The multiple realizability thesis says that there is more than one way to create a specific mental experience. An alternative way to state this is to say that widely different physical systems can have the same mental experience. The implied consequence is that it is the function of the physical system that is causal to the mental experience‚ an idea I will refer to as functionalism. Historically‚ the concept of multiple realizability facilitated the move from identity theory to functionalism. Functionalism
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Issue of multiple directorships has recently came to public concern. It becomes more and more common that directors in listed companies retaining multiple directorships and even some legislators are involved. This situation is popular in Hong Kong and Singapore‚ however‚ many directors in United States are usually involved in one company only. There are serval problems in exercising multiple directorships to listed companies. First‚ director may not meet his function diligently. With regard to
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Birth of a child can be such a happy time‚ especially when the little one is very healthy. We all have seen the movies when a new child is born‚ some of us are lucky to see it first hand. Some of us do get goose bumps‚ me being one of them. It is just so exciting to see that little life come out of what has been in that big belly for nine months. We sometimes refer to the birth of a child as labor. If only it was as easy as the name sounds. However‚ it is not. There are three main stages in birth
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that "Mattel can meet demand because it spent the last few years paying a lot of attention to software and processes that simplify its supply chain‚ cut costs‚ shorten cycle times‚ and bring more science to the art of meeting customer demand." With headquarters in El Segundo‚ California‚ Mattel has offices and facilities in 42 countries and sells its product in more than 150 nations throughout the world. The locations of its seven distribution centers like California‚ New Jersey and Texas‚ seven manufacturing
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number of teen pregnancies nowadays has become prevalent. Every year‚ more than 360‚000 teen-aged girls who give birth in the United States‚ based on the statistics. There is a tendency that teen pregnancy that may increase the costs in terms of both social and economic of mother and children. Teenage mothers are less likely to receive proper prenatal care‚ and their children are more likely to be born before term‚ to have low birth weight‚ and to have developmental delays. Teenage mothers are less
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Normal Distribution Normal distribution is a statistics‚ which have been widely applied of all mathematical concepts‚ among large number of statisticians. Abraham de Moivre‚ an 18th century statistician and consultant to gamblers‚ noticed that as the number of events (N) increased‚ the distribution approached‚ forming a very smooth curve. He insisted that a new discovery of a mathematical expression for this curve could lead to an easier way to find solutions to
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Home birthing experts argue that giving birth at home is just as safe as being in a hospital for women in low-risk categories. That may be close to the truth‚ but only if nothing goes wrong. And the problem is that when it comes to giving birth‚ you never‚ ever know what might go wrong. Fit‚ healthy young women can still unexpectedly have horrible‚ traumatic births. I should know‚ because I had one with my first son. The Federal Government announced yesterday that professional indemnity insurance
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Case 4: Alternative Distribution for SSI Judith M. Whipple Sugar Sweets‚ Inc. (SSI)‚ was considering ways to increase market coverage and sales volume on its candy and snack products. Historically‚ the majority of SSI products were sold to consumers through various grocery and convenience stores. Vending machines and institutional sales‚ such as airports‚ represent the remaining consumer market segments. The selling environment for candy and snack foods was becoming increasingly competitive and
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Just-In-Time Distribution and Barilla SpA Anybody who knows something about business had heard the term Just-in-time (JIT) inventory. It involves producing only what is need‚ when it is needed. The principle of Just in time is to eliminate sources of manufacturing waste by getting the right quantity of raw materials and producing the right quantity of products in the right place at the right time.(1) In this way‚ manufactures receive parts and materials "just in time" to meet the day’s manufacturing
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Multiple myeloma Multiple myeloma (also plasma cell myeloma also known as MM‚ myeloma‚ plasma cell myeloma‚ or as Kahler’s disease) is a progressive hematologic (blood) disease. It is a cancer of the plasma cell‚ an important part of the immune system that produces immunoglobulins (antibodies) to help fight infection and disease. The immune system is made up of several types of cells that work together to fight infections. Lymph cells (called lymphocytes) are the main type of cell in the adaptive
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