...by industries, decrease the supply of food and hurt the environment. China was overpopulated sharply before the Chinese government provided the family planning policy of "one child per family". Because of overpopulation, the Chinese government needed to provide the family planning policy of "one child per family." However, the policy caused some side effects on the population. The results are imbalance between developed and undeveloped areas, unbalance of male and female, preference of bearing only male children and increasing of selective-sex abortions. Although China has succeeded with its “one child” policy in the eastern area, the western area of China which is undeveloped still has couples who have two or even more than three children. The eastern area’s residents who live in big cities adhere easily to “one child per a family” policy, but western area’s residents who live in rural area need more than one child. If they have only one child, they cannot be productive in their agriculture; Also the preference of bearing only male children caused an unbalance of male and female, and many illegal abortions of girls. According to Kahn, “Selective-sex abortions are illegal but widespread. China today has the most sexually skewed adolescent and young adult populations in the world; boys outnumber girls at birth by a ratio of 118 to 100, according to China’s 2000 census.” (2004,p. 2). In these problems, what is the role of the Chinese government? Actually, even...
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...movement began in the 1960’s as a result of various factors that based around the central premise of supporting women’s empowerment and equality and aims to equalise women in society. Feminist art practice challenged the conventions and boundaries established by previous art movements like Renaissance and Modernism, these were periods in art which were strongly male driven and male dominated. Feminism challenged this standard to various extents, as in many ways women in the art world were not entirely respected and their practice could not produce ‘fine art’. Instead females artists were only associated...
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...Liz Tracy TESC July 2013 PSY-211-OL010 Developmental Psych Module 7 Written Assignment 4 Question 1: Describe the sequence of biological changes in males and females during puberty. (Chapter 14) Whether you are talking about a male or a female, puberty is a confusing, challenging and sometimes frightening time in a young person’s life. Physical body changes, raging hormones, and mood swings make for a recipe for adolescent hysteria. Combine all that with acne and it’s a wonder why parents don’t go running for the hills. I have a son and a daughter. My son went through puberty later than his peers due to his birthdate. He is a summer baby, so he is six to twelve months younger than some of his peers. To my surprise, he did take notice when some of the other boys were maturing and getting that oddly placed facial hair. But, he really didn’t seem to care too much about it. Now, every one is caught up and it makes no difference. My daughter is a different story. She is going to be a sophomore in high school and so much revolves around the bra size! Perfect hair, perfect make-up, perfect teeth and a perfect body. The mood swings, slamming doors and interest in boys are a stark contrast to what my son went through. It’s amazing that all teenage girls don’t wind up in some form of a therapeutic class devoted solely to the time of puberty. I will say that both of my children are very comfortable talking to my husband and me about various pubescent topics. I love that our kids...
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...biodiversity between Capuchin monkeys and domestic ferrets, scorpion flies and grasshoppers, Lapland longspur and ivory-billed woodpeckers and the sea urchins and jellyfish. Under the mammal category, I chose to research Capuchin monkeys and ferrets. Capuchin monkeys are small, weighing between 3 to 9 pounds with varying fur, but commonly colored dark brown with cream or light tan coloring around their face, neck and shoulders. Capuchin monkeys are classified under the primates’ order because, for one, they carry the adaptation for climbing trees and walking on two or four limbs. Capuchin monkeys are in the same order as lemurs and mountain gorillas. Domestic ferrets are long, slender bodied animals with brown, black, white or mixed colored fur. The average length of a ferret is 20 inches which includes a 2 inch tail and weighs between 1.5 and 4 pounds. Ferrets are a part of the carnivore order and the reason they are classified as such is because they are meat-eating animals. They are joined in this order with animals such as polecats and weasels. One characteristic Capuchin monkeys and ferrets share is their abilities to adapt to living in different environments such as captivity. A second characteristic is that both types of animals can be considered a nuisance to their environments as the monkeys sometimes plunder fields and crops and ferrets are feared to unbalance the ecology if used for hunting purposes. There are two differences between the two species...
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...behavior over time may change and it may not always have an influence in the future. The endocrine system is a system of glands where each gland has a type of hormone that secretes directly into the bloodstream. Hormones are chemical substances released into the bloodstream through the endocrine glands and serve a similar function or purpose to the neurotransmitters. Hormones direct such processes as metabolism, growth, and sexual development, it also have numerous affects depending on gender. The nervous system and the endocrine system work together in a constant chemical dialog. The endocrine gland consists of Pineal gland, pituitary gland, parathyroid, thyroid gland, pancreas, adrenal glands, and the gonads which consist of female ovaries, and male testes. Since hormones have clearly identified roles throughout the human lifetime, genes, on the other hand affect heredity are sensitive to the environment, and its role changes due to the environment. With that been said, heredity is not some sort of controlling factor or has a hold on the environment. In fact genes evolve or develop and sometimes change due to the environment and that is the reason why...
