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22May John Langdon Down’s Autism: A Stealth Disease [PART 1]

                                                                    

                                                                                  by Dr. Lawrence Broxmeyer, MD

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Lawrence Broxmeyer, MD, is currently a licensed internist and medical researcher. He was on staff at New York affiliate hospitals of SUNY Downstate, Cornell and New York University for approximately 14 years. He pursued as lead author and originator, a novel technique to kill TB and the mycobacteria with outstanding results. [The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2002 Oct 15;186[8]:1155-60]. Recently he wrote a chapter in Sleator & Hill’s textbook Patho-biotechnology, published by Landes Bioscience. Http://drbroxmeyer.netfirms.com

 

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22May Difference Between Written And Spoken Language

Introduction

In any language there is some amount of difference between written language (planned) and spoken language (spontaneous). Since planned speech could be considered a form of written language, it could be inferred that there are also differences between planned speech and spontaneous speech. Some of these differences are very clear in terms of syntax, lexis, phonology and discourse. In the first part of this paper (Part A), 1 will try to highlight these differences in order to make a clear distinction between spontaneous and planned speech. In the second part (Part B), I am going to analyse two texts one of which is spontaneous speech and the other is planned. I will try to base my discussion on the differences explained in the first part.

Part A:

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22May Why Firms Merge And The Problem They Cause:

Why firms merge and the dilemma they trigger:

Introduction:

According to Fairburn and Kay (1989) mergers can be dated back in the 1920′s, from the past it is evident that mergers might cause much more harm than bring the advantages they bring to the merging firms, the merging and acquisition activities have increased in the past and firms merge because they think by doing so numerous benefits will be realized and therefore increase the profits of the firm. This paper focuses on the motivating aspects toward mergers and the difficulties caused by these mergers.

Why firms merge:

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