1) What does this guide define “sustainable development” to be? Sustainable development is the process of moving human activities to a pattern that can be sustained in perpetuity. It is an approach to environmental and development issues that seeks to reconcile human needs with the capacity of the planet to cope with the consequences of human activities. (The problem of recognising the need to live within constraints and to ensure more fairness in access to limited resources‚ lies at the heart
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1. Describe clearly the accounting changes Harnischfeger made in 1984 as stated in Note 2 of its financial statements. Prior to 1984‚ the Corporation used principally accelerated methods for its U.S. operating plants. The cumulative effect of this change‚ which was applied retroactively to all assets previously subjected to accelerated depreciation‚ increased net income for 1984 by $11.0 million or $.93 per common and common equivalent share. The changes as defined in Note 2 are as follows:
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1. What is Bank? Institution which accept deposit for lending Banks are the financial institutions that mobilise the savings of the community and make them available to the people for generating income. A bridge between the user of capital and those who save but can’t use the funds themselves. 2. What are the functions of Banks? 1. Receipts of Deposits: 3 types of deposits- Current deposits‚ Savings deposits‚ Term deposits 2. Lending of Money: Cash Credit‚ Over Draft‚ Loans and Advances 3. Agency
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Chapter 5 Learning Objectives 1. Explain the concept of price elasticity of demand and its calculation. The price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded to changes in price; it is calculated by dividing the percentage change in quantity demanded by the percentage change in price. 2. Explain what it means for demand to be price inelastic‚ unit price elastic‚ price elastic‚ perfectly price inelastic‚ and perfectly price elastic. Demand is price
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1. What alternative should Barney Rubble consider when addressing the problem? When addressing the problem of sourcing‚ Mr. Barney should consider other after sales services such as the cost of maintenance of the supplied equipment. Barney should pay more attention to the cost charged on the health facility for such services as they increase further the overall cost of the supplies (www.achsm.org). As a solution to this‚ he should focus on the healthcare’s strategy which requires that they source
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Chapter Two: Clover 1. When her mom died her dad brought the kids to Clover Virginia since he couldn’t take care of all of them on his own. The ten children were then divided out amongst the relatives that lived in Clover. Henrietta ended up with her grandfather‚ Tommy Lacks. 2. I think the term home-house has a positive connotation because it sound welcoming. It suggests that the Lacks family was willing to give anybody a home. 3. Day was Henrietta’s cousin and in the future‚ would become her husband
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Top of Form 1 . Revenue increases when A. producer surplus increases B. producer surplus decreases C. consumer surplus increases D. consumer surplus decreases Bottom of Form Correct : Producer surplus is the difference between the minimum price the producer is willing to receive and what they actually receive. The surplus is their profit‚ and the larger the surplus‚ the greater their profit on the good. When it decreases‚ the producer receives a price closer to the minimum acceptable. The
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Axia College Material Appendix E Water Resource Challenges Review Ch. 10 and 11 of your text‚ then complete the following: Provide at least three freshwater and three ocean water resource challenges by filling in the following table. Then‚ respond to the question that follows: Freshwater Resource Challenge Description Water Pollution Many instances such as dumping are causing the water resource to be polluted by bacteria and other harmful Redistribution of water resources The allocation
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T he Sisyphean Corporation The Sisyphean Corporation is considering investing in a new cane manufacturing machine that has an estimated life of three years. The cost of the machine is $30‚000 and the machine will be depreciated straight line over its three-year life to a residual value of $0. The cane manufacturing machine will result in sales of 2‚000 canes in year 1. Sales are estimated to grow by 10% per year each year through year three. The price per cane that Sisyphean will charge
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Infancy: Socioemotional Development I. | Attachment: The Basic Life Bond | | | Define attachment. bond between caregiver and child (or 2 people) | | | What time period categorizes toddlerhood? (1-2 yrs. old) | | | Contrast Watson’s and Bowlby’s views on attachment * John Watson: warned about the danger of too much mother love. Wants babies to be cared for by many different people * John Bowlby: "no such thing as too much motherly love" | | | What did Lorenz
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