... reports that did not meet the study definitions were excluded from the database (e.g., victim lived in institutional setting; incident not based on common definitions). Unduplication The formal process of eliminating duplication in survey research data is called "unduplication." The NEAIS was interested in determining the number of new unduplicated elderly persons who were abused or neglected during 1996 in order to arrive ... -known example. Another is the Health Interview Survey, which produces periodic national estimates for a wide range of health measures. There were a number of step...

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... reports that did not meet the study definitions were excluded from the database (e.g., victim lived in institutional setting; incident not based on common definitions). Unduplication The formal process of eliminating duplication in survey research data is called "unduplication." The NEAIS was interested in determining the number of new unduplicated elderly persons who were abused or neglected during 1996 in order to arrive ... -known example. Another is the Health Interview Survey, which produces periodic national estimates for a wide range of health measures. There were a number of step...

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... hand. Variances in these ordering patterns and computer compliance will determine whether the manufacturer should address supply forecast issues and possible Electronic Data Interface (EDI) problems that could related to Y2K. Research Questions: The following questions will assist the research process. 1. What is Y2K? 2. What effect will Y2K have on the medical industry? 3. What strategic business plans are ... uninterrupted product supply. Computer technology is another area of importance that was stressed in the survey. Medical facilities that purchase products can place orders electr...

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... Buzzel, 1968). For at least the immediate future, differences in nations will exist and this will call for cross-cultural marketing. Cross-cultural marketing can be defined as the strategic process of marketing among consumers whose culture differs from that of the marketer's own culture in at least one of the fundamental cultural aspects. These include language, religion, social norms ... to locate the similarities in various markets and strategically make them available for entering into the new markets cross-culturally. This is achieved with International marketing research data. Mar...

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... negotiated a five year contract of which Lakeport is currently in the third year. Appendix A presents an organizational chart depicting this structure. Organizational structure was indirectly derived from data available on the Lakeport website as well as from current job postings, press releases and the telephone index system (Lakeport, 2003). Financial Analysis. Since Lakeport Beverage Corporation is ... a privately held company, access to specific financial data is unavailable. Balance sheets, Income Statements, and Statements of Cash flow were totally unobtainable. This prevents verti...

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... report in November 1995. The article recounted the four-year effort "to improve end-of-life decision making and reduce the frequency of a mechanically supported, painful, and prolonged process of dying."(16) Over and over again, in almost ten thousand cases, patients failed to be actively involved in decision making about their terminal care, resulting in an ... involvement. Respect for concerns about the electronic availability of pornography and other morally questionable forms of information are additional considerations. (28) But even when the creation of personal data is limited and...

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... report in November 1995. The article recounted the four-year effort "to improve end-of-life decision making and reduce the frequency of a mechanically supported, painful, and prolonged process of dying."(16) Over and over again, in almost ten thousand cases, patients failed to be actively involved in decision making about their terminal care, resulting in an ... involvement. Respect for concerns about the electronic availability of pornography and other morally questionable forms of information are additional considerations. (28) But even when the creation of personal data is limited and...

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... governments have separated Americans into various racial and ethnic groups. Our civil rights laws were adopted to end prejudice and discrimination and this is one step further into this process. While these laws tore down many of the barricades between the races, many states continue to see its constituents based on their race and ethnicity. Given the remarkable ... analyze health disparities in their community, to design targeted interventions for eliminating these disparities, to create health education campaigns for different communities, and to assess community needs. Without public ...

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... when a person wishes the come the United States legally, he or she must apply for a visa from a United States consulate abroad. The selection process is very complex but all legal immigrations have at least three components. These components include family, employment and humanitarian needs. The individual is interviewed and assessed ... the wake of the terrorist activity in New York City in 2001, requires the FBI, the Justice Department and the INS to share more of their data, which would make it difficult for "red flagged" individuals to cross into the United States. For this strategy ...

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... quot; some individuals would consider Perkin's methods as a form of alternative or complementary medicine, due to the success of his treatment, though with a lack of supporting scientific data. This returns to the argument concerning medicine verse quackery and where complementary and alternative medicines fall in this argument. Whether alternative and complementary medicines fall under the category of medicine ... inference. Statistical inference is not the same as causal inference, though there is a parallelism in the inferential process itself, and statistical inference is generally e...

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... order to ensure the students are becoming better test takers but the question that is being asked is if the students are actually becoming better learners in the process as well. Most teachers don't generally comprehend why a state standardized test gives a deceptive assessment of a school staff's viability. They ought to.Many ... teachers' fault or is it the lack of learning that standardized testing has brought upon the students. Many have made the conclusion that the data should not be processed into the teacher's ability to teach. No one student is the same, the standardized tests ha...

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... of osteology, the study of bones, arises a new field of study; forensic anthropology. Forensic anthropology is the application of the science of physical anthropology to the legal process. The identification of skeletal remains badly decomposed, or otherwise unidentified human remains, which are important for both legal and humanitarian reasons. Forensic anthropologists apply standard scientific techniques ... suture closure information, various aging criteria scores, non-metric cranial information, perimortem trauma, congenital traits, and dental observations. . What we have learned fro...

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... all its flights. The enterprise overhaul was implemented with the help of IBM Global services. Built as part of an enterprise-wide data warehouse, the new CRM system will eventually manage more than six terabytes of data. The airline will improve coordination of flight routes and manage bookings by utilizing Business Intelligence capabilities to identify trends in passenger flight ... IATA helps to ensure that member's aircraft can operate safely, securely, efficiently and economically under clearly defined and understood rules. For the consumers, IATA simplifies the traveling and shipp...

