...finding my favorite bottled water, Dasani. To my dismay, the Dasani is nowhere to be found. I question my father, asking where the water is. He replies with the one phrase I hate. “Just drink tap water.” I have never enjoyed tap water. After he said that, I began to question why I hated the mere thought of having to drink water from the kitchen sink. Why does it matter? Isn’t all water, well, just water? A quick glance at the Dasani water bottle next to me as I type this shows that the water I am drinking is from Atlanta’s tap water system. However,...
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...Australia’s current water system is under an immense amount of pressure, the Australian government has stated that sometime in the near future Australian citizens will use recycled sewerage for drinking water. Purifying and cleaning the waste water goes through several stages primary, secondary and tertiary. Primary treatment removes large particles from the sewage water, secondary treatment removes smaller particles and dissolved pollutants and tertiary treatment filters out almost all remaining particles. For the water to be able to be used for human consumption it has to go through advanced treatment it uses ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis to clean the...
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...Week 5 – Water Quality and Contamination Final Lab Rona Harris SCI 207: Dependence of Man on the Environment Instructor: Jacqueline Poole 10/6/2013 Week 5 – Water Quality and Contamination Final Lab Abstract Testing of how ground water is affected by different contaminants was the bases of the experiment. The results were interesting in that when vinegar is filtered through dirt it came out fairly clean. This is surprising because I did not think that any of the contaminants used would affect the water the way it did with vinegar. I figured all the water would have dirt mixed in with the water that was filtered. This shows that maybe we can find a way to find a safer choice on how we filter and purify water. Introduction In this Lab we will explore how contaminants affect the water supply. Contaminants can be anything from human waste, chemicals used in farming and industrial factories to the laundry detergent and cooking oil that you use at home. We are going to asking how and why this affects us when we drink water from the faucet. One contaminant that is found in water is lead. Studies have shown that lead can led to developmental delays in kids and can cause cancer in adults. According to Bruce Lanphear a pediatric epidemiologist, “Lead in water is an underappreciated service of lead intake" (Renner, 2009. A544) It is estimated that 10-20% of children are exposed to lead through the drinking water according to the Centers for Disease Control and...
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...depends on the amount of runoff with sediment. If it is excessive, the small stream will “degrade the water quality… downstream” and it can cause dead-zones in the large stream (Schwinnen). These large streams have many benefits to humans and both Schwinnen and Laughbaum discussed the same topics. Some river systems are used for drinking water and recreational purposes, like boating and fishing. Larger rivers can be used as a mode for transportation, like the Mississippi River. Although Rose Run is not a large stream, it also has an effect on humans. Rose Run belongs to many watersheds, the largest ending up into the Gulf of Mexico, but more directly Rose Run will feed into Alum Creek and Big Walnut Creek. These major streams are used for recreational purposes and they supply drinking water to towns south of Columbus. Rose Run’s poor health could make these large streams unhealthy, which impact people’s drinking water. Pollution and altering an ecosystem can have drastic effects on a stream and on people. If small streams continued to be polluted, both Schwinnen and Laughbaum agreed that there could be lasting effects. Firstly, there would be a loss of biodiversity in small streams. Schwinnen discussed the degrading impact on property value and the increase in cost for purifying drinking water. Laughbaum brought up the impact unhealthy small streams have on the control of water levels, and there would be major flooding issues. The direct impact on people is easy to see as both...
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...The Unit for Continuing Professional Development wishes to thank those below for their contribution to this support guide: Ms Alina Hambelela Angula Mr Simson Shaakumeni Ms. Laetitia Willemse Ms. Agatha Lewin Mr Simson Shaakumeni Author Content Editor(s) Instructional Designer Technical Care of Template Quality Controller Water Contents About this support guide 1 How this support guide is structured ................................................................................. 1 Course overview 3 Welcome to Water (Natural Science and Health Education) ............................................ 3 Water (Natural Science and Health Education)—is this course for you? ......................... 3 Study skills ........................................................................................................................ 4 Need help? ......................................................................................................................... 5 Getting around this support guide 6 Margin icons ...................................................................................................................... 6 Unit 1 8 Water: Grade...
