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Optimal facility layout design for continuous process industries

To understand what an optimal facility layout is, it will be beneficial to first understand a general facility layout. For instance, for a large manufacturing facility producing a product 'A', the general facility layout refers to the interrelated and physical, existing or proposed arrangements.

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Pat Buchanan's critique of neoconservative foreign policy toward Russia and Georgia

The neo-conservative agenda has never been more apparent than it is today, and Pat Buchanan's op-ed from 23 August 2011 plainly exposes it in no uncertain terms.

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Leadership challenges in higher education institutions and accreditation

Despite these constraints, it is possible to identify those aspects of private sector practices that can be used to good effect in educational settings, making a review of the current literature in these areas an important and timely enterprise.

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Personal ethical leadership shaped by Irish heritage and family values

The concept of ethical leadership has been addressed in the literature of a wide variety of fields associated with the health care profession but none have been able to clearly define its terms.

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Alan Atkisson's "Believing Cassandra" and environmental sustainability

Believing Cassandra: An Optimist Looks at a Pessimist's World is a book about the environment, its blunderings, and the sustainability of our world. This is a book for people trying to understand our intricate world and how it is failing and succeeding.

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Japan's recession following the September 11 terrorist attacks

Following the United States terrorist attacks on September 11 and the outbreak of mad cow disease, economic analysts are predicting the onset of a deepening recession in Japan.

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Philip Morris's acquisition of Kraft and diversification from tobacco

Putting aside for the moment the obvious (and numerous) health problems that such products are known to cause, and seemingly despite them, PM continues to manufacture the leading brand of cigarettes, Marlboro-and continues to sell its products internationally at a greater rate than ever before.

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Project management history across twelve periods of Western civilization

This involved the exploration of six topic areas that would provide insight into the history and evolution of project management. These included the following areas: cultural environment; scientific environment; general management; construction technology and the Master Builder Tradition

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Jack Abramoff and the problem of corporate lobbying in Congress

His activities as a lobbyist eventually landed him in jail but, along the way, the companies and organizations that hired Abramoff benefited from the efforts and influences that he was able to peddle and, therein, is the problem.

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FERPA protections for adult college students: Maryland and national perspectives

The Family Educational and Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 U.S.C.S. § 1232g; 34 CFR 99, is a national law that focuses on the privacy rights of student education records for public school students and students of schools receiving public educational funds, from elementary level through the…

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