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Tourism studies

Korea’s Leading Ecotourism Destinations and Sustainability

Ecotourism is an important form of tourism that protects the natural environment and ecosystems while revitalizing local economies. The role and importance of ecotourism in buildin

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Library & information science

When Having Information Hurts More: Mooers’ Law

Mooers’ Law is the principle that no matter how good an information retrieval system is, it will not be used where having information is more painful and troublesome than not havin

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Statistics

When to Stop and Choose: The Secretary Problem

The secretary problem asks how to maximize the chance of picking the very best candidate when you must decide on each one on the spot. This article explains its rules, why the answ

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Logistics

Not All Inventory Is Equal: ABC Analysis

ABC analysis divides inventory into three classes, A, B, and C, by annual usage value and manages each class with a different level of care. Learn how it emerged from Pareto and Ju

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Library & information science

Dreaming of the Internet on Paper Cards: The Mundaneum

The Mundaneum was a vast index-card archive founded in Brussels by Belgian lawyers Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine to gather the world’s knowledge in one place. This article cover

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Food & nutrition

The Temperature at Which Oil Starts to Smoke: Smoke Point

The smoke point is the temperature at which an oil or fat, when heated, begins to give off a continuous, visible bluish smoke. This article covers why oil smokes, what determines t