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... practice aimed at providing recommendations to improve school environment, Raffaele-Mendez (2003) looked at a representative sample of schools with zero-tolerance policies and the suspension and expulsion data within those schools. The researchers explored the intended impact of the policies, in addition to the prominent, unintended 'side-effects' of them. The authors debunk the ... tolerance policies have no notable impact on improving student behavior or improving school safety as they intended. Furthermore, the authors underline that zero-tolerance policies interrupt the learning...

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... in the last decades. One of the first to recognize this importance were Howard and Sheth (1969). Since then, many have discussed the role of loyalty in the brand equity process. His findings indicate that brand loyalty could create marketing advantages, in this respect, reduced marketing costs, an increase of new customers and greater trade leverage. Other advantages from loyalty ... analysis, the analysis of the Cronbach's alpha and through using a regression analysis. A factor analysis is a group name for several computational techniques. These techniques are created to reduce the col...

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... in my area. I have gained information from expert research in journal articles in order to support my ideas. I also used secondary information from books to illustrate all supported data. I also viewed a relevant video to support my research. Keywords used in my database search within Infotrac College Edition, ABI, and Expanded Academic were: "Intercultural Communication- ... Doing Business in Japan- "Doing Business with the Japanese- "First Impressions- "First Meetings- "Cross-cultural Communication- Most of the keywords were successful in providing me useful data. Background Intercultur...

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... Bush administration for the September 11th attacks. As law enforcement assumes greater power in seizing and searching the computers of suspected terrorists, software companies whose programs automate the complicated search process are scrambling to address a new market. Recently, NetWolves Corp., which markets software to law enforcement agencies under the ComputerCop brand, said it upgraded a professional version of its ... version of a system rather than waiting for its final configuration. This approach accelerates implementation and lets DOD shed older systems that are costly to main...

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... of factors which are considered with defining diversity. Many organizations offer a more simple definition, for example, The Psychological Association's definition of diversity of the way people differ. Although the process of defining diversity sounds simple, it is challenging due to the diversification among individuals. Diversity is not only the way people think about others, but also how it effects the ... of IDEA in 2004, increased the pressure to remediate disproportionality in special education at the federal and state level. Research: Policy and Law Principles The National Researc...

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... of factors which are considered with defining diversity. Many organizations offer a more simple definition, for example, The Psychological Association's definition of diversity of the way people differ. Although the process of defining diversity sounds simple, it is challenging due to the diversification among individuals. Diversity is not only the way people think about others, but also how it effects the ... of IDEA in 2004, increased the pressure to remediate disproportionality in special education at the federal and state level. Research: Policy and Law Principles The National Researc...

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... . The article presents an array of figures and statistics and other factual information however, the focus of the article is providing violent juveniles with effective program options, protecting the due process rights of juveniles, and reconsideration of the death penalty for juveniles. 2. Cullen, F. T., Scott, J. E., & Skovron, S. E. (1989). The Death Penalty for Juveniles: An Assessment of Public Support. Crime & Delinquency, ... in a racially discriminatory way and a balance must be reached. 4. Fuentes, A. (1998). The Crackdown on Kids. The Nation Magazine, 22, 20-22. B. Fuentes pre...

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... there was a great example of how great our government is, even with the many shortcomings. President Clinton promised great changes in the inspection Group 1 2 process of the nation's meat and poultry. On October 7, 1997 President Clinton and Congress passed a bill calling for the increase in meat and poultry inspections and ... flour, tomato, cheese, and other ingredients are estimated for a serving of pizza. With that estimation the EPA uses the data to see how much pesticides are taken in daily by individuals. Their "dietary exposure" to pesticides. To do this they have developed a ...

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... July and ends in December.14 Although there are different branches in the Department of Defense budget they are all governed by one department thus the process for the most part is streamline. Education on the other had is not. The United States Constitution contains no specific reference to education. Therefore, ... the use of internationally-benchmarked standards and assessments, the recruitment and retention of effective teachers and principals, the adoption of data systems to track student progress, and the improvement of low-performing schools. In addition, states must remove any ...

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... inequality (strife and friction) 3. Controlled experiment: 4. scientific method: principles and procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge involving the recognition and formulation of a problem; collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses 5. dependent variable: a mathematical variable whose value is determined by that of one or more other variables in ... of the whole society (cohesion) 8. Quantitative research: systematic empirical investigation of social phenomena via statistical, mathematical, or computational technique...

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... 1996). According to Gruner, the military now has a backpack-sized communicator called man-pack that gives the soldier on any battlefield in the world a direct satellite voice-and data-link. A soldier in a foxhole can talk directly with the Pentagon. Socio-cultural: The socio-cultural segment is concerned with different societies' social attitudes and cultural values. ... not have a monopoly on all relevant technologies. European industry, in particular, has capabilities that could make significant contributions to cooperatively developed systems. Management & Information Systems: Manage...

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... is currently reviewing alternative sites for the construction of a new manufacturing facility to enable it to achieve its long-term goal of doubling motorcycle production by 2003. Year-end data indicates that the domestic (United States) motorcycle market continued to grow throughout 1995. Compared to 1994, industry registrations of domestic heavyweight (engine displacements in excess of 751cc) motorcycles ... initiated several promotional programs in the fourth quarter of 1995 to increase dealer floor traffic and plans to continue this promotional strategy in 1996. To further strengthen ...

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