strong that is why most of the people during that time depends their life to them. In the present time these practices of using herbal and medicinal plants were still
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Sexual abuse in patients with Anorexia and Bulimia. An attempt to order from the Modular-transformational approach. The increasing incidence of anorexia / bulimia in the past thirty years and the difficulties for successful treatment are a challenge to the professional community dedicated to their attention. Both psychiatrists and psychoanalysts have redoubled efforts to understanding and intervention in order to give an appropriate response to what is considered an epidemic and a type of pathology
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------------------------------------------------- Christine Chinkin has observed that the classification of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ law is unhelpful and misleading in reflecting enforceability in international law. What are the sources of international law? What is meant by ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ law? Do you agree with Chinkin’s assessment and why? ------------------------------------------------- Introduction This essay first discusses the nature and lack enforcement of hard laws‚ being those defined
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ACUTE-ON-CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE: APPLYING THE PIRO CONCEPT Danielle Adebayo‚ Vincenzo Morabito‚ Rajiv Jalan Liver Failure Group‚ UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health‚ UCL Medical School‚ Royal Free Hospital‚ London‚ UK Disclosure: No potential conflict of interest Citation: EMJ Hepatol. 2013;1:38-43. ABSTRACT Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF)‚ a clinical syndrome associated with a dismal prognosis‚ occurs acutely in previously stable cirrhotic patients. An important feature
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Holism Not to be confused with -holism. 2 Science Holism (from Greek ὅλος holos “all‚ whole‚ entire”) is the idea that natural systems (physical‚ biological‚ chemical‚ social‚ economic‚ mental‚ linguistic‚ etc.) and their properties should be viewed as wholes‚ not as collections of parts. This often includes the view that systems function as wholes and that their functioning cannot be fully understood solely in terms of their component parts.[1][2] Main article: Holism in science Social scientist
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CHAPTER 1 Background and Historical Account of the Industry 1.1 When and how did it start in the Philippine Setting? The National Water Resources Board (NWRB) was created in 1974 as the authoritative national organization to coordinate and integrate all activities in water resources development and management. Its main objective is to achieve scientific and orderly development and management of all the water resources of the Philippines consistent with the principles of optimum usage‚ conservation
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Group research paper: The Socio-Cultural Effects of Technology on Society Technology and society or technology and culture refer to the recurring co-dependence‚ co-influence‚ co-production of technology and society upon the other (technology upon culture‚ and vice-versa) (Webster’s Dictionary 5060). There are an extraordinary number of examples how science and technology has helped us that can be seen in society today. One great example is the mobile phone. Ever since the invention of
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