CHEMICAL SIGNALS MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS Endocrine System: a system of glands that secrete hormones to regulate body function Hormones: chemical messengers or regulators • they are released by cells in one part of the body and affect cells in other parts of the body to speed up or slow down processes. Endocrine Hormones – are produced in glands and secreted directly into the blood and distributed by the circulatory system. Makes hormones and regulates the pituitary gland Pineal gland (makes serotonin
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An author writes for many reasons. An author may give you facts or true information about a subject. If so‚ they are writing to inform. Some authors write fiction stories or stories that are not true. They write these stories to entertain you. Other authors may write to persuade or to try to get you to do something. What is the author’s purpose if the passage contains . . . Facts or true Information? Fiction? to Inform or Teach to Entertain Tries to get you to Persuade or to do something? Convince
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CONTRACTS Prepared by: Cleveland Sharpe American InterContinental University What is a Contract A contract is when two or more individuals make an written or oral agreement for legal consideration on a legal subject matter which is bound by law. Elements that Form a Contract Offer – when a party (offeror) indicates the willingness to enter into an agreement on certain specified terms. Acceptance – this is when the offeree agrees to the terms of the contract. Consideration – this is
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Apple Inc. in 2010 Stragegy and Structure_ Nov.18‚ 2014 Content Industry Introduction Strategy Analysis Recommendation Industry Introduction Industry Introduction - Smart Phone Industry Supplier - Low bargaining power Buyer Substitute - Booming market - Difficult to find substitute - High price elasticity - Low switching cost - Certain brand royalty (for Apple users) New entrant - Certain requirement of technology and investment - Networks/Carrier barrier - Certain local policy incentives
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Leadership Development Plan By LaJuana Woods Leadership in the 21st Century Professor Vicki Boone MGMT 592 April 21‚ 2013 Leadership Journey • Taking classes to help me understand what I need to do to become a leader. • Reading the necessary information to help me gain the knowledge of understanding on how to be a good leader. • And getting the hands on approach while working in an organization to get a better knowledge on how the leadership position is supposed is supposed to be managed. 2 Information
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SALTS AND THEIR PREPARATION SALTS A salt is a compound formed when the hydrogen ions in an acid are replaced by metal ions or by ammonium ions. Compounds in which the H+ ions in an acid have been replaced by ammonium ions (NH4+) are called ammonium salts. NOTE: •An anion is a negatively charged ion. Hence:•Hydrochloric acid gives chlorides. E.g. sodium chloride‚ ammonium chloride. •Nitric acid gives nitrates. E.g. barium nitrate‚ copper nitrate. •Sulphuric acid gives sulphates. E.g. silver sulphate
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Arthur Miller Background Study: In preparation for Death of a Salesman Miller’s Early Life ● Arthur Miller was born on Oct. 17‚ 1915‚ in New York City. ● His father ran a small coat-manufacturing business; during the Depression it failed. ● He was 17 before he read any serious literature and had poor grades in high school. (woo hoo – there’s hope!) The College Years ● Two years after high school graduation‚ he enrolled in the University of Michigan. ● Before graduating in 1938‚ he won two Avery
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Doing Business In Estonia MONIQUE WILLIAMS‚ HANA HUSKOVIC‚ GARTAY ALFRED‚ AND BRANDON OLIVERA Table of Contents SOCIOCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT……. GARTAY ALFRED ECONOMICAL ENVIRONMENT …….....HANA HUSKOVIC POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT ………….BRANDON OLIVERA LEGAL ENVIRONMENT ………………MONIQUE WILLIAMS Did You Know? Where Is Estonia Located ? Estonia is located east of the Baltic Sea‚ west of Russia and north of Latvia (Estonia‚ 2014). Sociocultural Environment of ESTONIA The Importance of Culture
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Angela Hunter-Cole HCS 440 Economics: The Financing of Health Care Week One Discussion Questions ? Most people feel health care is priceless; however‚ health care comes with a steep cost. What factors must be considered when looking at the true cost of care? According to website Cha Cha.com the factors that must be considered when looking at the true cost of health care are price‚ security‚ availability‚ and dependability. Cost is a driving factor in health care‚ how much health care services
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Annotated Bibliography HCS 455 Annotated Bibliography FY 2014 Budget Overview. (2013). FY 2014Budget Overview. Retrieved from: http://www.ssa.gov/budget/fy14Files/2014BO.pdf This article is a good overview of the funds that the president asks for each year to budget Social Security. It gives a breakdown of what amount of money needs to go to fund what. It gives an overview of what they are doing in order to lower running costs. It gives the actual budget of the previous year‚ the
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