The Policy Goals of Regulation It is commonly understood that financial regulation should be designed to achieve certain key policy goals‚ including: (a)safety and soundness of financial institutions‚(b) mitigation of systemic risk‚ (c) fairness and efficiency of markets‚ and (d) the protection of customers and investors. These broad goals‚ while clearly important‚ do not take into account an additional factor that has come to be regarded as critical in any well-functioning regulatory system; namely
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classification of social regulations In the course of the recent 50 years the decrease of economic regulations is quite noticeable while the social ones present an increasing tendency and have been gaining significance after the Second World War. New government institutions have been established and keep preparing an increasing number of regulations referring to social issues. This trend is present both in USA and in the EU countries. As opposed to economic regulations‚ which refer to market and
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to Reduce Ventilation Costs Ventilation can account for 30-40% of the total energy operating cost in mines (Mining‚ n.d.). That being said‚ the slightest amounts of change within this aspect of the mines can make a significant difference in costs. One of the biggest trends in the mining industry as of late is to switch from the conventional diesel-powered equipment to the newer electric powered machines offered on the market. This switch can make a significant impact on the ventilation requirements
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Culture and Disease Paper: Pulmonary Tuberculosis Introduction to Health and Disease/HCS 245 July 28‚ 2013 Professor Culture and Disease Paper: Pulmonary Tuberculosis Tuberculosis is an infectious bacterial disease that usually attacks the lungs. It is considered a challenging disease to diagnose‚ treat‚ and control. Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is usually referred to as TB. If it is not
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Advertising Regulation The strength of the self-regulatory system lies in both the independence of the ASA and the support and commitment of the advertising industry‚ through the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP)‚ to maintaining the high standards laid down in the Advertising Codes‚ which are designed to protect consumers. Today‚ the UK advertising regulatory system is a mixture of * Self-regulation for non-broadcast advertising * Co-regulation for broadcast advertising. The ASA
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Exercise 7: Respiratory System Mechanics: Activity 1: Measuring Respiratory Volumes and Calculating Capacities Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You scored 100% by answering 5 out of 5 questions correctly. 1. Which of the following statements describing the mechanics of breathing is false? You correctly answered: d. Ventilation relies exclusively on contracting skeletal muscles. 2. The contraction of which of the following muscles will increase the thoracic cavity volume during inspiration?
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Introduction: Chronic obstruction pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by chronic inflammation and irreversible airflow obstruction which causes some structural changes in the lung1. It is the fourth major and leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and it will become third in all major causes of death by 20202. Since two decades‚ smoking is the major cause of COPD worldwide. This disease is rare in non-smoking person except those who will have exposure of occupational dust‚ environmental
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Health and social care settings are now much more aware of what is seen as abuse and how to recognise when abuse has occurred. Due to this there has been safeguarding regulations put in place for vulnerable groups of people. Safeguarding is protecting people from any harm. Each care setting has procedures that should enable them to identify and risks to vulnerable people more clearly. Some people are more at risk than others an example of people who would be more at risk are vulnerable adults. An
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease‚ commonly known as COPD by most people‚ disrupts the airflow going in and out of the lungs which reduces lung function. This disease was the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2011. It has been expected that about 32 million people in the United States today have this disease. COPD occurs more often in men than in it does in women (COPD). Studies show that one can learn what Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is‚ understand how it disturbs
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Government Regulation Research Paper 1 John Smith Introduction Government regulation is around us everywhere. The government needs to make sure that the public’s interests are maintained and preserved. Being an accounting student‚ I have heard and read about regulation in the accounting industry numerous times. There have been many major accounting scandals in history that have lead to many different kinds of government regulation. The government regulations in accounting are mostly enacted
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