EFFECTS OF FLOODS Floods are mostly caused by the intensive rainfall that incereases the water level dramatically and results excessive water overflow that might have some devastating effects on te endangerd areas. This unexpected hazard might have a significant impact on both economy and human beings. Firstly‚ an overflow of the expanse of water has a considerable impact on the economy of the country. The submergence of the land‚ results in a destruction of buildings and roads which ‚ in
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Introduction Playing games and watching TV is the favourable moment for the kids‚ no world without it. Healthy and active children is still produced by a country though this phenomena occurs widely. Educational TV for under-twos has little benefit‚ says the US report. The American academy of Paediatrics states that there is evidence to back up advertising claims that television and DVDs can improve social language skills. Children who spend hours every day on their PlayStation or Xbox video consoles
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tools for disease control in larviculture. Aquaculture 227‚ 427–438. Cao‚ L.Z. and Z.B. Lin. 2003. Regulatory effect of Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides on cytotoxic T-lymphocytes induced by dendritic cells in vitro. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica‚ 24: 312–326. Corradetti‚ R.‚ F. Pedata‚ G. Pepeu‚ and M.G. Vannucchi. 1986. Chronic caffeine treatment reduces caffeine but not adenosine effects on cortical acetylcholine release. Brazil. J. Pharmacol.‚ 88: 671–676. Dytham‚ C. 1999. Choosing and Using Statistics:
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THE EFFECT OF CEOS ON FIRM PERFORMANCE ALISON MACKEY Assistant Professor of Management Orfalea College of Business California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo‚ CA 93407 Tel: (805) 756-1232 Fax: (805) 756-1473 mackey@calpoly.edu Keywords: Executive Leadership‚ CEOs‚ Firm Performance‚ Leadership‚ Variance Decomposition‚ Managers Forthcoming in Strategic Management Journal THE EFFECT OF CEOS ON FIRM PERFORMANCE ABSTRACT The extent to which CEOs influence firm performance is
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Exploring fast food consumption behaviours and social influence Submitted in full requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Emily Brindal B. Psych (Honours) Faculty of Health Sciences‚ the University of Adelaide‚ South Australia School of Psychology; School of Medicine NOBLE Research Group; CSIRO Human Nutrition‚ Adelaide‚ South Australia April 2010 – Contents – – List of
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pedestrians walk past the suffering man in such a location‚ they would lose their individual responsibility and tend to think that others present would take action. Hence‚ this social psychological phenomenon could be referred to as the bystander effect. Bystander effect was confirmed after the murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964. Kitty was raped and stabbed to death in two different attacks as she was on the way back home from her work. According to several media accounts‚ the assault lasted for nearly an hour
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1. The Hawthorne studies were based on the Hawthorne effect‚ which states that the employee’s work behavior might be different if a manager is watching and the employee might believe that the manager’s care about them based on the attention the employees are receiving. The studies were conducted at the Weston Electric Company. Within the studies the researchers changed many variables such as lighting‚ less hours‚ gender and added benefits such as breaks and an increase in pay. The results that were
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was found in 1958 by (REF). However it was not until quite recently that it began to be used as it is today; as a cure for insomnia(Zhdanova). It is known that Melatonin causes many adverse effects such as headaches‚ dizziness and nausea Many research has been done on the correlation between age and the effect of Melatonin. In some countries‚ Melatonin can be bought without prescription and therefore it is possible for children to intake in large doses. However‚ (Arendt) has shown that it may affect
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conductors will balance this magnetic influence‚ producing a measurable voltage between the two sides of the conductor. This presence of measurable transverse voltage is the Hall Effect. The Hall effect was discovered in 1879 by Edwin Herbert Hall while working on his doctoral degree at the Johns Hopkins University. The Hall effect is due to the nature of current in a conductor. Current consists of the movement of many small carriers(electrons‚ holes or both). Moving charges experience the Lorentz force
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I’ll “Facebook” You Later: The Effects of Facebook in Young People’s Lives Cynthia Vasquez Northwood University Abstract In the past ten years‚ the breakthroughs of the Internet have lead to the creation of online social networks. Founded in 2004‚ Facebook has become the most popular social network in the past few years. It has created a new way for people to communicate and socialize. Either by “posting” on their friends’ “walls” or by
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