... competitiveness. In the current challenging economic environment, our work is a critical reminder of the importance of sound structural economic fundamentals for sustained growth. Since 2005, the World Economic Forum has based its competitiveness analysis on the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), a comprehensive tool that measures the microeconomic and macroeconomic foundations of national competitiveness. More recently, ... determinants drive productivity and competitiveness. Understanding the factors behind this process has occupied the minds of economists for hundreds of years, enge...

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... nonprofit sector are just as much in need of "the 4Ms" as those managers and directors who work in the world of for profit business. The M's of which Ms. Connors speaks are "Mission", "Marketing", "Money", and "Management" principles based on the premise that a well-educated nonprofit leader will have had a fusion of both human service and business education in their background. It ... sources of financial support (Cosier, 1993; Conners, 1992). Another important management principle that should be applied to the nonprofit sector, as well as the for profit sector, is that of evaluating t...

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... would fail as being seen as a liberator following the arrival of Prussian and Russian rule in 1813. Napoleon is therefore portrayed as having a negative impact on Holland militarily by using Dutch forces for a campaign which ended in a disaster for himself and France, leading to more social tension within Holland as a result due to rebellions against the rule of French powers and a weakening in ... Poland simply as a supply store of soldiers to his Army. As it may be expected, Napoleon failed to fulfill his vague promises in exchange for Polish troops and re-iterates the point on how Na...

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... this particular character the narrator was speaking of was not intended to be a decent man. And although we feel some very small amount of sympathy for his horrible birth and young childhood, the reader is already given a strange feeling about Grenouille throughout some of the earlier characters within the novel, ... would not be able to understood through any other narrative mode or voice without Suskind doing this throughout the entire novel. This is entirely created for the reader to be separated from the main character or protagonist throughout the entire novel even though there are ...

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... in 1890. As well as containing anarchistic-utopian content in the narrative of a strike, the play was equally a landmark in the style of its audience-engaging performance, as Cecilia Beach notes: La Grève was not performed in isolation, but as part of a participatory cultural and political event. Between the prologue and the first act, Leboucher, an anarchist orator, gave ... anarchistic future. Whilst this is not strictly theatrical, it is worth noting in passing that this could be perceived as an off-stage equivalent performance to those which were incited on-stage. For example betwe...

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... labour rights as human rights is necessary because it increases the priority of elevating the status of labourers. As Adams notes, "the international human rights consensus holds that human rights are a function of one's humanitythey are rights that are not dependent on law or social custom" (52). From this point of view, the right of employees to form a ... point of view, the neoliberal perspective assumes that unregulated economic systems are primarily beneficial in an economic aspect. Savage argues that when labour organizations focus their resources on making an appeal for labour ri...

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... and chronic disability" . This prognosis is based upon studies which showed that 80% of people with LGS continued to be significantly disabled in adulthood, with a slightly better prognosis seen for those for whom LGS developed after 16 years of age. Also observed is as the age of the person with LGS increases the seizure frequency appears to slightly diminish (Roger, Remy, Bureau ... LGS is not significant enough to show any real benefit in seizure control within that syndrome (Lerman, 1986). However, some anecdotal evidence suggests that vigabatrin has had a significant influence on se...

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... mainly due to the recognition of the people's right to self determination. Indeed, one of the main purposes of the UN Charter is: To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace. This principle was reaffirmed by the United Nations Declaration ... ".40 Foreign firms are required to submit requests for employees directly to the Ministry of Labor, which then provides a pool of suitable applicants. It is, however, unclear that this regulation ...

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... the former more eye-catching and desirable. Mise-en-scène within the video is also used to support the narrative of juxtaposition. For example, throughout the advert, both men are seen to be consuming food on a number of occasions. Grandpa's diet is presented to be balanced and healthy in comparison to his grandson's. The encoder uses a close-up first ... health. Pathos is also present within the advert as the encoder compares the fictional relationship between the two men with that of real life intergenerational relationships. For example, the advert starts with the statement "based o...

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... . He also asserts the very real existence of 'poverty and deprivation on a huge scale and often of an extreme kind' and the dominant class's indifference to it as a result of their lust for further profit and negligence towards the welfare of their employees (Miliband p27). ... This essay shall primarily focus on the claims: 1) that there is a 'dominant class' which remains accessible only to those ... comes with outside investment, and whilst this may make the rich richer through the returns generated on their initial investment, the working classes do, to a great extent, rely...

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... of time is apt to relate in some way or other to the powers of mass culture and persuasion. Smelser's work on generalized beliefs and values, as a common aspect of Collective Behaviour offers some explanation as to how concerted movements for change, whatever their origin or interests, can move quickly through societies as long as the nature of changes and their results ... provision was put in place for those who would lose their employment due to these relocations and governments feel under less pressure to do so. Third, and related to both of the forgoing, Hobsbawm also explained tha...

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... had two major bases, the agrarian production of the helots, and the commercial/industrial work performed by the perioikoi. These were each essential for the economy to function and allowed for the ruling Spartiate citizens to focus on their military activities, which they used in return to control the helots and engage in a business relationship with the perioikoi. The Spartans ... 3,000 Spartiate soldiers" (Hammond, 1975, 198) to which he attributes their gradual reduction in citizen numbers through losses in battle on their imperialistic campaign. Hooker (1980, 211) compliments this by...