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...by water scarcity? Water scarcity can be defined as the lack of sufficient available water resources, lack access to fresh water, potable water for drinking and sanitation to meet the demands of water usage within a region. Water scarcity occurs because the population is increasing around the world coupled with urbanization and industrialization so the demand for water is increasing and this will lead to serious consequences on the environment. Water scarcity divided into two types that are physical water scarcity and economic water scarcity. Physical (absolute) water scarcity occurs when there is not sufficient water to meet demand. This could be the result of dry or arid local conditions. Physical water scarcity occurs because of abundant source of water being overused and over managed. There is another equally challenging source of water scarcity: economic factors. Economic water scarcity is predominant lack of infrastructure investments are political and ethnic problems. Over 1.2 billion are basically living in areas of physical water scarcity. And almost 1.6 billion face economic water shortage. Water scarcity involves water stress, water shortage or deficits, and water crisis. Water stress is the difficulty of obtaining sources of fresh water. Water shortages caused by climate change for example droughts or root impairment, pollution, increased human demand and overuse of water. Water crisis is a situation where the available potable, unpolluted water within...
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...Proctor & Gamble vs. Unilever Dominic Williamson BUS. 508 Prof. Garabedian 11/3/2013 Determine how each corporate culture differs from the other. The consumer goods market has been historically dominated by Unilever and Procter & Gamble (P&G). Both companies boast of strong brands. Unilever has brands such as Dove, Axe, Vaseline, Comfort, and Lipton. P&G is equipped with brands such as Head & Shoulder, Olay, Pantene, Gillette, Crest, Oral-B, Duracell, Gain, Tide and Pampers. Each company has a lot of similarities which have helped them be successful in the industry. Along with those similarities come vast differences which allow them to successfully compete with one another. Unilever is one of the world's largest and fastest growing consumer goods companies in the world. The company is headquartered in the UK and the Netherlands (Unilever, (n.d). Unilever Plc). With headquarters in London and Rotterdam, Unilever was one of the few companies to focus on emerging markets. Their culture focuses on “What we believe in and how we act collectively.” They believe in targeting emerging markets to contribute to their total sales. Unilever expects emerging markets to account for 70% of total sales by the end of the decade (Procter & Gamble Vs. Unilever: Comparing 2 Consumer Staples Giants, 2013). They also believe in a high standard of corporate behavior and ethical standards for both people and the environment. Unilever executives provide...
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...Nurture and Realize Your potential NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY Faculty of International Economic RESEARCH REPORT Dr. Thanh Herb Tea: The success Instructor: Pham Phuong Lan Group Trinh Thu Ha Class: I7M – Intake 7 Autumn Hanoi, June 7th, 2012 Acknowledgement The first thing, we want to acknowledge our deep gratitude to our teacher, Mrs. Pham Phuong Lan who always gets enthusiastic for giving us many useful lessons as well as valuable advice. Without this help, this study can hardly have been completed. Besides, we would like to express heartfelt thanks to all students of IBD who have helped us to collect data for this paper. Finally, we want to expend the best wishes to our teacher and friends. Contents Chapter I: Introduction 4 1. Background 4 2. Literature review.............................................................................................................5 3. Rationale.........................................................................................................................6 4. Research questions ............................................................................................................7 5. Research methods...........................................................................................................7 Chapter II: Major finding 8 1. Quality factor 8 2. Price factor 12 3. Marketing factors 15 Chapter III: Conclusion 20 Appendix 20 1. other...
