yield to provide food for all. For this purpose the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has been very high. Though satisfactory crop yield is obtained by the application of chemical fertilizers and pesticides‚ their use brings out certain disadvantages. These include pollution of large water resources‚ destruction of microorganisms‚ acidity of the soil and reduction in soil fertility etc. In recent years scientists have found an alternative way to deal with this deleterious effect of chemical
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Medicaid is both a federal and state program‚ which provides health assistance to people of low income groups with little regard for their age. Medicare is a successful program; it comes with gaps especially in the areas of prescription drugs and long-term‚ non-professional nursing care. The elderly spend an estimated 22% of their income‚ on average‚ for health care services and premiums. Medicare is one of the nation’s primary healths. It provides coverage to nearly 39 million people. Before Medicare
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movement had originally started in the 1980 ’s when managers were encouraged to give their workers more involvement in work-related decisions but has now grown into its own controversial topic as 31% of companies define themselves as empowered. Advantages Many companies believe that being in an empowered company will motivate the worker. They believe this because it gives the job content. Researchers have shown that at the individual level and the team level that giving the workers power over themselves
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in the Long and Short term Outsourcing is defined by Roberts as turning over to others the provision of goods and services that the firm formerly provided for itself (Roberts‚ 2007 p 191). Organizations seek to outsource for the purpose of cost reduction. This cost can been seen in terms of time‚ finances‚ products and service costs. (Tayaouva‚ 2012) Child explains that Outsourcing can offer a number of advantages in principal but in practice it can be seen to provide some disadvantages. In the
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Globalization is such a commonly used term in the twentiethcentury. It simply means that the world has become integrated economically‚ socially‚ politically and culturally through the advances of technology‚ transportation and communication. It is undeniable to say that globalization has resulted in both positive and negative effects which must be addressed accordingly. To begin with‚ globalization has contributed to the worlds economies in many beneficial ways. The advances in science and technology
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Reputation can make or break an individual. It determines how people view one another and it also decides how people treat and react to each other. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ the monster‚ Victor Frankenstein and Elizabeth Lavenza face struggles with their reputation and how it defines them. Also‚ in Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Iago‚ Othello and Desdemona are presented with similar struggles to the ones the characters in Frankenstein face. The presentation of reputation in both works allows
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planting materials‚ compensate land shortages and genetic improvement of the plant. [pic][pic][pic][pic]A few of the advantages perceived in the use of biotechnology in agriculture are rapid multiplication of plant species‚ breeding of resistant varieties‚ diagnosis and control of disease in crop and livestock‚ utilization of crop residues and animal waste. Some of the disadvantages are high cost of research and development‚ endangering biodiversity‚ genetic erosion and lack of access for poor farmers
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Natural resources are the building blocks on which modern society depends. Knowledge of their physical nature and origins‚ and the web they weave between all aspects of human society and the physical earth can lay the foundation for a sustainable society. We agree with the above statement because natural resources are important‚ as human beings would not exist without them. We use natural resources in everything we do. Therefore we should use our resources with minimal wastage and even ensure
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Introduction Most of people have formed a stereotype that credit is belonged to rich people not the poor. They think that the poor has no property to meet the repayment which could cause financial institutes a situation about bad loan. The term microcredit is used to identify a mixture of various financial and non-financial services. It has various definitions accepted by the different international organizations‚ as well as specialists and scholars. However‚ apart from the beneficiaries‚ as far
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“Consider the extent to which short term factors are now far more important than long term factors in shaping voter behaviour” Both short and long term factors unarguably play a crucial role in the voting behaviour of the electorate. However there is evidence to suggest that during the last decade the effect of long term factors has diminished considerably while the influence of short term factors has increased. By examining and deconstructing various long and short term factors we can examine their
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