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Found 149 values Experts and Expert Witnesses.
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| Expert witness on matters related to photography, copyright infringement, business practices, lost film, contracts, model releases, rights of privacy, photography licensing, photography stock.
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| Board certified in forensic pathology, consults in medical malpractice, Private Autopsy, Second Autopsy, Independent Autopsy, Wrongful Death, Criminal Defense.
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| Risk & Causation for Environmental/Occupational Health, Chemical/Biological Exposure, Toxicology & Epidemiology. Board Certified Toxicologist.
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| Numerous Despositions and Expert Witness Testimony dealing with trees.
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| EW #3994 CHA is a leading hotel authority with over 30 years of experience in hotel operations, hotel franchising, financing and litigation support nationwide.
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| One of the most respected marketing experts in Silicon Valley. The guy who built one of the most celebrated integrated marketing firms of the 90's.
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| Certified Fraud Examiner. Qualified to testify as an expert witness in Federal and State District Court.
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| 35 Years of experience in all aspects of Architectural Practice with resume to follow.
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| With over 40 U.S. patents in various products such as trucking, lifts, heavy equipment, and exercise equipment, we are practicing engineers that know the fields we consult in.
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| I specialize in income loss cases with little earnings documentation, using statistical database.
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| 30 years of real estate experience with emphasis on Property Mangagement - purchase, renovation, restoration, sale of single family homes, condominiums, multifamily residences
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| 30+ years bank executive experience, plus 13 years litigation support consulting for plaintiff and defense in over 500 cases. No geographic restrictions.
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| property tax and brokerage consultant to many local individuals and firms
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| With the numerous fingerprint identification errors that are part of the prosecution's evidence, finding their way to the courts. Can you be certain of the identification evidence against your client?
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| CMBS pioneer with twenty plus years of experience covering traditional finance, structured finance, underwriting, tax assessments, appraisals, property management, leasing, and investments
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| Forensic Finance
Investments/Securities
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| Insurance-Commercial-Personal-Life.Agent/Broker Standard of care. Auto,Property,Liab, Policy Issuance, Claims, Audits, etc.
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| Gerald Spencer is a Registered Professional Mechanical and Electrical Engineer providing expert Engineering Design Services and/or Legal Expert Witness services related to HVAC; I have been a multidiscipline project manager for the past 30 years. I am also the Mechanical and Electrical designer and the engineer....
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| we provide litigation consulting and comprehensive forensic civil engineering expert services necessary for supporting legal actions and subsequent mitigations.If you are an attorney or an individual in need of experienced, diligent, consistent, and detail-oriented civil engineering experts, at Expert Engineering Witnesses, we can help you. We provide our services nationwide with an emphasis on the western states....
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| Litigation and appraisal experience nationally and internationally since 1974
in the areas of real estate, business and machinery & equipment.
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| We conduct brand and IP valuations, and bring real insight with detailed marketing and brand equity analysis.
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| Expertise extends to the financial valuation of businesses and underlying tangible and intangible assets, in addition to project management and client coordination on large and complex assignments.
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| EW #3995 combines a strong economics and risk analysis background with many years of experience in economic, litigation and management consulting. Life insurance, Antitrust, Healthcare, Health Insurance...
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| Expert witness on matters related to photography, copyright infringement, business practices, lost film, contracts, model releases, rights of privacy, photography licensing, photography stock.
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| ER #5134 is a portfolio manager responsible for individual equity and/or bond selection, rebalancing of large capitalization, value portfolios.
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| IT Executive with over 20+ years Fortune 500 Experience in applications development, data center management, infrastructure management, project management, corporate governance
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| 20 years experience in personal injury/wrongful death, antitrust and other commerical
litigation including damages for breach of contract and valuation .
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| 25 yrs. expertise in sales procedures and tactics, manufacturer warranties and service contracts, mechanical and body repair, salvage titles, diminished value and repair misrepresentation.
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| EW #2754 provides consulting services and expert testimony on economic, financial, regulatory and strategic issues to corporations, law firms and public agencies worldwide.
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| Marketing, sales, & market research. Specializing in biotechnology & life sciences: molecular biology research tools, molecular diagnostics, pharmaceuticals. Testimony & litigation support experience
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| Our understanding of complex technical construction cost and scheduling issues is the product of decades of comprehensive construction Program Management responsibility for projects valued well into the billions of dollars....
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| EW #2176 is a growing group of maritime and marine management consultants, analytical naval architects, marine engineers and marine technologists with vast jury experience.
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| EW #13831 PhD, board certified Toxicologist, peer reviewer for NIH, EPA, Superfund, CDC, ATSDR, since 1984 an expert for attorneys in 14 states, specializing in complex, multidisciplinary cases.
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| Claim professional with extensive property/casualty insurance knowledge and experience. Background combines leadership, management, technical claim knowledge, planning, finance, and systems design/development/implementation. Participated in and implemented business and staff reorganization and reduction in staff where applicable. Successful in all lines of handling from adjuster to management. Extensive experience in the areas of coverage determination and disputes, primarily in the commercial p...
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| He has been awarded two United States Patents for his efforts in this industry.
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| Eileen Duignan-Woods,PE, and her expert staff at E.D.W. Associates,Inc., utilize critical analysis and many years of construction and design experience to explain solve problems.
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| EW #602 work encompasses expert witness and investigation work including large claims, competition cases, high net worth divorce and she also acts as a mediator in commercial disputes.
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| My primary focus has involved personal injury lawsuites. I work as a Vocational Expert Witness with the Social Security Administration and have done so since l980.
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| Certified Property Manager and has a California Real Estate and Texas Brokers License.
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| Worldwide Forensic Accountants and Consultants. Quantify claims in insurance and litigation, advise on related issues and provide expert testimony.
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| FMV is a business & real estate valuation firm dedicated to provide high quality valuation services.
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| Expert Witness Financial Service Litigations; NASD Arbitrations. Expert in Securities Trading & Pricing, Derivatives, Investment Management, Suitability, Controls, Hedging, Financial Risk Management
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| provides expert witness and Consulting Services to the legal profession.
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| 19 years of experience in serving clients, in over 35 states, with a professional focus on the financial and economic aspects of healthcare service sector entities.
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| Mines Minerals Oil Gas Industrial Condemnation Appraisals and Geotechnical Evaluations
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| Accountants, economists and valuation analysts with a practice dedicated to providing financial analysis and loss measurement services.
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| Hospitality & Timesharing Expert/30+ years experience/highly credible in real estate development, feasibility, business valuation, income loss issues.
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| 40 years combined Securities Industry Experience, Litigation Consulting, Expert Witness Testimony, critical Initial Account Analysis,Comprehensive Damage Analysis; Fraud, Supervision...
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| I am a highly experience dam designer with over 35 years experience with design of small dams.
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| Twenty-five years of technical and executive management experience in software development, telecommunications network design, implementation, operations and consulting.
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| 35 years of experience in Construction Management of industrial and commercial projects.
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| Dr. Mayer is an academic epidemiologist and biostatistician trained in medicine, psychiatry and statistics. He divides his time between Baltimore and Phoenix. He has done expert witnessing for 30 years....
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| Over 30 years experience in real estate capital markets, financial institutions advisory, restructuring, bankruptcy, litigation consulting, and management consulting, including as partner in a Big Four consulting firm. Experienced consulting and testifying expert in CMBS, commercial real estate, valuation, and related matters....
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| 25 years expertience in marina management, development, design, feasibility, financial proformance, due diligence, expert witness
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| He has DIGITAL MOTION X-RAY is a diagnostic test that records real time, full motion x-ray imaging of any body joint in motion.
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| Medical Expert in Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS.
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| EW #3494 is a leading authority in field of aviation and various aspects of flight operations.
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| Chartered Accountant and Chartered Business Valuator, excepted as an expert in Accounting and Business Valuation by the NB Court of Queen's Bench.
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| Professional trader, broker and investor for 15 years.
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| Economist providing economic analysis and economic damages testimony in personal injury, wrongful death, termination, discharge, business valuation, pension valuation, and divorce cases involving economic litigation....
