Satoshi Kon’s Critique on Society’s Desire for Escapism in Paranoia Agent Candidate No: Word Count: 3964 Abstract Satoshi Kon is an important figure in Japanese cinema. In many of his works‚ he analyzes the concept of society’s desire for escapism due to stress and anxiety which addresses the question of this essay—what is Kon’s perspective upon the nature of escapism and its impact upon society?
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War was Agent Orange. “Agent Orange was a defoliant sprayed by the U.S. during the Vietnam War to clear dense vegetation and reveal enemy troops. It was contaminated with dioxin‚ a potent toxicant that persists for decades in the environment.” Exposure to this chemical causes health problems including diseases. Korean soldiers
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Exchange Rate of the Rupee and Purchasing Power Parity Author(s): Ashok K. Nag and Amit Mitra Reviewed work(s): Source: Economic and Political Weekly‚ Vol. 33‚ No. 25 (Jun. 20-26‚ 1998)‚ pp. 1525-1532 Published by: Economic and Political Weekly Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4406906 . Accessed: 02/01/2013 03:20 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a
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Data Mining-Driven Analysis and Decomposition in Agent Supply Chain Management Networks Kyriakos C. Chatzidimitriou1‚ Andreas L. Symeonidis1‚2 and Pericles A. Mitkas1‚2 1 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki‚ GR541 24‚ Thessaloniki‚ Greece 2 Intelligent Systems and Software Engineering Laboratory Informatics and Telematics Institute/CERTH‚ 57001‚ Thessaloniki‚ Greece {kyrcha‚asymeon}@issel.ee.auth.gr‚ mitkas@auth.gr Abstract In complex
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The Ironic Secret Adapteur: Hitchcock and Hampton adapting Conrad’s The Secret Agent Rodrigo Alonso Lescún The Ironic Secret Adapteur: Hitchcock and Hampton adapting Conrad’s The Secret Agent The adaptation of the same literary work may give birth to extremely different cinematic products. Written by Joseph Conrad in 1907‚ the novel The Secret Agent inspired three cinematic adaptations. Here I shall be focusing on the concepts of authorship and adaptation when dealing with the analysis
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A great majority of social and economic relationships are of the principle agent type. The principle-agent problem is a game-theoretic situation where; there is a player (the principal) and one more other players (the agents). This is the problem of how the principle can motivate the agent to act for the principles benefit rather than follow self interest. “The problem is how to devise incentives which lead to report truthfully to the principle on the facts they face and the actions they take
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Question: “Analyse the purchasing power parity theory and discuss its applicability” In this essay I will analyze the theory of Purchasing Power Parity and discuss its applicability. I will begin by explaining the basic concepts of PPP. In order to get a deeper understanding of the theory I will also briefly touch on topics such as the Law of One Price‚ the Big Mac index and similar subjects related to the Purchasing Power Parity theory. Furthermore the PPP theory will be put in to practice and
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INVESTIGATE HOW E-BUSINESS CAN BENEFIT FROM METHODS BASED ON SOFTWARE AGENT TECHNOLOGY by Charity Ndabandaba 201222672 Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree BTech: Software Development in the FACULTY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (Department of Systems Development) at the TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Study leader: Mr. R Jacobs Date of submission 07 October 2009 RESEARCH PROPOSAL EVALUATION FORM Miss
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The Agency Cost Problem or Principal-Agent Problem‚ which is believed‚ arises from the separation of ownership and control‚ could be mitigated in many ways. In their paper Jensen and Meckling (1976) mention that if a company fully owned by its managers‚ they will work on maximizing its value. But if a fraction of this equity owned by managers is sold to outsiders‚ the risk borne by them now will have fewer fractions than before. This will be one of the main reasons for management to act on maximizing
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Discuss the following proposition in the context of the professional sporting clubs in this case (you may choose to focus upon only the Essendon Football Club): ‘Principal-Agent problems are caused by insufficient oversight by company directors.’ Corporate Governance is a complex field that started to develop very quickly this last decade. The collapse of international firms‚ the financial crisis‚ the international scandals‚ the pressure from the governments and non-profit organizations… are all
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