The history and background of marfan disease. Marfan syndrome (MFS) is an inherited connective tissue disorder noteworthy for its worldwide distribution‚ relatively high prevalence‚ and clinical variability. This autosomal dominant syndrome has pleiotropic manifestations involving primarily the ocular‚ cardiovascular‚ and skeletal systems. Classic marfan syndrome MFS type 1‚ MFS1 has been considered a condition caused by the deficiency of a structural extracellular matrix protein‚ fibrillin-1; however
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Introduction to Apple‚ Inc Background History Apple Computers Inc is an American based multinational company which deals with consumer electronics goods and computer software’s. It was incorporated in the State of California on January 3‚ 1977. The company was co-founded in 1976 by Steven P. Jobs and Stephen G. Wozniak. Mr. Jobs who is the company’s Chief Operating Officer came up with the name in early 1976. At the time‚ he was often visiting and working on a small farm‚ friends of his owned
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Company: Starbucks Coffee BACKGROUND Starbucks Corporation is the largest coffee company in the world‚ with over 17‚000 stores located around the globe. Headquarters are located in Seattle‚ Washington‚ United States. Starbucks offer beverages- mainly coffee and tea‚ food- salads‚ snacks‚ sandwiches to customers. The company also markets books‚ music‚ and film. DEMAND OF STARBUCKS Is the demand for Starbucks elastic or inelastic? Starbucks mainly sells coffee‚ and coffee is an inelastic
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Background OF Bangkok Bank Bangkok Bank has been Thailand’s leading bank for more than half a century.In the 1940s‚ local Thai businessmen found that it difficult to get credit facilities from foreign banks. So‚ this gives an opportunity for them to start up a truly Thai bank. After the Bangkok Bank was set up and begins trading in 1944‚ it gets strong support from many local businesses and grew rapidly. Bangkok Bank became a dominant player in Thailand which it is the bank that used by all leading
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Organizational Background The pharmaceutical industry in Bangladesh is one of the most developed hi-tech sectors within the country’s economy. In 2000‚ there were 210 licensed allopathic drug-manufacturing units in the country‚ out of which only 173 were in active production; others were either closed down on their own or suspended by the licensing authority for drugs due to non compliance to good manufacturing practices or drug laws. The industry manufactured about 5‚600 brands of medicines in
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History and Background Apple Computer Inc.‚ what is common day known as Apple Inc.‚ was established on April 1st‚ 1976 by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. Two weeks later Wayne sold his company shares back to Jobs and Wozniak for $800. Apple Computer Inc. then became incorporated‚ without Ronald Wayne‚ on January 3‚ 1977. The first product Jobs and Wozniak created was the Apple I. Steve Jobs used his parents’ garage as a workplace to manufacture this product. The finished product
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Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) (When Filled IN) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <System Name> Draft Risk Assessment Report Submitted to Tom Madden‚ CISO DHHS/CDC/CIO/OCISO 4770 Buford Highway K-81 Atlanta‚ GA 30329 Submitted: ‚ 2007 Version Control Date Author Version EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognizes the best‚ most up-to-date health information is without value unless it is pertinent
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1.1 The history or background of the HP HP was started in a one-car garage in 1983 by two Stanford University classmates. Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tried their hand at making and marketing an audio oscillator. Their initial success made them formalize their partnership between on 01 January 1993. The 1940s HP grows‚ Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard create a management style that forms the basis of HP’s famously open corporate culture and influences the later of technology companies. Hewlett-
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BACKGROUND OF GE GE was founded in 1878 and is headquartered at Connecticut. At present it is chaired by Jeffrey Immelt. The revenue of the company is $182.515 billion.GE operates in more than 100 countries‚ employs more than 320‚000 people worldwide. According to business week survey GE is the fourth most recognised brand in the world. In 2009‚ Forbes has ranked GE as the world’s largest company. At the beginning of the 1980s General Electric determined a goal of increasing its market share
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iQuestion 1: Werther’s Original Werther’s Original is a brand of smooth and creamy toffee sweets and is owned by the German company August Storck KG. The company is based in Berlin and was founded in 1903. The company is a top-ranked global confectionary player‚ Storck ranks 13th in sale in the USA candy marketplace. Brands in the US portfolio currently include Werther’s Original‚ RIESEN‚ Mamba‚ Merci‚ and Toffifay. The candy brand Werther’s Original will be the focus in this assigement. Werther’s
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