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    The journal “Comprehensive evaluation of player-Surface interaction on artificial soccer turf” was written by a collaboration of people publishing the results of tests of a study of soccer cleats performance on soccer turfs. This journal was written in 2009 by the authors Clements Müller, Thorsten Sterzing, Justin Lance, and Thomas L. Milani. The purpose of this journal was to publicize the finding of a soccer related study. The study’s purpose was to “evaluate the traction characteristics of four

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    Indigenous knowledge has existed and thrived long before Western knowledge became the dominant way of thinking and understanding the world. Because Western knowledge is so contrasting to Indigenous knowledge, many scientists of the western tradition have little interest in Indigenous knowledge, nor the benefits of such knowledge. A large discrepancy between western and Indigenous knowledge is the relation to nature. The Western tradition divide nature and human, while the Indigenous tradition levels

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    Chicago. The events of this crisis could have changed the perception of Tylenol products. Another example of organizational crisis was the predictable 2012 Hurricane Sandy. Although companies of all sizes expected the Hurricane due to the weather forecasting, some areas in New York and New Jersey were affected worse than others. There were businesses that terminated operations for several business days. In addition to Hurricane Sandy being an organizational crisis, it was also a crisis for many

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    Demand Forecasting Approach prepared by London Economics International LLC December 21st, 2017 Background On December 15th, 2017, ERCOT released its annual System Planning Long-Term Hourly Peak Demand and Energy Forecast report for the region for 2018. The report presents methodology, assumptions, and the data used to conduct the forecasting. ERCOT bases the forecast on econometric models describing ERCOT’s hourly load as dependent on the number of premises in various customer classes, weather variables

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    Avoiding the weather is impossible. Weather forecasting is the one branch of science that nearly everyone uses on a daily basis. Whether one checks the forecast in the morning, afternoon, or night, knowing the atmospheric conditions enables us to prepare for the type of weather we will be facing. Predicting the climate has been practiced since the beginning of time with more or less accuracy. Historical beliefs show numerous examples of weather predicting methods based on observing surrounding

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    procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge involving the recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses” Nowadays scientific forecasts, like weather forecasts, have become common in people’s daily life. Some of them, because of their accurate prediction, have brought great helpfulness and convenience. However, there is a

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    Weathering and Erosion

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    bub Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind velocity, and barometric pressure. Weather can be classified as day to day temperature and precipitation activity, where climiate is average atmospheric conditions over longer periods of time. Weather occurs from temperature and moisture differences between one place and another. These differences can occur due to the sun angle at any particular spot. The strong

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    The product management team asks you for an analysis of the stock-out probabilities for various order quantities, an estimate of the profit potential, and to help make an order quantity recommendation. Specialty expects to sell Weather Teddy for $24 based on a cost of $16 per unit. If inventory remains after the holiday season, Specialty will sell all surplus inventory for $5 per unit. After reviewing the sales history of similar products, Specialty’s senior sales forecaster predicted

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    Becoming A Meteorologist

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    categories of forecasting and research. The following is a job description from http://www.prospects.ac.uk/meteorologist_job_description.htm: “In weather forecasting, common tasks include: collecting data from satellite images, radar, remote sensors and weather stations all over the world; measuring factors such as air pressure, temperature and humidity at various atmospheric levels; analysing and presenting this information to customers in the form of weather briefings; coding weather reports for

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    The regression analyzes the number of sales (the dependent variable) of Columbia Sportswear Company in millions of dollars in the United Stated per year. INC represents the annual income per capita in the United States in dollars. ADV equals the amount that Columbia spent on advertising in the United States each year, and is also expressed in millions of dollars. RS is the number of retail stores per year in the United States. STP represents the average annual stock price of COLM (Columbia’s ticker

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