grammar test and also asked them how often they sent text messages. "Overall‚ there is evidence of a decline in grammar scores based on the number of adaptations in sent text messages‚ controlling for age and grade‚" said Mr Cingel. Those who sent or recieved the most text performed the worst in the test. "In other words‚ if you send your kid a lot of texts with word adaptations‚ then he or she will probably imitate it‚" Sundar said. "These adaptations could affect their off-line language skills
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How to Establish an Ethical Environment in the Company What is ethics? Ethics is basically two things. First‚ ethics refers to well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do‚ usually it comes in terms of rights‚ obligations‚ fairness‚ specific virtues or benefits to society. Secondly‚ ethics refers to the study and development of one ’s ethical standards. Ethics is not about answers. Instead‚ ethics is about asking questions. It ’s about asking lots of questions
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SWOT analysis of General Motors This is a General Motors Company SWOT analysis for 2013. For more information on how to do SWOT analysis please refer to our article. Company background General Motors Company (GM) is a corporate that designs‚ builds and sells cars and trucks. Name Industries served Geographic areas served Headquarters Current CEO Revenue Profit Employees Main Competitors General Motors Company Automotive Worldwide U.S. Daniel Akerson $ 152.3 billion (2012) $ 4.9 billion (2012)
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TVS Group Batch-B Group 9 This report contains a brief description of TVS Group and its subsidiaries. About mission‚ vision statements of the company. This report also includes BCG matrix of various TVS industries‚ Porter’s five force analysis on TVS motors‚ Ansoff matrix and SWOT analysis of various TVS motors brands. AMRITA GOPIKRISHNAN ANOOP KUMAR S BALRAM RAIKAR KARTHIK G VIGNESHKUMAR B [TVS GROUP] November 2‚ 2012 INTRODUCTION The TVS Group was established in 1911 by T
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P O P U L A T I O N R E F E R E N C E B U R E A U HOW HIV AND AIDS AFFECT POPULATIONS by Lori S. Ashford T he AIDS epidemic is one of the most destructive health crises of modern times‚ ravaging families and communities throughout the world. By 2005‚ more than 25 million people had died and an estimated 39 million were living with HIV. An estimated 4 million people were newly infected with HIV in 2005—95 percent of
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General Principles As the written sources of EU law cannot always provide a solution for every question which comes before CJEU‚ there is what has become known as general principles of law. These principles originate from the laws of individual member states‚ such as equality and from interpretations of treaty articles. The legal basis for the incorporation of these principles can be found under Article 263 TFEU‚ which states infringement of rule of law‚ and in Article 340 TFEU there is a direct
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Environmental pollution will dramatically decline if the authorities are not reluctant when it comes to making disposals more accessible so that a clean environment can be maintained. According to (SWMCOL 2010) in Trinidad and Tobago‚ the average person generates approximately 4 lbs of waste per day This amounts to approximately 1‚000 tons of waste that reaches the landfill sites per day Apart from this‚ large quantities of waste are also improperly disposed of‚ and as a result‚ pollute our streets
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Abortions mentally and physically affect women due to an abortion’s imperative requirement for women to make permanent life changing decisions. The History of Abortions An abortion is known as the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy. According to the National Abortion Federation‚ In the 1800s states began to pass laws that made abortion illegal‚ but the anti-abortion laws varied by state‚ one of the reasons being that many feared that the population would be dominated by the children of
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scientific understanding of the phenomenon‚ including its causes‚ impacts‚ and course of response actions. However‚ cultural beliefs act as a precipitating factor‚ filling the lack for the lack of knowledge by providing alternative responses. In the general public‚ people do not have sufficient scientific knowledge‚ important in comprehending scientific evidences and avoiding being misled by distortions (Hulme‚ 2010). The public has limitations in the capacity to evaluate information about risk. In short
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Divorce: How does it affect children? Over 60 percent of couples seeking a divorce have children still living at home. ( 6) What some parents don’t realize when they file for a divorce is the damage and effect that it will have on their kids. Divorce affects children in many ways. It affects kids emotionally and causes them to experience painful feelings such as fear‚ loss‚ anger and confusion. Divorce also hurts a child’s academic achievement. Children whose parents divorce generally have
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