Criticism that the compensation awarded to senior executives of publicly traded U.S. firms is excessive has a long, albeit somewhat cyclical histor...

It is well established that among the many known and tested immunomodulators, polysaccharides isolated from various natural sources occupy a promin...

Edith Roosevelt was one half of one of the most powerful and influential political couples in American history. She proved to be a perfect compleme...

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The Earth's water is always in movement, and the water cycle describes the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Ear...

In this book, authors present current research on the implementation of reform mathematics in order to identify, explore, and evaluate five specifi...

This book contains one thousand fixed response questions. It is designed for students of paediatric dentistry who want to prepare for a certifying ...

Radiobiology has made great steps forward in the last five years in the development of new mechanisms forming the basis of various radiation effect...

It is commonly believed that Great Transformation -- the process of post-socialist changes leading from the system of more or less reformed central...

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The Bureau of the Census Director's constitutional mandate to enumerate the U.S. population every 10 years has been summarized with deceptive simpl...

Many households in the United States have been tested by the Great Recession. Large-scale financial strain at the household level ultimately fed in...

On 1 March 2013, pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the President ordered an across-the-board cancellation ...

The first half of the twenty-first century witnessed the tremendous upheaval in the world economy. The two world wars totally disrupted the normal ...

20th Century Revolutions in Technology

The Community College Labor Market Responsiveness (CCLMR) Initiative was created to develop and disseminate information and tools enabling communit...

The United States faces substantial challenges to its security, freedom, and prosperity. Transnational terrorism, continued proliferation of weapon...

On 5 January 2012, President Obama announced a new defence strategic guidance entitled "Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Cent...

Based upon the hypothesis that prognosis in childhood heart failure depends on autonomic dysfunction, the author introduced a new heart failure mod...

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Medical imaging of cardiovascular disease has improved rapidly with faster multislice CT angiography. The ability to visualise 3D reconstructed vas...

Electron microscope tomography (EMT) has emerged as the leading technique for three-dimensional (3D) structural analysis of unique complex biologic...

Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction is the process of capturing the shape and appearance of real objects using computer vision and computer graph...

Recent volatility in financial markets highlights the need for prudent investment decisions if 401(k) plans are to provide an adequate source of re...