Abstract
The paper explains that market basket analysis (MBA) concerns the analysis of various subsets of items taken from a population of items. The paper explains that the subsets of concern, or rules, are those identified as having a minimum value of confidence, support, or lift, and the confidence statistic ensures that the rule is true often enough to make a campaign effective. The paper then discusses how support provides a measure of how often the rule occurs in market baskets and enables the marketer to assess whether the rule is worthy of his/her attention.

From the Paper
"Market basket analysis (MBA) concerns the analysis of various subsets of items taken from a population of items. The subsets of concern, or rules, are those identified as having a minimum value of confidence, support, or lift. The confidence statistic ensures that the rule is true often enough to make a campaign effective. Support provides a measure of how often the rule occurs in market baskets and enables the marketer to assess whether the rule is worthy of his/her attention. An example rule is denoted A->B, where A is referred to as the rule's antecedent condition and B the..."

Tags:market basket analysis, data mining, database

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This paper describes the pharmaceuticals developed to treat severe depression. The focus of the paper is on drugs used to treat people with atypical mental illnesses and, in particular, atypical forms of depression. Topics such as how these drugs work, their side effects, and the importance of educating the patient about the drugs are all covered by the paper.

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"Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors or MAOs were the first pharmaceuticals developed. Although they have more side effects than the tricyclic and latest selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), they are found to be very helpful particularly in "atypical" and treatment-resistant situations. They can "produce dramatic improvements in some forms of depression" (Gorman, 1990, p. 83). The generic and brand names of the three marketed in the United States are bedisocarboxazid (Marplan), phenelzine sulfate (Nardil) and tranylcypromine sulfate (Parnate)."

Tags:function, depressive, moods, sensitive, rejected, fatigue, lethargy, illness, overeating, depressed

Abstract
The paper considers Oracle Database Mining and how mining can be used to perform a market basket analysis.

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"Database mining is more than performing a query on a database, it is the process-usually automated-of finding heretofore hidden patterns and trends in the vast amounts of data collected by organizations. Used effectively, data mining can help companies gain a competitive advantage by yielding critical insight into the market. Traditional data mining products are external to the database and require extensive extraction and transformation tools to perform their tasks. Oracle has taken the radical step of integrating its data mining product into the database itself so..."

Tags:computer science, database mining, market basket

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This paper explains that the theory of purchasing power parity (PPP) means that, in an ideal world with an efficient market, the same goods should have the same price universally. The author points out that the PPP, which is loosely explained as the Big Mac index, also means that a consumer good sold in practically every part of the world, takes the place of the commodity basket; therefore, a Big Mac being sold in the United States must have the same price as Big Mac sold in Australia. The paper relates that recent data cannot fully support the theory of the purchasing power parity and the law of one price because, in the real world, there are trade barriers, free competition and differences in price levels in different countries, which create difficulty in testing the PPP through government-published price indexes.

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"The proper estimation of purchasing power parity is made difficult because there is no uniform price level. Also, different people in different countries have varying commodity baskets, which also make the scenario more complicated. Add to this the factor of the varying availability of different goods in certain countries, and the fact that there aren't just two countries that come into play in the economic world."

Tags:barriers, exchange, rates, flows, basket

Abstract
The paper looks at the film "Breakfast Club" that concerns a group of high school students who are unknown to each other and form an informal group during detention. The two sections that are discussed in the group process for this film are helping behaviors and leadership styles. The paper shows how with the characters, some roles change and overlap. The paper describes how the players in the film have nicknames such as the queen, the criminal, and the basket case, however, their identities are complex and their behaviors sometimes have hidden motives. The paper also discusses how group members assume roles which influence their communication and others' responses.

From the Paper
"The film "Breakfast Club" concerns a group of high school students who are unknown to each other and form an informal group during detention. The two sections to be discussed in the group process for this film are helping behaviors and leadership styles. With the characters, some roles change and overlap. The players in the film have nicknames such as the queen, the criminal, and the basket case. However, their identities are complex and their behaviors sometimes have hidden motives. Group members assume roles which influence their communication and others' responses (Text)."

Tags:leader, helper, nurse

Abstract
This paper is a series of questions regarding the case "Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v. Boots Cash Chemist". The paper explains that this is a case that provides the precedent of when shopping for goods at a store, the placing of the goods in a basket does not form a contract, the contract is formed when the goods are presented to the cashier and the cashier accepts the goods.

Tags:case, study, questions

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This paper defines inflation and the consumer price index (CPI) as a measure of inflation in the United States. It further discusses how the CPA measures the price change of a fixed market basket of goods and services of constant quality bought by consumers.

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"Inflation is a process of steadily rising prices that results in a steadily diminishing purchasing power for a specified nominal amount of money. Inflation occurs where the increase in price is for a good or service for which there has occurred no substantial change in the characteristics of the good or service that would justify a change in price. (Mankiw) There are many measures of inflation. A well-accepted measure of inflation in the United States is the consumer price index (CPI). The CPI is..."

