... that are found in the work are of particular interest. Bhaskara went deeper into the 'differential calculus' and suggested that the differential coefficient vanishes at an extreme value of the function, indicating knowledge of the concept of 'infinitesimals'. Bhaskara uses the result Rolle's Theorem to work out the position angle of the ecliptic, a quantity required for accurately predicting the time of an eclipse. In computing the instantaneous motion of a planet, the time interval between successive positions of the planets was no ...  a = x0 < ... ...

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... the coefficient of capital being negative. The fact that the results are often so poor may ironically give the impression that the estimated equation is actually a behavioural equation. However, the failure to get a good fit will occur if either the factor shares are not sufficiently constant or the approximation at t + (1-a)t t l is not sufficiently accurate. In practice, the latter proves to be the case, as estimations of ... (1971). In his comment on Joan Robinson's review of his book, The Neoclassical Theory of Production, he argues, "I assume a production function relating physical ...

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... energy are through passive systems such as hydropower, atriums, greenhouses, windmills, and the burning of biomass. Indirect ways of storing energy include photovoltaic cells and the process of producing methyl alcohol from plants. (Bortman) Another way to collect and convert energy aside from solar energy is kinetic energy produced by the wind. Bortman explains, "2% of solar energy that reaches earth is used to move air masses and at ... any one time the kinetic energy in the wind is equal to 20 times the current electricity use. "(Bortman) If we were able to properly convert and store...

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... have a crystalline or partly crystalline structure, or may be amorphous (e.g., a glass). Because most common ceramics are crystalline, the definition of ceramic is often restricted to inorganic crystalline materials, as opposed to the non-crystalline glasses. The word "ceramic" comes from the Greek "keramikos" (of pottery), and from "keramos" (to burn). Hence, the word "keramos" was to infer a burned substance or burned earth. Ceramics are things made from clay ... used to store information in  ferroelectric capacitors, elements of  ferroelectric RAM. The most common such materials ar...

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... order to sustain their dominant status. The media is a corporation owned by conglomerates, therefore one cannot mistake the media's membership in the coefficient group. In America where the "levers of power are in the hands of a state bureaucracy, the monopolistic control over the media, often supplemented by official censorship, makes it clear that the media serve the ends of a dominant elite" (Chomsky 1). In spite of the media's patronage with the government and corporations, one would wonder ... messages across to the public" (Chomsky 2). The original information gathered by the pres...

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... the base, coefficient, terms and exponents in a given polynomial; defines and interprets the meaning of an where n is a positive integer; derives inductively the laws of exponents (Exponents restricted to positive integers); illustrates the laws of exponents; adds and subtracts polynomials; multiplies and divides polynomials; finds inductively using models the (a) product of two binomials, (b) product of a sum and difference of two terms, (c) square of a binomial, (d) cube of a binomial, (e) product of a binomial and a trinomial; finds algebraically the (a) product of ... of the two sta...

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... a poor agrarian south. Social conflict over land, wages, and local power caused friction in the countryside as well as in urban centers. Governments were often seen as corrupt, indecisive, and defeatist. This was the background for the more immediate problems that Italy faced after the war. Inflation and unemployment were perhaps the most destructive effects of the war. Inflation produced high prices, speculation, and profiteering. And though normally ... . Marxist approaches to fascism all emphasize its links with capitalism. The most influential early definition was that of the Communi...

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... has significant limitations. Its consistency and physical requirements are the biggest limitation. Windmills create power by slowing the air that passes through it; this creates kinetic energy from the wind. The kinetic energy is proportional to the wind velocity so that doubling the wind speed quadruples the output because of this wind speed is very important to high-energy output. The United States has huge untapped wind energy potential and because ... the best wind resources are located in rural areas, wind energy ... ...

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... , featuring Swedish massage, the most widely-employed therapeutic technique in the world ("Massage Therapy" 2). With its characteristic gentle, relaxing stokes, traditional European massage is based on the conventional concepts of anatomy, physiology, and soft tissue manipulation (Collinge 5). Friction techniques are used on the more superficial layers of muscles, stimulating blood flow to the heart through the soft tissues of the body (See Figure 1). The active and passive movements of the joints promote general relaxation ... , improve circulation and range of movement, and relieve musc...

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... information which offers greater opportunities for innovation. In addition, Philips will adopt the theory of small world. Small worlds are defined as networks in the limited range (say between 0.01 and 0.1) for which characteristic path length is at levels comparable with the Moore Graph (Watts, 2000; Cowan and Jonard, 2000), but the clustering coefficient is still relatively high. This world thus combines high social capital with ... an efficient flow of information and knowledge. Therefore it can be concluded that these technology networks are relatively efficient means of knowledge t...

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... et al. (1968) spoke to the relationship of hyperactivity and brain damage in a way that may add some light to the controversy. "The consequences of brain damage in childhood have tended to be discussed as though there regularly appears a single syndrome characterized by hyper kinesis, distractibility, perseveration, perceptual disturbance, emotional lability, atypical cognitive functioning, and disturbances in impulse control....the hyper kinetic syndrome does occur in some ... children as a direct consequence of central nervous system damage. At the same time, the behavioral sequella o...

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... inventions and discoveries to make their lives more controllable. Cave dwellers were held captive by that force of nature which created fire for warmth, cooking, and protection from wild beasts. Until, a resourceful clan member made an empirical observation about friction, and the properties of wood. Reasoning, that the heat he felt when rubbing two sticks together could possibly ignite dry materials, he put his hypothesis ... to the test, and created a man made flame. Thus, by way of scientific inquiry and technical application, civilization was advanced. With this simple discovery, ma...

