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Dollar General's satellite network for sales data collaboration

Dollar General relies on a Wide-Area Network (WAN) that is based on satellite technology to ensure collaboration between its stores and headquarters, and this network forms the basis of much of the collaboration within the company.

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FreshDirect's supply chain strategy and competitive differentiation

The company FreshDirect was founded in 1999 by Jason Ackerman, a former investment banking expert in the field of supermarket mergers and acquisitions who brought expertise in the area of perishable and packaged goods supply chain management to the start-up.

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A.T. Still University's educational expansion and fundraising challenges

A.T. Still University is the nation's founding school of osteopathic medicine, with campus locations in Mesa, Arizona and Kirksville, Missouri.

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Factors influencing English language learner performance and cultural integration

English language learners (ELL) comprise a sector of the learning community that has been steadily increasing in the United States. With an ever-growing influx of immigrants, this is hardly surprising.

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Aryabhata's mathematical contributions and algebraic innovations

Aryabhata was born in 476 AD and was known as Aryabhata I or Aryabhata the elder. Aryabhata was a member of the Kusuma Pura School and a native of Kerala which is located in the most extreme South of India.

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A sister's plea: Jennie's letter in "The Yellow Wallpaper"

I hope that this letter finds you well, dear brother. I am writing you now because I do not know if I can bravely tell you personally how I have experienced distraught and felt troubled because of the seemingly worsening condition of your beloved wife.

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Barbara Carper's four patterns of knowing in nursing practice

Nursing professionals apply theory in order to describe, explain, predict or prescribe nursing practice.

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Sedentary lifestyle risks in a multiple sclerosis patient

Multiple Sclerosis is a debilitating condition which causes the auto-immune system of the body to attack the central nervous system, eroding the myelin sheath that protects smooth muscle function and allows for the transmission of neural signals.

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Passing and pride in African-American identity narratives

The experience of African-Americans in this country has always been wrought with intense complexity and struggle.

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Manfred von Richthofen and the advancement of aerial combat

Manfred Albrecht von Richthofen was the legendary First World War pilot who was renowned as the leading air ace of the war and was credited with eighty kills (the Red Baron) However, it is not only the combat abilities and victories that have made von Richthofen so famous.

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