Democratic Values and Leadership By A New Generation‚ SIPA Commencement Address 2011 “DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND LEADERSHIP BY A NEW GENERATION” SIPA Commencement Address by H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan Columbia University‚ New York‚ May 14th 2011 Thank you‚ Dean Coatsworth‚ for your kind words of introduction. President Bollinger‚ distinguished faculty‚ proud parents‚ loving friends and‚ most importantly‚ the graduates of the class of 2011‚ good afternoon. I am honored to be a part of such a joyous
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Impact of a standardized hand hygiene program on the incidence of nosocomial infection in very low birth weight infants Maria Grazia Capretti‚ MD‚a Fabrizio Sandri‚ MD‚a Elisabetta Tridapalli‚ MD‚a Silvia Galletti‚ MD‚a Elisabetta Petracci‚ MD‚b and Giacomo Faldella‚ PhDa Bologna‚ Italy Background: This study examined the effects of a standardized hand hygiene program on the rate of nosocomial infection (NI) in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants (birth weight ‚ 1500 g) admitted to our neonatal
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Title------Critically examine both the tensions and shared interests in the relationship between public relations practitioners and journalists. As public relations and journalism‚ the PR practitioners and the journalist are always related to each other nowadays. Both of them are important factors of the modern mass media‚ which aim to influence public opinions since the early twentieth century (Coombs and Holladay‚ 2010). In order to sharp citizen’s opinions‚ Charron(1989) mentions that the PR
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To understand the concept of nostalgia and how it is a theme in ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’. A warning: This will stray a little into ‘Whose Reality?’ territory‚ but remember that this is a text response and whenever you mention nostalgia in a text response essay‚ it must be when directly discussing the text. NO general discussion of the concept is allowed! Definition The term nostalgia describes a yearning for the past‚ often in idealised form. Nostalgia is often triggered by something
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Which were the more typical of 1920s of America: Prohibition and intolerance or the Jazz Age and increasing social freedom? The 1920’s were seen as a prosperous time for America‚ judging by the increasing economic strength‚ the development of new industries and new methods of production and‚ by the time of rebellion and liberation that came with it. The 1920’s are often reffered to as the ‘Roaring Twenties’ or the Jazz Age‚ a period of great fun and enjoyment. However‚ not everyone agreed with
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Cultural Differences Between TQ and Traditional Organizations Some of the contrasting differences between modern TQ organizations and traditional organizations that pre-dated the quality revolution are summarized below. Organizational structures: Traditional management views an enterprise as a collection of separate‚ highly specialized individual performers and units‚ linked within a functional hierarchy. Lateral connections are made by intermediaries close to the top of the provinces. TQ views
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nostalgic emotions and yearning for the tranquility and yearning for the nature of her hometown. The vivid imagery‚ which stimulates the readers’ senses plays an important role in intensifying the vehemence of her emotions. Brewster also expresses her nostalgia in a way that makes readers empathise with her strong yearning. The lack of rhyming scheme in this piece conveys a sense of fickleness and unsureness. "People are made of places‚" she says‚ which I believe specifically means that people are made
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This essay will examine the relationship between two sets of characters in two different books. In Mary Shelleys’ Frankenstein the relationship between Victor Frankenstein and The Monster he created will be discussed‚ by analysing both characters relationship to each other before detailing the effects this relationship had‚ on the others actions and how it led to their eventual downfall. In Matthew Lewis’ The Monk the relationship between Ambrosio and Matilda will be analysed and then compared to
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attraction between like-molecules within a body or substance that acts to unite them. Water‚ for example‚ is strongly cohesive as each molecule may make four hydrogen bonds to other water molecules in a tetrahedral configuration. This results in a relatively strong Coulomb force between molecules. Van der Waals gases such as methane‚ however‚ have weak cohesion due only to Van der Waals forces that operate by induced polarity in non-polar molecules. Cohesion‚ along with adhesion (attraction between unlike
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1. Plot stress vs. strain of each material tested The three graphs were plotted using data collected during the experiment‚ Figure 1‚ 2 and 3 Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 2. Determine the proportional limit of the test specimen: Proportional limits are approximately as follows- * copper is 8‚888 psi * Aluminum is 6‚666 psi * Polyester is 9‚696 psi 3. Determine the Elastic Modulus of the specimens: * The Modulus of Elasticity for copper specimen is
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