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| EW #13932 a financial consulting firm specializing in the appraisal of communications properties.
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| Experienced expert witness for litigation on marketing, business methods, financial analysis, regulatory compliance, public policy, internet and communications engineering and technology
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| I perform risk analysis, assesments and security surveys as well as appear as an expert witness regarding security related matters.
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| Specialize in Errors & Omissions for property & casualty insurance, personal & commercial including agency ownership, management & customer service
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| A nationally-recognized expert on fraud. Combines forensic accounting expertise and proven investigative techniques to quantify losses.
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| Consultant for insurance errors & omissions, management, customer service in personal or commercial property & casualty suits.
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| Specialist in errors & omissions cases for property & casualty including personal auto, home, umbrella, boat, valuable items, agency management, customer service & commercial lines.
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| Pharmacutical industry expert with over 30 years of experience domestically and internationally. Managed the 1st co-promotion arrangement in the industry.
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| Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in a Hospital,PT,OT,SLP
Doctor of Physical Therapy. Experience in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Services including hospital, outpatient, nursing homes, and emergency care....
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| 35 years experience in design and evaluation of residential and comercial foundations and structures, water penetration, drainage and pavements. Extensive forensic and expert testimony experience.
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| EW #3415 provides detailed analysis of project delays with or without CPM schedules and/or productivity issues producing concise exhibits and expert testimony.
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| USCG licensed Master of unlimited tonnage ships on oceans, also Offshore Installation Manager MODU's
30 years experience both ashore and afloat. International experience on tankers and freighters
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| Statistician with real-world application knowledge.
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| Highly motivated and productive Leader, Engineer, Developer, Project Manager, Sales Professional and Asset Manager with extensive experience in electrical engineering, business development, plus.
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| Valuations of businesses, corporate securities and intangibles. Loss-of-business damages analysis. Established 1977. Staff designations include ASA, CFA, CPA and MBA.
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| CPM Services, Inc. provides scheduling, delay claim analysis and scheduling expert witness services to the construction industry.
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| Expert witness for aircraft appraisals including retrospective as well as current fair market values. For the legal profession, AAI will provide very detailed, USPAP/NAAA certified appraisals.
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| Expert Witness, Consultant; construction disputes, personal injury, home inspection, product liability
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| Over 20 years of expertise in Jewelry and Gems forensic analysis, expert testimony, case review, trial preparation, lost profit analysis, damage calculations, industry practices, technical issues, business valuations, and fraud....
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| A transportation professor who has brokered freight daily since 1981 and has developed brokering techniques and tools, used far and wide in the industry. He teaches transportation entrepreneurs, lawyers, shippers the intricacies of brokering freight without liability, by contract. Over 40 years experience in the transportation industry....
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| RPC serves our legal client through case evaluation, consultations, expert report preparation, and testimony. Our diverse capabilities provide a resource for developing a winning litigation strategy.
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| EW #647 is one of approximately fifty certified horse appraisers in the United States.
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| Extensive experience in employment practices training, investigations and policies on employment relations' matters.
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| Licensed General Contractor, Manufactured Home contractor & Dealer, Expert witness, Media consultant & consumer advocate, earthquake & foundation retrofit specialists, disaster response experts
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| Insurance loss expert for commercial property and high value residential, reverse method PA estimate corrections. Worked at Ground Zero on major losses for two years.
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| Our understanding of the litigation process and our many experiences in dispute resolution give us the ability to provide financial and business advice throughout the litigation process.
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| 30-year career, Frank has supervised multimillion-dollar assignments involving buildings, environmental projects, sports complexes, transportation facilities, and utilities.
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| Certified appraisers offering expert witness testimony for evaluations and industry standards.
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| 32 years experience in Vocational Consulting, Disability Analysis, Chronic Pain Impact, Psychometrics Testing and Litigation Support.
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Rider in 3 Olympic Games. 1st licensed female jockey. Horsewoman of the year. Show, Race, Rental, Training, Stable Mgmt, Behavior, Safety, Industry Standards, Accident Prevention & Reconstruction.
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| Experts in construction, accidents, dispute resolution, claims, scheduling, delays, defects, standards of care, estimating, OSHA investigations, and litigation support.
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| Financial advisor to companies for merger & acquistion, strategies, and fund raising
Investment banker with over twenty years experience
Expert witness in seven different cases
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| Internationally recognized compensation expert. Leading author, speaker, instructor, consultant
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| A state and federal court receiver. His receivership experience includes hundreds of cases filed throughout California, Nevada and Arizona during the last decade.
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| Construction Forensics; Construction Data Collection; Market Research and Product Development Studies; Preparation and Review of Construction Cost Estimates, Bids, Proposals, and Claims for Added Compensation....
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| deep knowledge (scientific and technical) in comptuer hardware and software have one patent, extensive publications
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| Consultant and Expert Witness in matters relating to Securities Industry issues, especially in the area of Compliance.
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| Truck, trailer, forklift and auto fleet operation and maintenance, 30+ yr exp. DOT, driver qualifications, Certified diesel ECM (Black Box) data extraction/interpretation; Certified Fleet Maintenance.
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| WCG specializes in CPM schedule analysis services. WCG has worked with consulting firms and law firms assisting in the preparation of affirmative and defensive construction claims nationwide.
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| Marketing Executive. Client experienced. Advertising Agency background. Professor at USC, CSUN, LMU, Pepperdine University.
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| 50 years as a criminologist has involved me in almost every facet of the American crime problem. 130 cases, 100+ cases are specific to gangs and gang behavior.
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| Senior Executive Officer, has been qualified in the federal courts as an expert in Lanham Act cases dealing with false advertising and trademark infringement.
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| 37+ years in managing & owning insurance agencies & insurance companies, to provide detailed analysis & expert findings relative to Personal & Commercial insurance issues.
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| Dealer Expert, Automotive Industry Expert: Liability and damages in manufacturer-dealer and customer-dealer lawsuits
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| Accountability ***[Services]****' legal auditors have been designated as experts in numerous matters involving complex attorneys fee disputes.
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| Provides a wide range of consulting and management services to medical practices, hospitals and other types of health care providers.
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| EW #327 provides expert witness services in many areas related to the Public Assembly Facility Industry.
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| Licensed Private Investigator #23914, court qualified, retired law enforcement,Computer Forensics
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| 25 years of Compensation expertise specializing in Executive Compensation, Sales Compensation, Performance Management, Litigation Support.
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| A leading franchise and distribution consulting services firm providing sophisticated consulting services, expert testimony, litigation support and strategic management consulting to a broad range of enterprises....
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| Over 30 years experience in the field of telecommunications. Consulting and expert testimony for numerous organizations and governmental agencies including the Government of Canada Anti-combines Committee and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts....
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| EW #557's experience includes providing economic damage assessments in over 130 cases. He has courtroom and deposition testimony experience in commercial and tort cases.
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| Career law enforcement/private security professional with over twenty-five years of experience who has served at all levels in both the public and private sector.
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| Recognized worldwide premier provider of engineering and management consulting services to the engineering, legal, regulatory, industrial, commercial and construction sectors.
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| 23 years in the aviation industry, specializing in and qualified in a Federal District Court as an expert in: aircraft, aircraft component valuations and maintenance programs for aircraft and their components....
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| Over two decades of expert witness testimony: Discrimination & Class Action Cases, Sampling & Surveys, Criminal Probability Models.
Persuasive Economical Tailored to litigation.
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| Recognized worldwide as premier provider of engineering and management consulting services to the engineering, legal, regulatory, industrial, commercial and construction sectors.
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| EW #13856 is an experienced hospitality industry consultant. A certified arbitrator and mediator and Associate Member of the ABA, he has extensive hospitality industry litigation support experience.
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| GEO Associates provides litigation support and expert witness testimony for cases that involve Forensic Geology, Geophysics, and Meteorology including Weather Event Re-Construction and Force Majeure.
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| EW #1195 Licensed Customs Broker, C.E.O. of two international businesses
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| CRAFT Forensic Services personnel have extensive training and experience with material handling equipment and are formally trained in the component technologies of material handling equipment designs.
