describe body weight that is much greater than the health range. Adults with a body mass index greater than 25kg/m2 but less than 30kg/m2 are considered overweight (Insel‚ 2009). The western culture has infiltrated daily lives in the world due to this fact‚ obesity has become widely spread in countries like Japan‚ China and Australia. Researches show that approximately 56 percent of the people in the world are obese. Nearly two third of adults in the United states are overweight and 30.5 percent are
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| Other available formats: Abstract Full Text - PDF (90 K) Credit card fraud: awareness and prevention Katherine J. Barker‚ Jackie D’Amato‚ Paul Sheridon. Journal of Financial Crime. London: 2008. Vol. 15‚ Iss. 4; pg. 398 Abstract (Summary) To make readers aware of the pervasiveness of credit card fraud and how it affects credit card companies‚ merchants and consumers. A range of recent publications in journals and information from internet
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Financial Statements Fraud Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1 Definition ............................................................................................................. 1 Purpose of Financial Statements Fraud ..................................................... 1 Financial Statement Fraud Schemes .....
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into the recent trends in power transmission engineering‚ FACTS and HVDC. The first part of our presentation starts with a quick idea of FACTS. FACTS is defined as a power electronic based system and other static equipment that provide control of one or more AC transmission system parameters to enhance controllability and increase the power transfer capability. This paper also deals with the basic concept involved in the usage of FACT controllers which are capable of controlling up to three system
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The Role of Desires in the Movement Towards and Away from God Everyone has desires‚ whether it is the desire for professional success‚ family and personal health‚ a decent roof over their head‚ and owning the Powerball Mega-millions winning ticket. Possibly the most common is man’s innate desire to love and know God. To know and love God means putting God first. Since the very beginning‚ mankind has struggled to prioritize the desire for God over the desire for other earthly things. This struggle
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barrier will slow you down. In America‚ we love sugary drinks even though we know it’s harmful to the human body. We can’t resist. Labels already exist on food and drinks with nutritional facts that may be ignore. It’s better not to have labels on sweet drinks. My three reasons are many ignore nutritional facts‚ sugar not the only cause of obesity and having the opposite effect on labels. Too many warnings could potentially have the opposite effect. Most consumers will continue to buy sweet drinks
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9-104-071 REV: SEPTEMBER 14‚ 2007 ROBERT S. KAPLAN DAVID KIRON Accounting Fraud at WorldCom WorldCom could not have failed as a result of the actions of a limited number of individuals. Rather‚ there was a broad breakdown of the system of internal controls‚ corporate governance and individual responsibility‚ all of which worked together to create a culture in which few persons took responsibility until it was too late. — Richard Thornburgh‚ former U.S. attorney general1 On July 21‚ 2002
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the prevention and detection of fraud rests with both those charged with governance of the entity and with management. ISA/HKSA 240 (Clarified) also provides expanded operational guidance for auditors to consider the existence of material misstatement due to fraud in a financial statement audit. It emphasizes the auditor’s increased responsibility for detecting fraud‚ and the auditor is now required to be more proactive in searching for fraud during the whole audit process
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Aldana 1 Monique Aldana Professor Ferguson English 101 17 April 2013 Mediumship: Fraud or Genuine? Many attempts to communicate with the dead have been documented back to early human history. The oracles of ancient Greece were consulted for advice‚ and ancient shamans and witch doctors traditionally contacted spirits. People believe mediums mediate communication between the spirits of the dead and other human beings. Although mediumship threatens beliefs of many people and their religions
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Facts About ASD Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that can cause significant social‚ communication and behavioral challenges. There is often nothing about how people with ASD look that sets them apart from other people‚ but people with ASD may communicate‚ interact‚ behave‚ and learn in ways that are different from most other people. The learning‚ thinking‚ and problem-solving abilities of people with ASD can range from gifted to severely challenged. Some people with
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