FI 410 Final Exam Study Guide Chapter 2 and 3: Investment risk- pertains to the probability of earning a return less than that expected. Standard deviation measures the stand-alone risk of an investment The larger the std deviation‚ the higher the probability that returns will be far below the expected return Two-Stock Portfolios: Can be combined to form a risklss portfolio if correlation (p)= -1.0 Risk is not reduced at all if the two stocks have correlation (p)= +1.0 In general‚ stocks have an
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10/18/2011 Philosophy 235 The Ethical Implications of Involuntary Treatment for Substance Abuse Every time health professionals claim to speak for the rights of others many questions arise within the bioethical community. Although altruism is a motivating mechanism of selfless care for others‚ it may have a dark side. Involuntary treatment for alcohol and drug abuse is a controversial tool used in medical care. The question of whether or not such treatment can be applied has been an unresolvable
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I hammered. I beat it raw‚ until the piece was unrecognizable. I manipulated it in a way to suit my own twisted desires. And like that‚ I was finished. Sweat dripped off my brow‚ as I cleaned and wiped the surface with rubbing alcohol and surface cleaner‚ making it shine to show my blood covered face and sweat drenched shirt. This summer‚ I spent my weeks‚ day in and day out‚ working on an old pickup. The pickup was a 1991‚ with over four hundred thousand miles‚ and enough stories to bring a child
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Case Management Special Populations – Substance Abuse This paper will consider information illustrating the fact that there are many special populations that have a real need for services from social agencies. A special population can be explained as a group of people that need assistance in order to function and have as normal and productive quality of life as possible. They are unable to do this on their own because of a disability or deficiency that creates a disadvantage not necessarily
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2007 - 2011‚ and addresses the phenomena of adolescent substance abuse in the African American demographic. Additionally‚ this literature review will address documented causes of adolescent substance abuse as presented by psychologists‚ psychiatrists‚ educators‚ government officials‚ urban-policy researchers‚ addiction counselors and human service professionals. Opposing views will be presented by various experts on the subject of substance abuse among the African American adolescent population. This
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Alex Barbour Mary Crocker Cook Abnormal Psychology The effects of substance abuse on Dissociative Identity Disorder “For a variety of reasons there has been little dialogue among the disciplines that study patients with trauma and those that study and treat substance abuse. Little systematic investigation exists on the treatment of DID in general‚ and substance abuse in DID in particular” (1). Dissociative Identity Disorder is defined in Essentials of Abnormal Psychology as “a disorder
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“Drug abuse and addiction are major burdens to society; economic costs alone are estimated to exceed a half a trillion dollars annually in the United States‚ including health‚ crime-related costs‚ and losses in productivity. However staggering as these numbers are‚ they provide a limited perspective of the devastating consequences of this disease‚” (Volkow‚ 2007 P. 2). The cost of drug addiction and drug abuse can be staggering in today’s society. 14 percent of people brought to emergency
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Impact of Parental Substance Abuse Upon Children Leighsa Machus California State University‚ Bakersfield‚ Antelope Valley Abstract Children of substance abusers face tremendous disadvantages. They are exposed and vulnerable to situations that may affect their psychological development in damaging ways (Wolfe‚ 1999). These children are also at risk for a myriad of abuse such as physical‚ emotional‚ sexual abuse and neglect. Research has documented the ways that substance abusing parents
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EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE INTRODUCTION Drugs are chemical substances either synthetic or natural when taken that alter the normal physiological functioning of the body. Drug abuse relates to excessive use of psychotropic substances resulting to changes in behavior and normal functioning of the body. This paper looks into the effects of drug abuse (on academic performance)‚ the common drugs abused and ways and means of mitigating the same. It also looks into the common
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Course: INB 410 Assignment: INTRODUCTION China is situated in eastern Asia on the western shore of the Pacific Ocean‚ with an area of 9.6 million square kilometers. China’s continental coastline extends for about 18‚000 kilometers‚ and its vast sea surface is studded with more than 5‚000 islands‚ of which Taiwan and Hainan are the largest. Since initiating market reforms in 1978‚ China has shifted from a centrally
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