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Becoming Agile: ...in an imperfect world pdf

Becoming Agile: ...in an imperfect world pdf

... a gas line that ran close to the target drilling point; and if their coordinates were incorrect, they might rupture the line and create an explosion. Being careful to avoid the gas line, the ... online at http://agilemanifesto.org/: We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: ■ Individuals and interactions ... Improving prioritization of features 28 ■ Increasing team buy -in and involvement 28 Clarifying priorities and reminding everyone of the consequences of changing them 28 ■ Adapting to change...

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Packet communicating in an IP World 30

Packet communicating in an IP World 30

... of innovative uses of IP telephony across the spectrum of industries, including transporta- tion, manufacturing, government, education, insurance, healthcare, and financial services. In any industry, ... organizational change plan: ■ Know the tools and methods that can be used to analyze and manage change ■ Plan and implement proactive change management principles ■ Understand the nature and ... education, and some redesigned business processes and fundamental shifts within the organization. All of these changes must be identified early and continually managed, and change initiatives coordinated...

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Tài liệu THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2012: Children in an Urban World pptx

Tài liệu THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2012: Children in an Urban World pptx

... unequal in urban areas 6 1.4 Urban populations are growing fastest in Asia and Africa 9 1.5 Half of the world s urban population lives in cities of fewer than 500,000 inhabitants 11 2.1 Wealth increases ... 12–14 and half of those aged 15–17 had moved without a parent. 8 Children in an increasingly urban world 7Children in an increasingly urban world 7 from the poorest urban households are likely ... crimes against them are rarely investigated, and few people are prepared to act in their defence. On the contrary, in the many countries and cities where vagrancy and running away from home are...

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OPPORTUNITIES IN AN URBANIZING WORLD doc

OPPORTUNITIES IN AN URBANIZING WORLD doc

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The country we want to live in doc

The country we want to live in doc

... The panels and discussions following Mazibuko’s opening presentation both expanded understanding of the marginalisation faced by lesbian and gay people in South Africa, and began to outline ... black lesbians, in Alexandra, in 2004. In Out There Everywhere in Alexandra and ‘Being inside/outside’, Muholi (2004a, 2004b) presents the findings of research she and FEW undertook during 2003 ... about the increasing violence against women, particularly lesbians, and attempting to find strategies to address and remedy this situation. We live in a misogynist society – in a world that...

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Báo cáo y học: "Translational Medicine and Reliability of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Studies: Can We Believe in SNP Reports or Not"

Báo cáo y học: "Translational Medicine and Reliability of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Studies: Can We Believe in SNP Reports or Not"

... studies, since it may affect decision-making both in clinical and pharmacological development settings. Biologists, researchers and physicians are actu- ally called to deal with manuscripts of translational ... reflections and considering the following three facts: 1) reviewer’s and editor’s decision about publication of manu- scripts are influenced by positive findings [2,3,4]; 2) positive studies are more ... Raveendran PB, Balakrishnan R, Kuttan R, Ankathil R. Influence of germline polymorphisms of GSTT1, GSTM1, and GSTP1 in familial versus sporadic breast can- cer susceptibility and survival. Fam Cancer....

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Báo cáo y học: "Two-year Outcome of Turkish Patients Treated with Zotarolimus Versus Paclitaxel Eluting Stents in an Unselected Population with Coronary Artery Disease in the Real World: A Prospective Non-randomized Registry in Southern Turk

Báo cáo y học: "Two-year Outcome of Turkish Patients Treated with Zotarolimus Versus Paclitaxel Eluting Stents in an Unselected Population with Coronary Artery Disease in the Real World: A Prospective Non-randomized Registry in Southern Turk

... before undergoing their initial and final angiograms. The glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor (Tirofiban) was administered at the operator’s discretion. All patients maintained an- ti-platelet ... rather than clinical end points, clinical trials comparing the safety and efficacy between these DES types and BMSs have yielded inconsistent results. In the ENDEAVOR I, II,II Continued Access ... recorded in our study were comparable with the Taxus VI popu- lation To understand the safety and performance of the ZES and PES in the real -world patients, (patients not subject to any anatomic...

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The Carbon and Global Warming Potential Impacts of Organic Farming: Does It Have a Significant Role in an Energy Constrained World? pptx

The Carbon and Global Warming Potential Impacts of Organic Farming: Does It Have a Significant Role in an Energy Constrained World? pptx

... practices in organic systems including soil incorporation of legume cover crops and animal manures can result in mitigation of GWP and GHGI relative to NT and CT systems, primarily by increasing ... yr –1 , and from the organic units 2302 kg CO 2 ha –1 yr –1 . GWP increased in a linear fashion, both per hectare and per unit animal liveweight shipped as there was an increase in either farm livestock ... between organic and conventional in regard to these measures remains constant. Organic recidivism is low and the demands of annual inspection mean that most practices, once adopted for organic...

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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

... habits right.” In the past decade, our understanding of the neurology and psychology of habits and the way patterns work within our lives, societies, and organiza- tions has expanded in ways we couldn’t ... moved up the ranks, he learned the im- portance of organizational habits in ensuring that subordinates could make decisions without constantly asking permission, and how the right routines made it ... in her file, Lisa had no outstanding debts, didn’t drink, and was in her thirty-ninth month at a graphic design firm. “How long since your last cigarette?” one of the physicians asked, starting...

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Uncommon Sense: Out of the Box Thinking for An In the Box World

Uncommon Sense: Out of the Box Thinking for An In the Box World

... variables and we cannot be sure which are key, or how they are all interrelated. Planet Earth is a closed, not an open system. Moreover, we inherently think in a simple, linear and short-term ... – Understanding • Political instability UNCOMMON SENSE 28 c05.indd 28 19/02/04, 14:06:55 world, and someone who believes in investing time and effort, trying, testing and contributing – no ... solutions. The problems facing humanity are not, and we have no idea how complex the solutions are. We need to invest time, money and computing power in order to fi nd out – or we may worsen already...

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Business resilience in an uncertain, resource-constrained world pot

Business resilience in an uncertain, resource-constrained world pot

... Asset Management IndusInd Bank Limited Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. Industrial Bank (A) Industrial Bank of Korea Industrial Development Corporation Industry Funds Management Infrastructure ... Previdờncia S/A Morgan Stanley Mountain Cleantech AG MTAA Superannuation Fund Mutual Insurance Company Pension-Fennia Nanuk Asset Management Natcan Investment Management Nathan Cummings Foundation, ... exist twenty or thirty years ago. In doing so, they are winning over customers – and driving profits. A number of large listed companies in chemicals, food manufacturing, engineering, power generation...

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