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A second front of biological research has involved the use of brain-wave recordings. The German-born British psychologist Hans Eysenck, for example, studied brain patterns and speed of response in ...
information system
At the operational level are transaction processing systems through which products are designed, marketed, produced, and delivered. These systems accumulate information in databases that form the ...
attention
Inevitably this account is an oversimplification. In the human brain, other structures, particularly the hypothalamus, are involved in regulating states of sleep and wakefulness, while limbic ...
Videla, Jorge Rafael
career military officer who was president of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. His government was responsible for human-rights abuses during Argentina's "dirty war," which began as an attempt to suppress ...
Argentina
Adalbert Krieger Vasena, minister of economy and labour, attempted to stabilize the economy by again devaluing the currency and then undertaking programs in electric power, steel, roads, and housing. ...
Computers and Information Systems
Acquisition activity was dominated by the long-running effort of Oracle to mount an unfriendly takeover of PeopleSoft and by PeopleSoft's determination to fight it. The battle ended in December, when ...
Art, Antiques, and Collections
The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis sale was the antiques and collectibles media event of the year. Costume jewelry worn by Onassis sold for 80-90 times the presale estimates. A faux diamond and ...
Southeast Asian arts
(General): Philip S. Rawson, The Art of Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Burma, Java, Bali (1967), is a comprehensive survey with many illustrations and plans; Benjamin Rowland, The ...
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