Also‚ let ’s not forget the very powerful‚ but now seemingly mundane and almost accepted addiction that some people develop to videogames. Video games are computers too... very single-minded computers‚ but computers nevertheless. "Addictions" - defined very loosely- can be healthy‚ unhealthy‚ or a mixture of both. If you are fascinated by a hobby‚ feel devoted to it‚ would like to spend as much time as possible pursuing it - this could be an outlet for learning‚ creativity‚ and self-expression.
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Medicine‚ University of Leeds‚ Leeds‚ UK Child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) services in the UK have a long history of multiagency working. In this article‚ we explore the difficulties in agreeing an evidence-base for interagency work‚ and describe some of the challenges this poses for practitioners and service planners. We use current literature to outline the barriers and facilitators to good multi-agency practice and explore the outcomes of integrated professional work with children and young
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Leagility Defined for the Supply Chain Two words‚ lean and agile‚ combine to make the word leagility. Supply chain managers need lean supply lines to eliminate waste and keep costs low. They also require agile supply chains to get the right amount of the product to the right place in order to satisfy the ever-changing nature of the marketplace. Traditional management recommended a lean supply chain for products with a stable demand‚ yet low profit margin. Conversely‚ products with a high profit
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implicitly assumes the existence of different types of MNCs. Terms such as polycentric‚ geocentric and ethnocentric and multidomestic‚ international‚ global and transnational are often used to denote different types of MNCs. Several of these typologies have become standard textbook matter and are widely taught in courses on international business and management. There are several reasons why a typology of MNCs can be useful for both academics and students. First‚ it can reduce the complexity of multinational
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Sugary Drinks or Diet Drinks: What’s the Best Choice? Alexander B. Simon ITT Technical Institute Abstract Better beverage choices can help fight and prevent obesity and diabetes. Water‚ of course‚ is the best beverage option. It delivers everything the body needs—pure H2O—with zero calories. But for some tastes‚ plain water is just too plain—and it may be unrealistic to ask everyone to kick the sugar-water habit overnight. We must instead work to retrain the American palate away from sweet
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As technology continues to develop in our modern world‚ so does our cultural identity. From the beginning of the Internet in the early 1990s‚ people have already started relying on computers to store and share files within companies and shared groups of people. As the Internet’s development accelerated to the 2000s‚ the identity of individuals began to change. The world-wide web’s name itself tells us what it is; information constructed on a web with world-wide information. For people with access
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Abortion is defined as the termination of a pregnancy. This can be a voluntary or involuntary process. An involuntary abortion is often referred to as a miscarriage‚ in which a fetus is prematurely expulsed from the womb. The term abortion is typically used in reference to a voluntary and deliberate termination. In either case of termination‚ the fetus is not carried to full term. There are a variety of reasons for which a female would undergo an abortion. Person conflicts are the leading reason
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James Clawson Prof Balma Poli Sci 110 November 5th‚ 2012 Ron Paul’s Liberty Defined I chose Ron Paul’s book because of all the candidates in recent years‚ his message is the most consistent in the ideals I would hope an elected official would hold. Though I do disagree with him on a number of issues‚ his overall message of liberty and freedom strike a chord‚ especially in our current age of government overreach. His blunt approach to government intrusion and the handouts society has become
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obese children and adolescents have the same medical problems as adults‚ such as hypertension as well as in psychological problems‚ such as depression. Furthermore‚ Anderson & Butcher (2006) stated that increasing childhood obesity is related to increasing adult obesity which suggest that obese children are at an increased risk of becoming obese in adulthood. This is one more reason that obesity in children is a serious problem in society. Food choice may be defined as “a complex human behavior
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INTRODUCTION Nigeria is a multi-ethnic nation with various cultural groups that are about three hundred in number. In 1947‚ Nigeria was not yet a nation. Nigeria now has been a multi-national society‚ one of the sociological problems of building Nigeria as a nation is multi-ethnicity with its concomitants such as multilingualism and completive ethnicity. There were varieties of lines which existed between the various states and people which were the predecessors of modern Nigeria. But on the
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