Chapter 24--Form & Content -Negotiable instruments (instruments): drafts‚ checks‚ promissory notes‚ and certificates of deposit. -Utilized in the sale of goods and services as well as financing businesses. The use of negotiable instruments has increased to such an extent that payments made with these instruments‚ checks in particular‚ are now many times greater than payments made with cash‚ which now is used primarily for smaller transactions. The utilization of checks has decreased due
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The main goal of European exploration was for "gold‚ glory and God"‚ but this couldn’t have been made possible without the advancements made in technology. The problem with European ships was that they could not sail against the wind. The caravel was a new ship that was much more sturdier than other vessels and it had triangular sails. Theses factors allowed the ship to sail against the wind. Europeans also improved their navigational systems. The astrolabe was used by sailors to better determine
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Matrix form of structure? Organisational structure refers to the way that tasks and responsibilities are allocated to individuals and the ways that individuals are grouped together into offices‚ departments‚ and divisions. Mangers often describe their organisation by drawing an organisation chart which shows the structure of an organisation and the relationships and relative ranks of its profits and positions. When small businesses are started
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of different types of slavery going on right now. All over the world there is torcher‚ hate‚ beatings‚ and forced sex. Three main forms of slavery currently existing today is human trafficking‚ forced marriage‚ and forced labor. Slavery is exhausting labor‚ your restricted from freedom‚ there is beatings‚ blood‚ and a lot of forced work and you do not get paid. Slavery is something that will never stop going on‚ because of greed‚ money‚ and the world we are today. There is all types of different
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Main air pollutants and their sources Carbon Monoxide- motor cars‚ cigarettes‚ bush‚ forest and farm fires‚ slow combustion stoves Oxides of nitrogen (NO+NO2)- combustion (vehicles and power stations) Particulates (soot)- combustion (transport and industry)‚ many industrial processes (mining)‚ bush fires‚ farms and forest burn-offs‚ backyard incineration; abets in dust from insulation and pre-1986 fibrous cement board in old buildings and from their demolition Airborne lead- lead smelters (Broken
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Assignment: Applications Software Managing Information Systems David Khuong National American University Author Note This paper was prepared for Managing Information Systems‚ Course ID: MT3500/CI3510‚ taught by Dr. Kim Eastern LP2 Assignment: Applications Software The three primary features commonly used applications software that will be summarized in this paper are personal application software‚ workgroup application software‚ and enterprise application software. Personal Application Software’s
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microwave. This means that a MODBUS connection can be established in a new or existing plant fairly easily. In fact‚ one growing application for MODBUS is providing digital communications in older plants‚ using existing twisted pair wiring. In this white paper‚ we’ll examine how MODBUS works and look at a few clever ways that MODBUS can be used in new and legacy plants. What is MODBUS? MODBUS was developed by Modicon (now Schneider Electric) in 1979 as a means for communicating with many devices
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Many circumstances on this Earth set up the start of WWII. In many ways‚ WWII was a direct result of the confusion left behind by WWI. Below are some of the main causes of WWII. Germany and the Allied Powers ended World War I with The Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles was horribly harsh to Germany because they had lost the war. Allies war damages were put upon Germany because they were supposed to take upon the responsibility of losing the war. Germany was required to pay a vast amount
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hotel websites had better features‚ availability of information and user interface. The three hotels we chose to use for our assignment are the Shangri La‚ Concorde and Tune Hotels and we chose these three as we thought they would give us a wide range of information and they would each have quite different styles of websites as the star rating that they have widely differ. Description of Chosen Websites Including Their Features‚ Available Information and Comparisons of the Websites The Shangri La
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What Are The Main Strengths and Weaknesses of The Rational Choice Approach To Religions Behavior? One of the pioneers of the rational choice theory has been Gary Becker. He states that this approach can be applied to all human behaviour‚ including religion. This approach has three assumptions. It assumes that people engage in maximising behaviour. When applying this approach to religion we are not concerned with money. We are concerned with the maximisation of personal benefits. When we make
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