Tags:consumer, CPI, inflation, fixed market

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This paper explains that Lebanon was an important international financial center through 1975; but, since 1975 the Lebanese economy has seldom had a chance to function efficiently and monetary stability frequently has proven to be elusive. This paper points out that the current exchange rate policy followed by Lebanon is a managed float targeted to the United States dollar. The author reports that Egypt's current exchange rate policy is the same as Lebanon's managed float; but Israel follows a composite currency peg policy, which assigns proportional weights to a basket of currencies to establish the exchange value for their currency and reflects that country's international trade, capital flows and other relevant economic aggregates. Annotated Bibliography.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Historical Overview
Current Exchange Rate Policy
Comparing Lebanon's Exchange Rate Policy with Those of Egypt and Israel
Conclusion

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"Since 1992, the government of Lebanon has faced-up to the job of restoring economic stability and confidence in the country. The government and the Central Bank of Lebanon also have broken the hold on the country's the economy of the vicious circle of inflationary financing and instability of the rate of exchange of the Lebanese pound. These actions primarily were manifestations of the dire political status in which Lebanon found itself as both a pawn and a battleground for Israelis, Syrians and Arab militant organizations."

Tags:stability, managed, float, dollar, peg

Abstract
This paper uses the example of the increasing monopolization of the telecommunications industry to demonstrate the need for economic models that can help resolve issues of monopolization. The paper describes the purpose of economic models, the different types of models, and some of the factors and data that the models consider.

Outline
An Agent-Based Economic Model
Telecommunications market structure, development, and impact studies
Demand analysis and forecasting studies, modeling
Service and Network Cost Studies and Models
Comparative tariff, policy, and market analysis
Tariff Model -- International Comparisons
OECD Basket Comparisons of Telephone Services Charges - August 1997
Multivariable Regression
The Classical Model
The Classical Model of Production and Employment
Labor Demand
Labor Supply
Equilibrium
Aggregate Supply and Demand
Loanable Funds
Taxes on Labor Income
Animal Spirits
The Keynesian IS/LM Model
Tax Model (The Simple Keynesian Model)
Paradox of Thrift
The Mundell-Fleming Model
Real Business Cycles
The IS/MP Model

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"With the agressive deregulation in the telecommunications industry in the United States and Europe during the early to mid-1990's, it seemed that the local monopolies would be forced to unbundle their networks. However, MCI WorldCom, the second largest US long distance telecommunications company, announced in October 1999, that it would acquire Sprint, the third largest US long distance company, in the biggest corporate takeover in history. The merger is valued at $129 billion in cash, stock and debt. The resulting firm will be second only to AT&T in the US telecommunications industry, a company with, as of 1999, $65 billion in annual revenue, 142,000 workers and 40 million business and residential customers (McGaughlin, 1999)."

Tags:at&t, monopoly, telecommunications, deregulation, act, agent-based, classical, keynesian

Abstract
This paper explains that prosthetic devices were needed the minute the first human was born with a missing or deformed limb, or the first person lost a limb in battle or even during the course of daily life. The author points out that the ancient principles on which prosthetics continue to rely are still amazingly efficient. It explains that in the past 25 years, there have been advances in prosthetic limb technology, such as lightweight plastics, composites and electronic systems; but there will be more, which will continue to open new directions for prosthetics. The paper relates that prostheses for amputations through the hip joint consist of a laminated hip basket, hip joint, knee joint, SACH foot, pipe connectors and external cosmetic finish; an active carbon fiber foot and multi-axis hydraulic and mechanical knee joint may also be used. Charts and illustrations.

Table of Contents
Overview Section
History of Lower Limb Prosthetics
Advancements and the Future
Aetiology and Incidence of Lower Limb Amputation
Pre- and Post-Operative Considerations in Lower Limb Amputation
Types of Surgery
Syme's Amputation
Below Knee Amputation
Above Knee Amputation
Hip Disarticulation
Pain Management
Types of Lower Limb Prosthetic Hardware
Literature Review Section

From the Paper
"Sometimes, especially after recorded history began, the reasons for needed prosthetic devices sounded eerily like some of the major 'hero' stories of today; the young man who cut off his own arm to escape entrapment in a crevice on a lonely mountain is one recent example. A few years ago, a man cut off his own lower leg when he caught it in a bear trap far from home or help. However, in Herodotus' The Histories, dating to 484 BCE, there is a story of a Persian named Hegestratus. Hegistratus was captured by the enemy and imprisoned with a leg iron. To escape, he cut off part of his own foot; later, he is said to have worn a wooden replacement, a prosthesis (University of Iowa Health Care Web site). Another account, however, notes that he used a 'wooden filler' to escape, traveling 30 miles before he was captured and "had his head amputated" (Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Web site). Not only was there no prosthetic head, Hegistratus did not live long enough to investigate what was available in foot prostheses at the time. While much of this knowledge is based on the verbal record, there was physical evidence of early prostheses. A tomb in Capua, Italy, offered an artificial leg made from copper and wood and dating to 200 BCE. Bombing in World War II destroyed it, however."

Tags:stability, principles, electronics, carbon, mechanism