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    3. Results and discussion In this section the proposed approach is applied to a case study. In the case study, environmental and social impacts of new and remanufactured diesel engines are assessed. 3.1 Goal definition, scoping and functional unit The engines are produced and used in China. Each engine consists of 277 components made of cast iron, steel, aluminium, steel alloy and rubber. The major components are cylinder block, cylinder head, fly wheel housing, gear box, connection rod, crankshaft

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    inhabit today is home to many different individuals representing several cultural and ethnic backgrounds that are all distinct from one another in some shape or form. In today’s modern world, there are struggles between preserving cultural practices and conforming to the notion of “progress”. Progress, at its core, implies subjectivity. The word is open to interpretation by whomever, both having positive and negative impacts on our multicultural world. The positives usually come in the form of better

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    Carine Garcon ANT 3212 Wayne A. Abrahamson Spring 2013 The Socio-Cultural Impact on Love, Marriage, and Kinship One’s perspective of the world is consistently altered by our surroundings and influenced by the events that take place. In the past approximately 50 years divorce rates have risen a significant incredibly high. Many researchers have associated this phenomena the contemporary society marriage symbolizes and values. This idea and representation of love have conversely affected and

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    Task 2-Understanding the Cultural Context and Impact of Computer Games Introduction This essay will be examining the cultural position of computer games and how the relationship between computer games and the older forms/methods of media it will hopefully explore fully the public’s perception of computer games and how the perception has evolved and how are games used today in many ways to help people do different things. The cultural effects of video gaming when we all think of video games today

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    demonstrates the reasons and explanations for the research on cultural intelligence of the SEMrush American and Russian managers and its impact on the cross-cultural communication within the company. The following literature review consists of three sections. The first section will focus on the concept of cultural intelligence, 4 factors model and training of cultural intelligence. The second section will cover the research of managerial cultural intelligence in different environment, especially in the

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    they so desire. One of the biggest issues surrounding google is the deprivation of thinkers in the new generation. Google, although a helpful tool, has taken the thought out of life and replaced it with answers at the touch of a keyboard. The cultural impacts surrounding internet technology has perpetually grown to the point of hindrance. Despite the profound expertise Danah Boyd and Marc Prensky present through years of experience relating to social media, the most effective author in creating an

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    to the culture of Scotland. One cultural impact on Scotland as a result of the Reformation was education. The Scottish Reformation broadened the education system throughout Scotland because of its encouragement to read the Bible. Before the Scottish reformation, Scotland was ruled by both the King or Queen and the Church. The church held a powerful position over the lives of the people in Scotland, having influence in their political, economic, social, and cultural spheres. As a result, the church

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    Good Night and Good Luck: A Cultural Impact In the world of Good Night and Good Luck broadcast journalism was in it’s infancy, television had seeped into the homes and lives of the public, and Americans lived in fear of an invasion of the red. This isn’t too different from our world today: instant-access journalism is on the rise, the internet has captured our lives, and Americans live in fear of an invasion of foreigners. George Clooney’s film has a remarkable timelessness to it, which goes far

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    LCROSS followed behind it and analyzed the plume from the Centaur portion, sending information back to Earth, until it also impacted with the Moon (Barone 2009). The impact plume stretched to ten miles above the rim of the crater (Braukus 2010). Four minutes after the impact, the LRO flew through the debris cloud ejected by the impacts. It collected the raw data of what the cloud plume was composed of and transferred the information back to LCROSS control where computers received the data and started

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    Nobody can really say what actually eliminated the species, although everyone has their very own idea. Asteroid impact, atmospheric changes (hot to cold), catastrophic eruptions and astronomical events (supernovas etc.). Some have ventured that early mammal inhabitation slowly “pushed” the dinosaurs to extinction. The most favored theory in the scientific field is that of the meteor impact. As always though, knowing when is part of discovering how and why. THE TIMING OF THINGS One problem

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