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    appropriate communication of data definitions to those who collect data. For example, data accuracy will help ensure that if a patient’s sex is

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    requirements. Definitions of Total Quality Management Numerous definitions have been given on Total Quality Management (TQM) by quality gurus, practitioners and academician. Besterfield defined TQM as both a philosophy and a set of guiding principles that represents the foundation of a continuously improving organization. It integrates fundamental management techniques, existing improvement efforts and technical tools under a disciplined approach (D.H. Besterfield, 1995). Using a three-word definition, Wilkinson

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    instance of an object. Scala also provides a subtype of standard classes called 'case classes'. The case keyword tells the compiler to automatically generate additional methods in the class. These methods are: “apply” which allow you to ommit the “new” keyword when creating an instance of the class, “unapply” which allow you to use the class for pattern matching, as well as “getters” and “setters” for all parameters in the constructor. Case classes are particularly useful for bundling multiple related

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    globalization on the construction industry in terms of related issues, which affect the overall building market. The influence of globalization on the construction industry is the transformation of local and regional markets into one global market. Impacting local construction industry in providing open construction trade. The globalization affects the characteristics and structure of international construction activity with issues relating the challenges from the global climate. The aim for the

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    led to identifying and deconstructing the theme of gender roles within the poem. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is used in order to help readers translate and make clear of passages that were originally unclear. In the process, the various definitions of words from different time periods made certain ideas within the poem open to other interpretations. Through a better understanding of the words incubus, ragery, deef and bigamye, “The Wife of Bath” reveals the distinction between man and woman

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    are to create this foundation when before it we had nothing and the paradoxes in the creating definitions of words. His goal is to better understand what he is in order to reestablish the foundations of his understanding of the world around him. This is a normal human behavior to explore the unknown or not well understood. Any explorer that sails the ocean in search of new land may know what land is but new land that was unknown to him/her is a satisfying development in the person 's understanding

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    Although Protesting is usually defined as a childish, or disrespectful act a better definition would be to say it is a vital part to a democracy. A thin line is drawn between the two definitions. People will tend to say protesting is disrespectful because you are rebelling against those who “provide and protect you”. Others will say it is the wrongful act of being childish because you are fighting someone of an authority figure because you are not getting something you want. While people actually

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    necessary adjunct in order to grasp the real scale and performance of an enterprise and its position compared to its competitors” (European Commission: 2003, item 4). Figure 1.0 below is an illustration of SMEs definition by the European Commission. Figure 1.0: European Commission definitions on SMEs Sourced: European Commission (2005) According to Independent Evaluation Group (2008), the following quantitative criteria to identify SMEs are incorporated by The World Bank; Total assets in USD

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    Important; One of the many words that could mean everything. The meaning of that word means differently according to kinds of people. Tracing the origin of the word would give us an idea on how “importance” means when the word was first used, in other words, how the people in the Medieval times defined the word. It will then be compared to how the word important means nowadays to see what made the meaning change. Personal experience also contributes to how people define importance. If you are going

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    Information System Development and Sequential Program Design Information. Jackson studied classics at Merton College, Oxford, in the 1950s where along with a fellow student Tony Hoare he developed an interest in logic. In the 1970s he began work on a new method JSP – “standing for ‘Jackson Structured Programming’, a name coined by the company’s Swedish licensee in 1974 – was widely known, used in the United States, Europe and Asia, taught in several universities, and had been adopted (under the name

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