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...arbitrated instead of having a court appearance. WOMEN VERSE WAL-MART Women Verse Wal-Mart, the Largest Class Action Lawsuit in History As of October 1, 2012 over one million women across all fifty states are suing Wal-Mart for gender bias. Despite race, religion, or education women are tired of being treated as inferior employees. Women feel Wal-Mart has promoted men more often and pays those men at higher rates because they are men. In 2000 Betty Dukes, a fifty-four year old woman from California claimed gender bias. Betty said that despite six years of work and positive performance reviews she was denied the training necessary to advance to a higher position. Wal-Mart stated, Dukes had problem with a female supervisor and was disciplined for admittedly returning late from lunch...
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...Psychological Assessment of Nina Sayer, The Black Swan Lisa Pinkerton PSY-215-Q3847 Southern New Hampshire University CASE STUDY Name: Nina Sayer Date of Evaluation: 02/01/2015 Date of Birth: 01/01/1992 Age: 23 years, 1 month PURPOSE FOR EVALUATION: Nina Sayer is a 23 year old, single, white female. She is the lead ballerina in a prestigious New York Ballet Company. She has been under an intense amount of stress due to the pressures of her job and her demands from her ballet director. She suffers from hallucinations and paranoid delusions. She describes her delusions and hallucinations as bizarre and sometimes violent. She has trouble recognizing what is real and what are her delusions and hallucinations. After struggling to get the role as the white swan in Swan lake, she is extremely paranoid and afraid that someone is trying to take her lead role in the ballet. She focuses this paranoia on a particular ballerina named Lily. She is extremely thin and shows signs of an eating disorder. She uses purging as a way to control her weight. Nina also has scars on her shoulders from self- mutilation. She seems very shy, reserved and almost childlike, but has moments of being very dark and reckless. This dichotomy in her personality causes her great distress. She feels she is under extreme pressure to be perfect for her mother and others. This obsession with perfection and her...
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...Dissertation by Ishfaque Ahmad 1 Chapter 1 – Introduction Chapter 1 – Introduction “At a time when the Government is tackling the deficit, against a backdrop of global financial uncertainty, it is vital that we focus relentlessly on cracking down on those that break the law and making sure that everyone pays the tax they owe” (HM Revenue & Customs, 2012, p. 4) Every year the UK Government spends billions of pounds to provide a better life for its citizens. Most of the money the Government is spending comes from tax revenue. Tax revenue allows the Government to budget expenditure such as education, health and welfare, housing, protection, re-paying national debts and improving the infrastructure. Without tax revenue, the government would not be able to fund the projects and services that people require. Following the recent recession and the global financial crisis it is important to increase tax revenue for economic growth and keeping the economy moving. The majority of the UK’s individuals and businesses pay their share of tax honestly. However, a minority deliberately seek to evade or avoid paying what they owe while benefiting from the public services (HM Revenue & Customs, 2013). As a result the Government does not receive enough tax as budgeted but spends more than what is collected. This is called budget deficit. It leads to either cuts in the budget of projects or borrowing money from other nations to fill up the deficit. Borrowing is an expensive...
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...CHAPTER 1 PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction In current time, the number of student was increasing. It is a good sign of the gradual development of education here in the Philippines, this improvement was achieved with the help of different organizations (DepEd, CHED, TESDA and DOST) implemented and founded by the government. The government pays attention and gives support in education matters for the reason that they believed it will help the country in the near future, to be more competitive and to level with other countries by producing and molding professionals. But despite of the support given by the government, schools and parents it is still in the hand of the students if they will succeed on their chosen field. Many students failed to graduate because of many disturbances and afraid to ask questions during their class. Or simply they are not interested at all to study. We are all aware that Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM) course in the Philippines is very in demand right now, that’s why many Universities and Colleges offering this course and the Baliuag University is one of them. As years go by, the number of enrollees taking up Bachelor of Hospitality Management is continuously increasing. This shows that many students are giving interest in the course and because of that, the course is now being recognized as one of the top courses to be taken not only in Baliuag University but in the Philippines. Many incoming students favor to choose Hotel and Restaurant...
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... Firstiy, this research finds that the more idealized infiuence for the county/city mayor is, the stronger abiilty of problem soiving for the associated accountants are. in addition, the better management by exception conducted by the mayor, the more abiiity of probiem soiving for accountants exists, and therefore the higher passion of innovation happens. Secondiy, this research also reveals that the more job autonomy, job importance, and job diversity happen, the stronger abiiity of probiem solving for the accountants are. Besides, the higher job autonomy for accountants exists, the higher passion of innovation happens. The mediating effect of organization commitment was found between transformationai ieadership and job performance, it indicates that organization commitment would be a mediator between transactionai ieadership and job performance. Key words: Leadership Styie, Job Characteristics, Organizationai Commitment, Job Performance, Accountants Public Personnel IManagement Volume 40 No. 2 Summer 2011 101 Introduction Due to the quick change in political environment and diversity of the society lately, the public is eager...
