A natural resource can be defined as an item that after necessary processing or manufacture is useful and hence meets the needs of the society. Natural resources can be divided into two categories. Renewable and non-renewable. Renewable resources are those which after use will be replenished‚ if used appropriately. Non-renewable resources are those which come in finite stocks‚ therefore will eventually run out. Generally‚ natural resources are spread unevenly over the globe. That is in some areas
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The causes of semantic changes In comparison with classifications of semantic change the problem of their causes appears neglected. Opinions on this point are scattered through a great number of linguistic works and have apparently never -been collected into anything complete. And yet a thorough understanding of the phenomena involved .in semantic change is impossible unless the whys and wherefores become known. This is of primary importance as it may lead eventually to a clearer‚ interpretation
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SEMANTICS A short story of semantics Why study semantics? Semantics (as the study of meaning) is central to the study of communication; and as communication becomes more and more a crucial factor in social organization‚ the need to understand it becomes more and more pressing. Semantics is also at the centre of human mind – thought processes‚ cognition‚ conceptualization – all these are strongly connected to the way in which we classify and convey our experience of the world through language. Semantics
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SEMANTICS What is semantics? According to Fromkin et al. (2007)‚ semantics refers to "the study of the linguistic meaning of morphemes‚ words‚ phrases‚ and sentences." Timyam (2010) further describes the term as "the study of meaning [or the analysis of meaning]; it is mainly concerned with the meanings of words and sentences‚ the meaning relationships‚ and the conceptual system underlying meaning. Subfields of semantics include lexical semantics‚ which involves the meanings at lexical level and
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Construction and Validation of a Scale to Measure Celebrity Endorsers’ Perceived Expertise‚ Trustworthiness‚ and Attractiveness Author(s): Roobina Ohanian Source: Journal of Advertising‚ Vol. 19‚ No. 3 (1990)‚ pp. 39-52 Published by: M.E. Sharpe‚ Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4188769 Accessed: 22/05/2009 06:55 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp.
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The change in syntactic function and paradigm‚ i.e. in distribution‚ that the stem undergoes in conversion is obvious from the examples. As to the semantic changes‚ they are at first sight somewhat chaotic. Many authors have pointed out that dust v means lto remove dust from smth* and also the opposite‚ i.e. ’to powder’‚ ’to cover with smth’ (e. g. to dust a cake with sugar); stone v means ’to throw stones at1‚ ’to put to death by throwing stones at1 and also ’to remove the stones’ (from fruit).
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Diagonally Implicit Block Backward Differentiation Formulas for Solving Ordinary Differential Equations 1.0 Introduction In mathematics‚ if y is a function of x‚ then an equation that involves x‚ y and one or more derivatives of y with respect to x is called an ordinary differential equation (ODE). The ODEs which do not have additive solutions are non-linear‚ and finding the solutions is much more sophisticated because it is rarely possible to represent them by elementary function in close
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A Tale of Two Coaches Kermetris T. Hill Grand Canyon University: LDR 600 01/14/2013 A TALE OF TWO COACHES Katz (1955) suggests that three basic administrative needs must be present for managers to be effective technical‚ human‚ and conceptual. These three basic needs can also be a sign of positive leadership. Coach Bob Knight and Coach Mike Krzyzewski definitely possess these administrative needs and many more. Of the three basic administrative needs I think that the most apparent
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The data reported has been collected from senior risk stakeholders within the selected organisation using the HEXACO Personality Inventory Revised (PI-R) scale questionnaire. Permission for the study of the personality profile of senior risk stakeholders within the selected organisation‚ through the use of the HEXACO PI-R scale questionnaire‚ was obtained from the selected organisation’s Corporate Affairs office and the permission is available in appendix A. Emphasis was placed on anonymity of
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IEEE 802.15.4: a wireless communication technology for large-scale ubiquitous computing applications Anis Koubâa‚ Mario Alves‚ Eduardo Tovar PP-HURRAY! Research Group‚ Polytechnic Institute of Porto Rua Dr. Antonio Bernardino de Almeida‚ 431‚ 4200-072 Porto‚ PORTUGAL {akoubaa‚ emt}@dei.isep.ipp.pt‚ mjf@isep.ipp.pt Abstract. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have been attracting increasing interest for supporting a new generation of ubiquitous computing systems with great potential for many applications
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