or PMMA for short‚ is a polymer consisting of the monomer methyl methacrylate that has been around since the 1930s1. PMMA is a polymer that has a high impact strength‚ is scratch and shatter resistant‚ and is relatively lightweight1. Because PMMA can also be formed into a transparent thermoplastic and has a glass transitions temperature of 130oC‚ this polymer served as a glass substitute in its early uses1. Other beneficial characteristics of Polymethylmethacrylate include its high thermal stability
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►Introduction to Income Taxes ►What are taxes? Payment required by a government upon income earned by individuals‚ businesses and other taxable entities that is unrelated to any specific benefit or service received from the government Types of taxes: Property taxes Sales taxes Gas taxes Payroll taxes ►Progressive/graduated tax Generally‚ rates increase as income increases ►Federal income taxes ►FORMULA: ►Income (very broadly inclusive) ►LESS: Exclusions (income not subject to taxation)
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. Many products and services often pass a life cycle while there are many shapes depending on their industries. They newly emerge in the society‚ start to sell to be widespread‚ become saturated in the market and then gradually get out of date. This sequence of product and service is called the product life cycle. Smartphone also passes such natural path. According to the next web (2011)‚ first smartphone brand was Ericsso’s GS88 in 1997. A touchscreen smartphone‚ which is widespread now‚ was launched
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Individual differences – Psychopathology Definitions of Abnormality- 1. DEVIATION FROM SOCIAL NORMS: Deviation refers to dominant behaviour – ‘Behaviour which is considered undesirable by the majority’ – For example; Talking to yourself in public LIMITATIONS: The definition is susceptible to abuse: Diagnosing someone with a mental illness could just be a way to exclude non conformists from society For example‚ homosexuality was considered a ‘mental disorder’ in the USA until 1970s also
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1. What do you think Aristotle would say about this situation? Aristotle says‚ “a virtue is a habit‚ but not a mindless one. You act virtuously with the intent to do the right thing” (pg. 55) Aristotle would say that Ted’s behavior is probably stemming from something he learnt from a role model or society. He also describes virtue as a habit‚ Ted is probably used to behaving in this manner‚ because it has become a habit for him. Aristotle also says that virtue is not a mindless one‚ so although Ted’s
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What Effect Does the Media’s “Thin Ideal” Have on Society? Magazine articles‚ TV shows‚ advertisements‚ and music videos continually depict images of unreasonably thin models and celebrities. Many of these celebrities suffer from eating disorders‚ and yet they remain the iconic symbols of our society. American men and women strive to obtain the perfect body‚ or the “thin ideal‚” that the media presents as normal. This was true for my friend‚ who dreamed of going to fashion school beginning in middle
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2015 University of Phoenix Online Professor John Eckert Sentencing Paper In this paper will describe how the system analyzes the principal objectives of punishment within the United States correctional system. It will also describe how the state and federal systems goals of punishment. How does sentencing affect the state and federal corrections systems overall and I will explain and support my answer? Also‚ this paper will define determinate and indeterminate sentencing within the correctional
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the development of science and technology‚ our life is of great convenience. However‚ life also bounds with problems‚ since the development is exchanged with the cost of the consumption of energy and bringing lots of contamination. Although there is a growing awareness of finding solutions for these problems for people all over the world‚ I still disagree with the statement that the most important problems in today’s world will be solved in our lifetime. The first reason I want to put forward is
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Why did mechanization revolutionize patterns of both production and consumption? Human Labor had been the prior and only source of production of goods till mechanization was achieved. Mechanization has been defined as the process of replacing manual labor (in the form of human/animal labor) by the use of machines (also known as automation) which may or may not depend on a human operator on a wider scale. Technology had just reached breakthrough heights when scientists and inventors established
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My Individual Results and Applications BUSI 340 – ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR I Professor Gregory Gómez III George Harike Sr. Liberty University May 3rd‚ 2015 Abstract I currently work for an aerospace company as a business unit manager. My daily tasks consist of scheduling the business to meet customer deliveries‚ ensuring production is on target‚ and measuring the performance of the business through production‚ quality and financial metrics. My organization consists of six salaried supervisors and
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