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| Provides mechanical engineering support in accident investigation and reconstruction covering failure analysis, process simulation, equipment reliability and safety. Specialized in areas of cranes, rigging, industrial forklifts, aerial devices, conveyors, and barges. Cover OSHA, State OSHA, ANSI/ASME B30, HST, CMAA, ASME B31.1 and B31.3....
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| PT, OT, SLP
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| We provide interm consulting services to start up companies needing capital, C level management and go to market strategies.
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| Expert in Automation, Controls, Interacting Systems.
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| Over 20 years of professional experience in trademark research and investigations. Expert witness capabilities for generic, descriptive and dilution litigation. Expert survey analysis regarding sampling, questions and analysis of findings....
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| Practical and theoretical knowledge of Information Technology project governance best practice.
Previous expert witness experience for government clients in Australia and Singapore as well as commercial clients in North America.
Chaired a professional group to publish Practices in Information Managementfor the Canadian Institute of Management Consultants.
Developed and taught a non-legal course on Contract Management for the University of Sydney (Australia).
Developed a methodolgy and practi...
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| As a board certified prthopedic surgeon I continue to treat patients, make diagnoses and surgical procedures. Over the past 25 years I devoted part of my practice time to performing Independent Medical Exams....
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| Commercial expert in wireless and mobile communications worldwide. Has testified for several Tier 1 carriers and technology vendors with an excellent and unblemished track record.
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| EW #13672 has 20+ years as a securities analyst / portfolio manager and a background in investment banking and accounting. Cases: investment suitability, stock fraud, research fraud, etc.
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| Insurance and reinsurance consultant/ 35 years of experience.
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| Looking For An Car Auto Insurance Agent or Quote?
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| Looking For A Life Insurance Agent or Quote?
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| Board Certified in Forensic Pathology, consults in Medical Malpractice, Second Autopsy, Wrongful Death, Criminal Defense.
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| Certified Professional Constructor, Arbitrator & Mediator with AAA, Certified Professional Estimator, 30 + Years experience, over $1 Billion work successfully in place without litigation.
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| Over ten years serving as an expert witness in multi-state and federal cases. Extensive attorney referral list.
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| Outsourcing Expert with more than 15 years of experience in estabilshing and managing multimillion dollar outsourcing programs around the globe. Outsourcing author, process and education expert.
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| Board Certified in Forensic Pathology, consults in Medical Malpractice, Private Autopsy, Wrongful Death, Criminal Defense.
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| since 1990 and through 60,000 cases has provided exemplary in house case evaluation services and provisions of medical expert witnesses from our panel of over 6,200 specialists nationwide.
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| Metallurgical engineer with experience of > 12 years in plant operations in Indian Zinc Smelters and > 18 years in consulting engineering, project management of Base metals.
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| EW #225 is a court qualified expert witness in plumbing, heating, ventilating, air conditioning (hvac), piping and fire protection. 40 years experience.
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| JD, MBA, CTT+, MCT, MCSE, MCSA, 20+ technology certifications. Twenty years of technology experience, 500+ clients, wall Street and law firm experience. Microsoft Certified Partner.
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| A CPCU with 40 years of experience.
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| Ew #2387 partnered in developing the largest oncology practice in the US, previous to leaving his practice in 1990.
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| Looking for a values expert?
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Find Values experts and consultants for Values litigation support at www.expertwitness.com. Available to be Values expert witnesses and provide Values forensic consulting in Values litigation, in addition prepare Values expert witness reports for use in deposition and/or in-court trial testimony.
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Categories To Find "Values" Experts:
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ACCOUNTING / BOOKKEEPING / CPAs |
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Accountancy (profession) or accounting (methodology) is the measurement, disclosure or provision of assurance about information that helps managers and other decision makers make resource allocation decisions. Financial accounting is one branch of accounting and historically has involved processes by which financial information about a business is recorded, classified, summarized, interpreted, and communicated. Auditing, a related but separate discipline, is the process whereby an independent auditor examines an organizations financial statements in order to express an opinion -- that conveys reasonable but not absolute assurance -- as to the fairness and adherence to generally accepted accounting principles, in all material respects.
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ADVERTISING |
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Firms in the advertising and public relations services industry prepare advertisements for other companies and organizations and design campaigns to promote the interests and image of their clients. This industry also includes media representativesÂfirms that sell advertising space for publications, radio, television, and the Internet; display advertisersÂbusinesses engaged in creating and designing public display ads for use in shopping malls, on billboards, or in similar media; and direct mail advertisers. A firm that purchases advertising time (or space) from media outlets, thereafter reselling it to advertising agencies or individual companies directly, is considered a media buying agency. Divisions of companies that produce and place their own advertising are not considered part of this industry.
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AFFILIATE MARKETING |
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Affiliate Marketing is a popular method of promoting web businesses in which an affiliate is rewarded for every visitor, subscriber and/or customer provided through his efforts. It is a modern variation of the practice of paying finder's-fees for the introduction of new clients to a business. Compensation may be made based on a certain value for each visit (Pay per click), registrant (Pay per lead), or a commission for each customer or sale (Pay per Sale), or any combination.
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION |
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Affirmative action (U.S. English), or positive discrimination (British English), is a policy or a program aimed at increasing the representation of members of groups that have traditionally been discriminated against. This typically focuses on education, employment, government contracting, health care, or social welfare.
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AGRICULTURE |
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Agriculture (a term which encompasses farming) is the art, science or practice of producing food, feed, fiber and many other desired goods by the systematic raising of plants and animals. Agri is from Latin ager ("a field"), and culture is from Latin cultura, meaning "cultivation" in the strict sense of tillage of the soil. Thus a literal reading of the English word yields tillage of the soil of a field. In actual usage, Agriculture denotes a broad array of activities essential to food and material production, including all techniques for raising and processing livestock (see Animal husbandry) no less than those essential to crop planting and harvesting.
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ANIMAL ATTACKS |
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If You are a Victim of a Dog Bite / Animal Attack, Should You Hire a Lawyer?
If you or a loved one are a victim of a dog bite or other animal attack, you should speak to an attorney immediately to learn more about preserving your rights and remedies. A lawyer will be able to explain the value of your case and help you navigate through the complicated legal process. Most lawyers who handle these types of personal injury matters work on a contingency basis.
What Can You Do if Your Dog or Other Animal Attacks Someone?
If your dog or other animal attacks someone, and you believe you will be sued for the victim's injuries, you should speak to a lawyer immediately to learn more about your rights, your defenses and the complicated legal system.
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ANTIQUES |
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Antiques (Latin antiquus, old) are objects which have reached an age which makes them a witness of a previous era in human society.
Antiques are usually objects which show some degree of craftsmanship, or a certain attention to design such as a desk or the early automobile. In a consumer society, an antique is above all an object whose atypical construction and age give it a market value superior to similar objects of recent manufacture. Any historical museum makes a considerable use of antiques in order to illustrate historical events and give them a practical context.
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APPRAISAL / VALUATION |
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The appraisal value is the value of a company based on a projection of future cashflows that its owners will receive from the company's assets as well as from its current and future operations.
The appraisal value is often used to measure the financial performance of insurance companies. It is also a useful tool in measuring the viability of new ventures.
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ARBITRATION / MEDIATION |
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Arbitration is a form of mediation or conciliation, where the mediating party is given power by the disputant parties to settle the dispute by making a finding. In practice arbitration is generally used as a substitute for judicial systems, particularly when the judicial processes are viewed as too slow, expensive or biased. Arbitration is also used by communities which lack formal law, as a substitute for formal law.
Mediation consists of a process of alternative dispute resolution in which a (generally) neutral third party, the mediator, using appropriate techniques, assists two or more parties to help them negotiate an agreement, with concrete effects, on a matter of common interest. More generally speaking, the term "mediation" covers any activity in which an impartial third party (often a professional) facilitates an agreement on any matter in the common interest of the parties involved.
