Adaptive phenotypic plasticity is being increasingly recognized as an important role in adaptive radiation. The plasticity leads to the production of phenotypes that are well suited for the ecological niches. The Midas cichlid fish‚ which are distributed in the Nicaraguan great lakes and several crater lakes‚ have been known for their intraspecific polymorphism‚ and phenotypic plasticity. The lower pharyngeal jaw of the Midas cichlid fish Amphilophus citrinellus was tested in different diets for
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philanthropic employers began to develop a paternalistic care and concern for their employees. From the 1890s Quaker employers‚ for example‚ Cadbury and Rowntree‚ began to emphasize welfare by appointing ’industrial welfare ’ workers and building model factory villages. It was estimated that by 1914 there were probably between 60 and 70 welfare workers in Britain (Farnham‚ 1990). In the USA‚ Henry Ford ’s autoplant‚ for example‚ established a ’Sociological Department ’ to administer personnel
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Explain the causes of one type of extreme weather. Temperate storm Boscastle flood 2004 A Temperate storm are storms of different types and occurs in the area of 30 to 60 degrees latitude with High Wind speed (39-55 mph + or 63–90 km/h). In 2004 various factors lead to the flooding of Boscastle. Boscastle is a rural village located on the North coast of Cornwall‚ in the South West of England. There are various physical factors which contributed to the flooding of Boscastle. Firstly‚ the storm which
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Knowledge Management Models Knowledge management literature is plentiful with different understandings of knowledge‚ information and data‚ as ideas and thoughts. As a result many organizations experience lots of expenses on knowledge management technologies‚ which hardly deliver with the expected outcome (Davenport‚ and Prusak‚ 1998). For further explanation‚ Argote et al.‚ (2003) tried to organize Knowledge Management literature by separating it into two parts: Knowledge Management context and
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Appendix 2 A model of cultural influences on teamwork practice - a design team case-study Cristina Chisalita‚ Gerrit C. van der Veer‚ Johan F. Hoorn & Mari Carmen Puerta Melguizo Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Contact author: Cristina Chisalita Postal address: Faculty of Sciences‚ Division of Mathematics and Computer Science‚ Department of Information Management and Software Engineering‚ Free University‚ De Boelelaan 1081 A‚ 1081 HV Amsterdam‚ The Netherlands
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Number 1 The Gordon Model is particularly useful since it includes the ability to price in the growth rate of dividends over the long term. It is important to remember that the price result of the Constant Dividend Growth Model assumes that the growth rate of the dividends over time will remain constant. This is a difficult assumption to accept in real life conditions‚ but knowing that the result is dependent on the growth rate allows us to conduct sensitivity analysis to test the potential error
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or goods is constant‚ the inventory model is called deterministic. However‚ when the demand rate is not constant and not deterministic‚ the inventory model is called probabilistic and is best described by a probability distribution. The minimum-cost order quantity and re-order policies are based on the assumptions of the demand rate. PROBABILISTIC INVENTORY MODELS 1. A single-period inventory model with probabilistic demand The single-period inventory model refers to inventory situations in which
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CAPM is a model which enables investors to determine the expected return from a risky security. It observes the relationship between the risk of an asset (Mobil Oil) and its return. The model uses Beta as the main measure of risk. This model works under the following situations: • In a perfectively competitive market where they are many price-takers’ investors‚ who have a small market share each. • Investors behaviour is myopic • Also investments included in the model are publicly
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Introduction The waterfall model is the most common model of all software development life cycle models. It is very simple to understand and use. In a waterfall model‚ each phase must be completed before the next phase can start. At the end of each phase‚ a review takes place to determine if the project is on the right path and whether or not the project should be continued. Here phases do not overlap with each other. Waterfall model is a sequential design process in which progress is seen
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Business Model Assignment Part 1 Had been very busy lately finishing up on all the marking and a host of other stuff. Why is it that everything has to come together at the same time? Now I have to advise my students on completing their Business Model Assignment. My advise to them: "Do a little bit every day. Don’t wait until the week of submission and then try to cramp everything in one week. You will go haywire if you do that." There are four parts to the business model as required in the coursework
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