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    Teenagers are smarter than most adults give them credit. Teenagers are very sneaky and will commit crimes because they think or know they can get away with it. According to the Choice Theory‚ the threat of punishment does not deter juvenile delinquency. “Choice Theory holds that youths will engage in delinquent and criminal behavior after weighing the consequences and benefits of their actions; delinquent behavior is a rational choice made by a motivated offender who perceives that the chances of

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    Specific Performance MT311 Business Law Part I There are four situations we have to review in terms of specific performance and possible breach of contract. First we must understand the elements of specific performance then we can evaluate how they relate to each scenario. “In some situations‚ damages are an inadequate remedy for a breach of contract…equitable remedies include rescission and restitution‚ specific performance‚ and reformation” (Miller & Jentz‚ 2009). Specific performance

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    Specific Gravity

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    Specific gravity What is specific gravity? Archimedes discovered that the weight of body in air minus its weight in water is equivalent to the weight of the water displaced by the body. Specific gravity is defined as "The weight of a body compared with the weight of an equal amount of pure water at 4°C (4°C is the temperature at which water is densest). When a body is placed in water‚ the volume of water displaced is equal to the volume of the body. When the body is placed in water that it

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    Specific Gravity

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    Introduction: Specific gravity or relative density is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a given reference material. Specific gravity usually means relative density with respect to water. Temperature and pressure must be specified for both the sample and the reference. The following formula is used- Specific gravity= density of sample/density of same volume of water. Specific gravity is commonly used as a simple means of obtaining information about the concentration of solutions

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    Specific Heat

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    the object feels. We can sidestep this molecular picture by dealing with objects as a whole‚ and treating the energy transfer as the flow of heat‚ rather than kinetic energy transfer among particles. |Specific Heat for Various Materials | |Material |Specific Heat | | |(J/kg C°) | |Water |4186 | |Aluminum |900 | |Steel

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    Specific Population

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    Specific Population and the Advocate Role June 23‚ 2013 Introduction “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor‚ never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor‚ never the tormented.” (Goodreads‚ 2013) Advocacy is about speaking up for people who cannot speak up for themselves or helping individuals speak up for themselves. An advocate is a person who is there to make sure that the best interest of the client is always kept in mind‚ advocate support their clients

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    Specific Phobias

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    objects or situations. Specific phobias are very common. Most cases are mild and not significant enough to require treatment. The most common specific phobias are fear of animals (usually spiders‚ snakes‚ or mice)‚ flying (pterygophobia)‚ heights (acrophobia)‚ water‚ injections‚ public transportation‚ confined spaces (claustrophobia)‚ dentists (odontiatophobia)‚ storms‚ tunnels‚ and bridges. When confronting the object or situation‚ the phobic person experiences panicky feelings‚ sweating‚ avoidance

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    specific relief

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    Introduction An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order that requires a party to do‚ or to refrain from doing‚ certain acts. A party that fails to comply with an injunction faces criminal or civil penalties and may have to pay damages or accept sanctions. In some cases‚ breaches of injunctions are considered serious criminal offenses that merit arrest and possible prison sentences. Emergency injunctions that are in effect only a short time are called temporary restraining

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    Specific Objectives

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    study is to develop a LAN-Based Sales and Inventory System for FAD24 Convenience Store that will provide a solution for inaccurate outputs caused by manual sales and inventory scheme to make the task easier‚ faster‚ relevant and more efficient. Specific Objectives • To design a prototype that will help them ascertain their goods on hand at any given time‚ and will compute and automatically update databases for each sales transactions and inventory details to generate daily‚ weekly‚ monthly and

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    Specific Heat

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    1 Honors Laboratory: Specific Heat and Conservation of Energy When energy in the form of heat Q is added to a material‚ the temperature of the material rises. Note that temperature‚ in units of degrees Celsius (°C) or Kelvin (K)‚ is a measure of how hot or cold a substance is‚ while heat‚ in units of joules (J) or calories (cal)‚ is a measure of its thermal energy. 1cal = 4.19J. A measure of the efficiency with which a substance can store this heat energy is known as specific heat capacity‚ or simply

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