advantage‚ but stating the aim of the questionnaire may be a possible turn off. Second and perhaps more importantly there is a problem with the order of the questions. General demographic information gathering questions should have been placed at the beginning of the questionnaire‚ so that they would grab the attention of the respondents as well as fitting the questionnaire in a more structural way. The flaw in this area caused almost one third of the reprensentatives to be eliminated because they
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Securing Plastic Money Using an RFID Based Protocol Stack Rishab Nithyanand Department of Computer Science University of California - Irvine rishabn@uci.edu Abstract. Since 2006‚ there have been three major systems that have been implemented in an attempt to reduce the threat of credit card fraud - Chip and PIN (United Kingdom)‚ Chip Authentication Program - CAP (European Union)‚ and RFID enabled credit cards (United States of America). In spite of a big effort by the EMV1 ‚ there has been
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The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is one of the most significant protected areas of the Philippines. It is located in the Midwest coast of Palawan‚ some 76 km northwest of Puerto Princesa City. It was designated as a National Park on March 26‚ 1971 at 3‚901 has by virtue of Proclamation No.835. To ensure long term viability‚ the Park was expanded to 22‚202 has that includes the entire catchment of the Underground River and important forested areas by virtue of Proclamation No.
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Beauty and Devastation "It [the tiny bloom] had called her to come and gaze on a mystery. From barren brown stems to glistening leaf-buds; from the leaf-buds to snowy virginity of bloom. It stirred her tremendously"(10). In Zora Neale Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God” her use of imagery‚ particularly of nature‚ is used to stimulate the audience’s imagination while communicating deep significance in the novel. The imagery of nature creates a unique parallel between the two sides of nature;
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extensive cosmetic surgery. People should embrace who they are for what God made them to be. A celebrity is who everyone admires and what everyone dreams of becoming‚ but is it really that glamorous? “Part of why beauty is so important to humans is that one depth perception allows us to see and recognize that other humans are watching us” (Kuczynski‚ 2006‚ p.104). For most of today’s leading Hollywood stars they have received some sort of cosmetic procedure to enhance their already beautiful looks. On the
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Period 6 How Does the Recycling of Plastic Affect the Environment? Recycling greatly benefits many aspects of the world‚ particularly the environment. Almost everything used in today’s society is manufactured from plastic (i.e. water/ shampoo/ mouthwash bottles‚ food containers‚ furniture‚ technology‚ etc.). Due to this‚ not recycling plastic can lead to many problems in our environment. Recycling plastic promotes the conservation of energy and natural resources. It also
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natural resources‚ seasonal uncertainties‚ or serious health problems‚ we are responsible in some or the other way to make it happen. Here comes the question‚ how informed‚ sensible and responsible we are as consumers? We are least bothered about our behavior‚ causing more harm to our planet. Unless we engage ourselves in ecologically oriented or pro-environmental behavior‚ we are on the way to perish. The protection of the physical environment requires a multidisciplinary approach involving a wider
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Research Topic: Myths of Cosmetic Surgery. Cosmetic Surgery and the Media in South Korea. The media has had so much of an impact on our society that plastic surgery is no longer a rare condition. ‘‘The media communicates its messages through images which tyrannize our realities. No matter how much we try to control our bodies‚ we cannot hope to match the illusion on the screen’’ (Kim L. Bissel‚ 2009). Moreover‚ our culture does‚ in fact‚ obsess over this idea of a perfect body image (Fifield‚
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Plastic in the Ocean More than 200 animal species are dying everyday because they are consuming plastic in the ocean. This paper will discuss the environmental issue of polluted oceans‚ the causes‚ and possible solutions. The current environmental issue is littering in the ocean. Everyday hundreds‚ thousands‚ and even millions of trash is dumped into the ocean. Hundreds of marine species eat large amounts of plastic debris. “Yet the question is why so many species from the tiniest zooplankton to
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Journal of Banking & Finance 35 (2011) 1491–1506 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Banking & Finance journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jbf Corporate derivatives use and the cost of equity Gerald D. Gay a‚⇑‚ Chen-Miao Lin b‚ Stephen D. Smith a‚1 a b Georgia State University‚ United States Clayton State University‚ United States a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Received 21 February 2009 Accepted 31 October 2010 Available
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