As your fourth assignment toward completion of the Session Long Project you are asked to review the paper by A. Mains‚ A. Coustasse‚ K. Lykens: Physician Incentives: Managed Care and Ethics and answer the questions below. Consider this idea from the paper: “Medicine is a moral enterprise. Because MCOs are involved in the delivery of medical care‚ they too‚ are moral entities. However‚ MCOs are also businesses.” Their economic views include not only minimizing costs for individual patients and third-party
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Impact on the ecosystem Impact on wildlife In a study on the impact of tourist vehicles on the Maasai Mara Reserve in Kenya carried out in 1990‚ it was discovered that for the cheetah‚ it rarely fed during peak driving hours; furthermore‚ it waked off when any vehicle approached closer than 21 meters. When the lion was investigated‚ its peak feeding hours was when the tourists’ vehicles went back to their lodges for launch or to rest; it also fed early during the morning and late during the evening
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The Endangered Species Act was written to protect and recover the at risk species and the ecosystems that those animals depend on. It was passed in 1973 in hopes of recognizing the natural resources are very important to our nation and people. The U.S Fish and wildlife Service and the Commerce Department’s National Marine Fisheries Service are administrators of the act‚ and they both have their own responsibilities when it comes to implementing the ESA and the animals it protects. “The FWS has primary
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Hydrilla: An Invasive Species Hydrilla verticillata‚ otherwise known as Hydrilla is an aggressive water weed and is said to be one of the world’s worst invasive aquatic plants. Hydrilla in temperate places around the globe and somehow made its way to the United States. Hydrilla has a special advantage; it grows under lower light conditions than nearly any other species‚ it only needs about 1% of sunlight. This advantage allows hydrilla to grow underneath other plants and survive greater depths;
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Natural resources occur naturally within environments that exist relatively undisturbed by humanity‚ in a natural form. A natural resourceis often characterized by amounts of biodiversity and geodiversity existent in various ecosystems. Natural resources are derived from the environment. Some of them are essential for our survival while most are used for satisfying our needs. Natural resources may be further classified in different ways. Natural resources are materials and components (something
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this article‚ Thomas made a few observations about how valuable parks and green spaces are to cities and their inhabitants. He argued that parks and green spaces brings joy and people together. I agree with this fact as parks are perfect places for people to socialize. He also argued that nowadays parks are preserved. I disagree with this. In a rapidly urbanized world‚ parks have lost its value. In paragraph 3‚ Thomas mentioned that parks are soothing to the stressed soul. In a knowledge-based economy
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Customer Outreach Representative Position Description Great Lakes Educational Loan Services Corporation Position Title: Customer Outreach Representative Division: Servicing Operations Department: Borrower Services – Customer Outreach Reports To: Supervisor – Borrower Services Purpose of Position Under the direction of the Borrower Services Supervisor‚ effectively and efficiently counsel and persuade borrowers to maintain their student loan account(s) in good standing. Handle inbound and
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PROJECT 1 RECRUIT‚ SELECT AND INDUCT STAFF Introduction Baker’s Delight is Australia’s most successful bakery in Melbourne CBD. Over the past 20 years‚ this Australian owned Company has grown over 70 bakeries across the Melbourne. Every day‚ in every bakery‚ Baker’s Delight bakers create a range of traditional and gourmet breads. All products are baked from scratch‚ fresh daily on the premises. Baker’s Delight
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The English College in Prague Abstract Biodiversity and ecosystem are crucial issues that have an impact to the human well-being now and in the future. Biodiversity depends on many factors but the most influentive is the habitat loss which influences the biodiversity worldwide. Humans converts native areas into agriculture and industrial areas without realising how much impact it has now and will have in the future. Habitat loss is connected with fragmentation
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What is known as the Endangered Species Act began in mid-1960. In order for the Fish and Wildlife Service to expand their efforts to protect endangered species‚ Congress enacted the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966. This Act did little more than allow a list of endangered species to be made. The Act did not prohibit the killing of endangered species or the destruction of their habitat. The lack of legal protection for the endangered species led the Fish and Wildlife Service
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