VARIABLES THAT INFLUENCE WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT Abstract: Women are consistently underrepresented in political systems around the world. In this research‚ I examine factors such as the gender equality scale‚ education‚ ratio of female to male income and cultural diversity and their impact on the percentage of women in government. My findings reinforce my hypotheses; all four independent variables have statistically significant effects on women in parliament‚ with the ratio of female to male income
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6 An attendant at a car wash is paid according to the number of cars that pass through. Suppose the probabilities are 1/12‚ 1/12‚ 1/4‚ 1/4‚ 1/6‚ and 1/6‚ respectively‚ that the attendant receives $7‚ $9‚ $11‚ $13‚ $15‚ or $17 between 4:00 P. M. and 5:00 P. M. on any sunny Friday. Find the attendant’s expected earnings for this particular period. 4.7 By investing in a particular stock‚ a person can make a profit in one year of $4000 with probability 0.3 or take a loss of $1000 with probability 0.7
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Concepts of Lifetime Fitness September 1‚ 1997 Homeostasis is the state of equilibrium in which the internal environment of the human body remains relatively constant. Two excellent examples of homeostasis are how the body maintains a constant temperature and blood pressure during strenuous physical activity or exercise. Although there are many other activities in the body that display homeostasis‚ I will only discuss these two. Temperature in the human body is usually kept at approximately
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FOREIGN POLICY “Foreign Policy begins where domestic policy ends” (Henry Kissinger) INTRODUCTION Foreign Policy refers to the ways in which the central governments of sovereign states relate to each other and to the global system in order to achieve various goals or objectives. A country’s foreign policy is a set of political goals that seeks to outline how that particular country will interact with other countries of the world and‚ to a lesser extent‚ non-state actors. Foreign policies
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Topic 6: Management Accounting and Cost Case: Shelter Partnership a. My main learning outcomes from Topic 6 and the Case Study; 1) Firstly‚ I realize management accounting has much to offer. Somehow I can handle physics but not accounting. Now thanks to this course I can appreciate and make sense of it. The bit that really caught my attention was seeing how management accounting can be really useful for business planning‚ cost management‚ budgeting and performance measurement. It offers
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Recreation centers are amazing for a community. They bring in people of the community to be a part of activities. Jonestown‚ Pennsylvania is my home town. Living in this town is very boring because there’s not a lot to do unless you go into the city of Lebanon. I always wanted to have something like a recreation center a little closer after I went to the YMCA in Lebanon. It is an amazing atmosphere for all ages and it brings the community together and that is why my design is building a recreation
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The Elmwood Fitness Center A Rehabilitation and Exercise Facility 245 Mountain Avenue‚ Elmwood‚ CA • Tel: 415-555-3242 • www.elmwoodfitness.com Welcome to the Elmwood Fitness Center The Elmwood Fitness Center’s goal is simple: to provide a state-of-the-art exercise facility staffed by highly-skilled professionals in a supportive‚ healthful environment. By making a commitment to a healthier lifestyle‚ we believe members will experience an enriched quality of life. Our professional and compassionate
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Cost Classifications and Estimation 2.0 Introduction Cost classification may be defined as ‘the arrangement of cost items in a logical sequence having regard to their nature and purpose to be fulfilled’. The term cost must be qualified when in use in order that its precise meaning is established in a particular situation; however‚ cost refers to the amount of resources that have been diverted from other uses or sacrificed so as to achieve the desired objective. But the term is used to refer to
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Microeconomics Topic 6: “Be able to explain and calculate average and marginal cost to make production decisions.” Reference: Gregory Mankiw’s Principles of Microeconomics‚ 2nd edition‚ Chapter 13. Long-Run versus Short-Run In order to understand average cost and marginal cost‚ it is first necessary to understand the distinction between the “long run” and the “short run.” Short run: a period of time during which one or more of a firm’s inputs cannot be changed. Long run: a period of time during which
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Classification of Cost Cost may be classified into different categories depending upon the purpose of classification. Some of the important categories in which the costs are classified are as follows: 1. Fixed‚ Variable and Semi-Variable Costs The cost which varies directly in proportion with every increase or decrease in the volume of output or production is known as variable cost. Some of its examples are as follows: • Wages of laborers • Cost of direct material • Power The cost which does
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