Chapter 4 CODING SYSTEMS Introduction This chapter looks at how coding systems can be devised and used in accounting systems. The use of codes in categorising and processing transactions It is universal practice in accounting systems to use coding systems to refer to customers‚ suppliers‚ accounts and employees. Codes are used because they are concise and precise‚ and can be subject to computer checking Concise: instead of referring to a product as a “50cm‚ high Resolution LED monitor”‚
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Evolutionary (Darwinian) Medicine “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution” –Theodosius Dobzhansky Proximate vs. Ultimate Questions Biological causation: proximate vs. ultimate explanations Physiology‚ genetics‚ biochemistry‚ etc. generally concentrate on * proximate causation “What” & “How” questions Ultimate causation: How evolutionary processes (natural selection; adaptation) and evolutionary history shape traits “Why” questions Traits have both types
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elab.vanderbilt.edu A New Marketing Paradigm for Electronic Commerce Donna L. Hoffman hoffman@colette.ogsm.vanderbilt.edu Thomas P. Novak novak@moe.ogsm.vanderbilt.edu February 19‚ 1996 Paper submitted for the Special Issue on Electronic Commerce for The Information Society. Keywords: computer-mediated environments‚ World Wide Web‚ marketing on the Internet‚ the marketing concept and corporate strategy A New Marketing Paradigm for Electronic Commerce Running Title: A New
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million year old rocks they found what look like fish. In the 365 million year old rocks they found amphibians that did not look like fish‚ so to find the change the look at the 375 million year old rock to find transition between the two. In their paleontology work in 2004 they found sedimentary rocks in Pennsylvania and on the east coast of Greenland‚ but their most successful rock was found in the Artic of Canada. 2. The fossil Tiktaalik has a flat head with eyes on top‚ it is similar to an alligator
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Pangaea‚ Pangæa‚ or Pangea (pron.: /pænˈdʒiːə/ pan-JEE-ə;[1]) was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras‚ forming about 300 million years ago.[2] It began to break apart around 200 million years ago.[3] The single global ocean which surrounded Pangaea is accordingly named Panthalassa. The name Pangaea is derived from Ancient Greek pan (πᾶν) meaning "entire"‚ and Gaia (Γαῖα) meaning "Earth". The name was coined during a 1927 symposium discussing Alfred Wegener’s
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One of the greatest questions of all time is: "Where did we come from?" One of the most popular answers to this question is creationism‚ the idea that everything was created by a higher being. Another idea is evolution‚ the idea that all living organisms descended from a less complex organism. Up and coming in the last century‚ evolution possesses a new way of thinking that is being greatly accepted by the scientific community. Who or what really is our greatest of great ancestors? Most major
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Understanding Evolution: A Simple and Easy Illustration by Adam Chandler on Saturday‚ June 23‚ 2012 at 5:54am Many people don’t understand what evolution is‚ and how it happens. Therefore‚ some of them might reject it based on not knowing what it is‚ or based on a wrong understanding of it. Because of that‚ I find it my duty to make an easy to understand illustration of evolution‚ as I believe I understand it well. I’ll try to make this illustration as easy as possible‚ and in many places‚ oversimplified
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SBI 3U1 – 07: Biology Examination Definitions Unit 1: Diversity of Living Things ➢ Species: a group of organisms that can interbreed in nature and produce fertile offspring. ➢ Morphology: the branch of biology that deals with the structure or form of organisms. ➢ Phylogeny: the evolutionary history of a species. ➢ Taxonomy: the branch of biology that identifies‚ names‚ and classifies species based on natural features. ➢ Binomial nomenclature: the system of giving a two-word Latin name to
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Characteristics and Properties of Amino Acids Introduction: Each amino acid has at least one amine and one acid functional group as the name implies. The different properties result from variations in the structures of different R groups. The R group is often referred to as the amino acid side chain. Amino acids have special common names‚ however‚ a three letter abbreviation for the name is used most of the time. A second abbreviation ‚ single letter‚ is used in long protein structures.Consult
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BOOK R E V I E W S Environmental Politics and Policy‚ 6th Edition. Walter A. Rosenbaum. 2005. CQ Press‚ Washington‚ DC. 366 pp. $44.95 paperback. Reviewed by Joel T. Heinen‚ Associate Professor‚ Department of Environmental Studies‚ Florida International University‚ Miami‚ FL 33199 The Sixth Edition of Walter A. Rosenbaum’s much-used volume is a necessary update for several reasons‚ not the least of which is the insight provided throughout on the environmental policy impacts of the G. W
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