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Discus Dental, a dental supply manufacturing company, implemented a Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) program to help integrate all the information in the company. This paper discusses the benefits and setbacks of such a system, as well as ways that the implementation could have gone smoother.

From the Paper
"Efficient business flow depends on an enterprise being able to develop effective channels of collaboration with all enterprises on its value chain. The value chain of any organization consists of the functions and processes that a company performs that add value to the services or products that the company sells to customers in return for payment. The value chain is very effective in identifying the value added services (product offering that extends beyond the basic price factor and may include logistic and distributing services, collaborative efforts and cost verification and payment) that can help improve the market share of the product."

Tags:implementation, business

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This paper presents sections on the company's background, statements of purpose and long-term objectives. The author performs an internal and external environmental analysis of the company. The paper analyzes the potential implementation of the expansion and evaluates the factors critical to success.

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"In 2002, Discus Dental sponsored a survey among dentists and dental hygienists to determine whether or not there was any significant link between oral health and dental aesthetic treatments. At first glance, it would seem very apparent that there should be no statistically significant connection between these two items. However, the study illustrated that 80% of those dental professionals who were surveyed firmly believed that those patients who had undergone an aesthetic dental procedure had better overall oral health than those patients who had had no such treatment performed (Oral aesthetics, 2002). This determination by dental professionals was based largely on the fact that most patients who had undergone aesthetic procedures visited the dentist on a more regular basis and thus had better overall oral health."

Tags:discus, dental, strategy

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This paper explains that Micah, Isaiah, Amos and Hosea, usually referred to as the minor prophets, were biblical realists, trapped in a faithless and dangerous world in which they lived and worked. The author points out that these four prophets, whose words of wisdom can be found in their various books in the Old Testament, lived their entire lives in a tightly-knit social culture in which the behaviors of their fellow men and women often bordered upon debauchery and much sinning. The paper stresses that, in the world of these four prophets, constantly disrupted by economic, political and social conflicts, a new vitality was created, which gave rise to a great sense of unity within their social settings. The author discuses the life and contribution of each prophet.

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"To Amos, Israel, which he often referred to as Ephraim, was a nation made up of God's chosen people whom He loved and admired for their courage and internal strength. Hosea's devotion to Israel was, of course, a very natural thing since he was a native of that country. Exactly where he lived or what his occupation was is unknown, but he most probably lived in one of the many northern towns, for his book in the Old Testament does not suggest village life nor that of a farmer. But like Amos, Hosea saw the luxury of the rich and the oppression of the poor and in his speech he denounces both but not in the way of Amos with defiant bitterness."

Tags:old, personality, israel, desert, ordinary

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This paper explains that, although the initial diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was related to war veterans, this diagnosis has been extended to the general population including sufferers of childhood sexual abuse. The author points out that the increased understanding of memory and the areas of the brain involved in long term and short term storage has enhanced the understanding of this disorder. The author hypothesizes that people who do not suffer from PTSD have attached some type of contextual meaning to what they witnessed or have modulated the memory to incorporate a meaning that is greater than simply "what happened". The paper discuses common methods of treatment such as exposure therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and various drugs.

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"From this research, two important parts of the brain stand out; the hippocampus and the amygdala. First, it is necessary to discuss these organs and their importance to memory and brain functioning, then connections can be made to PTSD. The amygdalae are two almond shaped bundles of neurons that are located in an area of the brain known as the medial temporal lobe. Its primary function is in the formation and storage of memories associated with emotional events. Studies involving the functioning of the amygdala sometimes involve the fear response in rats."

Tags:hippocampus, amygdala, veterans, adrenaline, corticosterone

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This paper discuses issues relevant to the identification and counseling of gay and lesbian high school students. It looks at the importance of counselors and teachers understanding the unique stressors of gay and lesbian students and an often unsupportive, unacccepting, hostile school environment. The paper conducts a research study of high school gay or lesbian students who have been subject to harassment, violence and verbal abuse.

Tags:gay adolescents, counseling

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This paper examines how the ancient Greeks determined who would win the pentathlon, a competition of professional athletes who participated in numerous sporting events in Olympia. The author discusses the Olympiad Games, who was allowed to participate, particular events-javelin, discus, wrestling, etc., festivities, and awards presented to victors.

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"An event that was intended to show all-round development was the pentathlon. Five events were included in this activity. They were running, long jumping, discus throw, javelin throw, and wrestling. The exact order of events and the precise method of determining a winner are not known. Wrestling is believed to have been the last event and may have decided the winner of the pentathlon if a participant did not have a clear advantage in the first four events. Historians have somewhat been able, with some degree of certainty, to determine how the winner of the pentathlon was actually decided. If a point system had been employed, as in our modern games, there would be no difficulty in crowning a champion; however, no evidence has been produced to support a point system in the Greek pentathlon. With the absence of such a scoring system, we are able only to present some theories and assumptions about the Greek pentathlon."

Tags:emperor, antioch, slaves, hellenistic, demeter, games, discus

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This paper will discus the novel "Night" by Elie Wiesel and will expound on the topic of night, the universe of camps, throughout the text. By examining these facets of the book, we can find a better understanding of what the author was trying to convey in this writing.

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This paper will discus the current state of the European Union, who its leaders are, and how it was created in the successful merger of European countries in this plan. By evaluating the causes for success in this EU merger, we can see how money, and politics within the leaders of the Union created a successful uniting of the European currency, as well as the countries that are part of this process. .

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This paper will discuss the book "Theories of Crime" by Daniel Curran and Claire Renzetti and discus the summary of the book's overall system of crime. By understanding the different elements of crime that seem to be a part of our society, these authors make a claim to the theories that lie behind societies horrors.

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This paper will discus "Englishness" in the later nineteenth century and show how this term has changed over the years and until the present times. The different aspects of English culture will described to give a historical setting, in which to see what is mean by being English in these time periods. By analyzing all of these factors on a social level and combined with an awareness of the way that people thought in these times, a better evaluation can be found to see the ethnicity and cultural aspects of English people and define them more clearly.