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Oasis Bicycles' global manufacturing integration and demand-driven operations

Oasis Bicycles is faced with the dilemma of many globally-based manufacturers, which is how to scale across multiple manufacturing locations located in regions that have cost and customer-based advantages, while staying integrated as a company.

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E-government initiatives and service delivery in the United Arab Emirates

This paper examines the increasingly application of computer-based online technologies that are used to deliver governmental services to a country's citizenry in ways that have traditionally required face-to-face or mail transactions in general and in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in particular.

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Technology integration challenges in modern classroom teaching

There have been profound changes in the education policies with the change in times requiring skills from modern teachers that were not even imagined possible in an earlier era.

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Family conflict and cultural identity in Dolly's Punjabi Muslim genogram

Dolly is a Punjabi Muslim woman from Malaysia. When Dolly was 16 her family moved to Singapore, where she was raised. Dolly's genogram reveals a lot about the impact of family history, cultural values, class conflict, and gender roles on an individual.

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Distinguishing hypnotherapy from myth: scientific applications and clinical potential

Hypnosis is shrouded in myth and mystery. The Internet and bookstores are flooded with materials that claim hypnosis can cure almost any ailment. Psychologists and scientists are raving about the potential for hypnosis to recover memories or heal addictive tendencies.

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Television's effects on children's academic motivation and development

In a world where children have access to hundreds of channels of television, 24-hours per day, there has been a concern raised that all of this commercialized media is rotting a generation of brains.

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Developing Botswana's bond market: government and African Development Bank roles

The development of the bond market is critical for furthering the financial development of Botswana and for many reasons and as well the African Development Bank plays a critical role in this development.

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The Prado Museum as a repository of Western art masterpieces

Prado Museum is renowned throughout the world and has one of the largest and most important collections of art in Europe. It houses a vast collection of famous paintings and artworks.

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Post-war Italy's transition to republic and democratic constitution

Italy is a country in Southern Europe, consisting of the peninsula of Italy, Sicily, Sardinia and smaller islands (Infoplease, 2009). It was first proclaimed a kingdom by Victor Emmanuel II on March 17, 1861. Rome became its capital in July 1871 (Encyclopedia of the Nations, 2009).

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The sandwich generation's burden: Alzheimer's caregiving and family impact

The disease that all elderly people -- and their children, their grandchildren, their friends and neighbors -- dread nearly as much as cancer is Alzheimer's, and with good reason. "The worst part is the helplessness," said Sue Irvine, whose mother is an Alzheimer's patient.

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