CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Microfinance is usually understood to entail the provision of financial services to micro-entrepreneurs and small businesses‚ which lack access to banking and related services due to the high transaction costs associated with serving these client categories. For some‚ microfinance is a movement whose object is "a world in which as many poor and near-poor households as possible have permanent access to an appropriate range of high quality financial services‚ including not
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ELECTRONIC SELF-CHECKOUT SYSTEM VS CASHIER OPERATED SYSTEM: A PERFORMANCE BASED COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS by Gregory E. Opara-Nadi A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy Capella University May‚ 2005 ©Gregory Opara-Nadi‚ 2005 ELECTRONIC SELF-CHECKOUT SYSTEM VERSUS CASHIER OPERATED SYSTEM: A PERFORMANCE BASED COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS by Gregory E. Opara-Nadi has been approved May 2005 APPROVED: JIM MIRABELLA‚ D.B.A.‚ Faculty Mentor
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Introduction Dairy Sector The dairy sector is one of the largest and most vital sectors in agriculture in The Netherlands. The dairy sector is highly specialised‚ horizontally concentrated‚ vertically integrated and increasingly international in its operation. *1 There are over 18‚000 dairy farms in The Netherlands spread out over 1.2 million hectares of grassland and corn fields (28% of the total surface area of The Netherlands). 1.47 million dairy cows produce annually nearly 12 billion kilograms
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background of neuroscience – views of the brain in different era Discuss the history of modern neuroscience State the levels of analysis based on their complexities Explain the scientific process Discuss some major disorder of nervous system INTRODUCTION Human nature Curiosity‚ emotion (happiness & hurt)‚ movement‚ reasoning‚ learning‚ memory (remember & forget)‚and madness Neuroscience definition Study of the brain / nervous system The Society for Neuroscience Association of professional
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Citations: Panikkar‚ R. (2000). Religion‚ Philosophy & Culture. Retrieved from http://them.polylog.org/1/fpr-en.htm Personal Attachment to Inquiry Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that sticks out to me the most and resonates closest to my innermost self. The runner up is metaphysics‚ because I do find myself questioning and wondering on the meaning of life and things of that nature. However‚ I have decided a long time ago that the meaning of life is specific to the person. Whatever it is that drives
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CHAPTER I OBJECTIVES OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING 1. To pursue venerable career in a professional organization enable achieving company’s objectives of development‚ customer pleasure and service. 2. Together with assets for instance sincerity‚ truthfulness and struggle for excellence‚ add value and strength to the company‚ to empower the student or the team where he is a fraction of. 3. In quest of a position in a top business where the OJT is able to transmit the knowledge gained through bachelor’s
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Introduction to scams Various scams‚ scandals and stigmas that have surfaced in the recent years. These may not all be attributable to the antics and bungling of politicians‚ but they have been facilitated largely because of the vitiated atmosphere that the politicians and the political system have created in the country. Scams and scandals have manifested themselves in large numbers over the past few years. The latest‚ the Petrol Pump Scam concerning 3‚158 allotments of petrol pumps‚ LPG agencies
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Introduction to China Topic: Experience (Likes and dislikes) in China 2011/2012 Introduction I have been in China for more than two years. Early experiences in China and current experiences have a lot of differences. Early days I had so many funny experiences. I am going to start my paper with the funniest experiences. Here it is. When I was coming to China my friends told me that when you meet Chinese people they will say you 你好。You should reply the same. Then they will ask you 你吃饭了没有？You
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INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING Current Marketing Fundamentals Course Web Site Background What is marketing? Almost every marketing textbook has a different definition of the term "marketing." The American Marketing Association (AMA) uses the following: "The process of planning and executing the conception‚ pricing‚ promotion‚ and distribution of ideas‚ goods‚ and services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organizational objectives." From this definition‚ we see that: Marketing
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resistor whose resistance varies significantly with temperature‚ more so than in standard resistors. The word is a portmanteau of thermal and resistor. Thermistors are widely used as inrush current limiters‚ temperature sensors‚ self-resetting overcurrent protectors‚ and self-regulating heating elements. Thermistors differ from resistance temperature detectors (RTD) in that the material used in a thermistor is generally a ceramic or polymer‚ while RTDs use pure metals. The temperature response
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