1. Introduction 1.1 The Changing Scientific and Technological Landscape In the 1950s and 1960s‚ the United States was internationally pre-eminent in science and technology. The only country comparable to the US in terms of per capita innovative output during this time was Switzerland and much of any significant scientific and technological effort and achievement remained the exclusive preserve of a few advanced industrialised countries. In the last 30 years or so‚ however‚ the economic landscape
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Cumulative amount of FDI in India from April 2000 to April 2011 has reached US$ 197‚935 million. INDIAN AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR Automotive Industry‚ globally‚ as well in India‚ is one of the key sectors of the economy. Due to its deep forward and backward linkages with several key segments of the economy‚ automotive industry has a strong multiplier effect and acts as one of the drivers of economic growth. Indian automotive industry produces a wide variety of vehicles: passenger cars‚ light‚ medium and heavy
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Plain View Doctrine Misty Basford Kaplan University Plain View Doctrine This rule gives police officers the ability to seize evidence involved in a crime without a warrant if the evidence is in plain sight. This rule is limited by probable cause which requires police officers to have probable cause and believe the items in plain view are evidence before they seize them. The fourth amendment does prevent unreasonable searches and seizures. There are two ways the rule can be used. 1. The officer
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that once you get to work‚ technology goes on the back-burner and human capital takes over. Now in the year 2012 businesses are changing and adapting not only in our nation‚ but globally. For the hopes that the U.S. will keep up with these global technological changes‚ there has to be much research to be done. One may be asking when did these changes begin‚ and why did they begin? That brings us to the history of the retail industry and how it has shaped how MNC’s communicate‚ trade‚ and conduct business
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There are many new and different forms of technological advancements in today’s prisons. The first form is the WANDD‚ a device which is able to detect weapons that inmates are in possession of like the ones that the more violent prisoners often create. An example of a dangerous weapon is a shank. A shank is a knife shaped weapon created out of scrap metal for the blade and the handle is usually a cloth wrapped around the bottom. The second form is PharmaJet‚ a needle free injection system designed
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Scientific and technological progress It’s difficult to overestimate the role of science and technology in our life. They accelerate the development of civilization and help us in our co-operation with nature. Scientists investigate the laws of the universe‚ discover the secrets of nature‚ and apply their knowledge in practice improving the life of people. Let’s compare our life nowadays with the life of people at the beginning of the 20th century. It has changed beyond recognition. Our ancestors
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Checkpoint: Technological Advancements in Communication February 23‚ 2013 Dana Yager Candice Dorsey The communication advancements discussed in the article were the use of social computing technologies that are slowly taking place of corporate collaboration applications and databases. Specific terms for a few of these advancements are blog‚ wiki‚ and mashup. One of the newest technologies that was discussed was an interactive spreadsheet software-as-a-service provider called Spreadsheet
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DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SML873 SECURITY ANALYSIS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT TERM PAPER IMPACT OF 2008 RECESSION ON THE INDIAN REAL ESTATE SECTOR Abstract This paper attempts to analyse the impact of the 2008 recession on the Indian real estate sector through fundamental analysis and also to suggest the future scope of this sector in terms of investment opportunities. It is found that the real estate sector was one of the worst
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High Plains Drifter High Plains Drifter was not the typical western that I thought it was going to be; however‚ I am a fan of Clint Eastwood and I really enjoyed this movie. I noticed a lot of symbolism that was used in this movie. The first example of symbolism I saw was Mordecai. I believe Mordecai and the way he presented himself really symbolized the good that was left in Lago- small‚ abused‚ and overshadowed. Another example of symbolism was the whip. I believed the whip to not only be a weapon
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influenced all the aspects of the white Americans and African Americans’ life in the 18th century because it became the significant social and economic phenomenon in the history of the country (Dramaturgy Packet 2015‚ 17-18). In her play The Liquid Plain‚ Naomi Wallace discussed the idea of the transatlantic slave trade from the personal perspective of several characters in a vivid metaphorical language (Wallace 2013‚ 54). Thus‚ the concept of “vastness” of the transatlantic slave trade is accentuated
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