In economics and business decision-making‚ sunk costs are retrospective (past) costs that have already been incurred and cannot be recovered. Sunk costs are sometimes contrasted with prospective costs‚ which are future costs that may be incurred or changed if an action is taken. Both retrospective and prospective costs may be either fixed (continuous for as long as the business is in operation and unaffected by output volume) or variable (dependent on volume) costs. Note‚ however‚ that many economists
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It was the first retrospective to present the wide-ranging work of the Chicano performance and conceptual art group Asco (Jenks‚ 2003). Asco (1972-1987) commenced as a tight-knit core group of artist from East Los Angels composed of Harry Gamboa Jr.‚ Gronk‚ Willie Herron‚ and
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Argentina Spanish is the national language‚ although in Argentina it is spoken in several accents and has absorbed many words from other languages‚ especially Italian. Numerous foreign languages and dialects can be heard‚ from Basque and Sicilian to Welsh and Gaelic. Toward the end of the 19th century‚ an underworld language called lunfardo developed in Buenos Aires‚ composed of words from many languages—among them Italian‚ Portuguese‚ Spanish‚ French‚ German‚ and languages from Africa. Lunfardo
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Maltreatment . Gateway‚ C. W. (2008). Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect. Retrieved November 9‚ 2010‚ from Child Welfare Information Gateway: http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/long_term_consequences.cfm#behav Siegel‚ L. J.‚ & Welsh‚ B. C. Juvenile Delinquency. Mason‚ Ohio: Cengage Learning.
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decide who runs Britain. Thirdly‚ However the UK is in many other ways democratic. Firstly‚ the creation in 1998 of a Scottish Parliament‚ a Welsh Assembly and a Northern Ireland Assembly strengthened democracy. It gave constituent nations of the UK their own political voice for the first time. The representation of distinctive Scottish‚ Welsh and Northern Irish interests through parliament was always inadequate because English MPs
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room for the comparison between artist and vandal in the sense of graffiti. For this reason‚ I will likely use this source in my final essay. Welsh‚ Brandon C.‚ et al. "Reimagining Broken Windows: From Theory to Policy." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency‚ vol. 52‚ no. 4‚ July 2015‚ pp. 447-463. EBSCOhost‚ doi:10.1177/0022427815581399. Welsh explores the founding principle that tiny amounts of degradation in neighborhoods will soon lead to an increase in crime. He also acknowledges the
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nutrition‚ tolerance to diseases and stresses such as drought and temperature fluctuation (Phosri et al. 2010‚ Reinhart et al. 2012‚ Welsh et al. 2010). Mycorrhizae are highly effective in acquiring nutrients such as phosphorus‚ which is essential for plant growth while the fungus receives photosynthate in return (Ceballos et al. 2013‚ Collins and Foster 2009‚ Welsh et al. 2010‚ Wilson et al. 2001). The response of plants to mycorrhizae varies greatly on the combination of plant and fungus genotypes
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The social care manager Practice Guidance for Social Care Managers registered with the Care Council for Wales The code of practice for social care workers The Care Council for Wales expects social care workers‚ which includes Social Care Managers‚ to meet the Code of Practice for Social Care Workers and may take action if registered workers fail to do so. Employers of social care workers are expected to take account of the Code in making decisions about the conduct of their staff. Social
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profit (Klein). Second‚ marijuana does have medical values – in fact‚ it is a very useful medicine if we are wise enough not to abuse it. Apart from relieving pain‚ marijuana has many other medical usages. Discussing the benefits of marijuana‚ Jenifer Welsh and Kevin Loria said in their article “23 Health Benefits of Marijuana” that it can protect the brain from concussions and trauma‚ decrease anxiety‚ and help treat several diseases such as glaucoma‚ Crohn’s disease‚ seizure diseases‚ and Lupus. According
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worked with than against. A company that uses a “boundaryless” organization is General Electric (2012‚ p.2). This type of organization is founded upon interdependency and trust. General Electric CEO Jack Welsh has eloquently described this new organizational model‚ “Our dream for the 1990’s‚” welsh wrote in GE’s 1990 annual report‚ “is a boundaryless company …where we knock the walls that separate us from our key constituencies on the outside” (2012‚ p.
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