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Early oceanographic contributions of Cook, Maury, and Challenger

What were the significant contributions of James Cook, Matthew Maury, and the Challenger Expedition? How did their contributions lead to a better understanding of oceanography?

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Recruitment strategy for confidential engineering projects at Pumps for All

Pumps for All: High-Profile and Top Secret Water Movement Engineer Recruitment: A Case Study In order to remain a leader of water movement technologies, Pumps for All must maintain the highest standards of excellence and innovation in the engineers it hires.

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Geoinformatics applications and role in twenty-first century society

Geoinformatics can be defined as a science that addresses the setbacks of geosciences and correlated branches of engineering by developing and making use of information science infrastructure.

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The Sonicare toothbrush: entrepreneurship and innovation in product development

The idea behind the Sonicare toothbrush was originally developed by Univeristy of Washington professors David Engel and Roy Martin.

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Google's ethical dilemma in China and corporate moral responsibility

As the global economy becomes more of a reality, and as various developing countries increase the amount of business they do with developed countries, many cultural issues arise.

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From morphine to epidemic: the history of heroin

Heroin is an opiate derived from the morphine within the opium poppy seed. The drug is a singular chemical that has a history associated mainly with the use of opium as a cure for diarrhea as well as to reduce pain and create euphoria in the user.

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Critical path analysis and activity scheduling with slack calculations

The first activity scheduled is activity 2, because it has the minimum slack. Then activity 1 is scheduled. Activity 3 is delayed one period, which reduces slack to zero. From this, activity 5 will also be delayed one period, reducing slack to zero.

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Ethical foreign investment strategy for sustainable business in Kava

Kava can mean a multitude of opportunities to the Kavan people. As our company invests in the Kavan economy, it will create jobs and infuse capital into Kavan society. Avoiding exploitation is necessary for a couple of key reasons.

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Risks and effectiveness of hedging strategies in volatile markets

Over the last several years hedging has been used a strategy to reduce risk, in an era when market volatility can have severe effects on changing asset prices. Simply put, a hedge is when you are seeking to reduce the amounts of volatility by taking the opposite side of a trade.

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Relational databases and their integration into Web Services

Database software is designed to support rapid access to large amounts of files, records, fields and data through the use of a variety of different indexing techniques. The most prevalent type of database is relational in design and supports links to multiple physical database locations.

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