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Bar management involves operating and running an establishment that serves alcoholic beverages. Entertainment is an important part of bar management as well. Potential entertainment options include televised sports games and live events featuring bands and comedians. If a bar serves food, a bar manager...

Biodiversity or Biological diversity is a term that describes the variety of living beings on earth. In short, it is described as degree of variation of life. Biological diversity encompasses microorganism, plants, animals and ecosystems such as coral reefs, forests, rainforests, deserts etc. Biodiversity...

People have been breeding plants to improve quality, increase yields and reduce harmful characteristics in crops for thousands of years. In the last few decades, plant breeders have been able to introduce beneficial traits in plants more precisely using a variety of techniques commonly known today...

Until now, most available research on innovation in tourism product service and development has focused on concepts, rather than facts. Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism presents empirical studies that identify the major "push and pull" factors of innovation in hospitality and tourism,...

Animals eat to acquire the energy and building materials that they need to live and grow. Animals use energy to perform normal body functions such as breathing, walking, eating, digesting, and maintaining body temperature. Nutrients provide poultry the energy and material needed for the development...

Biochemistry is closely related to molecular biology, the study of the molecular mechanisms by which genetic information encoded in DNA is able to result in the processes of life. Depending on the exact definition of the terms used, molecular biology can be thought of as a branch of biochemistry,...

Food producers are responsible for the safety of their products, and to guarantee food safety of dairy products, the dairy industry has implemented hazard analysis of critical control points (HACCP) systems. This enables quality assurance of final products via a chain management approach. In recent...

Weed control is the botanical component of pest control, using physical and chemical methods to stop weeds from reaching a mature stage of growth when they could be harmful to domesticated plants and livestock. In order to reduce weed growth, many “weed control” strategies have been developed...

The use of digital technology has dramatically shifted the business paradigm, both domestically and internationally. Digital technology has created entire new industries, shifted others, and forced managers and leaders of firms to look at their tools they need to successfully execute marketing campaigns...

Travel management is a specialized business function that balances employee needs with corporate goals, financial and otherwise. Travel management ensures cost tracking and control, facilitates adherence to corporate travel policies, realizes savings through negotiated discounts, and serves as a valuable...

All substances in the universe are made of elements. According to the current generally accepted theory, hydrogen and helium were generated first immediately after the Big Bang, some 15 billion years ago. Subsequently, after the elements below iron (Z= 26) were formed by nuclear fusion in the incipient...

The Congress government under Digvijay Singh embarked upon a programme of land reform in the state beginning in 1998, consisting of distribution of a portion of the government-owned charnoi (common grazing) land to dalits and tribals, restoration of tribal lands, removal of encroachments and ensuring...

Public administration is a feature of all nations, whatever their system of government. Within nations public administration is practiced at the central, intermediate, and local levels. Indeed, the relationships between different levels of government within a single nation constitute a growing problem...

Functioning of Panchayat Raj in India has been a matter of debate and speculation about its performance and impact. In almost all states, two or three rounds of elections for Panchayats have been completed. The sizeable presence of underprivileged and poor in the grassroots political institutions...