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15 juil. 2013
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Cloud Computing - published: 15/07/2013

Case study - 2 pages - Computer science

Cloud Computing is a new technology, which is delivered as a service rather than a product in this modern technology driven market. In olden days, people used mainframe computers widely for various reasons. With the changing technologies, the bigger and most expensive computing devises are...

11 juil. 2013
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An account on Chlamydia

Case study - 1 pages - Biology

Chlamydia is a STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) and the causative organism for it is known as 'Chlamydia trachomatis'. They attach to the host cell with the help of specialized organelles called 'microvilli' which facilitates its entry into the cytoplasm. It mainly affects the...

10 juil. 2013
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How developments in material science have jump started the computer revolution

Case study - 2 pages - Computer science

Material science has made a huge impact on the world we know today. Without such a study we would not have modern day technologies such as smartphones, iPods and computers. However, there are critical components of each material, which without we would never have made such enormous strides in...

10 juil. 2013
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Development of executive functioning and neural correlates of the inhibitory response

Case study - 8 pages - Biology

The human race is unique in that individuals have developed the ability to intentionally plan goals and change behavior as needed to achieve those goals. The cognitive abilities implicated in goal-achievement are referred to as executive functioning skills. These include planning, monitoring...

20 juin 2013
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How technology can increase organizational efficiency?

Case study - 3 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

Delivery of superior services and provision of quality goods to consumers is one of the basic managerial responsibilities. One way to accomplish this objective is to invest heavily in technology. To assess the implications of technology on efficiency of an organization is a difficult task for...

30 avril 2013
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Youtube essay

Case study - 2 pages - Computer science

Technology allows information to be shared quicker than ever before. Any subject or topic is readily available to be researched through various search engines. Youtube specifically conveys information through video format. I have utilized this medium to research the marketing topic of branding....

21 mars 2013
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Drugs: Case study

Case study - 3 pages - Medical studies

Drugs: we can find an interesting definition of this word in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English (1974): the first meaning of “drug” is a medical acceptation (“Substance used for medical purposes, either alone or in a mixture; substance that changes the...

10 janv. 2013
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Abortion argument

Case study - 2 pages - Medical studies

Abortion is a difficult topic. I am not a supporter of abortion in all cases, but in the case of the 17 year old pregnant girl whose boyfriend was killed in a car accident, I will argue that her choice for abortion was the right one for her situation. I will justify my position using Judith...

09 janv. 2013
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The effects of Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) on Lemna minor

Case study - 3 pages - Medical studies

This experiment was done to determine how adding baking soda to Lemna minor's environment would affect its growth and survival. I hypothesized that adding a small amount of baking soda to the water would improve Lemna growth rates. However, the results of this experiment indicated my predictions...

09 janv. 2013
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Debarking surgery

Case study - 2 pages - Medical studies

Listening to a neighbor's dog bark constantly all day is enough to start a war in any residential neighborhood. Excessive barking is no doubt annoying and distracting, but is it really the dog's fault? A dog owner is responsible for training their dog to behave in an acceptable manner, especially...

21 déc. 2012
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Phytopharmacognosy

Case study - 1 pages - Chemistry

Cyanidins are one of six anthocyanins, which are a class of flavonoid compounds. Cyanidins are not only found in their isolated forms, but can be found in various forms attached to different sugars, such as, Cyanidin-3-glucoside, Cyanidin-3-Sambubiosides, Cyanidin-3-Rutinosides,...

04 déc. 2012
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Personal statement for residency application

Case study - 2 pages - Medical studies

It was during orthopedic surgical residency training that I came to deeply respect radiation oncology's pivotal role in medicine. As a resident, I cared for numerous patients with bone pain or impending pathologic fractures from primary bone tumors, metastatic disease, and multiple myeloma. I...

04 déc. 2012
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Sequential PET and local failure in patients being treated for Rhabdomyosarcoma

Case study - 2 pages - Medical studies

Local failure” has been defined as primary tumor growth any time following the last day of radiotherapy (RT) within or adjacent to the RT portal (but not in regional nodes) as assessed by physical examination and imaging (Wharam et al., 1997). The Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) Studies...

02 déc. 2012
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A spiritual procedure

Case study - 90 pages - Medical studies

The small studio apartment is cluttered with pizza boxes, cigarette butts, and ashtrays on the counters and floor. There are dishes in the sink, and numerous bottles of beer and wine on the desk. Also on the desk, next to the desktop computer, are many surgical textbooks and notebooks. Lee throws...

31 oct. 2012
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Realizing an advertisement campaign and a full market analysis for a new personal DNA testing service

Case study - 9 pages - Biology

The completely new service provided here is a new personal DNA testing service. We can see all around the world a lot of DNA testing services, offered by different institutions, and even laboratories, but any of those services are giving the same answers as our new DNA testing service will do....