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...v105 some people claim that the disadvantages of the car are more than the advantages,do you agree or dis the birth of cars have made an enormous change to our life.in the past,we travel from one place to another only by foot,nowaday,cars can do it .its goes withour saying that the invention of cars bring great benefit to all of us.but as proverb goes:no garden without weeds.car is not exception. owing a car has a lot of advantages.for one thing,car provide us the most convient way of transportation.we can get around freely without spenting a lot of time.emotionally,i always found driving is so exciting.for another,its the comfortable to drive a car.In winter.drivers always can stay warm and dry even in rainy whether,in addition,drivers are usually safe in their cars when they are out at night. Cars bring the human merits,their side-effects graudually come to the surface.firstly,to run a car need a lot of oil,which is getting less and less.the increasing number of cars contribute the lacking of energy.secondlly,as more and more cars are used,the traffic ecpecially in big cities is getting heaver and heavier,which lead to the serious social problem--traffic jam.in addition,the inceasing numbers of cars ,which excaust sent a huge quantities of carbon monoxide into atmosphere.it make the air of cities unbreathabe,it strip people contact with frensh air. therefore,the new energy should be explored to replace the oil so that our envionmental pollution can be avioded .and th...
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...TA’s – Me • Key issues – – Too much description not enough analysis – Surface level versus deep use of concepts – Concepts are linked © James Berry 2013 2 Assignment 1 Lower grades – Little or no analysis: Mentioned concepts but failed to describe why they were relevant “There was a problem at my last job due to low motivation perhaps explained by expectancy theory” …go on about how expectancy theory might apply…where was the break-down…get specific – Missing obvious chance to apply concepts: “We had ten people all going in different directions” – Goal alignment – Vague or general terms: “We had a problem with communications” how and why was this a problem…did it effect motivation by breaking a link from expectancy theory or unbalance inputs and outputs. © James Berry 2013 3 Negotiations The Basics Dr. James Berry Lecturer University College London james.berry@ucl.ac.uk © James Berry 2013 4 Negotiation Skills © James Berry 2013 5 Objectives • • • • Briefly review what negotiation is Highlight why it might be important Review your BioPharm/Seltek negotiations Key things to know (BATNA, Reservation Price, ZOPA, Target Price) • Negotiate Case: Recruit © James Berry 2013 6 Negotiation is… • The process where two or more parties decide what each will give and take in the context of their relationship . . . © James Berry 2013 7 Negotiation is… • A bargaining and influence process designed to reach agreement about a decision or outcome...
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...Giraffid Newsletter of the Giraffe & Okapi Specialist Group Note from the Co-‐Chairs Volume 7(2), December 2013 Wow – what a bumper issue and, of course, only befitting for the renamed Giraffid newsletter of the IUCN SSC Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group (GOSG)! Inside this issue: It has been an exciting last six months and this issue brings you lots of stories and tall tales from across the African continent and beyond. From species conservation strategies and Red List updates, interesting wild and captive behaviours to translocations, hooves and DNA, this is truly a fully loaded newsletter. An inspiring read to keep us all going over the imminent festive season and a relaxing winter or summer break. Unusual sightings of wild giraffe behaviour 4 GOSG together with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature...
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...Molecules, Biodiversity, Food and Health Biological Molecules Biological Molecules (a) describe how hydrogen bonding occurs between water molecules, and relate this, and other properties of water, to the roles of water in living organisms; Water is a polar molecule. This is because the oxygen atom pulls the shared electrons towards it, meaning that water is slightly negatively charged at the oxygen and positively charged at the hydrogen ends, so they can form hydrogen bonds with each other. This are continuing breaking and reforming, so the molecules can move around. Property of water Solvent Importance Metabolic processes in all organisms rely on chemicals being able to react together in solution Examples 70-95% of cytoplasm is water. Dissolved chemicals take part in processes such as respiration and photosynthesis in living organisms Liquid The movement of materials around organisms, both in cells and on a large scale in multicellular organisms requires a liquid transport medium Water molecules stick to each other creating surface tension at the water surface. Cohesion also makes long, thin water columns very strong and difficult to break Blood in animals and the vascular tissue in plants use water as a liquid transport medium Cohesion Freezing Water freezes, forming ice on the surface. Water beneath the surface becomes insulated and less likely to freeze Thermal stability Large bodies of water have fairly...
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...Essays on Productivity Analysis in the Canadian Tourism and Hospitality Industries by Xiaofeng Li A Thesis presented to The University of Guelph In partial fulfilment of requirements for the degree of |Doctor of Philosophy in Economics Guelph, Ontario, Canada © Xiaofeng Li, December, 2011 ABSTRACT ESSAYS ON PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS IN THE CANADIAN TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIES Xiaofeng Li University of Guelph, 2011 Advisor: Professor David M Prescott This thesis is to investigate the relationship between the productivity in the Canadian tourism and hospitality industries and workforce characteristics, human resources management practice, technology change. The productivity analysis is conducted with different measures of productivity, such as labour productivity and total factor productivity. The first chapter is to calculate labour productivity using the Canadian National Tourism Indicator (NTI) and the Canadian Human Resource Module of Tourism Satellite Account (HRM) for six tourism industries during the period 1997-2008 and to estimate an econometric model of labour productivity. Labour productivity is found to increase with the capital labour ratio, the proportion of part-time hours, the share of immigrant workers and by the proportion of the most experienced workers. The second chapter decomposes the total factor productivity growth for the Canadian tourism/hospitality industries with dynamic factor demand models which is estimated with nonlinear Full Information...
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