Trade-in programs are offered extensively in business-to-business (B2B) markets. The success of such programs depends on accurate prediction of return flow characteristics. Motivated by a real problem facing a high-tech company, this paper first develops a method to analyze data from Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) forms, which contain information such as booked and returned quantities a...

The strategy and operations of any war can be understood only in the light of conditions of the ten or twenty years before its beginning. Technology, organization, doctrine, training, command and staff appointments—all the essentials of action in war—are put in place and developed in peacetime. The testing experience of combat will bring about change, but prewar elements continue to affect many...

Liberalism does not have one perspective on political changes. Classical liberalism places great emphasis individual freedom and opposes state interference in the private affairs of individuals. From this standpoint, accepts revolutionary movements against oppressive regimes that violate individuals’ freedom. The idea is central neoliberalism, particularly social welfares, to provide people dec...

In both industrial and domestic environments, there will be a large increase of wireless communication systems. The density of wireless devices and need of additional bandwidth is expanding which is increasing the wireless interference. Interference emerges from unintended radiators is the main cause of degrading the Electromagnetic Compatibility and wireless communication performance in near f...

The natural reservoirs of influenza viruses are aquatic birds. After adaptation, avian viruses can acquire the ability to infect humans and cause severe disease. Because domestic poultry serves as a key link between the natural reservoir of influenza viruses and epidemics and pandemics in human populations, an effective measure to control influenza would be to eliminate or reduce influenza viru...

Abstract The transnational scope of corporate activities often results in extraterritorial environmental harm elsewhere on the planet. Within European context, two legal developments are challenging this state affairs. First, several legislative initiatives seek to establish due diligence standards for along global supply chains. Second, domestic courts increasingly assume jurisdiction over dam...

Why have states legalised international norms promoting domestic democracy in some regions of the world? This issue poses a difficult puzzle because standard assumptions about state preferences for sovereignty make the creation of strong, binding international rules on democracy unlikely. We identify four possible answers: the interests of powerful states, common government interests in domesti...

Since most domestic violence injuries occur in the head and neck areas, it is critical that dental professionals be prepared to identify, interview, and assist potential victims. The purposes of these surveys in 1996 and 2007 were to investigate U.S. and Canadian dental school curricula regarding the inclusion of domestic violence topics, determine the topics emphasized, determine beliefs of co...

Between early August 1990 and the end of February 1991, coverage Persian Gulf War on Cable News Network (CNN) television showcases a comprehensive example simulacra. Based Jean Baudrillard's ideas postmodern simulacra simulation, this paper attempts to demonstrate how appeared before Nepali audience through domestic nationwide channel. The major source news perspectives contents Nepal Televisio...