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Information systems' role in transforming the accounting industry

Information System holds in Accounting Industry's future? Looking through the glass and estimating what the future holds for any individual or profession is always a difficult exercise as the trends in any business or profession may change and so the path of development.

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Pitch perception and psychoacoustics in music

Pitch is commonly mistaken for being a term which is analogous to frequency; however, pitch is actually based on perception. Pitch is the human perception of the frequency of a musical note.

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Optimism and resilience in patients with chronic illness

Can Optimism/Resiliency Be Taught? This study examines the relationship between optimism and resiliency and quality of life reported by patients with chronic or debilitating illnesses.

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Retention of youth hockey players: coaching, expectations, and financial pressures

What is there in the game? There have been a lot of changes in hockey and training for it over the last thirty or forty years, and one of the main areas that are being criticized is the method of teaching and certifying coaches.

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Apple Computer's innovation, business model, and industry influence

Apple Computer, Inc. is a Silicon Valley company based in Cupertino, California, whose core business is computer technologies. Apple helped start the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with its Apple II and shaped it in the 1980s and since with the Macintosh.

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Wireless receiver design for low-power biomedical sensor networks

Most of the studies on microwave antennas for medical applications have concentrated on generating hyperthermia for medical treatments and monitoring several physiological parameters. The types of antenna implanted depend of the location.

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Life after death in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism

The core differentiation between the Theravada and Mahayana school of thought in Buddhism lies in the stress on the individual attainment of salvation and enlightenment in Theravada, as opposed to the sense of common or universal salivation that is the goal of Mahayana.

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Law enforcement administration from medieval England to modern America

The origins of the office of the sheriff, both in England as well as in the United States of America are very old, and in England, it can be traced back to the time of the Norman Conquest in the year 1066.

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Piaget's and Erikson's theories of child development and personality

Demonstrate how the two theories impact child raising practices and ultimately impact personality development.

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MARPOL Annex VI requirements for sulfur content in marine fuel oil

For several decades now, the development of global marine environmental principles has become more important than ever before the evolution of maritime law.

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