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India's foreign policy drivers of economic growth and development

India's growth is one of the most compelling economic stories. The country's economy has grown rapidly -- 9.7% in 2007 and 9.6% in 2006.

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Benchmarking as a performance assessment tool in public sector organizations: the New Zealand PHARMAC case

Performance assessment and benchmarking in the public sector" by K.L.H. Wynn- Williams seeks to explore benchmarking as a tool for overcoming problems associated with accountability in public sector organizations.

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Comparison of three ambulatory electronic health record systems

An Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is a computerized, longitudinal (captured over time) record of a patient's care and health information, including "patient demographics, progress notes, problems, medications, vital signs, past medical history, immunizations, laboratory data . . .

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Oceanic currents and leatherback turtle migration trajectories

The objective of the study is to conduct a quantitative evaluation of the impact of oceanic currents on the migration trajectories of marine animals. This will then be used to project and investigate the consequences of existing tracking analysis.

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Life expectancy trends in Texas from 1934 to 2006

While we never actually know how long our lives might be, there are ways to calculate our life expectancy. According to Wikipedia, life expectancy is defined as the projected number of years of life left at a given age (Sullivan and Sheffrin).

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Luther Burbank and early plant genetic recombination experiments

In genetic recombination, a strand of DNA or RNA molecule is broken and the joined to a different DNA molecule. The occurring chromosomal crossover results on the next generation have a combination of the two parent's strands donating the DNA.

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Brain drain challenges and executive retention strategies

There are several challenges facing the modern manager and human resource professional.

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The American Civil War and the origins of modern warfare

In Hagerman's book, we see that in many ways that the American Civil War was the first modern war, at least in the area of technology and the deployment of mass citizen armies.

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Why capitalism emerged in Western Europe and not elsewhere

Capitalism is a concept that defies a simple definition. Yet, from the end of feudalism in the West, to the rise of mercantilism, and finally with the development of the nation-state and the origins of competition, there appears a more definitive system that defines capitalism.

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Employee compensation and generational differences in labor markets

This has put companies located in countries with mature economies in a precarious position, either cut employee pay, or move relocate to regions with lower labor costs (Freeman).

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