Case Study of Environmental Conservation of Ozone in Hong Kong The ozone layer present in the stratosphere of the Earth is utmost important to us as it protects us from the exposure of ultraviolet rays which leads to several harmful effects. Without the ozone layer‚ human will be more prone to skin cancer and eye cataracts. Ultraviolet rays can also cause harm to marine life by reducing the amount of planktons and consequently depreciates the amount of fishes in the ocean. Besides that‚ the depletion
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Engineers in Environmental Protection Introduction Industrialization has brought untold wealth and has transformed the way of life in the last century. Industrialization and urbanization have become a global phenomenon‚ resulting in serious environmental problems such as resource depletion‚ climate change‚ and pollution. Large scale use of natural recourses‚ their polluting processes and transport infrastructure have exacerbated the environmental problems. Since the beginning of industrialization
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The philosophy of protective relaying is to provide protection or isolation to an area of the electric system that has a disturbance as quickly as possible to prevent damage to the power system. Along with this‚ you want to leave as much of the power grid in tact to continue service to the customers. Protective relaying helps protect equipment from damage due to abnormal operating conditions. Protective relaying does not prevent abnormal operating conditions but limits the amount of time these conditions
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THE ROLE OF CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE JUDICIARY ON CONSUMER PROTECTION A consumer can be defined as someone who acquires goods or services for direct use or ownership rather than for resale or use in production and manufacturing. Consumer protection consists of laws and organizations designed to ensure the rights of consumers as well as fair trade competition and the free flow of truthful information in the marketplace. The laws are designed to prevent businesses that engage in fraud
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unique‚ effective‚ successful and valuable integration of the public domain elements.) 3. The lawful owner must take reasonable steps to keep it secret [Source: http://www.asiaiplaw.com] 1.b) Intellectual property Right: An Overview The study of Protection of Trade Secrets comes under the scope of Intellectual property rights. The term “intellectual property” denotes the rights over an intangible object of the person whose mental efforts created it and refers to a loose aggregation of legal doctrines
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R e g u l at o R y & m a R k e t e n v i R o n m e n t R e g u l a t i o n a n d consumeR pRotection in a conveRging enviRonment m Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n a r c h D e v e l o p m e n t 2 0 S e c t o r 1 3 Regulation and consumer protection in a converging environment March 2013 This report has been prepared for ITU by Rosalind Stevens under the direction of the BDT Regulatory and Marked Environment division. Please consider
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Child Protection Laws Kimberly Smith CJHS/430 Change of Service Worker Role The Human Service Worker’s role does not actually change just because the young is now in the system but in its place provides those tools and information to use as they create their case revision and action strategy. If the young is in a juvenile care facility the Human Service Worker can discourse to the workforce participants of the facility and can get extra awareness into the ways and general attitude or character
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The Development of Child Protection Services‚ 1066-1994: A Historical Perspective A presentation to Bedfordshire County Council Social Services Committee‚ February 1995 In the Beginning (1066-1871) A diary of significant developments in child protection from 1066 to 1994 would‚ inevitably‚ need to be a very thick one‚ as it seems a week seldom goes by without a new report or enquiry from which we have to something learn. However of the 928 years covered‚ the first 800 or so would have no
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Share repurchases and the protection of shareholders* KATHLEEN VAN DER LINDE** 1 Introduction From a creditor’s perspective there is not much difference between the payment of a dividend in respect of a share and a payment for the acquisition or repurchase of that share. However‚ from the point of view of the shareholder a dividend is a return on capital while a repurchase is a return of capital to the vendor shareholder. Share repurchases change the structure of the company’s share capital
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Aim: The aim of my experiment is to find out the rate of reaction between Hydrochloric acid (HCL) and Magnesium (Mg) in different temperatures. The products that will be formed are Magnesium Chloride (MgCl2) and Hydrogen (H2). Prediction: I predict that as the temperature increases the rate of reaction also increases. To further explore the fact I further predict that the rate of reaction will double for every 10° C rise in temperature. I further predict as the temperature rises by 10° C the rate
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