in Rameswaram‚ Tamil Nadu. He studied physics at the the St. Joseph’s College‚ Tiruchirappalli‚ and aerospace engineering at the Madras Institute of Technology (MIT)‚ Chennai. Before he became the president he worked as an aerospace engineer with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Mr Kalam is also known as Missile Man of India for the work he did to develop ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology. Wings of Fire is an autobiography
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INTRODUCTION "The Market for Lemons: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism" is a 1970 paper by the economist George Akerlof. It talks about data asymmetry‚ which happens when the merchant or seller knows more around an item than the purchaser. A lemon is an American slang term for a car that is discovered to be blemished or defective strictly when it has been purchased. Akerlof‚ Michael Spence‚ and Joseph Stiglitz mutually got the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001 for their
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A REPORT IN DEFENCE OR FAVOUR FOR THE ADVOCATE OF AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD OF ACCOUNTING PRACTICE. INTRODUCTION Internationalization of economic trade and globalization of businesses is on the ascendency. Consequently‚ financial statements prepared according to a nation’s local accounting system may hardly meet the needs of investors‚ business partners‚ financiers and decision-makers who are conversant with international standards. Meanwhile‚ developing and emerging markets are the target
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EXPERIMENT 4.1 – SCOTCH YOKE MECHANISM BACKGROUND OF STUDY: Pure simple harmonic motion is produced by the Scotch Yoke mechanism when driven by an eccentric or crank. Its early application was on steam pumps but it is not suitable for high speeds due to the backlash in the scotch yoke. It is now mainly used in computing type applications where harmonic motion is required. The Scotch yoke is a mechanism for converting the linear motion of a slider into rotational motion or vice-versa. The piston or
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Question 4 - Assess the use of the defence of provocation in achieving justice for victims‚ offenders and society. (10 marks) Victim – Manpreet Kaur (husband Chamanjot Singh). Murdered by her husband with her throat but eight times. Her husband claimed that she told him she loved another man and that she would have him deported back to India. He said that this was enough provocation for him to lose self control and that he has no knowledge of the events that followed him picking up a box cutter
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Self-Protecting Mechanisms in Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami Millions of people in this world‚ all of them yearning‚ looking to others to satisfy them‚ yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?(179) --Haruki Murakami‚ Sputnik Sweetheart Even though Sputnik Sweetheart seem to be a novel portraying a complicated love story between three people‚ Murakami in fact illustrates different mechanisms the main characters use to protect themselves from
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Experiment 1: Mechanism of Nitrile Oxide and Alkene Cycloaddition 1. Purpose: to clarify the mechanism for the cycloaddition reaction between benzonitrile oxide and an alkene‚ and to test the regiochemistry of the reaction between benzonitrile oxide and styrene. 2. Plan: Each student in a group of three will work to create a reaction with the Benzonitrile Oxide with‚ cis-stilbene‚ trans-stilbene‚ or styrene in an Erlenmyer flask. With this Reaction solution thin layer chromatography will be
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not the number of fetuses. A woman who has given birth once after a pregnancy for at least 20 weeks of gestation is called primipara while a woman who has given birth 2 or more times at 20 or more weeks of gestation is termed as multipara. Coping mechanisms are patterns of behavior toward managing and resolving various problems‚ events and stressors. (Mc Kinney et al.‚ 2005) Becoming a parent can be one of the most awe-inspiring and beautiful transitions in a person’s life‚ but it can also be one
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Mechanism of Action of Drugs Affecting The Cardiovascular System 1) Antihypertensive Drugs: ➢ Diuretics ➢ (-Blockers ➢ ACE Inhibitors ➢ Angiotensin II-Receptor Antagonists ➢ Renin Inhibitors ➢ Calcium Channel Blockers ➢ (-Blockers 2) Antianginal Drugs ➢ Organic Nitrates ➢ (-Blockers ➢ Calcium Channel Blockers 3) Drug Treatment of Heart Failure
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BOOK REVIEW WINGS OF FIRE (Dr. Abdul kalam and Arun Tiwari) With an idea of A noble Mission ‚ a strong vision to build a strong nation “Wings of fire” is a book full of inspiration and Indianess ‚it is an autobiography of the former president of India Dr. A. P.J. Abdul Kalam (1999) written by combined effort of Dr. Kalam and Arun Tiwari. Born on October 15‚ 1931‚ at Rameshwaram‚ Tamil Nadu‚ India ‚ Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam specialized in aeronautical engineering
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