2. What do we want to learn? What are the key concepts (form‚ function‚ causation‚ change‚ connection‚ perspective‚ responsibility‚ reflection) to be emphasized within this inquiry Key concepts: Form‚ responsibility‚ connection Related concepts: cooperation or conflict‚ interdependence What lines of inquiry will define the scope of the inquiry into the central idea? What teacher questions/provocations will drive these inquiries? Lines of inquiry
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methods of determining current values of non-current assets. These problems within Fair Value Accounting have ensured that most companies conservatively remain using Historical Cost Accounting. What are Historical costs? Historical cost is a generally accepted accounting principle requiring all goods or assets used in production to be valued by the expenditures actually incurred to acquire those goods or assets‚ however far back in the past those expenditures took place (System of National Accounts‚ 1993)
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and sexual promiscuity can lead to diseases and death. Primary prevention of a disease means to prevent it from occurring. Infants and children are immunized to prevent them from contracting diseases such as measles‚ or polio. Primary prevention of a disease would include removal of occupational hazards‚ such as asbestos‚ which is a known carcinogenic. Secondary prevention of a disease includes recognition of the disease early and taking corrective measures. In the case of diabetes‚ it would include
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Should MDMA be used in psychotherapy to treat PTSD? In this essay‚ it will be argued that MDMA should be used in psychotherapy and in particular Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) but only in a controlled clinical setting as there is no evidence for MDMA neurotoxicity in such conditions. Mithoefer et al (2011) is a recent study that attempted just that. It reported findings that 83% of participants no longer met DSM-IV criteria for PTSD after MDMA treatment‚ highlighting its potential value in
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fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the earth.” Animal activists from around the world have been trying to end animal cruelty in the circus‚ SeaWorld‚ and dog shows for years. While others argue that this is what animals were bred to do‚ entertain. Animals should not be used and mistreated for human entertainment. Dog shows‚ circuses and SeaWorld have been mistreating and exploiting defenseless animals for as long as they have been around. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is a famous
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into two main terms which are absolute and relative‚ with absolute being the most dominate in most rural areas of the world. This essay will outline the measures of alleviating poverty in rural areas‚ in which a rural area by definition is a small civil division in a country with a few inhabitants and sparsely populated. The alleviation measures include modernization of infrastructure‚ developing of micro-enterprises‚ improvements in land access‚ access to services such as education and health‚ eradication
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collectivist policies were idealistic and without incentive yielding little or no material progress. Instead‚ the policies caused low morale and hardship among the proletariat. The resulting poor economy and conditions lead to a muffled but building dislike of the Soviets among proletariat the which was ultimately unleashed in 1985 by Gorbachev’s Glasnost‚ openness policy. Collectivist socioeconomic policies such as Lenin’s War Communism and Stalin Kolkhoz and dekulakization were economically inviable
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intelligence in particular‚ or AI‚ has created much controversy about whether or not it should be used. A dangerous application of AI is using it in the programming of harmful weapons and the development of autonomous weapons. According to Ray Kurzweil‚ computer scientist and futurist‚ “superintelligence by its nature cannot be controlled” (Kurzweil‚ 2010). Because of this‚ the U.S government should ban AI used in the development of weapons. This is a good and plausible solution to the dangers AI
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Who do you think is considered great? One person who is great is Marie Curie. She is great because she was considered one of the greatest scientists of all time even though women were not treated equally in her time. In order for Marie Curie to be grand‚ she worked through her setbacks and had many‚ many achievements. Marie Curie had many achievements but she also had many setbacks. Some of these were that she didn’t have enough money to get into Sorbonne for a long while. Another is that
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loopholes in the performance and to devise ways to improve their efficiency. The nature of business is what makes an insurance company differ from other businesses around. Specially trained and motivated sales force is what required is in this form of business scenario where the customers are smart enough to bargain terms and where the competition in the insurance industry is immense. KPIs can be used to provide a holistic view of the business and with regard to Insurance Sales force Management. These
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