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24 juin 2011
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The best way to manage sex addiction

Essay - 2 pages - Medical studies

Basically, the need for sex is one of the basic human instincts, like eating, drinking, etc. As a basic instinct, in certain limits, the need for sex is necessary and useful for human survival - to breed and continue the lineage. A more practical purpose is to give peace, comfort or pleasure. So,...

13 juin 2011
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The Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease

Case study - 4 pages - Medical studies

I have chosen three academic journal articles and four industry journal articles. The first couple of articles of the 'NY Times' describe the Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease, by elaborating on their causes, symptoms, diagnostic tests, treatments, evolution of the diseases,...

13 juin 2011
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A Guide for your first steps in SEO - publié le 13/06/2011

Thesis - 6 pages - Computer science

The term "search engine" is usually used to describe crawler-based search engines and human-edited web directories. Search engine optimization involves achieving the highest position or ranking practical in the natural or organic listings on the search engine results pages after a specific...

13 juin 2011
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A Guide for your first steps in SEO

Thesis - 6 pages - Computer science

The term "search engine" is usually used to describe crawler-based search engines and human-edited web directories. Search engine optimization involves achieving the highest position or ranking practical in the natural or organic listings on the search engine results pages after a specific...

11 juin 2011
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Motivations [anglais] - candidature Bourse

Sample letter - 1 pages - Computer science

La lettre de motivation est un élément essentiel d'appréciation d'une candidature, au-delà des simples motivations exprimées. Rédiger une lettre académique en anglais relève toujours d'une certaine commodité dans la langue car devant respecter quelques règles. Ce modèle-ci vous...

11 juin 2011
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Definition et attributs d'une lettre de motivation

Sample letter - 1 pages - Computer science

La lettre de motivation est un élément essentiel d'appréciation d'une candidature, au-delà des simples motivations exprimées. Rédiger une lettre professionnelle en anglais relève toujours d'une certaine commodité dans la langue car devant respecter quelques règles. Ce modèle-ci vous...

09 juin 2011
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The Biology of St. John's Wort

Thesis - 2 pages - Medical studies

In a world full of medicine being prescribed to people, there is an element of potential negative impact to the overall makeup of the body's biological structure. Drugs seem to be the end of all, all for our desire to rid ourselves of the many problems we face and have. Our body is naturally...

24 mai 2011
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Exposé d'anglais sur le réchauffement climatique

Essay - 1 pages - Geology

Exposé d'anglais traitant d'un phénomène qui prend de plus en plus d'ampleur dans nos vies : le réchauffement climatique. Ce document est un document totalement en anglais avec introduction, corps et conclusion ainsi de lien débouchant sur des vidéos qui serviront à étoffer votre...

12 mai 2011

VIRTUAL MEMORY-Peter Denning-Summary

Worksheets - 4 pages - Computer science

This work presents the summary part by part from what I have understood of the Virtual Memory work of Peter DENNING, published in 1970. Introduction : From the beginning of the electronic computing, programmers have had to share hierarchically their computers' memories, at least in two...

12 mai 2011

QNX-Unix Operating System

Worksheets - 2 pages - Computer science

QNX was born in 1982, from the hands and the brains of two Waterloo university students Dan Dodge and Gordon Bell. It is a Real Time Operating System. Elaborated on an UNIX structure, it is used in the software development, the control of industrial robots, and in onboard computers. Stable,...

30 avril 2011

geothermal energy

Presentation - 1 pages - Physics

Présentation orale de la géothermie. Ce document en anglais résume la physique utilisée pour produire de la chaleur ou de l'électricité à partir de la chaleur récupérée dans la croute terrestre. Il se pose aussi la question de son application au uk.

27 avril 2011
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South Korea: An Electronics Industry

Thesis - 6 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

On what competitive advantages did South Korea lean to build a successful model of economic development? What factors can make South Korea particularly attractive as a market and as a base for value-added activities? After the war which led to the division of the peninsula and Korea in 1953,...

26 avril 2011
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Innovation: Driver of the American economy

Thesis - 1 pages - Computer science

Let's imagine that a business man is waiting to board at the Kennedy airport. He has bought a cup of Starbucks coffee, then he opens his laptop, thanks to the wireless access, within a few seconds, he connects to the internet. He checks his mailbox. Then he calls his colleague who is in Paris....

02 avril 2011
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Critiquing an academic research-based article Entering the blogsphere some strategies for using blogs in social research, by Nikolas Hookway

Text commentary - 2 pages - Computer science

The article's name is "Entering the blogsphere": some strategies for using blogs in social research. It was written by Nikolas Hookway, a lecturer in the School of Sociology and Social Work at the University of Tasmania. His interests lie in social theory and cultural sociology. It was for a...

29 mars 2011
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The patentability of genes

Dissertation - 19 pages - Biology

As all the novelties, the biotechnological and genetic industry causes problems of intellectual property. Moreover, the genes are very special things, not only because they touch to the living, but because they are carrying hopes (new therapies, drugs...) and fears too (protection of the Human...

