I. INTRODUCTION The composition‚ stability‚ and structure of ecologic assemblages is increasingly forced by environmental variance. Moreover‚ studies have shown that it is no longer possible to ignore the effects of variation from biologic models examining the effects of climate change (Lawson et al. 2015; Walther et al. 2015). The role of environmental variance is challenging traditional theoretical approaches supplanting the notion of absolute climate changes. In a world with fluctuating climates
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Capital Structure Decisions: Which Factors Are Reliably Important? Murray Z. Frank and Vidhan K. Goyal∗ This paper examines the relative importance of many factors in the capital structure decisions of publicly traded American firms from 1950 to 2003. The most reliable factors for explaining market leverage are: median industry leverage (+ effect on leverage)‚ market-to-book assets ratio (−)‚ tangibility (+)‚ profits (−)‚ log of assets (+)‚ and expected inflation (+). In addition‚ we find
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Environmental The environment provides life supporting resources and eco systems‚ quality of life conditions and amenities that are valued by people. Society consumes products and services provided by environmental resources and generates wastes that are disposed of in the environment. The values of individuals and groups within society drive decisions that determine the quality of the environment they live in and depend on. On the field trip Noel introduced us to the no dig system‚ which is
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Domestic Violence Some questions will never be answered and some problems will never be solved‚ but if we as a state work together‚ domestic violence can be eliminated. Domestic Violence is something I will never understand. How can we stop or even cut down on Domestic Violence in South Carolina? I know domestic violence is a widespread problem that occurs every day. But I feel we should start on a state level‚ moving towards a national level‚ and ending on a global level‚ until it is eradicated
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Introduction This paper aims to analyze the common-sized balance sheets and ratios of 12 companies in order to identify their respective industries (Please refer to the Appendix for an overview of the financial data). The balance sheets of the 12 companies are analyzed in four steps‚ as shown in the following table. Step Industry Common Characteristics Companies 1 Service Almost no inventories Inventory turnover negligible Major passenger airline Regional bank Temporary office
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Domestic Violence in America Domestic abuse in the United States is a large-scale and complex social and health problem. The family is perhaps the most violent group‚ with the home being the most violent American institution or setting today (Lay‚ 1994). Sadly enough‚ the majority of people who are murdered are not likely killed by a stranger during a hold-up or similar crime but are killed by someone they know. Not surprisingly‚ the Center for Disease Control and prevention has identified interpersonal
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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: Human Resource Management (HRM) is the functions in an organization that focuses on the recruitment of new employees and it provides directions to the employees who are working in the organization. Human Resource Management can also be performed by the line managers in the organization. Human Resource Management (HRM) in the organization functions it deals with the issues in the organization such as hiring of new employees‚ safety‚ benefits‚ motivation to the employees
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Introduction Domestic violence can be defined as‚ ‘any violence between current and former partners in an intimate relationship wherever and whenever the violence occurs. The violence may include physical‚ sexual‚ emotional and financial abuse’ (Home Office 2003: 6). Domestic violence is not a new phenomenon. Experienced still by women today‚ domestic violence can be dated back to even the 17th and 18th century. We shall explore the different outlooks of domestic violence including psychological
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Arndt’s study implies‚ even if a membership in a particular group is important‚ if it affects their self-esteem; they are likely to distance themselves from that particular group‚ especially if mortality is induced. This suggests that people are more focused on self-esteem than belonging to a group. It would be interesting to see if the extent of group identification contributes the disengagement of a particular group. For example‚ the difference between people who were raised highly accustomed to
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What Is Domestic Violence? By TOBY D. GOLDSMITH‚ MD Domestic violence is when one partner in an intimate relationship abuses the other. The abuse can be physical‚ sexual‚ emotional or a combination of all three. Physical abuse can include very aggressive acts‚ such as beatings and forced sexual activity including intercourse‚ or it can take the form of less severe acts like throwing‚ shoving and slapping. In emotional abuse‚ the abuser constantly humiliates and puts down the victim. The weapons
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