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Cancer represents a heterogeneous group of diseases. It is characterized by uncontrolled cell growth and a collapse of all multicellular co-operations (Zhang, et al., 2016; Zhang and Sun, 2015; Zhong, et al., 2016). Cancer promotes tumor development and metastasis (Ahmed, et al., 2013; Zhu, et al., 2016). Tumors are characterized by six essential alterations in cell physiology. These are self-sufficiency in growth signals, continued angiogenesis, insensitivity to growth inhibition signals,…

Ever since the Spanish settlement in the 16th century, the country has worked as a service economy. In 1821, Panama broke out from Spain and joined Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, calling themselves the Republic of Gran Colombia. When it dissolved in 1830, Panama remained part of Colombia, and in 1903 along with U.S support it became separated from Colombia. The United States and Panama signed a treaty that allowed the construction of a canal, and that also gave sovereignty to the U.S over a…

Introduction: - It is obvious that humans are extracting more natural resources then needed. The main debate here is that some believe that nature is able to renew itself and therefore we are not harming it. This is the optimistic view. On the other hand side, there are the pessimists who believe that we are witnessing “the death of birth”. Every natural resource has a limited time span, including water. Maybe not in the near future but eventually, we will have no water left. It is fundamental…

Although, Harry Truman had an abrupt induction into presidency in 1945, he managed to end World War II by deciding to release two bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki leading to a victory of the Allies. Truman’s decision to release the bombs was very important for the United States as well as her allies. While World War II was one of the deadliest wars in American history, it was necessary to take the right precautions during this war. Neglecting this act and ignoring the attacks by the Axis…

is divided by the east coast of Asia by the Sea of Japan. Japan consists of four main islands that are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. Tokyo is one of a prefecture of Honshu and other largest cities that include Yokahama, Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe, Kyoto, Kawasaki, Saitama, Hiroshima and Sendai. The total population of Japan is 127 million people. (Global Sherpa, 2015) Japan is known to have many unique cultures, from geisha to local festival (matsuri). Geisha have been an important aspect in…

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and power equipment. The channel of distribution first starts in the production area, then moves to wholesale distributors and then a retail distributor. A channel of distribution is the way in which the goods are passed from the manufacturer to the consumer meaning the goods that are made in the manufacture are directly delivered to the consumer and using…

Yokohama’s history goes back to the pre-Edo period, back to the year 1859. Up to the end of the feudal Edo period, when Japan still had a policy of national seclusion, with little contact with foreigners, a major turning point occurred in Yokohama, when Matthew Perry arrived just south of Yokohama with a fleet of American warships, demanding the trading ports be opened for commerce. The shogunate then agreed by signing the Treaty of Peace and Amity. It quickly grew and became the base of foreign…

For generations, the Nintendo Company has gifted people off all ages with countless memories in the world of video games. Through games such as Mario, Pokémon, and The Legend of Zelda, which are three of the most popular titles of all time. Nintendo has continuously revolutionized the way video games have been developed through handheld and stationary consoles. Their impact on video games has never been more apparent than it has been in the past decade. Nintendo’s recent impact started with the…

Alternatives Option A – Continue to promote the Daewoo brand in Europe The first option was to revitalize the GM Daewoo brand and not to introduce Chevy to Europe. GM Daewoo sold the following models that were already recognized throughout Europe: Matiz, Lancetti, and Kalos. The GM Daewoo brand, which was associated with value, was recognized as an existing strength for GM. It would benefit their global positioning to leverage this reputation. Furthermore, value was a relevant characteristic to…

Liberalism is together with realism and Marxism was one of the three core theories that dominated IR throughout 20th centuries or at least up to 1990s. Liberalism had however a very bumpy entrance into the field. As we’ve seen in the previous lecture, the first debate between realist on the one hand and liberals on the other are basically blablabla liberalism for the former idealism, starting out to studying the world, how we would like it to be rather than how it really was like, etc. And the…