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More than three decades ago, Dr. Kathleen Sainsbury's archaeologist parents were murdered at an ancient excavation site in Iraq. Now the gifted biologist stands on the brink of a miraculous breakthrough: the discovery of a gene that could extend a human life by hundreds of years. But at the moment o[...]

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Reflects the contemporary use of enterprise-wide business systems. This text focuses on the potential effect on business of IT technologies such as the Internet, Intranets, and Extranets for enterprise collaboration, and how IT contributes to competitive advantage, reengineering business processes, [...]

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Updated for the 2011 National Electrical Code (NEC) and the 2012 National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) Heavily illustrated throughout, Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook has been the bible of electrical transmission since the publication of its first edition in 1928. Covering both overhead and under[...]

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Exploring the history of dividend payments, this book traces the evolution of academic models on dividend policy. It reviews the models of symmetric and asymmetric information before analyzing academia's accomplishments in solving the dividend puzzle. it also talks about related subjects such as val[...]