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...Environment - how can you help to protect it? Environment is an important part of human life and a healthy environment is a must for human existence. Therefore, it is crucial that we take care of our surroundings and help nature maintain ecological balance so that we could hand over to the coming generations the environment as we found it, if not any better. Our planet is changing. There are a lot of things that affect our planet in a bad way but the good news is that everyone can help to reduce them and do their bit for the environment. While exploring six important topics that affect our community : Electricity (Energy), Pollution, Food, Water, Rubbish, Rainforest, I'll present the damage and a list of ways that we can all contribute to help our planet get better. 1. Electricity Energy is everywhere. We use energy to move the mouse for a computer, to jump and shout and walk and run. It takes energy to power a light bulb, and the light that the bulb gives off is also a form of energy. Other forms of energy include heat, chemical energy, gravitational energy and nuclear power. Electricity is a form of energy and this is what powers the TV, the kettle, dishwasher, hairdryer, toaster, remote control, mobile phone, fridge, stereo, electric toothbrush, and more. Our growing need for energy is one of the problems facing the world today, because producing electricity also produces our next topic - pollution. How to help? When you’re using electricity think about where it comes from...
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...Abstract Florence Nightingale is known as the “mother of modern nursing.” Her intelligence, classical education, religious beliefs as a Unitarian, and her family’s social status were all attributes that stimulated her drive to begin what nursing is currently. Nightingale’s Environmental Model is one of the earliest grand theories. It connects the concepts of the patient, the nurse, the environment, and health. Florence Nightingale pioneered the theory that the environment affects an individual’s health and illness, and that nurses can influence health by controlling environmental factors such as light, temperature, noise, sanitation, cleanliness, and diet. Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Model is still one of the most utilized theories today. It is known as a grand theory, but can also be used at the practice level. Keywords: Florence Nightingale, Environmental Model, environment, grand theory Florence Nightingale: Environmental Model Florence Nightingale was a pioneer of her time. She has had a great influence on what Nursing is today. Many nursing schools all over the world have been named after her and base their teachings after her original thoughts and theories. She was one of the first to inspire ideas such as equality for each patient, independent of their religion, sanitation regulations, and the idea that the environment can influence a patient’s health and illness. Florence Nightingale is known as the “mother of modern nursing.” She defined nursing as...
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...1. Executive Summary Aqua Mesu purified drinking water is truly a high quality product of clean and safe drinking water. High quality water which goes through many processes of water purification such as Ultra violet Sterilization, and reverse osmosis to name a few. The almost endless purification of water had been satisfying customers in Imus and establishments for over 6 years. Aqua Mesu undergoes Bacteriological Examination of water every month as part of the Department of Health (DOH) requirements. This act alone proves that Aqua Mesu only –provide the best for their customers and a high quality product indeed. Aqua Mesu run different test to make sure that customers health is their main priority. The establishment itself has air-conditioned facility, mask, hairnet and gloves for its employees and even lab gowns are worn inside the establishment. Water business competition had always been very tight. Aqua Mesu had maintain its stability in the market by focusing on product awareness through presentation of promotional strategies, develop customer relationship and providing safe and clean water. Through this Aqua Mesu had maintain its loyal cutomer and even increase the number of its customers. Continues researching and strategic planning would improve Aqua Mesu’s existing products and services. Knowing that Aqua Mesu can deliver water as far as Laguna tells us that Aqua Mesu has maintain its name and image to the market. This marketing plan would aid the business to...
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...BIO-CLEAR Air Purifier * In 1995 Mr. T. Wan of RW & Company agreed with his foreign suppliers that there would be a market for its BIO-CLEAR air purifier in the Philippines. Since there was then as yet no such comparable commercial product in the local market, the decision was made to bring it to the market as fast as possible. This decision was made to preempt the competition, to be able to define the market by being the first product that was to be locally available, and to build up brand equity. Arrangements were therefore made for the initial shipments of the product’s range of models into the Philippines. A year later, however, Mr. Wan was struggling with unsold inventory consisting mostly of the more sophisticated and computerized higher priced models. Sales in the provincial outlets were consistently poorer than predicted versus those in the urban areas, especially Metro Manila. Metro Manila sales, however, were still marginal as well. Product sales were barely covering costs, and Mr. Wan was wondering whether it would be better to simply discontinue offering the line. He would be talking to the foreign supplier’s representatives in a week and needed a good position in order to be able to strike a negotiation with confidence, especially because this supplier was not only the source of the BIO-CLEAR line of air purifiers but also of other home appliance products that RW & Company was selling. Above all, Mr. Wan had to decide as to whether or not he...