20 août 2012
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Illustrating the Intimate Similarities between Select Classic Poems to Kafka's The Metamorphosis

Essay - 7 pages - Medical studies

If love is the language that transcends race, geography, and ideology, then it probably is the greatest form of plot and theme to every literary tongue. Truth be told, love is the lifeblood of most classical pieces: from Romeo and Juliet's unsurpassable tale of “love begets tragedy” to...

11 juin 2012
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The case of disruptive technology - publié le 11/06/2012

Case study - 10 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

There are more people who are listening to music. Nowadays it is everywhere and every when: you are going to take your bus, you are traveling from a country to another, you are making sport... Each reason is the right one to listen to music. It is true that with the development of new...

11 juin 2012
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The case of disruptive technology

Case study - 10 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

There are more people who are listening to music. Nowadays it is everywhere and every when: you are going to take your bus, you are traveling from a country to another, you are making sport... Each reason is the right one to listen to music. It is true that with the development of new...

17 mai 2012
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Video games and their influence on young people

Case study - 2 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

Video games and their influence on young people has been the subject of discussion for social commentators and the public during recent years. In this respect, several experts have highlighted the negative aspects of video gaming, such as the health risk like increasing the tendency to obesity...

07 mai 2012
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The fall of Kodak

Case study - 13 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

Nowadays, technology plays an increasingly important role in our society. Technology is everywhere. It is the reason why, more companies must not hesitate to use it to stand out with more interesting ideas and concepts. Currently, we have to recognize the factor that changed the overall picture...

03 avril 2012
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Cover letter: Industrial cable provider in Bolton

Sample letter - 1 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

In answer to our announcement published this day on the web site "placement UK", I allow to propose you my candidacy at the post of Web Marketing Assistant. I'm a first year student at Institut Superieur de Gestion in Paris (international business school) and I believe my education and work...

14 nov. 2011
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Multifaceted Responsibility in the Measles Outbreak in France

Thesis - 5 pages - Medical studies

In recent years and in many countries of the world, particularly in Europe and including France, a resurgence of the well characterized outbreak-prone and potentially deadly disease measles developed. We can speak about it as an outbreak due to the fact that we see a highly increasing number of...

14 nov. 2011
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Hepatitis B

Essay - 15 pages - Medical studies

According to Gould (2006), hepatitis results as an inflammation to the liver. There are a couple of different reasons for hepatitis: idiopathic- fatty liver resulting from a local infection, or from an infection somewhere else in the body, or from chemical or drug toxicity are all different...

02 nov. 2011
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AMD - Case Study

Case study - 7 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

The semiconductor market, which include microprocessors, motherboard chipsets and graphics processors is dominated by the two California-based companies Intel and AMD (Advanced Micro Devices). The growth of the computer industry in the late 1990's has enabled Intel to become the major supplier of...

26 oct. 2011
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Market of directory enquiry in France

Case study - 10 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

February 14, 1876, the English-born American Alexander Graham Bell filed a patent for a system of voice transmission: He was the first to achieve this feat and became the inventor of what was later called the "Phone". In the twentieth century in April 1973, Dr. Martin Cooper, then director of...

17 oct. 2011
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Design of 2, 4 Shell & Tube heat exchanger

Essay - 23 pages - Physics

This project report presents the application of Kern's Method for the optimal design of shell-and-tube heat exchangers. A primary objective in the heat exchanger design is the estimation of the minimum heat transfer area required for a given heat duty, as it governs the overall cost of the heat...

14 sept. 2011
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The importance of ethnobotany, compilation of data and the potential problems arising from distribution of this information

Thesis - 4 pages - Biology

Undoubtedly, it is beneficial for the catalogue information for the sake of preserving knowledge. When confronted with any situation, it would be great to have all of the relevant information possible to help make a decision. Particularly when yourself or a loved one is ill, being able to have...

28 juil. 2011
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Balance between TRIPs and public health

Thesis - 9 pages - Medical studies

Malaria, tuberculosis, AIDS and other serious diseases affect millions of people around the world. However, for well-known reasons, some parts of the globe are more prone to them. The figures speak for themselves. Every thirty seconds, an African child dies of malaria and thirty million out of...

07 juil. 2011
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Richard Dawkins' arguments in 'The Selfish Gene'

Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies

Evolutionary theory, in particular Richard Dawkins' arguments in 'The Selfish Gene', has always been used as support for egoism. In Simon Blackburn's work 'Ethics: A Very Short Introduction', he attempts to argue against this particular flavor of egoism as a way of defusing a...

07 juil. 2011
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Informational presentation on Dracunculus medinensis

Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies

Imagine that, one day, you develop a blister on your foot. After a few more days, the blister bursts, causing excruciating pain. You are unable to walk on the foot. The lesion persists for more than a month before finally going away, and the pain finally subsides. A few months later, a similar...