Causes of Poverty Since the 1970s‚ poverty dropped significantly in East Asia‚ while in Africa‚ Latin America‚ and South Asia‚ the level of poverty has decreased less‚ or even risen in some countries. In 1991 almost 36 million Americans were living below the poverty line‚ the official level of income which is needed to achieve a basic living standard with enough money for things such as food‚ clothing and a place to live. In Cambodia‚ the poverty rate was 25% in 2012. Based on this fact
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Stress comes from many different things and is the cause of many problems in a person’s life. Stress management can be complicated and confusing because there are different types of stress. There are three main types of stress‚ acute stress‚ episodic acute stress‚ and chronic stress. Each has their own characteristics‚ symptoms‚ duration‚ and treatment approaches. Almost everyone has some type of stress. Some people cope with it better then others. Causes of stress are known as stressors. Stressors can
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Hb1 Causes of absenteeism Although patterns of chronic absenteeism vary‚ the most common pattern is for a student to miss a few days of school each week. The student’s excuses may or may not have to do with an illness. An absentee problem should be considered chronic when it is not always related to a specific illness and involves an average of two days or more per month. Once cause of chronic absenteeism is a lack of initiative on the part of the parents. It’s not uncommon to find children absent
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Causes of Rape DeShanta J. Ray Philosophy 308 Instructor Glen Egbert October 13‚ 2005 Causes of Rape This study investigated responses to a questionnaire administered to forty respondents. The subjects‚ female n=20 and male n=20‚ were individually selected and given a questionnaire for immediate response. The questionnaire was comprised of 23 statements‚ 16 were graded on a 5-point Likert Scale and the remaining was used for demographic comparison. The 16 questions were subgrouped
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Cause and Effect of Price Wars When large sums of money are at stake‚ many companies bend and flex to their limits to guarantee defeat over the competition. Sometimes they take a loss in one area for a gain in another area. There is a cause for every action the company makes‚ and in return for their action there is an effect. Although the effect can sometimes be pre-determined‚ no one is really sure what the outcome is going to be until the time comes. There are millions of cars on
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telecommuting? 9. To what extent should economic planning be influenced by the need of environmental conservation? 10. To what extent will migration from the developing world to the developed world become a social and political issue in the 21st century? Use specific reasons to support your answer. 11. Explain the major reasons for the high dropout rate in college. 12. What are the causes and effect of the computer revolution? 13. Explain the causes for the popularity of fast
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Epilepsy is far more common than most people realize. It is quite possible for the person next to you to have it. Epilepsy is "a diverse collection of disorders”. In the United States‚ there are close to one million people with epilepsy or about 1 in 100 people. (Showing a visual) Epilepsy is the most common serious brain disorder worldwide with no age‚ racial‚ social class‚ national‚ or geographic boundaries. This is a review of the emerging insights into the mechanisms underlying the most common
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The causes of pollution Pollution is the release of harmful environmental contaminants. The main air pollutants are carbon monoxide‚ lead oxides‚ sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. The principle causes of pollution are exhaust pipes from motor vehicles‚ smoke released by factories and moreover‚ industrial plants burn coal and oil‚ which contain sulfur. New inventions and processes have been continuously developed to improve our way of life; such developments are called technological
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Two Major Military Alliances By Shannai Sloan The real cause of world war one was the existence of two major military alliances. An alliance is a union or association formed for mutual benefit‚ especially between countries or organisations. As all the major European countries were apart of one of the two alliances‚ any conflict between countries could cause an outbreak in war between them all. Firstly‚ with Europe being split in half with the two alliances it caused suspicion and fear between
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untruth‚ a deviation‚ big or small‚ from what is known to be real. It is a false statement deliberately presented as being true‚ thus misrepresenting a situation or giving a totally wrong impression about something” (“Why people lie”). It’s a natural feeling to want to lie or omit the truth to get out of a difficult situation. Most of the time people are dishonest because they fear that telling the truth will get them in trouble. The main motives that cause people to lie are the attempts to avoid
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