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... is particular to Los Angeles, in most garment producing industries in American cities and in Europe, there is normally a co-ethnic relationship between contractor and employee, for example the Chinese in New York tended on the whole to employ other Chinese immigrants, thus creating an ethnic economy, an economy based upon strong ethnic ties, one where ethnic entrepreneurs employ co-ethnic employees ... , that the industry needs in order to survive. Consequently it can be argued that the Los Angeles garment industry is a product of immigrant entrepreneurs on the one hand and cheap Mexican...

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... that are very active and effective in accomplishing their goals; the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to name a few. These agencies work all over the world, usually in a very direct manner, helping the people who need aid in ... (i.e. freedom from torture, forced labor, right to life, etc.) that is very similar to the United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights, and in fact, used this as a basis...

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... is the first step to ensure proper quantity and quality of microalgae biomass growth. Different technologies of production are considered for their benefits and challenges. After production, microalgae is harvested, extracted and converted into various biofuels depending on the conversion processes, such as biogas, biodiesel, ethanol, etc. In addition, this paper will address different factors ... simplified structure of microalgae help them attain higher photosynthetic efficiency than other plants, with varying values depending on different microalgae cultures. For instance, the efficie...

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... this inclusion proves detrimental to fellow pupil development (BAALPE, 1996) or allows potential learning barriers to be positively overcome and educate fellow pupils on understanding disabilities (Robertson et al., 2000). Accommodating for SEND inclusion within games activity requires teachers to re-evaluate their own perception of the session, adopting effective demonstration styles, time regulations, terminology ... teachers to acquire knowledge about specific pupil's strengths and weaknesses and to ascertain what pupils have learned to develop future lesson plans effectively, providi...

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... arguments could be justified, not by invoking more justifying arguments and risking a confrontation with the problem of infinite regress, but instead by relying on the coherent theoretical system already present to provide justifications for these justifying arguments. However, I think that such a response or counterargument is unconvincing, and cryptic and almost poetic rather than analytic, and thus ... the construction of the coherent system of beliefs inevitably had a starting point which can be thought of to consist of a single premise for instance. Initially, this single premise h...

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... senate was filled with men 'who found slavish obedience the way to succeed politically' and it appears this carried on under Tiberius, with Tiberius calling senators 'men fit to be slaves' This is demonstrated in the senate's indecisiveness about the choice of governor for a province in Africa, to which they eventually positioned Blaesus as he was Sejanus' uncle, preferring to please the ... suggests that there were lots of attempted conspiracies against Vespasian, suggesting that as under other emperors, the senate acted as a focus for opposition to the emperors. However, Suetonius doe...

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... not fully restored until 1998 when the former Khmer Rouge's leader, Pol Pot was reported dead (Cambodia Tribunal Monitor). Present Political Framework The account given on the historical aspect of Cambodia, has allowed for the present political framework of the country to be shaped. Cambodia today, is seen as a constitutional monarchy with king Norodom Sihamoni serving as the country's ... will to battle against such an important obstacle to democracy like corruption has led to Cambodia being ranked 164th out of 182 countries on Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index in ...

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... harm to human consumers (American Medical Association, 2012). While the AMA is technically correct in its position, the work of Dr Arpad Pusztai suggests that the lack of evidence for ill-effects on humans is due to the scientifically inadequate methods used to measure the effects of GM foods. Pusztai (2002) has criticized the standard method of "substantial equivalence" ... weed killers causes clearly demonstrable damage and death to human cells (Chaufan, Coalova, Rios de Molina, 2014). Monsanto took another publicity blow when the World Health Organization's International Agency for Res...

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... the clinician is used to. It is also possible that the political reality of racism may enter the realm of psychotherapy and have an effect on the clinician-patient relationship. In this instance it is important for the clinician to be open with the patient at the beginning of therapy about the possible effects of racial and ethnic differences. To solve this ... clinician also needs to be aware of the role of family in the patient's culture and the family hierarchy that has been established that may have an influence on the patient. It is necessary for the therapist to distinguish betwee...

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... organisation, change needs to be suggested and implemented by those at local level because those people know what changes customers are asking for and need. Knowledge Sharing A considerable amount of literature has been published on Knowledge sharing. These studies indicate that knowledge sharing is considered to be the most strategically important resource of an organisation (Conner and ... -emphasized to facilitate knowledge sharing. The organizational structure at Virgin Train is designed to place less emphasis on a hierarchical chain of command, the business is organized on a decentr...

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... and very soon after, under the dictatorial government of Benito Mussolini took complete control of society.2 In these years, the passion for nationalism on which the Fascist ideology was based found breeding sites everywhere in the world where the wounds of the Great War were still ... open. Most importantly though developing side by side with the model of Italian Fascism was the much more incisive and ruthless model of German National Socialism, led by Adolf Hitler. For ... comparing Hitler's and Mussolini's ideologies it becomes evident that Mussolini was striving for a 'New Italy...

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... to inform the SEC and resign as that company's auditor (Maleske) Another major impact that directly correlates to the importance and emphasis the Sarbanes Oxley Act places on independence is the changes to the standards for the Board of Directors (BOD) and the audit committees within a company. The BOD and audit committee are a serious corporate governance matter and especially took rise ... audit committee members had little to no financial literacy and therefore had no idea what the financial reports were really saying and didn't know what to look for. The last important change SOX imp...

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... wakefulness continues and finally, the eventual cessation of deprivation should result in the individual experiencing an increase in sleep duration for the following night (Pinel, 1999). Support for this theory can be sourced from a case study examining the effects of sleep deprivation on Peter Tripp, who was subjected to a period of extended wakefulness and was therefore seemingly prevented from the restorative ... a study by Shapiro et al (1985), who found that individuals who had completed an ultra-marathon and therefore used up an exceptional amount of resources slept on average an e...

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