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ASBESTOS |
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Asbestos (a misapplication of Latin: asbestos "quicklime" from Greek ἄσβεστος: a-, "not"; sbestos, "extinguishable") describes any of a group of fibrous metamorphic minerals of the hydrous magnesium silicate variety. The name is derived for its historical use in lamp wicks; the resistance of asbestos to fire has long been exploited for a variety of purposes. It was used in fabrics such as Egyptian burial cloths and Charlemagne's tablecloth, which, according to legend, he threw in a fire to clean. Asbestos occurs naturally in many forms (see below); it is mined from metamorphic deposits.
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AUCTIONS AND E-COMMERCE |
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An auction is the process of buying and selling things by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. Auctioning can be traced as far back as 500 B.C.[1] In economic theory, an auction is a method for determining the value of a commodity that has an undetermined or variable price. Auctions can be with reserve or minimum, or without minimums, or absolute or no reserve. In reserve auctions, there is a minimum bid or reserve price; if the bidding does not reach the minimum, there is no sale (but the person who puts the item up for auction may still owe a fee to the auctioneer or auction company). In absolute or no reserve auctions, the sale is guaranteed, with only the price left to be determined. In the context of auctions, a bid is an offered price.
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AUTOPSIES |
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An autopsy, also known as a post-mortem examination or an obduction, is a medical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse to determine the cause and manner of a persons death and to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present. It is usually performed by a specialized medical doctor called a pathologist.
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BANK COMPLIANCE |
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Compliance requirements are a series of directives established by United States federal government agencies that summarize hundreds of federal laws and regulations applicable to Federal assistance.
Bank regulations are a form of government regulation which subject banks to certain requirements, restrictions and guidelines, aiming to uphold the soundness and integrity of the financial system.
A bank is an institution that provides financial service, particularly taking deposits and extending credit.
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BANKING |
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A bank is an institution that provides financial service, particularly taking deposits and extending credit.
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BANKING REGULATION |
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Bank regulations are a form of government regulation which subject banks to certain requirements, restrictions and guidelines, aiming to uphold the soundness and integrity of the financial system.
A bank is an institution that provides financial service, particularly taking deposits and extending credit.
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BANKRUPTCY |
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Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their creditors. A declared state of bankruptcy can be requested by creditors in an effort to recoup a portion of what they are owed; however, in the overwhelming majority of cases, the bankruptcy is initiated by the bankrupt individual or organization.
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BATTERIES |
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In science and technology, a battery is a device that stores chemical energy and makes it available in an electrical form. Batteries consist of electrochemical devices such as one or more galvanic cells, fuel cells or flow cells. The earliest known artifacts that may have been batteries are the Baghdad Batteries, from some time between 250 BCE and 640 CE. The modern development of batteries started with the Voltaic pile developed by the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta in 1800. The worldwide battery industry generates 48 billion dollars in sales annually (2005 estimate).
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BICYCLE HELMETS |
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A bicycle helmet is designed to provide head protection for cyclists. Helmets are most suitable for preventing injury in straight falls, and for reducing friction related damage to the head. Modern bicycle helmets were first developed in the 1970s.
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BOILERS |
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A boiler is a closed vessel in which water or other fluid is heated under pressure. The steam or hot fluid is then circulated out of the boiler for use in various process or heating applications. A safety valve is required to prevent over pressurisation and possible explosion of a boiler.
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BREACH OF CONTRACT |
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Breach of contract is a legal concept in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties to the contract by non-performance or interference with the other partys performance.
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BUILDING SURVEYING |
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Surveying is the technique and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or 3D space position of points and the distances and angles between them. These points are usually, but not exclusively, associated with positions on the surface of the Earth, and are often used to establish land maps and boundaries for ownership or governmental purposes. In order to accomplish their objective, surveyors use elements of geometry (latin: measuring the Earth), of engineering, mathematics, physics, and law.
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BUSINESS STRATEGY |
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Strategic management is that set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the long-run performance of a corporation. It includes environmental scanning, strategy formulation, strategy implementation and evaluation and control.
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CANCER - COLON |
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Cancer that begins in the colon is called colon cancer, and cancer that begins in the rectum is called rectal cancer. Cancers affecting either of these organs may also be called colorectal cancer.
When colorectal cancer spreads outside the colon or rectum, cancer cells are often found in nearby lymph nodes. If cancer cells have reached these nodes, they may also have spread to other lymph nodes, the liver, or other organs.
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CANCER - OVARIAN |
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ORARIAN Cancer - Ovarian epithelial cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissue covering the ovary. Ovarian epithelial cancer is one type of cancer that affects the ovary.
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CAPITAL PROJECTS |
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Capital planning, also known as "capital budgeting", is an accounting process whereby a financial analyst can determine the economic value of business projects/ventures and allocate capital to those endeavors which present the greatest calculated return on investment.
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CEREBRAL PALSY |
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Cerebral palsy
is a term used to describe a group of chronic conditions affecting body movements and muscle coordination. It is caused by damage to one or more specific areas of the brain, usually occurring during fetal development, or during infancy. It can also occur before, during or shortly following birth. "Cerebral" refers to the brain and "Palsy" to a disorder of movement or posture.
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CHECK KITING |
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Check kiting is any sort of fraud that involves drawing out money from a bank account that does not have sufficient funds to cover the check. It is typically achieved by taking advantage of the float, the time between the negotiation of the check and its clearance at the check-writer's bank. This fraud is also known as paper hanging and carries a heavier pejorative connotation. Before the passage of the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, when checks could take 3 or more days to clear, playing the float was fairly common practice in otherwise-honest low-income families who encountered emergencies right before payday.
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CHEMISTRY |
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Chemistry (derived from alchemy) is the science of matter at or near the atomic scale. In this pursuit chemistry deals with the properties of such matter, the tranformations of matter and the interactions of matter with other matter and with energy.
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CIVIL RIGHTS - EQUAL RIGHTS |
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Civil rights are the protections and privileges of personal liberty given to all citizens by law. Civil rights are distinguished from "human rights" or "natural rights"; civil rights are rights that are bestowed by nations on those within their territorial boundaries, while natural or human rights are rights that many scholars claim ought to belong to all people. For example, the philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) argued that the natural rights of life, liberty, and property should be converted into civil rights and protected by the sovereign state as an aspect of the social contract. Others have argued that people acquire rights as an inalienable gift from a god or at a time of nature before governments were formed.
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CLAIMS |
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A claim is a legal action to obtain money, property or the enforcement of a right protected by law against another party.
Individuals and businesses purchase insurance policies to protect against monetary losses. In the event of a loss, policyholders submit claims, or requests for payment, seeking compensation for their loss. Adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators work primarily for property and casualty insurance companies, for whom they handle a wide variety of claims alleging property damage, liability, or bodily injury. Their main role is to investigate the claims, negotiate settlements, and authorize payments to claimants, all the while mindful not to violate the claimants rights under Federal and State privacy laws. They must determine whether the customers insurance policy covers the loss and how much of the loss should be paid to the claimant. Although many adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators have overlapping functions and may even perform the same job, the insurance industry generally assigns specific roles to each of these claims workers.
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CLASS ACTION MANAGEMENT (FOREIGN and DOMESTIC) |
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In law, the class action is a procedural device used in litigation to determine the rights of and remedies, if any, for large numbers of people whose cases involve common questions of law and fact
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COASTAL WETLANDS |
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In physical geography, a wetland is an environment "at the interface between truly terrestrial ecosystems...and truly aquatic systems...making them different from each yet highly dependent on both" (Mitsch & Gosselink, 1986). In essence, wetlands are ecotones.
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COMBUSTION |
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Combustion or burning is a chemical process, an exothermic reaction between a substance (the fuel) and a gas (the oxidizer), usually O2, to release heat. In a complete combustion reaction, a compound reacts with an oxidizing element, and the products are compounds of each element in the fuel with the oxidizing element. For example:
CH4 + 2 O2 → CO2 + 2 2O + heat
CH2S + 6 F2 → CF4 + 2 HF + SF6 + heat
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COMMODITIES |
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The word commodity is a term with distinct meanings in business and in Marxian political economy. For the former, it is a largely homogeneous product, whereas for the latter, it refers generically to wares offered for exchange.
