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Nikola Tesla's alternating current system and legacy

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Malaria: epidemiology, transmission, and clinical manifestations in tropical regions

Malaria has a higher prevalence rate in areas that are conducive for the malaria parasite in the vector to rapidly multiply. These are the tropical areas and the subtropical areas and also areas with the altitude below 1,500 m.

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Human resource challenges in Allure Cruise Line's international expansion

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Human resources audit of the Rocks Hotel Resort

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The Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Five Civilized Tribes

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Fra Filippo Lippi's use of perspective in portrait composition

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Ethical issues in outsourcing manufacturing to developing nations

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Social networks and customer relationship management systems integration

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Organizational restructuring at Happy Hotel using Bolman and Deal framework

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Moving to Himeji: Teaching English and adapting to Japan

Several years ago I was walking along a busy commercial street in a mid-sized Japanese city. The street, called Otamai Dori, was the main shopping thoroughfare in Himeji, a city of about 400,000 located south of Kobe and north of Okayama.

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