Things get interesting with pentagons. The regular pentagon cannot tile the plane. (A regular pentagon has equal side lengths and equal angles between sides, like, say, a cross section of okra, or, erm, the Pentagon). But some non- regular pentagons can. The hunt to find and classify the pentagons that can tile the plane has been a century-long mathematical quest, begun by the German mathematician Karl Reinhardt, who in 1918 discovered five types of pentagon that do tile the plane. April 25, 2018 Read More »
The billing specialists do the initial computer input and handle the majority of the cases. Normally this occurs without any need for DocSystems intervention or assistance, but occasionally there are difficult issues that arise. For example, a cardiologist may have conducted a certain procedure that fits more than one category in the DocSystems database, and the billing specialist may be unsure how to categorize it accurately. April 25, 2018 Read More »
The 1960s was a decade of hope, change, and war that witnessed an important shift in American culture. Citizens from all walks of life sought to expand the meaning of the American promise. Their efforts helped unravel the national consensus and laid bare a far more fragmented society. As a result, men and women from all ethnic groups attempted to reform American society to make it more equitable. The United States also began to take unprecedented steps to exert what it believed to be a positive influence on the world. April 25, 2018 Read More »
The political divisions that plagued the United States in the 1960s were reflected in the rise of identity politics in the 1970s. As people lost hope of reuniting as a society with common interests and goals, many focused on issues of significance to the subgroups to which they belonged, based on culture, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, and religion. April 25, 2018 Read More »
The wartime alliance of the Soviet Union, the United States, and Great Britain was the result of confronting a common enemy they feared more than they distrusted each other. Once the common foe was vanquished, the underlying hostility surfaced quickly as the Soviet Union moved to expand its borders April 25, 2018 Read More »
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. April 25, 2018 Read More »
Ricardo argued that the most important factor in determining what products a country should export and import is based on the comparative or relative productivity of different firms or industries within the country. In other words, if the country can produce computer chips or software at a lower cost relative to producing steel or aluminum, then it should be exporting computer chips and software and importing steel and aluminum. April 25, 2018 Read More »
What is brand name effect or brand effect, to understand what it is, one thing needs to be questioned, what is a brand? The brand usually is seen as the unique design and symbol for particular products, however, this is a common misunderstanding to many people. A brand is not only embodying the design and symbol but also include the emotional demand of certain consumer groups who value the product concept (Keller & Lehmann, 2006). In another word, the targeted consumer’s attitudes towards to the products are substantially shaped by the brand value April 25, 2018 Read More »
O’Halloran (2012) confirmed the employee productivity significant association ESOPs whereas the earlier work of Curme and Stefanec (2007) opposed the correlation between the above-mentioned variables. Nevertheless, numerous authors confirmed that there is strong positive linkage between ESOPs and the organizational performance (Goddard, 2001; Bauer, 2004; and Brown and Sessions, 2006). April 25, 2018 Read More »
Frightening images of death and destruction, once again, are having an impact on children across the nation in the aftermath of devastating hurricanes and floods that have hit the United States over the past few months. Tens of thousands of children are caught up and deeply affected during and after these crises. Concerned about the emotional well-being of their children, many parents, teachers, grandparents and caregivers are looking for advice on how to respond to children’s questions about upsetting events in the United States. April 25, 2018 Read More »