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Political ecology and clean drinking water access in China

Environmental issues remain highly controversial and receive a lot of attention by today's media and today's politicians, with topics like global warming and the latest corporate environmental disaster -- whether it is oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico or some toxic cloud spewing into the…

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Ireland's mortgage crisis and systemic banking sector risk

Wall Street Journal editors David Enrich and Charles Forelee assess the health of the banking Irish sector.

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Methods of assessing rental property values using regression and neural networks

Assessing rental values does not only involve several methods but it's also an intricate and testing process to both academicians and practitioners. it's a difficult and demanding process because it encompasses scrutinizing the rental property, market conditions and neighborhood characteristics.

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Marriott's expansion strategy and financial benefits in China

What Benefits Does Expanding in China bring to Marriott? Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) is a global leader in the travel and hospitality business, earning $11.43B in revenues in their latest fiscal year, yielding a gross profit of $8.92B.

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Nanoparticles as plaque-reducing agents in arterial disease treatment

Common methods for preventing the buildup of plaque in arteries, which restricts blood flow and has the potential to cause a variety of health problems based on the location of the buildup, include the use of standard stents and newer degradable stents that also employ a controlled release of…

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Healing and trauma in Toni Morrison's Beloved

While we like to believe that we are responsible for everything in our lives, especially as adults, there are external circumstances that often complicate matters and make life more challenging.

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Marketing communications strategy for Paradise Perfume launch

The modern day global trend seems to be that of creating a free international market place, in which the commodities are sold without regulation and intervention from the government and in which the economic rules are the dominant ones.

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Financial comparison of three hospital organizations: for-profit and nonprofit

Based on an examination of total assets, liabilities, equity, and annual revenue the largest of the three examined institutions is Sakasegawa Memorial Hospital.

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Margaret Fuller's correspondence from the 1848 Roman revolution

Margaret Fuller's account relating her stay in Rome during the 1848 riotous events tells the story from the perspective of a foreign correspondent who is interested in putting across an impartial report.

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Humor and love in Roberto Benigni's Life is Beautiful

Roberto Benigni's motion picture Life is Beautiful (La Vita e Bella) depicts a series of events happening before, during, and after the Holocaust, highlighting the importance of humor in the struggle to survive.

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