dedicated by HP to creating a sustainable business. All seven sections look at the different innovative ways that HP has come up with to reduce its negative impact on environment, raise customers’ awareness about environmental issues, and promote the use of environmental friendly products in consumers’ homes. Product design Product design is the process of creating a new product to be sold by a business to its customers. It is the efficient and effective generation and development of ideas through
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A STUDY ON DRUG ABUSE AMONG YOUTHS AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIP <<青年濫藥與家庭關係的研究 青年濫藥與家庭關係的研究>> 青年濫藥與家庭關係的研究 THE FINAL REPORT (FINAL version) February 2011 1 PREFACE The project on the study on “DRUG ABUSE AMONG YOUTHS AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIP” (“the Study”) is being undertaken by the Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention and the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong (“the Consultant”). The research team comprises the principal investigator (PI), Professor
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2014 Abstract Prescription stimulant use as academic performance enhancers is increasingly widespread among college students and the prescription stimulant use as "cognitive enhancers" has been described among undergraduate college students. Adderall and Ritalin are the most popular among the students. Some use the drugs to stay awake to study to get by with good grades, even with acknowledgement of the dangers of using. However, the use of prescription stimulants among future graduated
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18 Learn the discipline, pursue the art, and contribute ideas at www.architecturejournal.net input for better outcomes Green Computing Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Design Green Maturity Model for Virtualization Application Patterns for Green IT Architecture Journal Profile: Udi Dahan Profiling Energy Usage for Efficient Consumption Project Genome: Wireless Sensor Network for Data Center Cooling Green IT in Practice: SQL Server Consolidation in Microsoft IT Contents Foreword
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18 Learn the discipline, pursue the art, and contribute ideas at www.architecturejournal.net input for better outcomes Green Computing Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Design Green Maturity Model for Virtualization Application Patterns for Green IT Architecture Journal Profile: Udi Dahan Profiling Energy Usage for Efficient Consumption Project Genome: Wireless Sensor Network for Data Center Cooling Green IT in Practice: SQL Server Consolidation in Microsoft IT Contents Foreword
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The Negative and Positive Ecological Impacts of Technology Introduction In today's society more people are working longer hours and utilizing more technology in their everyday life. As a result of these longer hours and increased use of technology, more energy is being consumed. (Hayden and Shandra 575) The impact that this is having on the environment is substantial in both negative and positive ways. It is hard to deny the benefits modern technology has produced for the world, in industry and
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Marketing ethics is the area of applying moral principles behinds the regulation and operation of marketing. There are several frameworks to analysis marketing ethics, which value-oriented is one of those, and American Marketing Association (AMA) ethical values is one of the approaches under value-oriented framework. This essay will follow the some of the values stated by AMA to explain one of the most famous company worldwide, Starbucks. Starbucks is good at building public’s trust and creating
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legalizing the plant for recreational use. I, for one, am a strong advocate for the recreational use and legalization of marijuana in the United States. I have found that to understand why marijuana was illegal in the first place, one must go back and look at where the debate began. For the majority of human history marijuana was legal and perfectly fine to use. In fact, it is estimated that marijuana has only been illegal for 1% of the time since it has been in use (“How Marijuana Became Illegal”)
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many ethical issues faced by health care today. One of them is legalizing recreational use of marijuana. According to Patterson (2013), in United States, there are currently 20 states and the District of Columbia approves marijuana use for medical purposes. However, on November of 2012, the states of Colorado and Washington became the first two states that pass the law for legalizing marijuana for recreational use (Patterson, 2013). Meaning, it is legal for anyone at the age of 21 and older to purchase
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Smoking is a practice in which a substance, most commonly tobacco, is burned and the smoke is tasted or inhaled. This is primarily practised as a route of administration for recreational drug use, as combustion releases the active substances in drugs such as nicotine and makes them available for absorption through the lungs. It can also be done as a part of rituals, to induce trances and spiritual enlightenment. The most common method of smoking today is through cigarettes, primarily industrially
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