Incan Silver and Spanish Exploitation The exploitation of the Incas under Spanish colonial institutions is a widely acknowledged abuse. Bartolome Arzans de Orsua y Vela in his book Tales of Potosi brings to light another dimension of this mistreatment: the Spaniards enabling of the abuse of coca by the exploited Indians as a means to increase productivity‚ which is an aspect that has been overlooked by many theorists up to this point. Abuse of coca expanded the wealth of the Spanish Crown
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In the article “Big fat tax is no gut buster” author Susie O’brien attacking the new tax on the fast food industry. By the opening slogan‚ “DON’T tax the big mac” she asserts her position on the tax. Written in bold the slogan immediately catches the eye and as it cleverly rhymes is very memorable. The author continues in cementing her standing on the issue by saying that a junk food tax is not the answer and the rhetorical question that‚ “why should reducing our weight start with our wallets?” Her
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TITLE PATIENT SATISFACTION TOWARDS OPD AND IPD SERVICES IN LABAID CARDIAC HOSPITAL LTD. AND LABAID SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL LTD‚ BANGLADESH. [CHAPTER-1] 1.Background/Introduction: Labaid group started rolling with the inception of Labaid Ltd in 1989. Since‚ it marches on and on‚ blossomed into one of the fastest growing groups of companies mainly in health care services but also in other fields like real state‚ agro farming‚ financial sector and education. The core of Labaid Group‚ is however
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 BASIC STATISTICAL TOOLS There are lies‚ damn lies‚ and statistics...... (Anon.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Definitions 6.3 Basic Statistics 6.4 Statistical tests -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.1 Introduction In the preceding chapters basic elements for the proper
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Gyms used by well-known celebrities Have you ever wondered where the celebrities with bodies to envy work out? You might imagine that the rich and famous achieve their enviable physiques with private personal trainers and state-of-the-art home gyms‚ but many celebrities choose to work out at their local fitness club. Just like you and me. Equinox‚ Gold’s Gym and Powerhouse Gym are just a few of the gyms frequented by the stars. Equinox Equinox is an award-winning gym with gyms throughout the
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A researcher predicts that watching a film on institutionalization will change students’ attitudes about chronically mentally ill patients. The researcher randomly selects 36 students‚ shows them the film‚ and gives them a questionnaire about their attitudes. The mean score on the questionnaire for these 36 students is 70. The score for people in general on this questionnaire is 75‚ with a standard deviation of 12. Using the five steps of hypothesis testing and the 5% significance level (i.e. alpha
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investors in regards to annual returns being consistent with the mean of 12.9% compare to 6.4% for 1998. • The measure of variability was high in 1990 with the range of 75.01 compare to 42.76 for 1998. Another high variability for 1990 was the standard deviation of 9.30 compare to 5.17 for 1998. (For Excel instructions see pages 28 and 61 of the textbook.) Question 2. (Statistical Inferences: Single Population) Feasibility Study: Companies that sell groceries over the Internet are called
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6.2.5 Statistical analysis The values are expressed as mean ± SEM. The statistical analysis was carried out by one-way analysis of variance using SPSS (version 17) statistical analysis program. Duncan’s post hoc multiple comparison tests were used to determine significant differences among groups. P < 0.05 was considered to be significant. 6.3 Results 6.3.1 Liver function tests Liver toxicity markers were assayed to assess hepatic injury. The activities of alkaline phosphatase (ALP)‚ acid phosphatase
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EQUINOX GYMS EQUINOX GYMS Evaluation of Equinox Gyms compared to Les Mills Evaluation of Equinox Gyms compared to Les Mills --------------------------------- Table of Contents Table of Contents ii Table of Figures ii 1. Benchmark brand for Les Mills 1 2. Brand Safari Analysis 3 2.1 Society and Market environment: Environmental Awareness and Sustainability 3 2.2 Wooing: Technology 5 2.3 Enculturation: XXX 7 2.4 Internal Brand Ambience: XX 8 3. Additional areas to add value
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When measure a complex concept such as love‚ intelligence‚ motivation‚ there is no direct measure as when we measure height‚ weight. Those complex concepts are also linked to behavior. The construct can be referred as hypothetical constructs. “Hypothetical” because they are inferred from theories and other behavior‚ and “constructs” because they must be constructed by using a database of observations that can be measured. (clayton) Practically the construct is defined by how it is measured.
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