1 China’s economic growth and poverty reduction (1978-2002) By Hu Angang，Hu Linlin and Chang Zhixiao1 [Abstract] This article has summarized and evaluated the trend of China’s poverty decrease in the period of 1978-2002‚ considering that China has obtained great achievements in the area of poverty decrease sine 1978 and made great contributions to the world; however‚ poverty decrease has not corresponded to the economic growth and it has slowed down the pace since the middle of 1980s; in addition
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Crime Prevention and Control Broken Windows Theory and CPTED Broken windows theory is a criminological theory of the norm-setting and signaling effects of urban disorder and vandalism on additional crime and anti-social behavior. The theory states that monitoring and maintaining urban environments in a well-ordered condition may prevent further vandalism as well as an escalation into more serious crime. The title comes from the following example‚ “Consider a building with a few broken windows
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Experimental Errors and Uncertainty Data: The data table that follows shows data taken in a free-fall experiment. Measurements were made of the distance of fall (Y) at each of the four precisely measured times. Time‚ t (s) Dist‚ y1 (m) Dist‚ y2 (m) Dist‚ y3 (m) Dist‚ y4 (m) Dist‚ y5 (m) <y> σ t2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 1.0 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.5 0.75 2.6 3.2 2.8 2.5 3.1 1.0 4.8 4.4 5.1 4.7 4.8 1.25 8.2 7.9 7.5 8.1 7.4 Procedures From the above data perform the following Tasks. Task 1. Complete
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Reactions in Aqueous Solutions: Metathesis Reactions and Net Ionic Equations Introduction: Metathesis or double decomposition reactions are a reaction in which two compounds react to form two new compounds‚ with no changes in oxidation number. The ions of two compounds exchange partners. AX + BY AY + BX This reaction can occur between two inorganic salts when one product is insoluble in water‚ driving the reaction forward. A typical example is as followed and is considered a molecular equation
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Biosocial Theory and Social Structure Theory The discussion of the biosocial theory and the social structure theory in criminology has churned for years and has stemmed from the idea of nature or nurture. These two theories were derived and heavily influenced by the Darwinian theory of Pangenesis and natural selection; in the earlier times of this debate‚ the dominant view was the biosocial theory which claimed crime is the product of biological and environmental factors. After the emergence of sociology
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Introduction to Social Comparison Theory Social comparison theory‚ first introduced by Leon Festinger explains that individuals have an inherent need to evaluate themselves and their place in the world (1954). Individuals look for external standards upon which they can compare themselves and in the absence of objective measures‚ people look to their social environment. The theory posits that individuals compare themselves to others‚ and that through these comparisons they develop self-evaluations
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Conflict and critical theories try to look at the classes created by society‚ and how those in power try to keep their power through oppression of the lower classes. Critical theories examine the structures in place that give certain individuals opportunities and advantages‚ while leaving others in a disadvantaged position (Deutschmann‚ 2007: 368-369). The rules in a society are devised by those in power‚ and are used in order to regulate those who are powerless in that society. The rules are skewed
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some of similarities between gerotranscendence theory and activity theory. Firstly‚ both of this theories bringing up positive value of older people in development of aging. Gerotrancendence theory emphasis on the sign of transcendence is a common and a normal process towards wisdom and maturity in late life‚ while the activity theory stress on maintaining such activity and role in middle age is important for the successful aging. Gerotrasncendence theory is the general positivist one‚ in which the
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Name Lab Section GTA Station 1. Grignard Reaction Post-lab report Fill out the appropriate sections below. Show all work. Your calculated answers need to match the answers in the table. Also‚ attach the benzophenone and product spectra. Indicate appropriate stretches including differences in both spectra. Results | | Amounts and units | |Initial
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Biology 104 Reaction Times Objectives: 1. Formulate and test hypotheses regarding reaction times. Introduction: Reaction time is a measure of how quickly an organism can respond to a particular stimulus. Reaction time has been widely studied‚ as its practical implications may be of great consequence‚ e.g. a slower than normal reaction time while driving can have grave results. Many factors have been shown to affect reaction times‚ including age‚ gender‚ physical fitness‚ fatigue‚ distraction
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