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... a lengthy trial, San Francisco Superior Judge Kay Tsenin announced Ms. Harris not guilty by reason of insanity (Blanco). Tsenin used the following definition of legal insanity: "Harris was incapable of knowing or understanding the quality of her acts." The decision nullified the jury's guilty verdicts on three counts of second-degree murder and assault of a child under age 8 causing death, which would have resulted in at least 25 years ... " (Batheja, 2011). This change to the definition of "insanity" makes the use of 'know' and 'wrong' more easily understandable and distinguis...

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... as terrorist property: (a) money or other property which is likely to be used for the purposes of terrorism (including any resources of a proscribed organization), (b) proceeds of the commission of acts of terrorism, and (c) proceeds of acts carried out for the purposes of terrorism. (Terrorism Act 2000) Does this definition not seem familiar? The verbiage is consistent with that of the definition of terrorism. With this in mind, anything anyone does with their money can be considered ... permitting all types of surveillance on suspected terrorists and the new, broad definition of terro...

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... workers. Through his life Werner Heisenberg was pestered with health problems. At the age of five, he nearly died with a lung infection which helped him get a little preferential treatment from his parents. During his early years, Werner was in constant competition with his brother Erwin which caused friction. The Heisenberg family were accomplished musicians. Every evening they would sit and practice together. August was ... the illumination of the electron with the light of very short wavelengths. But the shorter the wavelength, the grater the energy of the light quantum (or the great...

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... workers. Through his life Werner Heisenberg was pestered with health problems. At the age of five, he nearly died with a lung infection which helped him get a little preferential treatment from his parents. During his early years, Werner was in constant competition with his brother Erwin which caused friction. The Heisenberg family were accomplished musicians. Every evening they would sit and practice together. August was ... the illumination of the electron with the light of very short wavelengths. But the shorter the wavelength, the grater the energy of the light quantum (or the great...

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... .org/wtc/un/2002/0203definition.htm, p.2) Having a workable definition for this paper of terrorism, it would be too easy to define a "terrorist- as those who commit acts of terrorism. Like the strength and meaning of the definition of terrorism, a "terrorist- is "a term of abuse generally used against groups who engage in violent behaviour, by people who oppose the goals of the group. It carries the connotation that suffering has been caused to children ... and project all its own. As I mentioned previously, in thirty years the United Nations still has not developed a definitive definiti...

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... the invention was anticipated having regard to the knowledge, oral or otherwise, available within any local or indigenous community in any country. This would need to be reciprocated by other countries for Indian traditional knowledge to be adequately protected. India has adopted a combination of methods for the protection of medicinal plants. Wherever a pluralistic legislative framework is adopted, the efficacy of the system depends to a large extent on the amount of friction ... between the parts. As a different Governmental Department has promoted each legislative proposal, it could ...

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... of mankind and resulted in the deaths of millions and the subsequent downfall of the old world order. On what exactly caused the Great War or World War 1 as it is also called, has been debated by historians of the past and present. Two major causes of the war could be argued. One of which is due to the growing opposition of nationalists to imperial control. This could particularly be seen in the Balkan region the friction ... between Austria-Hungarian Empire and the Slavic nationalists supported by the Russians. Another reason could be the great economic and imperial competition between...

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... or Just City, whose building and structuring techniques can themselves be considered injust. Thinking of the greater good for the greater number of people, Plato builds his City in such a way that he contradicts his own principles and ideas, namely his notion of Justice. Plato's definition of justice as minding one's own business is a systematic error lacking consistency; however Plato is ... this would be true; however, Plato specifically demonstrates the utilitarian nature of his doctrine, emphasizing the lack of self and the importance of community and group workings. This discrepanc...

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... yet to be one specific definition. Eagleton's definition of literature involves a text that is written in a language that sounds different from the reader's one: "If everyone used phrases like 'unravished bride of quietness' in ordinary pub conversation, this kind of language might cease to be poetic" (5). Eagleton's definition connects literature and society by giving the reader the responsibility of creating their own definition, "the definition of literature [is] up to somebody ... [who] decides to read, not to the nature of what is written" (5). Through Eagleton's example, we a...

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... thesemoral sentiments and animal sensations" might include "the operations of the elements and the appearances of the visible universe"(Wordsworth, Preface, 579). Thus, this definition of the imagination emphasizes the role of memory and creativity. Although this definition is an accurate interpretation of Coleridges definition, there are two functions of the Imagination, which he uniquely emphasizes. The first is that the primary Imagination is "the repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation in the infinite I Am" (749). This "repetition in ... the finite mind" suggest...

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... to get us very far..." (Eagleton 1). Here, even as early as the first page, Eagleton begins to hint that the definition of literature is not objective, but rather subjective, as the distinction between fact and fiction is 'often questionable.' In the following pages, however, Eagleton discusses the works of the Russian Formalists. Their definition of literature focused on the structure of language instead of the content of the work, creating what Eagleton defined as 'self-referential language ... .' The Formalists focused primarily on distorting, twisting, 'intensifying,' and 'defamiliar...

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... organisation factors such as, how it is led and by whom and the working conditions which exist within the organisation. The emotional element deals with how the employee feels about each of the three aforementioned factors and if they possess a positive or negative attitude towards the organisations and its leader(s). The physical aspect of Kahn's definition relates to the physical energies employed by individuals in order to carry out their organisational ... , previously discussed by Kahn (1990) in one psychological state. Due to the varying definitions of employee engagement, the resu...

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... is supported by Adairs (1996) definition of a team, which states "a group of people who share common aims and where the skill of each member compliments each other. At the beginning of each shift the allocated midwife from the previous shift would handover. It became apparent that a well-managed handover, which would give all the relevant information and omitted the irrelevant, which was crucial to the smooth running of the next shift. Highlighting that even ... to providing appropriate care for women using a team approach appears to rest on the definition of what is expected. A detaile...

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