Linguistically, the word commodity came into use in English in the 15th century, being derived from the French word "commodité" meaning "benefit, profit", similar in meaning to biens (goods). The Latin root meaning is commoditas, referring variously to the appropriate measure of something; a fitting state, time or condition; a good quality; efficaciousness or propriety; and advantage, or benefit. The German equivalent is die Ware, i.e. wares or goods offered for sale.
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COMPENSATION / WAGES / SALARY |
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The compensation of every employee is decided by the company owners through the board of directors (in the case of the most highly compensated executive positions) and the management team (or "management committee") (for everyone else). The board of directors may have a personnel and compensation committee that deals specifically with labor compensation.
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CONSUMER CONFUSION |
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Consumers can and do get confused, especially with the massive increase in choice available and the increase in complexity of products. It seems plausible that consumer confusion, like most consumer attributes, must have a direct and significant impact on marketing strategy. Yet most of what is written on the subject is tangential and scattered over a number of disciplines. A study explores the various views together under one single heading that will be of interest to marketers and business managers.
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CONSUMER MARKETING |
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Find CONSUMER MARKETING experts and consultants for CONSUMER MARKETING litigation support. Available to be CONSUMER MARKETING expert witnesses and provide CONSUMER MARKETING forensic consulting in CONSUMER MARKETING litigation, in addition prepare CONSUMER MARKETING expert witness reports for use in deposition and/or in-court trial testimony.
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COPYRIGHT - GENERAL |
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Copyright is a set of exclusive rights granted by governments to regulate the use of a particular expression of an idea or information. At its most general, it is literally "the right to copy" an original creation. In most cases, these rights are of limited duration. The symbol for copyright is ©.
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CORROSION EVALUATIONS |
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Corrosion is deterioration of intrinsic properties in a material due to reactions with its environment. Weakening of steel due to oxidation of the iron atoms is a well-known example of electrochemical corrosion. This type of damage usually affects metallic materials, and typically produces oxide(s) and/or salt(s) of the original metal. Corrosion also includes the dissolution of ceramic materials and can refer to discoloration and weakening of polymers by the sun's ultraviolet light.
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CRIMINOLOGY |
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Criminology is the study of crime as a social phenomenon, including the causes and consequences of crime, criminal behavior, as well as the development of, and impact of laws. Research in criminology applies the scientific method to test hypotheses and ultimately develop theories that help explain the causes and other aspects of crime. Though both deal with crime, criminology differs from criminal justice in that latter focuses on the components of the justice system including police, courts, and corrections.
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DAMAGES |
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In law, damages refers either to the harm suffered by a claimant in a civil action, or to the money paid or awarded to the plaintiff in compensation for such harm.
Generally, there are three kinds of damages: special damages, general damages, and punitive damages. Special damages are the enumerable or quantifiable monetary costs or losses suffered by the plaintiff, or the compensation therefore. For example, medical costs, repair or replacement of damaged property, lost wages, lost earning potential, loss of business, loss of irreplaceable items, loss of support, etc. General damages are items of harm or loss suffered, for which only a subjective value may be attached. Examples of this include personal injury, physical or emotional pain and suffering, loss of companionship, loss of consortium, disfigurement, loss of reputation, loss or impairment of mental or physical capacity, loss of enjoyment of life, etc.
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DEATH PENALTY |
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Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is governmental killing by execution as punishment for a crime often called a capital offense or a capital crime. Historically, the execution of criminals and political opponents was used by nearly all societies either by means of judicial process or through political motivations such as the supression of political dissent. Among democratic countries around the world, most European and Latin American ones have abolished capital punishment (except the United States, Guatemala and most of the Caribbean), while democracies in Asia and Africa retain it. Among nondemocratic countries the use of the death penalty is common.
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DEFAMATION |
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In English and American law, and systems based on them, libel and slander are two forms of defamation (or defamation of character), which is the tort or delict of publishing (meaning to a third party) a false statement that negatively affects someone's reputation. "Defamation" is the term generally used internationally, and is accordingly used in this article where it is not necessary to distinguish between "libel" and "slander".
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DEMOLITION |
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Demolition is the opposite of construction: the tearing-down of buildings and other structures. It is contrasted with deconstruction, which is the taking down of buildings while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use.
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DEPOSITIONS |
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In law, a deposition is the act or fact of taking sworn testimony, outside of court, in certain well-defined circumstances. It is a part of the discovery process whereby litigants obtain information from each other in preparation for trial. Some jurisdictions recognize an affidavit as a form of deposition.
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DRUG ABUSE |
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Drug abuse has a wide range of definitions, all of them relating to the use, misuse or overuse of a psychoactive drug or performance enhancing drug for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect. Some of the most commonly abused drugs include alcohol, amphetamines, barbiturates, caffeine, cannabis, cocaine, methaqualone, nicotine, opium alkaloids, and minor tranquilizers. Use of these drugs may lead to criminal penalty in addition to physical, social, and psychological harm.[1] Other definitions of drug abuse fall into four main categories: Public health definitions, Mass communication and vernacular usage, Medical definitions, and Political and criminal justice definitions.
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT |
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a United States Department of Justice law enforcement agency tasked with enforcing the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. Not only is the DEA the lead agency for domestic enforcement of Federal drug laws (sharing concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation), it also has sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing U.S. drug investigations abroad.
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DUST CONTROL |
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Dust consists of tiny solid particles carried by air currents. These articles are formed by a disintegration or fracture process, such as grinding, crushing, or impact. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) defines dust as finely divided solids that may become airborne from the original state without any chemical or physical change other than fracture.
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EARTHQUAKES |
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An earthquake is a sudden and sometimes catastrophic movement of a part of the Earth's surface. Earthquakes result from the dynamic release of elastic strain energy that radiates seismic waves. Earthquakes typically result from the movement of faults, planar zones of deformation within the Earth's upper crust. The word earthquake is also widely used to indicate the source region itself. The Earth's lithosphere is a patch work of plates in slow but constant motion (see plate tectonics). Earthquakes occur where the stress resulting from the differential motion of these plates exceeds the strength of the crust. The highest stress (and possible weakest zones) are most often found at the boundaries of the tectonic plates and hence these locations are where the majority of earthquakes occur. Events located at plate boundaries are called interplate earthquakes; the less frequent events that occur in the interior of the lithospheric plates are called intraplate earthquakes (see, for example, New Madrid Seismic Zone). Earthquakes related to plate tectonics are called tectonic earthquakes. Most earthquakes are tectonic, but they also occur in volcanic regions and as the result of a number of anthropogenic sources, such as reservoir induced seismicity, mining and the removal or injection of fluids into the crust. Seismic waves including some strong enough to be felt by humans can also be caused by explosions (chemical or nuclear), landslides, and collapse of old mine shafts, though these sources are not strictly earthquakes. These sources will also show a different seismogram than earthquakes
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E-COMMERCE |
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Electronic Commerce (also referred to as EC, e-commerce eCommerce or ecommerce) consists primarily of the distributing, buying, selling, marketing and servicing of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks.
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ECONOMETRICS |
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Econometrics literally means 'economic measurement'. It is a combination of mathematical economics, statistics, economic statistics and economic theory.
The two main purposes of econometrics are to give empirical content to economic theory and also to empirically verify economic theory. For example, econometrics could empirically verify if indeed a given demand curve slopes downward as economic theory would suggest. Empirical content is also given in that a numerical value would be given to this slope, while economic theory alone is usually mute on actual specific values.
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS |
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Economic base analysis was developed by Robert Murray Haig in his work on the Regional Plan of New York in 1928. Briefly, activities in an area divide into two categories basic and non-basic. Basic industries are those exporting from the region; non-basic (or service) industries support basic industries. Because of data problems, it is not practical to study industry output and trade flows to and from a region. As an alternative, basic and non-basic concepts are operationalized using employment data.
