As per Wikipedia‚ "natural monopoly" is defined as "an industry is said to be a natural monopoly if one firm can produce a desired output at a lower social cost than two or more firmsthat is‚ there are economies of scale in social costs. Unlike in the ordinary understanding of a monopoly‚ a natural monopoly situation does not mean that only one firm is providing a particular kind of good or service. Rather it is the assertion about an industry‚ that multiple firms providing a good or service is
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Pollution Facts Pollution is a Global Killer Pollution likely affects over a billion people around the world‚ with millions poisoned and killed each year. The World Heath Organization estimates that 25 percent of all deaths in the developing world are directly attributable to environmental factor.1 Some researchers estimate that exposure to pollution causes 40 percent of deaths annually.2 Pollution is Regarded as a Major (and quickly emerging) Factor in Disease People affected by pollution
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Eczema a Natural Method to Dealing with Irritating Disease Atopic eczema (aka infantile e.‚ flexural e.‚ atopic dermatitis) is an allergic disease believed to have a hereditary component and often runs in families whose members also have asthma. Itchy rash is particularly noticeable on head and scalp‚ neck‚ inside of elbows‚ behind knees‚ and buttocks. Contact dermatitis is of two types: allergic (resulting from a delayed reaction to some allergen‚ such as poison ivy or nickel)‚ and irritant (resulting
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that organisms are‚ and have always been‚ evolving throughout time. We have also discussed the idea of natural selection‚ one part of the evolution theory. Over the past few weeks we have slowly started to dive into the theory of evolution and natural selection. In this paper‚ I will explain what natural selection is‚ and give an example of natural selection and how it relates to evolution. Natural selection is the idea that the organisms that are best suited for the environments they live in‚ are
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Natural hair is what embraces your natural beauty. It is what makes you unique in your own way. People tend to categorize a certain race with a certain natural hair texture. However‚ natural curly hair isn’t a "black thing" or what defines you as a person. Natural curly hair varies through all races and genders. African American women soon realize that they must work hard to demonstrate that their hair texture does not lead to negative qualities about their identity. One way that African American
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1. Define what is meant by the term “natural hazard”. A natural hazard is a threat of a naturally occurring event that will have a negative effect on people or the environment. 2. Provide a brief description of the type of hazard you have been allocated. Bushfires: A bushfire is a large out-of-control fire occurring in areas with large amounts of flammable vegetation. Bushfires are hard to control as the right weather conditions and wind direction can cause a bushfire to spread from the
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Are You A "Natural"? Most people will answer the question of who they are by describing environmental influences in their life. They will describe their values‚ goals‚ and priorities as being completely influenced by someone significant to them such as a family member or idol. Genes are considered to be accountable for physical attributes such as height‚ weight‚ hair and eye color‚ and body type. The theory of behaviorism has dominated psychology during the second half of the twentieth century
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relationship between black adolescents and their natural mentors and how it associates with academic engagement. The study is examining different varieties of natural mentoring connections and how it correlates with academic results. A natural mentor is someone who was already coexisting in the young man or woman’s life for example a father‚ uncle‚ older cousin‚ older brother‚ neighbor‚ or family friend. So the article is identifying the different type of natural mentors from 259 adolescents from 3 middle
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How Natural Selection has Shaped the Modern Mind Abstract Mental and emotional faculties have been widely accepted as complex‚ useful‚ and non-arbitrary pieces of the human mind. If these faculties are actually nonrandom parts of our development they must have come from either divine design or natural selection. While there are those that believe that people are created in some divine being’s image‚ many recognize that Darwin’s theory of natural selection has shaped many aspects of the
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restless legs syndrome For those of you that haven’t visited the other pages on this site that have information about dopamine agonists‚ I’ll first introduce some basic information about dopamine and dopamine agonists before I go into the various natural agonists that you can try. header of recap of dopamine and restless legs syndrome This is a picture of dopamine and the brain. Dopamine is a catecholamine neurotransmitter that occurs in a wide variety of animals‚ including both vertebrates and
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