1. German economy overview Germany is the largest national economy in Europe‚ the fourth-largest by nominal GDP in the world‚ and fifth by GDP (PPP) in 2008. Since the age of industrialisation‚ the country has been a driver‚ innovator‚ and beneficiary of an ever more globalised economy. Germany is the world’s second largest exporter with $1.474 trillion‚ €1.06 trillion exported in 2011 (Eurozone countries are included). Exports account for more than one-third of national output. Germany
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Brown VS. Board of Education to Affirmative Action Correlation between the Black Civil Rights Movement and Latino Civil Rights Kati BurgessNc: YURR8E U.S. History in documents The aim of this paper is to give some insights on the Supreme Court ruling of Brown vs Board of Education and to investigate whether it had some effects on Hispanic minorities. Black people were not the only minority in the US who fought for their rights. Both Hispanics and Blacks were subjected to different scrutinies
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Discuss the importance and interplay of social‚ psychological and biological factors in the course of heroin addiction. What therapeutic approaches can be used to treat this form of drug dependence? Heroin exerts its main effects through psychological mechanisms of action‚ the user feels a sense of great warmth and well-being and views the world with greatly reduced anxiety and emotional distress. These feelings last for a relatively short period of time of around 4-6 hours. With repeated use
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THE CORRELATION BETWEEN INTERNET READING HABIT AND THE READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM FKIP UNSRI PALEMBANG A Proposal by Tasya Amelia Oc. 06121401006 English Education Study Program Language and Arts Education Department FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY PALEMBANG 2014 THE CORRELATION BETWEEN INTERNET READING HABIT AND THE READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FOURTH SEMESTER
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Task: We are becoming increasingly dependent on computers. They are used in businesses‚ hospitals‚ crime detection and even to fly planes. Is this dependence on computers a good thing or should we be more suspicious of their benefits? The last two decades have witnessed a dramatic increase in the utilization of computer devices almost everywhere. It is indisputable that it has brought significant benefits to our lives in many spheres such as economics and science. However‚ it is also alarming
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As we move into the twenty-first century‚ it is clear to see that we have become more and more dependent on computers and information technology. This technology now reaches into almost every area of our lives and it is easy to predict that this phenomenon is only going to grow. My personal belief is that this presents a variety of dangers. It is highly likely that in the future there will be comparatively few aspects of our lives that will not be influenced by computer technology. The probability
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Economics‚ Xi’an Shaanxi 710061‚ China article info abstract Conditional independence graphs are proposed for describing the dependence structure of multivariate nonlinear time series‚ which extend the graphical modeling approach based on partial correlation. The vertexes represent the components of a multivariate time series and edges denote direct dependence between corresponding series. The conditional independence relations between component series are tested efficiently and consistently
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the same day market returns. In addition to the returns of oil-intensive industries‚ returns of industries that do not use oil to any significant extent are also sensitive to oil price changes. Finally‚ I show that both the cost-side dependence and demand-side dependence on oil are important in explaining the sensitivity of industry returns to oil price changes. I am indebted to Louis Ederington. I am grateful for the helpful comments received from Chitru Fernando‚ Vahap Uysal‚ Cynthia Rogers‚ Carlos
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into four groups based on interviews: - Unaffected - Problem drinking - Alcoholism withouth tolerance dependence - Alcoholism with tolerance dependence Difference in alcoholism are assumed to arise from: - Addictive genetics - Family or environment (sources shared with twin) - Individual specific environment (all sources not shared) Tetrachoric correlation – uses all info available Aka Correlation of liabilty Study uses probandwise concordance = the proportion of affected individuals among the co-twins
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ADHD and Substance Abuse The Evidence Of Substance Abuse With ADHD The purpose of this paper is to identify the link between ADHD and substance abuse. Substance abuse is a true threat to people who are diagnosed with psychological disorders. Among the questions of precursors to substance abuse‚ lies the hypothesis that individuals diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
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