29 mars 2011
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Stem cells

Essay - 3 pages - Biology

Presently, stem cells play an important part in the medical world. It's recurrent to hear or read about new researches, discoveries or outstanding accomplishment about stem cells. Through this presentation we will see, successively, in a first part, the definition of stem cells: what they...

28 mars 2011
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Female Sexual Dysfunction

Presentation - 20 pages - Medical studies

Sexual dysfunctions are disorders that make it impossible for a person to have or enjoy intercourse. The term sexual dysfunction means difficult or painful sexual functioning. Some sexual dysfunctions may occur in both sexes,others are unique to one sex. Until fairly recently, it was presumed...

25 mars 2011
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Fiche : The applications of drones

Worksheets - 1 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

Présentation en anglais sur les applications civiles et militaires des drones

22 mars 2011
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Case of Phineas Gage

Thesis - 2 pages - Medical studies

The brain in all of its complexity has fascinated philosophers and researchers for hundreds of years. The brain plays a role in all forms of behavior, sensory perception, subjective perception, subjective feeling, thought, and bodily function. The structures of the brain are responsible for...

15 mars 2011
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Phage Therapy: The Last Defense

Thesis - 5 pages - Medical studies

One of the most under researched medical fields in the twentieth century through to the present day is phage therapy. What is phage therapy? Phage is short for ‘bacteriophage' which is a virus that only infects bacteria (Ransford 2008). Increasing antibiotic resistance among several...

14 mars 2011
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Principal causes of atmospheric motion - publié le 14/03/2011

Thesis - 3 pages - Chemistry

All parts of the atmosphere does not receive energy in a homogeneous manner. This difference leads to air motion following the principle that warm air is likely to reach high altitudes due to its low density compared to cool air. The difference in temperature and pressure is one of the key points...

14 mars 2011
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Principal causes of atmospheric motion

Thesis - 3 pages - Physics

All parts of the atmosphere does not receive energy in a homogeneous manner. This difference leads to air motion following the principle that warm air is likely to reach high altitudes due to its low density compared to cool air. The difference in temperature and pressure is one of the key points...

22 févr. 2011
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Dossier Analyse de données - Statistiques - Data file analysis (en anglais) - Meilleure note obtenue.

Case study - 7 pages - Mathematics

Dossier réalisé dans le cadre d'un cours d'analyse de données - statistiques en Master. Logiciel utilisé : STATGRAPHICS Plus. MEILLEURE NOTE OBTENUE Titre : Mercury in Largemouth Bass in Florida Lakes Ce dossier, en anglais, analyse donc un tableau de données récoltés dans les...

21 févr. 2011
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Ion distribution across the cell membrane and the Nernst equation

Thesis - 5 pages - Biology

The cell membrane is essentially a bi-lipid layer that contains phosoplipids and proteins. The concentration of ions and certain molecules is vastly different between the intracellular and extra cellular concentrations in cells across the cell membrane. This is because the lipid bi-layer in the...

21 févr. 2011
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Key mechanisms that are involved in expressing a eukaryotic gene as a protein

Thesis - 5 pages - Biology

The information contained within the DNA, in the form of a nucleotide sequence, is responsible for the production of the phenotype of an individual. The dna contains specific sequenmces of nucleotides, called genes, that code for specific chasracteristics. The basic concept of how this occurs...

21 févr. 2011
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Has the patch clamp given us more information about the initiation of the action potential?

Essay - 6 pages - Physics

An action potential is an electrical discharge that propagates along the length of a cell to transmit a signal. It is initiated by depolarizing the cell via an ion influx until the cell becomes positive in comparison to its external environment, and then rapidly repolarizes to its negative...

21 févr. 2011
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Physical properties of drugs with regard to their use as local and general anaesthetic agents- Their adverse effects.

Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies

Local anaesthetics now have many clinical uses and can be applied in a number of ways; they vary in their pharmacological properties, and as such are used in various techniques of anesthesia. Infiltration anesthesia sees the direct injection of local anesthetic into tissues to reach nerve...

03 févr. 2011
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Strategic management - example of the company "Apple"

Case study - 15 pages - Computer science

The Apple Company is present in the technology sector. It operates in three business areas with main strategies: - Computer: design and production of computers (desktops and laptops), development of operating systems and software. - Music: design and implementation of MP3 players, their media...

03 févr. 2011
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Business of the information systems

Course material - 9 pages - Computer science

Internet, databases, networks, telecommunications, e-commerce, multimedia are all associated with the conduct of business. They prove the pervasiveness of information technology in the functioning of organizations. At a time when technological progress accompanies intense competition, management...

03 févr. 2011
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The traceability of A380 airbus

Case study - 8 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

Airbus aircraft manufactures, creates, develops, manufactures, sells and manages aircraft maintenance. Airbus Industrie was formed in 1970 as an economic interest group extending into the European level. The range of very large aircraft development has emerged recently with the A380. It is a...