Collaborative Consumption: Is it a disruptive business model? Introduction Airbnb (www.airbnb.com) started in August 2008 as a booking service letting private‚ spare space around the world‚ a marketplace that connects people who need temporary living spaces‚ to people who have extra spaces. The extra spaces could be a spare bed‚ a room‚ an apartment or even a villa. In five years’ time they now have over 10 million nights booked‚ have over 300‚000 listings worldwide‚ operate over 33‚000 cities
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Research of domestic water consumption: a field study in Harbin‚ China by Tingyi Lu A research project report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Science of Loughborough University SEPTEMBER 2007 Supervisor: I.K. Smout BA‚ MSc‚ CEng FICE‚ MIAgrE‚ MCIWEM Water‚ Engineering and Development Centre Department of Civil and Building Engineering Research of domestic water consumption: a field study in Harbin，China 1 Acknowledgement
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Thesis: The overabundance of television consumption has raised developmental concerns in youth today‚ by creating health issues‚ risky and violent behaviors‚ as well as a confusion of fantasy versus reality. One of the growing concerns on how television affects children today is the effects of food advertising on their health and fitness over the past few years. Many know that the food purpose is meant to fulfill the body’s basic nutritional needs. There are many different kinds of foods to choose
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consumer movements‚ which are particular kinds of social movements that attempt to transform various elements of the social order surrounding consumption and marketing. As consumption has come to play an increasingly central role in contemporary society‚ consumer movements have arisen to challenge and transform aspects of it by propagating ideologies of consumption that radicalize mainstream views. As we seek to increase our understanding of the dynamics and complexities of consumer culture‚ we need theory
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Background of the Study Janitor fish used to be aquarium pets. They would parade around the fish tank and clean the moss and other dirt that would scatter around the tank. Then‚ someone said‚ “If janitor fish are so effective in cleaning fish tanks‚ then why don’t we put them in the Marikina River so they can clean up all of the dirt?” Unfortunately‚ his hypothesis didn’t work‚ and now‚ janitor fish are the most abundant fish in the Marikina River. In this case‚ being an abundant species isn’t
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Cobalt(II) Oxygen adduct complex Inorganic 461 lab 2-29-2012 Abstract This experiment uses Co(salen) as a model compound illustrating the uptake of oxygen in hemoglobin. SalenH2 was prepared as the intermediate‚ and reacted with hydrated cobalt to prepare Co(salen). Using Co(salen) the oxygen up-take was tested. The synthesis of SalenH2 produced 0.65 g. The percent yield of salenH2 was 116% on the filter paper and 105% after transferring salenH2 to a vial. The melting point of salenH2‚ was
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Are You What You Buy? As a society we are embedded in a culture of consumption. Consumerism brings out a passion in people to have things‚ be it objects or services that will make them feel better. This "passion" becomes a powerful force that makes people make some unwise decisions in their life. The money consumers spend on these goods could be going to the ever-surmounting needs for health care‚ poverty help‚ or other things that would help the society as a whole. This is why America is the
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Fish kill On January 5‚ 2008‚ the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources announced that a fish kill at Taal Lake (January 2 to 4) caused the 50 metric tons or ₱ 3.25-million (US$1=₱41) loss of cultured tilapia in the villages of Leviste and Balakilong in Laurel and in Barangay Aya and Barangay Quiling inTalisay. 6‚000 maliputo fishes (₱ 230‚000) also died at Quiling. Toxic sulfur and high level of hydrogen sulfide in Ambulong while low dissolved oxygen caused the deaths. On May 30‚ 2011‚ the
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list of items‚ both tangible and non tangible‚ that trees give us. First of all‚ as we all know‚ trees are the most important and the only natural source of oxygen in the atmosphere. Without oxygen[->0]‚ life is not possible on earth. Trees consume the carbon dioxide[->1] from the environment and give out oxygen which balances the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide[->2] in the atmosphere. In addition to this‚ the wood that we obtain from trees is used in making paper‚ building houses‚ making furniture[->3]
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Comparing Dissolved Oxygen in the Woods‚ the Wet Area near the Succession Plots‚ the Winthrop Lake‚ and the Wetlands Isis Nelson Dr. McCulloch BIOL 203 March 8‚ 2013 Abstract Title: Multiple comparisons between different locations with dissolved oxygen. Is there a difference in the dissolved oxygen in the wetlands‚ woods‚ lake‚ and water area near the succession plots? Dissolved oxygen is the amount of oxygen that appears inside water. This experiment was tested over
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