AST20211 Environment and Health UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Definition of Environment‚ Health and Disease Environmental Problems Food Borne Diseases Intervention and Control AST20211 Environment and Health What is environment…? • The sum total of our surroundings‚ including all the living and nonliving things with which we interact. • Living things • Animals‚ plants‚ forests‚ fungi‚ etc. • Nonliving things • Continents‚ oceans‚ clouds‚ soil‚ rocks •
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IB Environmental Systems and Societies Unit 1 Systems and Models “Nautre Does nothing uselessly” Aristotle (384 – 322 BC) Assessment statement 1.1.1 Outline the concept and characteristics of systems. Apply the systems concept on a range of scales. Teacher’s notes The emphasis will be on ecosystems but some mention should be made of economic‚ social and value systems. The range must include a small-scale local ecosystem‚ a large ecosystem such as a biome‚ and Gaia as an example of a global
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suppliers‚ marketing intermediaries‚ customer markets‚ competitors‚ and publics. 1. The Company a. All groups/departments in a firm are interlinked. 2. Suppliers a. Suppliers form an important link in the company’s overall customer value delivery system. 3. Marketing intermediaries a. Helps the company to promote‚ sell and distribute the goods and services to final buyers. These include resellers‚ physical distribution firms‚ marketing services agencies and financial intermediaries. 4. Customers
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is ISO 14000? ISO 14000 is the general term used for ISO 14000 family of standards published by International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The ISO 14000 family addresses various aspects of environmental management. It provides a framework for the development environmental management system. 3. What is the role of BIS in ISO 14000? BIS is the National Standards Body of India and is a founder member of ISO. BIS represents India‚ in ISO. The Technical Committee (TC) number 207 (ISO/TC 207)
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. The four phases of a business cycle are trough‚ recovery‚ peak‚ and recession. The length of an average business cycle can be anywhere from 2-15 years. Capital goods and durable goods last‚ and therefor purchases can be postponed. This may happen when a recession is predicted to be lurking. Durable goods industries therefor suffer large output declines during recessions. However‚ consumers cannot postpone the buying of nondurables; therefore recessions only slightly reduce non-durable output
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Mental health plays a role in everyone’s lives if they know it or not. Record of mental illness dates back as early as 3500 BC in ancient Mesopotamia as evidenced by the discovery of trephined skulls. Along with Mesopotamia‚ the ancient civilizations of Egypt‚ Greece‚ Rome‚ and India attributed the will of the gods or demonic possession to why individuals would act outside of the norms of society‚ when the root of the problem had less supernatural reasons‚ and was actually caused by mental illness
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of business • Environmental influences on business • Environmental analysis • Characteristics of business environment • Components of business environment • The micro and macro environment • Competitive environment • Porter’s five forces model–competitive analysis Learning Objectives The present chapter aims at: • Definitions and objective of business • Examine environment analysis‚ characteristics components of the organisation. Let us know the microenvironment and macro environment •
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Macro environment‚ one of the three key elements of the marketing environment explains the influences of broader societal forces. These major external forces are not controllable‚ but being aware of the environmental factors and its changes will be of great advantage for growing the business (Angela‚ 2012). In the travel business‚ the operation does not depend only on the internal functioning but is also affected by external factors. Wotif is also affected by these internal and external factors.
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The Endocrine system helps to maintain homeostasis by secreting hormones into the bloodstream‚ which travels throughout the body. This system regulates activities such as growth and development and influence emotions and behavior. The relationship of this system alongside the other body systems is how the body maintain a stable equilibrium‚ regulating the activity of the organ systems. Nervous - The endocrine system acts as a communication tool within the human body‚ working alongside with the nervous
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The implementation goals are simplicity‚ efficiency‚ portability‚ and the ability to run on small devices with limited capabilities. These implementation goals resulted is a fast language engine with small footprint‚ making it ideal in embedded systems. This paper reconstructs and documents the architecture of Lua version 5.0.2. Lua 5.0.2 contains approximately 25‚000 lines of source code. The code base uses an instance of the compiler reference model‚ has several identifiable patterns‚ and is divided
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