the beginning of time‚ the built environment has been an integral part in providing shelter needs for men‚ women and children. Maslow (1943) formulated that shelter is a basic requirement of humans. In the future‚ humans will have to construct sustainable shelter otherwise would they would risk depleting resources for subsequent generations. Construction is an example of a multitasking activity. The lifecycle of construction can be broken into phases. Achieving building sustainability in modern
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ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS What are the Account Concepts? In order to maintain uniformity and consistency in preparing and maintaining books of accounts‚ Certain rules or principles have been evolved. These rules/principles are classified as concepts and conventions. These are foundations of preparing and maintaining accounting records. “Accounting concept refers to the basic assumptions and rules and principles which work as the basis of recording of business transactions and preparing accounts
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 1 (Questions are in bold print followed by answers.) 2. What is meant by a mortgage-backed security? A mortgage-backed security is a security backed by one or more mortgage loans. Like a bond that is callable‚ a mortgage-backed security allows the investor to grant the borrower an option. 4. What is the cash flow of a 10-year bond that pays coupon interest semiannually‚ has a coupon rate of 7%‚ and has a par value of $100‚000? The principal or par
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To what extent does the problem of urbanization can be met by sustainable development? For the past decades the trend of urbanization has rapidly increased‚ especially in developing countries. Urbanization may be defined as a process in which people from rural areas are migrating to the city. The sudden increase of the population in cities has brought significant problems to their inhabitants‚ the environment and resources. These problems are providing housing with basic facilities and public
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Title: To what extent can the problems of urbanisation be met by a policy of sustainable development? As Allen (2009) has remarked‚ urbanisation is and will be the phenomenon of this century with its ever-increasing impacts on many facets of lives over the world. It can be the root cause of many major problems in the modern societies. This essay will explore the degree to which sustainable development policy can address problems caused by urbanisation. Urbanisation‚ as defined by Afify‚ is
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Homework On National Income Answer Sketch for Selected Questions Dr. Patrick Toche April 2‚ 2011 1 Reference : Mankiw‚ Mankiw‚ Macro (7th)‚ Chapter 2‚ Problem 4. Suppose a woman marries her butler. After they are married‚ her husband continues to wait on her as before‚ and she continues to support him as before (but as a husband rather than as an employee). How does the marriage affect GDP ? What is your reaction to this ? Hints : GDP is a measure of recorded transactions only‚ not
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The Concept of Globalization Globalization has become one of the common catchphrases frequently used by people all over the world. However many scholars referred the 1990s as the decade of globalization and like any other social phenomenon‚ globalization has brewed different interpretations since then. However there are varied definitions of globalization as reflected in the arguments below. According to Baylis‚ J.‚ et el. (2008‚ p. 16)‚ globalization is simply the widening‚ deepening‚ and speeding
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regressive. Contoh: • Tiap individu menghitung pajak billnya dengan mengurangi $3000 dari income dan membayar 20% dari sisanya. • Jika perbedaannya negative‚ individu mendapat subsidy Penghitungan pajak progressive 1) Peningkatan yang lebih besar dari average tax rates ketika pendapatan naik‚ sistemnya lebih progressive. Dimana T0 dan T1 adalah pajak liability I0 dan I1 adalah income level 2) Kemungkinan kedua adalah jika salah satu system pajak lebih progressive daripada yang
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Topic: Marketing Strategies for Sustainable CRM _____________________________________________________________________________ Abstruct: This paper explains how a CRM approach builds on a strategic vision that integrates people and processes with technology to maximize a firm’s investment. This paper describes how a company can manages their strategies to develop a sustainable CRM. Introduction Customer relationship management (CRM) has attracted the expanded attention of practitioners
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Explaining Concepts Concepts of Dating According to the article Dating‚ by Beth L. Bailey. We know dating is a new style of courtship‚ which was started in the early twentieth. With the emergence of this new style of courtship‚ the old one was replaced. What I remembered as an example of good explanatory writing is the writer using time order to tell the history of old courtship and when the new system of dating was emerging. And the readers probably are young people they don’t know how the
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