Introduction 1.1 Why choose Cambridge? University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) is the world’s largest provider of international qualifications. Around 1.5 million students from 150 countries enter Cambridge examinations every year. What makes educators around the world choose Cambridge? Developed for an international audience International O Levels have been designed specially
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Introduction There are many types of organisational structure a business may decide to adopt. This assignment will examine the four main different business structures and present the advantages and disadvantages of each one. The business structures that I will be examining are as follows: The Sole Trader The partnership The Private Limited Company (LTD) The Public Limited Company (PLC) Sole trader A sole trader is an organisation‚ which is owned by one person. The assets
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perceived in the use of biotechnology in agriculture are rapid multiplication of plant species‚ breeding of resistant varieties‚ diagnosis and control of disease in crop and livestock‚ utilization of crop residues and animal waste. Some of the disadvantages are high cost of research and development‚ endangering biodiversity‚ genetic erosion and lack of access for poor farmers to use new varieties. Thus‚ in introducing biotechnology in agriculture‚ it is vitally important to study and assess the overall
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Colonialism Matthew Toms Professor Mehdi Nazer SOC300 v201103 August 31‚ 2011 Introduction Colonialism is dominating or conquering a territory and involving the subjugation of one people to another (Kohn‚ 2011). At the end of 15th century‚ Portugal and Spain explored the seas to find another route to Asia through the Mediterranean Sea for three things – God‚ Gold and Glory. Their mission was to introduce Christianity/Catholicism to the Asian natives‚ find
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perspective‚ there is a need for the opponents of Alabama lottery to understand the advantages and the disadvantages of other state owned lotteries more fully before embarking on criticism on this valuable “state asset”. There are numerous writings in economics on why people play lotteries‚ and although it is not the goal of this literature to fully address this issue‚ it is interesting to speculate on what type of theory would produce the empirical results on the benefits of state lotteries (Morgan‚ 2000)
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Probiotics are live microorganisms which are believed to provide health benefits when consumed. The term probiotics meaning ‘for life’ (pro= ‘for’ or ‘in support’‚ biotic= ‘life’) is derived from Latin & Greek language. The term was first used by Lilly and Stillwell in 1965 to describe “substances secreted by one microorganism which stimulates the growth of another microorganism” i.e. which is exactly opposite of ‘antibiotics’‚ later in 1971 Sperti used the term probiotics to describe “tissue extracts
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1. INTRODUCTION Energy plays an important role in human activities. The utilization of fossil fuel based energy resources has increased the impact on the global environmental issues such as CO2 emissions that contribute to global warming and a drastic climate changing. The need of exploitation of new sources such as renewable energy (RE) becomes crucial. The combination of multi-source renewable energies at the distribution stage and the proper energy management will definitely reducing the cost
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Introduction The world economy has entered an era of total competition. Traditional barriers have begun to fall‚ new-sophisticated competitors have emerged‚ and global rivalry increased. There are many examples around the world where the traditional sources of comparative advantage are less valuable than initially perceived for the development of a strong‚ competitive economy. The new type of development is one that involves the whole market and all institutions in the economy. Productivity is
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Telecommunication From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search A parabolic satellite communication antenna at the biggest facility for satellite communication in Raisting‚ Bavaria‚ Germany Visualization from the Opte Project of the various routes through a portion of the Internet Telecommunication is the science and practice of transmitting information by electromagnetic means. Communication is talking to someone or thing not necessarily through technological means
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inspiring story that is quite similar to Zuckerberg’s story. I am just a lone geek who runs a web forum. There’s no comparison.” The quote above gives an insight into his understanding of ‘Nairaland’ as a business. For instance‚ Reddit is to the U.S‚ what Nairaland is to Nigeria‚ but while Reddit has been able to leverage its diverse audience for growth and currently valued at $500 million‚ with possibility of going public in 2017. Nairaland is still struggling with the right revenue model and was forced
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