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    and spinal cord tissue (4). By lowering the rate at which the axonal membrane absorbs nerve impulses, myelin acts as an insulator, allowing NS potentials to travel rapidly through the nervous system and maintain communication between the brain and the rest of the body (2). This communication between the brain and the rest of the CNS and peripheral nerves is a central

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    The Elements of Communication Communication begins with a message, or information, that must be sent from one individual or device to another. People exchange ideas using many different communication methods. All of these methods have three elements in common. The first of these elements is the message source, or sender. Message sources are people, or electronic devices, that need to send a message to other individuals or devices. The second element of communication is the destination, or receiver

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    reduces life expectancy by only about ten-fifteen years, and about half of the patients survive thirty years or more from onset. (Joy JE, Johnston RB, 2001) Approximately eight-five percent of MS patients begin with relapsing-remitting disease, as in optic neuritis, or several separate systems at the same time, for example, combined motor and sensory problems. Attacks involving single neural systems are somewhat more common in the first MS relapse. Most patients experience their second attack within

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    The international political arena of the twenty-first century has largely been demarcated by the national security strategies of the United States. The keystone of these strategies has been the United States’ Global War on Terror and it has beguiled not only the U.S., but a majority of the Westernized governments into an over decade long conflict, extending across the globe. This more than decade long commitment to anti and counterterrorism operations has not only revolutionized contemporary warfare

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    one such idea where in the initial stages it evoked a lot of enthusiasm. Municipal broadband is a system provided by the city-wide broadband network at very cheap price less than DSL or cable modem service. These were the unlicensed Wi-Fi, but fiber optics and WiMAX were also used for municipal broadband. From the year 2005 to 2008, more than 300 "city clouds" came to be which were abandoned halfway. These included the mesh networking to allow WiFi nodes to wirelessly interconnect the mobile ad hoc

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    Drone warfare, first strongly used by the Central Intelligence Agency to target Osama bin Laden after he led a series of attack in the United States on September eleventh. During the time of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, drones had a usage time of approximately 100,000 flight hours when performing tasks in these operations. Also known as unmanned aerial vehicles, the primary use of drones today is for surveillance. However, during recent years, drones have had other uses

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    The Wide Ranging Impact of the Growth of Telecommunications Telecommunications is defined in the dictionary as “the science and technology of sending information by telephone, radio, or television” (“Telecommunications,” n.d.). What it should say is transcendent technology that shapes the way the world runs. Its impact is truly that expansive and important. Telecommunications allows the ability for global teams to send crucial data in the blink of an eye, to meet over a video conference across the

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    How Globalisation Influence the Hospital Industry? Prof. Sandhya Shrivastava, Head of the Department (MBA), India Abstract In the 21st century, with the increasing levels of globalization in hospitality industry, hotel companies will need to learn different management approaches to survive and develop in environmental circumstances with high levels of uncertainty as well as understand the implication of future impacts, both positive and negative, of the changing environment in which they operate

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    a voice, being heard, and is involved in making important decisions. This arrangement works well if a task is amorphous or complex, requiring mutual adjustment. In addition, team members should bring to the table with them, well – developed communication skills, enjoy participation, accept uncertainty, embrace diversity, and are able to manage conflicts. If the task is simple, this process would be inefficient, and the

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    Digital divide: is the division between those who lack communication through high tech devices or Information Communication Technology (ICT) to access the use of the Internet and those that have access to these devices. The five factors in my opinion responsible for digital divide are: age, disability, rural area, income, and education. 1. Age – Even though people are living longer, it doesn’t change the fact that there is a gap between the younger age group using the Internet compared to the elderly

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