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Cyrus the Great was born in 580 BC and lived until the year of 529 BC. He was the first Achaemenid Emperor; he was the founder of Persia one of the largest empires of that time. He created this empire by uniting the two original Iranian tribes – the Medes and the Persians. Even though he was known as a great conquer he was mainly known for his tolerance and magnanimous attitude towards those whom he had conquered. He was one of the first to use not only Persian governors to control the places…

540 were assigned to receive chemotherapy, followed by a placebo. People were chosen at random on the basis of tumor measurement. Between July 18, 2001 and August 19, 2002, the starting dose assigned to the 539 people on erlotinib was 150 mg. The median survival was 10.6 months in the erlotinib arm compared to 10.5 months in the placebo arm. When the researchers looked at race, age, sex and cancer stage there was no significant survival difference. When they looked at those who smoked versus…

and demographic structure. Population aging is an increase in the median age of the country due to rising life expectancy and decreased birth rates. Demography is based on the size, composition and distribution of population. Within the United States population the median age was seventeen in eighteen twenty and by two thousand it increased by thirty five years. Also, the older population continues to grow by twenty thirty the median age is expected to increase by forty two years. The increase…

Econ471 Final Project Usage Forecast of a city’sbikeshare system in Washington,D.C Courtesy of Capital Bikeshare Group 4 Xinchen PanDifei Luo Yimeng WuPak Ng YuxiGuo University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dec.02, 2014 Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………. 3 Data analysis……………………………………………………... 4 Making a model/assumption checks……………………………... 8 Conclusion……………………………………………………… 19 Appendix………………………………………………………... 21 References………………………………………………………. 23…

crossing. Approximately 44 feet east of the crosswalk, there is white, reflective stopbar across both westbound traffic lanes. Parallel with the east crosswalk line, on the north shoulder Fletcher Avenue as well as the center of the raised center median, there are poles with yellow pedestrian crossing signs, with arrows at the bottom of the signs, point down towards the crosswalk. The pole on the north shoulder, also has a bar extending from the top, over the westbound lanes. From the…

When you first finish high school most of us don’t want to continue with school, because we just finished about 12 years of it why go farther? During most of high school you here your teacher’s say how this work is nothing compared to college work, and it’s just going to be more work. I know that when I was in high school all of my teachers were saying that the only way to succeed is to go to college get a bachelors or a master’s degree in something useful that you can make vast amounts of money…

There have always been certain places that are known as safer and others that are known as less safe. But what makes these specific areas safe or unsafe? What causes crime to occur more often in certain areas than others? Crime rates are higher in certain areas than others, and historically these do not vary much over time. Poverty is a cycle that once someone is in, it is hard to get out of. Poverty is also often associated with street crime, and more violent crimes in general. It would make…

which are funded by taxpayer dollars, for example, the Earned Income Tax Credit, which is not widely recognizable to the general public as a government social program. The creates misperceptions which have an important effect on the electorate, the median voter does not seem him/herself as being a beneficiary of the tax dollars that they are contributing to the system. The beneficiaries are also less likely to see their effective tax rate as being fair. (LecturePS174_SubmergedState 15). The…

• That all political views up for election are placed along a one-dimensional policy spectrum. The effect of the median voter theorem on political parties is explained using the following examples. Let’s say a Democratic political party and a Republican political party are running for election in a majority-rule, single-peaked, two-party system. For either of the parties…

in the wrist. Many factors can contribute to carpal tunnel syndrome such as the anatomy of the wrist, other underlying health problems, and possibly patters of hand use. The carpal tunnel, a narrow passage way that protects a main hand nerve - the median nerve, is located on the palm side of the wrist. Compression of that nerve causes numbness, tingling, and hand weakness, but proper treatment can relieve the symptoms and restore wrist and hand function. The main symptoms of carpal tunnel…