1. For an 18-inch pipeline designed for 150‚000 barrels per day‚ what is the short-run cost per barrel (per thousand miles) of transporting crude oil if the throughput is (a) 50‚000 barrels per day (b) 100‚000 barrels per day (c) 150‚000 barrels per day? Using chart 7‚ a) Cost of transporting 50‚000 barrels would be 30 cents. b) Cost of transporting 100‚000 barrels would be 17 cents. c) Cost of transporting 150‚000 barrels would 16 cents. 2. Can a 16-inch pipeline with 10‚000 horsepower transport
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Function of Art Art connects people by offering an idea they can relate to. It is important as it helps to improve and learn in areas of communication‚ expression‚ and historical understanding. Another reason art is important is its interwoven relationship with culture on the basis that culture is articulated and influenced by art. It is a way to communicate and express ones thoughts and dreams through cinema‚ dance‚ literature‚ music‚ painting‚ sculpture‚ and theater. As a child I grew up
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Function of a Myth J F Kennedy once said‚ “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate‚ contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent‚ persuasive and unrealistic” The establishment of a single‚ comprehensive definition of myth has proved unmanageable to attain. No one definition can satisfactorily embrace all the various kinds of stories that can legitimately be classed as myths on the basis of one criterion or another. The attempt to define myth in itself‚ serves
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Cell‚ Vol. 116‚ 281–297‚ January 23‚ 2004‚ Copyright 2004 by Cell Press MicroRNAs: Genomics‚ Biogenesis‚ Mechanism‚ and Function David P. Bartel1‚2‚* 1 Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research 9 Cambridge Center Cambridge‚ Massachusetts 02142 2 Department of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge‚ Massachusetts 02139 MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous 22فnt RNAs that can play important regulatory roles in animals and plants by targeting mRNAs for cleavage
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multicellular organisms have multiple actin genes (3). For instance‚ humans have at least six actin genes‚ which are divided into three classes: alpha‚ beta and gamma (2). Although the actin isoforms exhibit minor sequence differences‚ they have different functions that can not be substituted by one another in vivo (3). In general‚ alpha-actin isoforms (α-skeletal‚ α-aortic smooth‚ α-cardiac‚ and γ2-enteric smooth) are found in muscle cells and they are associated with muscle
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1. Distinguish between Micro economics and Macro economics. Microeconomics may be defined as that branch of economic analysis‚ which studies the economic behavior of the individual unit‚ maybe a person‚ a particular household‚ or a particular firm. It is a study of one particular unit rather than all the units combined together. In microeconomics‚ we study the various units of the economy‚ how they function and how they reach their equilibrium. An important tool used in that of microeconomics is
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Demand‚ Supply and Price Market Buyers- households/demanders Suppliers- producers/firms Demand-The ability and willingness to buy specific quantities of good at alternate prices in a given time period Or the desire to buy a product‚ which is backed up by willingness and ability to pay for the it. • Quantity demanded- the amount of a product that the consumers wish to purchase. • Demand schedule- a table which shows the quantities of a good‚ a consumer is willing and able to buy at alternate
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Name_________________ 1. What is the solution region to the following function? f (x) > 2x + 4 + 3 A. Quadrant I only B. Quadrants I and III Quadrants II‚ III and IV C. Quadrants I and II 2. Determine which of the following relations is not a function. A. B. C. D. 3. Which defines the range of the following function: f (x) =
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Roles and Functions Nicole Melton Roles and Functions Health care managers‚ also known as health services managers and health administrators‚ direct the operation of hospitals‚ health systems and other types of organizations. They have responsibility for facilities‚ services‚ programs‚ staff‚ budgets‚ relations with other organizations and other management functions‚ depending on the type and size of the organization. (“Health Administrator”‚ 2012). The four major functions of management in a
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International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues Vol. 3‚ No. 3‚ 2013‚ pp.743-751 ISSN: 2146-4138 www.econjournals.com Foreign Aid and Economic Growth in Egypt: A Cointegration Analysis Hoda Abd El Hamid Ali Department of Economics and Foreign Trade‚ Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration‚ Helwan University‚ Cairo‚ Egypt. Tel: 00201003452575. Email: hoda_hawary@yahoo.com ABSTRACT: There is a current and growing debate on the effectiveness of foreign aid‚ especially in
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