Transfer Factors of Natural Radionuclides The results of the transfer factors (TF) of 40K‚ 238U and 232Th are presented from table 4.1 – 4.33. The geometric mean and the geometric standard deviation for each table were calculated using equations 2.47 and 2.49. Since the TFs are the ratios of the concentrations in plant and soil respectively‚ the geometric mean is used because it is the most appropriate when calculating the mean of ratios. All the values of the TFs stated below are respectively for
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largest printer in the world‚ offered to acquire Colorscope for approximately 10 million. However‚ it is because Cha’s overconfidence in his existing base of high-margin clients and ignorance of the business trend‚ Cha declined to accept this acquisition. The graphic arts industry has seen dramatical business changes over the years. With the rapid development of such technologies as desktop publishing and the World Wide Web as well as the consolidation of several major players within the industry‚ the
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Bill Gates Believed Microsoft’s core source of competitive advantage was the ability to attract‚ motivate and retain superior people. In attracting employees Microsoft mainly targeted the stars. Stars are the core employees that can add value to the organization through their knowledge‚ skills and abilities (Boselie‚ 2010). At Microsoft there has been a hands on mentality made for ambitious people. Lepak and Snell (2007) built a theory about different employees and its HR strategies. Microsoft
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cross-national transfer of employment practices in multinationals Abstract This paper argues for the systematic incorporation of power and interests into analysis of the cross-border transfer of practices within multinational companies (MNCs). Using a broadly Lukesian perspective on power it is argued that the transfer of practices involves different kinds of power capabilities through which MNC actors influence their institutional environment both at the ‘macro-level’ of host institutions
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state of school lunches has been a point of debate for many since Michelle Obama’s Healthy‚ Hunger-Free Kids Act signed into law December of 2010‚ giving full authority to the USDA in setting the nutritional standards for all foods regularly sold in school lunch lines‚ stores‚ and vending machines. The law was set to provide additional funding to meet the updated standards‚ however‚ the cost was severely underestimated. Using data provided by Medicaid‚ eligibility for the free or reduced school lunch
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The Little Heat Engine: Heat Transfer in Solids‚ Liquids and Gases The question now is wherein the mistake consists and how it can be removed. Max Planck‚ Philosophy of Physics‚ 1936. While it is true that the field of thermodynamics can be complex‚1-8 the basic ideas behind the study of heat (or energy) transfer remain simple. Let us begin this study with an ideal solid‚ S1‚ in an empty universe. S1 contains atoms arranged in a
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Plattsmouth High School is a co-ed‚ public high school in Plattsmouth‚ Nebraska. It is part of the Plattsmouth Community Schools. PHS holds classes for pupils in grades 9 through 12. There are around 500 pupils enrolled and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12:1. State proficiency tests show 78 perent of pupils are proficient in English and 65 percent are profiient in Mathematics. The graduation rate is 95 percent and the College Readiness Index is 6.5. To graduate from PHS‚ pupils need 240 credits
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it’s a one-day story” (as qtd. in Kemp). Barack Obama‚ as well as the residents of the once top-notch country of America have witnessed in disgust the well-known‚ unfortunate phenomenon that has faced the nation since the eighteenth century‚ school shootings. School violence is arguably one of the most controversial topics in America‚ mostly because the causes and methods of prevention are debated frequently. The only undoubtable detail is how catastrophic the outcome is. The devastating issue has only
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Airport Openings Implementation Strategies & Methodologies for Airport Openings Publication date: 11 December 2009 Author: George Saounatsos‚ Manager for Operational Readiness and Airport Transfer (ORAT)‚ YVRAS/Hermes Airports Ltd. Tagged with: George Saounatsos‚ Operational Readiness and Airport Transfer (ORAT)‚ YVRAS/Hermes Airports Ltd. This article introduces the principles and methodologies used in the successful and timely opening of new airport facilities‚ as implemented on the island of
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united states over the past several years. Schools all over country have begun to start testing students in clubs ‚ sports ‚ and other activities. This may seem odd that students can be tested based solely on the fact that they participate in extracurricular activities but the supreme court upheld this ruling during a court case in 2002 (CITE). It is unfair and ineffective in truly solving the drug problems in high schools. “A small number of public schools had been testing students for drugs as early
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