Professor Pierre Aronnax-Assistant Professor in Museum of Natural History in Paris; narrator of his adventures on the Nautilus; frenchman Counseil- Monsieur Aronnax"’"s 30 year old servant‚ ’"’ a true‚ devoted Flemish boy’"’ who accompanied Arronax in all his travels Ned Land- Canadian harpooner about 40 years old who joined Aronnax and Counseil on the ’"’Abraham Lincoln’"’ in search of the mysterious marine monster threatening the seas Captain Nemo- captain‚ builder and engineer of
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Abstract: The purpose of this experiment was to determine the concentration of an unknown amount of copper sulfate using the spectronic 20. Four solutions of different concentrations of H₂O and CuSO₄ were put into the spectronic 20 to observe their absorption of light. Then‚ a graph was created to plot down the measurements. Using the calibration curve of the graph‚ the concentration of the unknown substance was found out to be .12M. Background/Introduction: Beer’s law (which states that
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End of year exam in Geography Key words Deforestation Is the felling and clearance of forest land. The process of cutting down a large number of trees in a forest and not replacing them Ecosystem Is a community of plants and animals which interacts with each other and their non-living environment. Sustainable development Understanding how to meet the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future generations by not harming the environment. Longshore drift Is a process of transportation
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1. Basic present value calculations Calculate the present value of the following cash flows‚ rounding to the nearest dollar: a. A single cash inflow of $12‚000 in five years‚ discounted at a 12% rate of return. b. An annual receipt of $16‚000 over the next 12 years‚ discounted at a 14% rate of return. c. A single receipt of $15‚000 at the end of Year 1 followed by a single receipt of $10‚000 at the end of Year 3. The company has a 10% rate of return. d. An annual receipt of $8‚000 for three
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INTRODUCTION In contrast to the asset price world‚ there is no commonly accepted model for the movement of the underlying in the interest rate world. Consequently‚ there are a number of different approaches to the pricing of fixed-income products. The simplest approach is to price a product of the term structure of interest rates which also known as yield curve. This method is effective for simple contracts‚ for instance bonds. Hiriyappa (2008).‚ This paper develops a technique
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Suleiman What is conflict of interest? Conflict of interest is not between conflicting interests only‚ but it is more about when a personal interest comes into conflict with an obligation to serve other’s interests. This type of ‘obligation’ is characterized by a relation between an (agent) who agrees to act in the interest of the (principal)‚ for example- among fiduciaries‚ such as executors and trustees. The subject matter: The subject matter regarding the conflict of interest topic is Egypt
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EFFECT OF INTEREST RATE ON INVESTMENT DETERMINATION IN NIGERIA (1970-2008) ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of interest rate on investment determination in Nigeria. The study is necessitated by the fact that the behavior of interest rates to a large extent determines investment activities and economic growth of any country. Investment decision is seen as demand for credit in an economy and this study calculated the annual variance of interest rate and its effects on investment determination
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Inflation and Interest Rate Interest and inflation are key to investing decisions‚ since they have a direct impact on the investment yield. When prices rise‚ the same unit of a currency is able to buy less. A sustained deterioration in the purchasing power of money is called inflation. Investors aim to preserve the value of their money by opting for investments that generate yields higher than the rate of inflation. In most developed economies‚ banks try to keep the interest rates on savings accounts
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july 20‚ 2011 • no. 13 The Elephant That Became a Tiger 20 Years of Economic Reform in India by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar Executive Summary A foreign exchange crisis in 1991 induced India to abandon decades of inward-looking socialism and adopt economic reforms that have converted the once-lumbering elephant into the latest Asian tiger. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate has averaged over 8 percent in the last decade‚ and per capita income has shot up from
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[INF3708 TUTORIAL LETTER 201] October 3‚ 2013 INF3708 2013 - Semester 2 Assignment 01 – Solutions (Note: Page numbers refer to in Q1 – Q15 refer to the prescribed textbook: Bob Hughes and Mike Cotterell‚ 2009. Software project Management – Fifth edition. McGraw-Hill (London). ISBN: 9780077122799) Q1. Q2. Q3. Q4. Q5. Q6. Q7. Q8. Q9. Q10. Q11. Q12. Q13. Q14. Q15. 4 3 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 1 5 (p5) (p2) (p83) (p82) (p85) (p82) (p84) (p11) (p55) (p60)
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