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The telegraph's separation of communication from transportation and its technological evolution

The telegraph marked the first time that communication was separated from transportation. Prior to that point, the most significant long-distance communication relied on signals (fire, and later a form of semaphore) broadcast over long distances (Carey, 2010).

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Contemporary Australian social movements: from radicalism to compromise

The intercession of information technology proliferation (i.e. internet, cellular phones, handheld mobile communication devices) with the intensification of globalization has had the impact of transforming the way in which states relate to one another.

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Financial health analysis of Hopeful Happy Health Care Systems

The firm's liquidity has not changed significantly in the past year, as evidenced by the minor change in the current and quick ratios. Both of those ratios are relatively healthy.

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Christopher Boone's investigation in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon is set in 1998 in Swindon, England. The narrator of the story is a 15-year-old by the name of Christopher John Francis Boone. The book begins when Christopher finds the murdered body of his neighbor's dog, Wellington.

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Value at risk and market risk management in financial portfolios

There are some fundamental differences between market risk and firm-specific risk, although some of the underlying principles of managing this risk are the same.

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Evaluating the "Use It or Lose It" hypothesis in mental aging

Mental aging is a natural process where as age increases, mental abilities tend to decline. It is however generally believed that higher mental activity or exercise to lead to better performance of mental faculties as age increases.

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Placement and purpose of gastrostomy tubes in pediatric patients

Gastrostomy tubes are tubes that are specifically designed to help children and pediatric patients in feeding.

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Informed consent and ethics in pediatric psychopharmacology

Savita Malhotra and Subodh B.N. Concerns involving informed consent and ethics in paediatric psychopharmacology often lessen the research that is done in children.

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Origen's threefold system of scriptural interpretation in On First Principles

In Book IV of On First Principles, Origen tackles the problem of erroneous understandings of the Scripture leading to heresy.

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China's economy during the global financial crisis and recovery

Examining the Current Status and Future Trajectory of China's Economy: Growth, Risks, and Response to the Financial Crisis

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