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EDUCATION |
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Education is a social science that encompasses teaching and learning specific knowledge, beliefs, and skills. Licensed and practicing teachers in the field use a variety of methods and materials in order to impart a curriculum. There has been a plethora of journals, magazines, books, and digests in the field of education that addresses these areas. Such literature addresses the teaching practices, with subjects that include lectures, game playing, testing, scheduling, record keeping, bullying, seating arrangements, interests, motivation, and computer access. However, the most important factors in any teacher's effectiveness is the interaction with students and personality of the teacher. The quality of their relationships provides the impetus for inspiration. The best teachers are able to translate good judgment, experience, and wisdom into the art of communication that students find compelling. It is their ability to understand and overcome prejudices, generate passion, and recognize potential that enable teachers to invigorate students with higher expectations of themselves and society at large. The goal is aiding the growth of students so that they become productive members of a migratory society. An imparting of culture from generation to generation (see socialisation) promotes a greater awareness and responsiveness through social maturity to the needs of an increasingly diversified global society.
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ELECTRONICS |
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The field of electronics is the study and use of systems that operate by controlling the flow of electrons (or other charge carriers) in devices such as thermionic valves and semiconductors. The design and construction of electronic circuits to solve practical problems is part of the field of electronics engineering, and includes the hardware design side of computer engineering.
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ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY |
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Electrophysiology is the study of the electrical properties of biological cells and tissues. It involves measurements of voltage differences across cell membrane, and studies of how the flow of electrical current across membranes is regulated. In neuroscience, it includes measurements of the electrical activity of neurons, and particularly action potential activity.
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EMT - emergency medical technician |
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An emergency medical technician (EMT) is an emergency responder trained to provide emergency medical services to the critically ill and injured.
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ENERGY |
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Energy is the ability to do work. It may express itself in different forms; kinetic and potential energy and the ability to do mechanical work; thermal, chemical and electromagnetic energy; nuclear energy, and various other forms. Power is the time rated expenditure of energy.
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ENGINEERING - ELECTRICAL |
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Electrical engineering (sometimes referred to as electrical and electronics engineering) is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century with the commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical power supply. The field now covers a range of sub-disciplines including those that deal with power, control systems, electronics and telecommunications.
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ENGINEERING - GENERAL |
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Engineering is the application of scientific and technical knowledge to solve human problems. Engineers use imagination, judgement and reasoning to apply science, technology, mathematics, and practical experience. The result is the design, production, and operation of useful objects or processes.
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ENGINEERING - INSTRUMENTATION |
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Instrumentation Engineering is a discipline relying on connecting multiple disciplines of engineering.
Measurement and controls, the two facets of instrumentation, have brought technology to an unprecedented degree of precision. Instrumentation enables the measurement of various variables such as flow and pressure. Control works to keep these variables at a desired level of safe, economic and other constrained values. Instrument engineers usually have degrees in chemical engineering, electrical engineering, or mechanical engineering and sometimes in the newer field of control systems engineering.
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ESCROW |
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Escrow is a legal arrangement in which an asset (often money, but sometimes other property such as art, a deed of title, website, or software source code) is delivered to a third party (called an escrow agent) to be held in trust pending a contingency or the fulfillment of a condition or conditions in a contract such as payment of a purchase price. Upon that event occurring, the escrow agent will deliver the asset to the proper recipient, otherwise the escrow agent is bound by his or her fiduciary duty to maintain the escrow account.
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EXPERT WITNESS SALES |
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An expert witness is a witness, who by virtue of education, or profession, or experience, is believed to have special knowledge of his subject beyond that of the average person, sufficient that others may officially (and legally) rely upon his opinion.
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FARM EQUIPMENT |
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Farm equipment is any kind of machinery used on a farm to help with farming. The best-known example of this kind of equipment is the tractor.
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FIBER OPTICS |
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An optical fiber (or fibre) is a transparent thin fiber, usually made of glass or plastic, for transmitting light. Fiber optics is the branch of science and engineering concerned with such optical fibers.
Optical fibers are commonly used in telecommunication systems, as well as in illumination, sensors, and imaging optics.
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FINANCE |
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Finance studies and addresses the ways in which individuals, businesses and organizations raise, allocate and use monetary resources over time, taking into account the risks entailed in their projects. The term finance may thus incorporate any of the following:
The study of money and other assets
The management and control of those assets
Profiling and managing project risks
As a verb, "to finance" is to provide funds for business.
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FIREARMS / BALLISTICS |
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Experts in the study of the characteristics, firing, flight and effect of ammunition. Identification of weapons through the retrieval and examination of bullets and trace evidence.
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FORENSIC COMPUTERS |
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Computer forensics is application of the scientific method to digital media in order to establish factual information for judicial review. This process often involves investigating computer systems to determine whether they are or have been used for illegal or unauthorized activities. Mostly, computer forensics experts investigate data storage devices, either fixed like hard disks or removable like compact disks and solid state devices.
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FOREX - FOREIGN CURRANCY TRADING |
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The foreign exchange (currency or forex) market exists wherever one currency is traded for another. It is by far the largest market in the world, in terms of cash value traded, and includes trading between large banks, central banks, currency speculators, multinational corporations, governments, and other financial markets and institutions. Retail traders (small speculators) are a small part of this market, and may only participate indirectly through brokers or banks.
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HEALTH |
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Health is a term that refers to a combination of the absence of illness, the ability to cope with everyday activities, physical fitness, and high quality of life. In any organism, health can be said to be a "state of balance," or analogous to homeostasis, and it also implies good prospects for continued survival. Wellness is a term sometimes used to describe the psychological state of being healthy, but is most often used in the field of alternative medicine to describe one's state of being.
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HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT |
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Managed care is a synonym for PPO, HMO, MCO, and POS.
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Managed care is a concept in U.S. health care which rose to dominance during the presidency of Ronald Reagan as a means to control Medicare payouts. As a major Medicare claims administrator, the Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurance firm was a major architect of managed care. It spread fairly quickly to the health insurance industry in the private sector.
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HORSES |
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The horse (Equus caballus or Equus ferus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. Horses have long been one of the most economically important domesticated animals, and have played an important role in the transport of people and cargo for thousands of years. Most notably, horses can be ridden by a person perched on a saddle attached to the animal, and are also widely harnessed to pull objects like wheeled vehicles or plows. In some human cultures, horses are also widely used as a source of food. Though isolated domestication may have occurred as early as 4500 BC, clear evidence of widespread use by humans dates to no earlier than 2000 BC, as evidenced by the Sintashta chariot burials, thus firmly establishing the domestication of the horse.
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HORTICULTURE |
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The Latin words hortus (garden plant) and cultura (culture) together form horticulture, classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants. Horticulturists work in plant propagation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic engineering, plant biochemistry, plant physiology, and the storage, processing, and transportation of fruits, berries, nuts, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs, and turf. They improve crop yield, quality, nutritional value, and resistance to insects, diseases, and environmental stresses. Genetics is also used as a valuable tool in the development of plants that can synthesize chemicals for fighting disease (including cancers).
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HUMAN RESOURCES |
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Human resources has at least two meanings depending on context. The original usage derives from political economy and economics, where it was traditionally called labor, one of three factors of production. The more common usage within corporations and businesses refers to the individuals within the firm, and to the portion of the firm's organization that deals with hiring, firing, training, and other personnel issues. This article will address both definitions.
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HYDROLOGY |
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Hydrology (from Greek: Yδρoλoγια, Yδωρ+Λoγos, Hydrologia, the "study of water") is the study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water throughout the Earth, and thus addresses both the hydrologic cycle and water resources. A practitioner of hydrology is a hydrologist, working within the fields of either earth or environmental science, or civil and environmental engineering.
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HYPERBARIC MEDICINE |
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the medical use of oxygen at a higher than atmospheric pressure.
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INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING |
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Industrial engineering is the engineering discipline that concerns the design, development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, knowledge, equipment, energy, material and process. Industrial engineering draws upon the principles and methods of engineering analysis and synthesis, as well as mathematical, physical and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design to specify, predict and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems. Industrial engineers work to eliminate wastes of time, money, materials, energy and other resources.
