earthquakes larger than approximately 5 are reported for the entire globe. The more numerous earthquakes smaller than magnitude 5 reported by national seismological observatories are measured mostly on the local magnitude scale‚ also referred to as the Richter scale. These two scales are numerically similar over their range of validity. Magnitude 3 or lower earthquakes are mostly almost imperceptible or weak and magnitude 7 and over potentially cause serious damage over larger areas‚ depending on their
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India divide the country into five seismic zones as described on the above map. The zone V is the highest risk zone where earthquakes of having intensity of 9 plus on the Richter scale can take place. Earthquake of an intensity between 8 to 9 can be experienced in Zone IV whereas earthquake can occur between 6 and 8 on the Richter scale in Zone III of India. The respective seismic zones of important urban centres of India are described as below. Town Seismic Zone Town Seismic Zone Agra III
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Part One Japan’s devastating combination of earthquake and tsunami was a wakeup call reminding companies across the world how much they rely on nature to commerce business. On Friday 11 March 2011‚ an earthquake measuring 9.0 on Richter scale struck off Japan’s north-east coast of Tohoku which happened at 2:46pm (Alabaster et al. 2011). The massive earthquake was caused due to thrust faulting where rocks placed lower in the earth’s crust get pushed over the overlying layers (Alabaster et al. 2011)
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shots of the whales and the boys in the water riding the whales and playing under the water. They really show the love between the boy and the whale. The story telling was very believable. The actor who played the boy Jesse ( Jason James Richter) did a very good job with his character. All of the scenes and shots were very heartwarming. The music that was played throughout is a song titled‚ “Will You Be
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been strengthening in the rocks of the Philippine and pacific plates‚ once this stress was released‚ shock waves travelled through the Earth’s crust. This resulted in mass destruction in the form of ‘The Kobe Earthquake’ (Which reached 7.2 on the Richter scale!) And was the worst recorded disaster for Japan since World War 2. If you remember correctly the earthquake took place at 5:40 a.m. so most people would have been in mid-slumber‚ which would’ve delayed their reactions‚ consequently trapping
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[pic] A Report on The Training and Development section of Corporate Human Resource Department of Beximco Pharmaceuticals Submitted by- Mahmuda Rahman ID#082011089 Tahmina Akter ID#082011063 Khalika Aktar ID#082011041 Rezwana Ferdous ID#082011058 Riva Afros ID#082011076 Submitted to- Farhana Rashid Assistant Professor ULAB School of Business University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) Date- 18 August 2010 Acknowledgement We are very grateful to our course (Human
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Jim Mesplie MBA 519 – Competitive Strategy Case Analysis #4 FACTS Beginning as a small scale manufacturer of chemical in the United States‚ Merck Research Labs (MRL) became the top notch research institution in the pharmaceutical industry by World War II. By attracting the top talent in chemistry‚ biology‚ and pharmacology‚ MRL emerged as the leader in human pharmaceuticals with the release of highly necessary drugs to treat infections‚ and tuberculosis. MRL focused their strengths on three
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The retail pharmacy industry in Slovakia faced huge competition‚ owing to the presence of a large number of pharmacies [2005 pharmacies‚ as of 2011‚ or roughly one pharmacy for every 2683 inhabitants]. Stiff guidelines and directives issued by the Ministry of Health‚ wherein it was required that every pharmacy have a “responsible pharmacist”‚ and only one pharmacy be operated per license‚ led to the rampant mushrooming of the retail pharmacy outlets throughout Slovakia. Under such stiff competition
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Basics of Insurance Meaning of Insurance Insurance provides financial protection against a loss arising out of happening of an uncertain event. A person can avail this protection by paying premium to an insurance company. A pool is created through contributions made by persons seeking to protect themselves from common risk. Premium is collected by insurance companies which also act as trustee to the pool. Any loss to the insured in case of happening of an uncertain event is paid out of this
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 COMPANY PROFILE 4 KNOWLEDGE PROCESS 5 PROCESS COMPARISON 6 PFIZER DRUG DEVELOPMENT PROCESS 7 RANBAXY DRUG DEVELOPMENT PROCESS 7 CONCLUSION 8 INTRODUCTION Knowledge management is systematic management of intellectual capital and organizational knowledge as well as the associated processes of creating‚ gathering‚ organizing‚ retrieving‚ leveraging‚ and using intellectual capital for the purposes of improving organizations and the people in them
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