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...Environmental Obligation: An examination of the performance of Pepsi Co Student Name: Chomansingh Mareachealee Student Number: 15570501 Semester: 1 2011 Campus: Charles Telfair Institute Tutor’s Name: Sarita Ramanan Tutorial Day and Time: Tuesday (11:30-13:30) GP 4 | | | | | | | Table of content | | | | | Content: | | | | | | Introduction | 2 | | | | | The case against Pepsi Co and its impact & implication: | | | | | | (A) Achieving positive water balance | 2&3 | | (B) Land & Packaging- Moving towards zero landfill | 4 | | (C ) Climate change- reducing the carbon Footprint of operations | 5 | | (D) Protecting Natural resources and health | 6 | | | | | | | | The case for Pepsi Co and its impact & implication: | | | | | | (A) Pesticide controversy in India and Carbon dioxide emission | 7 | | (B) Using Tap water for Bottling | 7&8 | | (C )Health issues and Recycling problem | 8&9 | | | | | | | | Conclusion: | 9 | | | | | References: | 10&11&12 | | | Re: Corporate Environmental Obligation: An examination of the performance of Pepsi company Introduction: Modern organizations have high considerations for societal contribution. Nowadays, customers are environmental conscious and concerned about ecological implications. Social performance has become an important pillar for effectiveness and survival...
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...Clean Water Project Report Day 1- “The Balanced Equation” Documentary Notes In the documentary, “The Balanced Equation”, a group of high school girls tells their story of traveling to Kenya and the Dominican Republic to investigate and learn more about issues dealing with water in developing countries. The girls focus primarily on problems with water that exist in these countries and the water filtration systems being provided. According to the video, approximately 3.5 million people die from water-related illnesses each year, and over 800 million people do not have access to clean water today. The girls discover that portable point-of-use filtration devices are given to those in developing countries who don’t have access to clean water. Permanent water solutions, such as digging wells, have been tried, but often fail due to lack of maintenance and education. Wells often become contaminated with runoff water among other issues, so over 50% of these permanent solutions fail after 5 years. Instead, point-of-use water systems are distributed since they are portable and can be used at home. The girl’s spent their first night of their adventure in...
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...CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL REPORT ON CANDIDATES’ WORK IN THE CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE JANUARY 2008 HUMAN AND SOCIAL BIOLOGY Copyright © 2008 Caribbean Examinations Council ® St Michael Barbados All rights reserved -2HUMAN AND SOCIAL BIOLOGY GENERAL PROFICIENCY EXAMINATIONS JANUARY 2008 The 2008 examination was the third January sitting of Human and Social Biology offered at the General Proficiency level. The format of the examination was the same as in previous years. Paper 01 consisted of 60 Multiple Choice items. Paper 02 consisted of ten compulsory structured questions in Section A, each worth ten marks, and four essay questions in Section B, each worth 20 marks. Candidates were required to answer any two of the four essay questions. General Comments There was significant improvement in candidate performance in 2008. Seventy-seven per cent of the candidates achieved Grades I – III in 2008 compared with 47 per cent in 2007. This improvement was also reflected in the performance in both profiles, Profile 1, Knowledge and Comprehension, and Profile 2, Use of Knowledge. While performance on Paper 01, the Multiple Choice paper, declined slightly, analysis of the equating items reveals that except for two items, the profiles are parallel and at the same level in 2008 and in 2006 (the year with which the items were equated). Candidate performance on Paper 02 improved significantly. This may be attributed to at least two factors: 1. This is the third...
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