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS |
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As an area of study it is commonly referred to as information technology management. The study of information systems is usually a commerce and business administration discipline, and frequently involves software engineering, but also distinguishes itself by concentrating on the integration of computer systems with the aims of the organization. The area of study should not be confused with computer science which is more theoretical in nature and deals mainly with software creation, or computer engineering, which focuses more on the design of computer hardware.
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INSURANCE - GENERAL |
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General insurance policies, including automobile and homeowners policies, provide payments depending on the loss from a particular financial event. General insurance typically comprises any insurance that is not determined to be life insurance, and is called property and casualty insurance in the U.S..
In the UK, General insurance is broadly divided into three areas; personal lines, commercial lines and London market.
The London market insures with large commercial risks, for example insuring supermarkets, football players and other very specific risks.
Commercial lines products are usually designed for relatively small legal entities. These would include workers comp (employers liability), public liability, product liability, commercial fleet and other general insurance products sold in a relatively standard fashion to many organisations.
Personal lines products are designed to be sold in large quantities. This would include autos (private car), homeowners (household), pet insurance, creditor insurance and others.
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INSURANCE - HEALTH |
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Health insurance is a type of insurance whereby the insurer pays the medical costs of the insured if the insured becomes sick due to covered causes, or due to accidents. The insurer may be a private organization or a government agency. Market-based health care systems such as that in the United States rely primarily on private health insurance.
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INSURANCE - LIFE |
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Life insurance (Life Assurance in British English) is a type of insurance. As in all insurance, the insured transfers a risk to the insurer, receiving a policy and paying a premium in exchange. The risk assumed by the insurer is the risk of death of the insured.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - ANALYSIS |
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In law, intellectual property (IP) is a broad entitlement extending the concept of property beyond its materialist definitions to include information, ideas, and other intangible assets in their expressed form. Depending on jurisdiction, IP rights generally enable the holder to exercise exclusive rights over the the subject matter (or "work") of the IP using copyright, patent, trademark, industrial design right and similar legal protections. The term reinforces that such works are the product of the mind or intellect and that any rights may be protected at law in the same way as any other form of property.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - LICENSING |
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In law, intellectual property (IP) is a broad entitlement extending the concept of property beyond its materialist definitions to include information, ideas, and other intangible assets in their expressed form. Depending on jurisdiction, IP rights generally enable the holder to exercise exclusive rights over the the subject matter (or "work") of the IP using copyright, patent, trademark, industrial design right and similar legal protections. The term reinforces that such works are the product of the mind or intellect and that any rights may be protected at law in the same way as any other form of property.
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INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER (ISP) |
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An Internet service provider (abbr. ISP, also called Internet access provider or IAP) is a business or organization that sells to consumers access to the Internet and related services. In the past, most ISP's were run by the phone company. Now, ISPs can be started by just about any individual or group with sufficient money and expertise. In addition to Internet access via various technologies such as dial-up and DSL, they may provide a combination of services including Internet transit, domain name registration and hosting, web hosting, and colocation.
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INVESTMENT BANKING |
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Investment banks assist public and private corporations in raising funds in the capital markets (both equity and debt), as well as in providing strategic advisory services for mergers, acquisitions and other types of financial transactions. They also act as intermediaries in trading for clients. Investment banks differ from commercial banks, which take deposits and make commercial and retail loans. In recent years, however, the lines between the two types of structures have blurred, especially as commercial banks have offered more investment banking services. In the US, the Glass-Steagall Act, initially created in the wake of the Stock Market Crash of 1929, prohibited banks from both accepting deposits and underwriting securities; Glass-Steagall was repealed by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in 1998. Investment banks may also differ from brokerages, which in general assist in the purchase and sale of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. However some firms operate as both brokerages and investment banks; this includes some of the best known financial services firms in the world.
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INVESTMENTS |
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Investment or investing1 is a term with several closely-related meanings in finance and economics, related to saving or deferring consumption. An asset is usually purchased, or equivalently a deposit is made in a bank, in hopes of getting a future return or interest from it. Literally, the word means the "action of putting something in to somewhere else" (perhaps originally related to a person's garment or 'vestment').
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ISO 9000 |
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ISO 9000 is an ISO standard for Quality Management Systems.
ISO 9000 was developed from the British Standards Institution's BS 5750. The ISO 9000 standard is maintained by ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and administered by accreditation and certification bodies. It is widely used in manufacturing, although high costs and difficulties with implementation have led to many companies using alternatives such as IC9700, or IC9200, both of which are issued by the International Charter, or their own specific in-house 'standard'.
Some countries re-label ISO 9000 as a national standard. (e.g. IR 9000 in Iran).
It should be emphasised that ISO 9000 does not guarantee the quality of the end products - rather, it certifies that the correct manufacturing process is being carried out.
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IT PROJECT GOVERNANCE |
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The term Project governance is used in industry, especially in the information technology (IT) sector, to describe the processes that need to exist for a successful project. Project Governance is an active rather than just a controlling role. While lack of senior management commitment is a consistent cause of project failure, this still occurs when governance structures are in place and operating. This is because Project Governance is not well understood and even less well executed. Formal methodologies do exist such as OGC (UK) Projects in a Controlled Environment (PRINCE2) or by the use other quality standards such as Six Sigma. Formal international accrediting organizations also exist such as PMI or the APM. The formal methodologies provide template structures and Terms of Reference as well as introductions to the more complex areas of Programme management.
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LABORATORIES / CLINICAL LABS |
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A laboratory (often abbreviated lab) is a place where scientific research and experiments are conducted. A typical lab can hold space for one to thirty, or more, researchers depending on the size of the room and state mandated maximum occupancy limit.
All laboratories share some common features, mainly laboratory equipment and laboratory glassware: Usually, they have at least one fume hood. Toxic and hazardous chemicals can be safely handled in a fume hood. This reduces, and usually eliminates, the risk of inhalation of toxic gases produced by the reaction of chemicals. Laboratories usually have a sink for handwashing. A fire extinguisher is located in a laboratory, as well as a fire blanket, to help exterminate fire in the event of an accident. There is also an eye wash station and an overhead shower in the event that chemicals gain access onto clothes, skin, or eyes. The exceptions to this would include certain engineering and physics laboratories, which usually do not include glassware, hoods, and toxic chemicals.
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LAND FILL - WASTE DISPOSAL - GARBAGE DUMP |
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Landfill is a waste disposal site for the deposit of the waste onto or into land (i.e., underground), including: internal waste disposal sites (i.e., landfill where a producer of waste is carrying out its own waste disposal at the place of production), and a permanent site (i.e., more than one year), which is used for temporary storage of waste, but excluding: transfer facilities where waste is unloaded in order to permit its preparation for further transport for recovery, treatment or disposal elsewhere, and storage of waste prior to recovery or treatment for a period less than three years as a general rule or storage of waste prior to disposal for period less than one year.
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LAND USE PLANNING & ZONING |
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Land Use Planning is the term used for a branch of public policy which encompasses various disciplines which seek to order and regulate the use of land in an efficient way.
Despite confusing nomenclature, the essential function of planning remains the same whatever term is applied. The Canadian Planners Association offers a definition that; "[Land Use] Planning means the scientific, aesthetic, and orderly disposition of land, resources, facilities and services with a view to securing the physical, economic and social efficiency, health and well-being of urban and rural communities"
Zoning is a North American term for a system of land-use regulation. The word is derived from the practice of designating permitted uses of land based on mapped zones which separate one part of a community from another. Zoning regulations fall under the police power rights governments may exercise over real property. Theoretically, its primary purpose is to segregate uses that are thought to be incompatible; in practice, zoning is used as a permitting system to prevent new development from harming existing residents or businesses. Zoning is commonly controlled by local governments such as counties or municipalities.
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LIBEL |
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In English and American law, and systems based on them, libel and slander are two forms of defamation (or defamation of character), which is the tort or delict of publishing (meaning to a third party) a false statement that negatively affects someone's reputation. "Defamation" is the term generally used internationally, and is accordingly used in this article where it is not necessary to distinguish between "libel" and "slander".
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LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS |
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Linguistics is the scientific study of human language, and someone who engages in this study is called a linguist.
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LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS - LNG |
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Liquefied natural gas or LNG is natural gas that has been processed to remove impurities and heavy hydrocarbons and then condensed into a liquid at atmospheric pressure by cooling it to approximately -163 degrees Celsius. LNG is transported by specially designed vessels and stored in specially designed tanks. LNG is about 1/600th the volume of natural gas at standard temperature and pressure (STP), making it much more cost-efficient to transport over long distances where pipelines do not exist. Where moving natural gas by pipelines is not possible or economical, it can be transported by LNG vessels, where the most common tank types are membrane(prismatic) or Moss Rosenberg(spheres).
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LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS - LPG - LP GAS |
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Liquified petroleum gas (also called liquefied petroleum gas, liquid petroleum gas, LPG, LP Gas, or autogas) is a mixture of hydrocarbon gases used as a fuel in heating appliances and vehicles, and increasingly replacing chlorofluorocarbons as an aerosol propellant and a refrigerant to reduce damage to the ozone layer. Varieties of LPG bought and sold include mixes that are primarily propane, mixes that are primarily butane, and mixes including both propane and butane, depending on the seasonin winter more propane, in summer more butane. Propylene and butylenes are usually also present in small concentration. A powerful odorant, ethanethiol, is added so that leaks can be detected easily. LPG is manufactured during the refining of crude oil, or extracted from oil or gas streams as they emerge from the ground.
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LIVESTOCK |
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Livestock are domesticated animals intentionally reared in an agricultural setting to make produce such as food or fibre, or for their labour. Livestock include pigs, cattle, goats, deer, sheep, yaks and poultry. The type of livestock reared varies worldwide and depends on factors such as climate, consumer demand, native animals, local traditions, and land type.
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MANAGEMENT |
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Management" (from Old French ménagement "the art of conducting, directing", from Latin manu agere "to lead by the hand") characterises the process of leading and directing all or part of an organization, often a business, through the deployment and manipulation of resources (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible). Early twentieth-century management writer Mary Parker Follett defined management as "the art of getting things done through people."
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MANGROVE FORESTS |
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Mangrove are woody trees or shrubs that grow in coastal habitats or mangal (Hogarth, 1999), for which the term mangrove swamp also would apply. Mangrove plants are found in depositional coastal environments where fine sediments, often with high organic content collect in areas protected from high energy wave action.
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MANUFACTURED BUILDINGS / HOMES |
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Manufactured housing (known in some countries, including the United Kingdom, as prefab housing) is a type of housing unit that is largely assembled in factories and then transported to sites of use.
Prefabricated homes, often referred to as prefab homes, are dwellings manufactured off-site in advance, usually in standard sections that can be easily shipped and assembled. Many of the current prefab home designs on the market have jovial, eclectic elements of postmodernism or the clean, simple lines of futurism. Prefab homes have not been particularly marketable; possible reasons for this include:
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MARITAL DISSOLUTION - DIVORCE |
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Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse, which can be contrasted with an annulment, which is a declaration that a marriage is void, though the effects of marriage may be recognized in such unions, such as spousal support, child custody and distribution of property.
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MARKETING |
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The American Marketing Association suggests that Marketing is "the process of planning and executing the pricing, promotion, and distribution of goods, ideas, and services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organizational goals."
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MARKET RESEARCH |
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Market research is the process of systematic gathering, recording and analyzing of data about customers, competitors and the market. Market research can help create a business plan, launch a new product or service, fine tune existing products and services, expand into new markets etc. It can be used to determine which portion of the population will purchase the product/service, based on variables like age, gender, location and income level. It can be found out what market characteristics your target market has. With market research companies can learn more about current and potential customers.
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MEDICAL |
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Medical - Having to do with or anything pertaining to Medical treatment, Medical Malpractice, Medical review, Medical Litigation.
Find MEDICAL experts and consultants for MEDICAL litigation support. Available to be MEDICAL expert witnesses and provide MEDICAL forensic consulting in MEDICAL litigation, in addition prepare MEDICAL expert witness reports for use in deposition and/or in-court trial testimony.
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MEDICAL INSURANCE |
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Medical Health insurance is a type of insurance whereby the insurer pays the medical costs of the insured if the insured becomes sick due to covered causes, or due to accidents. The insurer may be a private organization or a government agency. Market-based health care systems such as that in the United States rely primarily on private health insurance.
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MEDICARE |
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Medicare is a health insurance program administered by the United States government, covering people who are either age 65 and over, or who meet other special criteria. It was first passed on July 30, 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson as amendments to Social Security legislation.
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MENTAL HEALTH |
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Mental health is a concept that refers to a human individual's emotional and psychological well-being. Merriam-Webster defines mental health as "A state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her cognitive and emotional capabilities, function in society, and meet the ordinary demands of everyday life."
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MERGERS / ACQUISITIONS |
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The phrase mergers and acquisitions or M&A refers to the aspect of corporate finance strategy and management dealing with the merging and acquiring of different companies as well as other assets. Usually mergers occur in a friendly setting where executives from the respective companies participate in a due diligence process to ensure a successful combination of all parts.
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MICROWAVE HEATING |
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A microwave oven, or microwave, is a kitchen appliance employing microwave radiation primarily to cook or heat food. Microwave ovens have revolutionized cooking since their use became widespread in the 1970s.
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MINING (ORES, PROCESSING) |
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Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam. Materials recovered by mining include bauxite, coal, diamonds, iron, precious metals, lead, limestone, nickel, phosphate, rock salt, tin,uranium, and molybdenum. Any material that cannot be grown from agricultural processes must be mined. Mining in a wider sense can also include extraction of petroleum, natural gas, and even water.
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MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT MVA |
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Motor-vehicle collisions are damaging events involving road traffic, particularly automobiles. They can cause damage to vehicles, people or structures. Motor-vehicle collisions also called traffic collisions, auto accidents, road accidents, car accidents, personal injury collisions, motor vehicle acccidents, and (particularly by American radio traffic reporters) crashes kill an estimated 1.2 million people worldwide each year, and injure about forty times this number.
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MUSIC |
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Music is an animal activity which involves structured and audible sounds, which is used for artistic or aesthetic, entertainment, or ceremonial purposes. Definitions vary in different cultures and social milieus. The definition of music as sound with particular characteristics is taken as a given by psychoacoustics, and is a common in musicology and performance. There are observable patterns to what is broadly labeled music, and while there are understandable cultural variations, the properties of music are the properties of sound as perceived and processed by humans.
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OBSTETRICS |
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Obstetrics is the surgical specialty dealing with the care of a woman and her offspring during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (the period shortly after birth). Almost all modern obstetricians are also gynaecologists; see Obstetrics and gynaecology.
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ORGAN TRANSPLANT |
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An organ transplant is the transplantation of a whole or partial organ from one body to another (or from a donor site on the patient's own body), for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or failing organ with a working one from the donor site. Organ donors can be living, or deceased (previously referred to as cadaveric).
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PATERNITY TESTING |
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A paternity test is conducted to prove paternity, that is, whether a man is the biological father of another individual. This may be relevant in view of rights and duties of the father. Similarly, a maternity test can be carried out. This is less common, because at least during childbirth, except in the case of a pregnancy involving embryo transfer or egg donation, it is obvious who the mother is.
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PATHOLOGY |
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Pathology (from Greek pathos, feeling, pain, suffering; and logos, study of; see also -ology) is the study of the processes underlying disease and other forms of illness, harmful abnormality, or dysfunction. Within biology, it means specifically the study of the structural and functional changes in cells, tissues and organs that underlie disease. Another name for pathology is laboratory medicine.
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PAY PER CLICK ADVERTISING - PPC |
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Pay per click (PPC) is an advertising technique used on websites, advertising networks, and search engines.
Advertisers bid on "keywords" that they believe their target market (people they think would be interested in their offer) would type in the search bar when they are looking for their type of product | | |