rationing on two days interval at affected areas. Although water rationing can help to conserve water in the dams‚ it could not solve drought problems forever. Severe drought brings greatest impact on agricultural activities because water scarcity account for 70% of potential yield loses worldwide (Boyer‚ 1982). Biotechnology could be a permanent solution for this problem with the development of drought-tolerant crops. Plant genes that are related to stress tolerance have been isolated initially from Arabidopsis
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Solutions to LP Practice Problems[1] 1. Furnco manufactures desks and chairs. Each desk uses 4 units of wood‚ and each chair uses 3 units of wood. A desk contributes $40 to profit‚ and a chair contributes $25. Marketing restrictions require that the number of chairs produced be at least twice the number of desks produced. There are 20 units of wood available. Using the graph below‚ determine a production plan that maximizes Furnco’s profit. a) Draw isoprofit lines where the total profit equals
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The problem and solution of plastic Recently‚ plastic has become one of the most serious pollution problems in the world. According to a piece of news‚ it shows that every year worldwide plastic trash has been estimated at 260 million tons‚ and around ten percent ends up in the ocean. Many clean any more. As a result‚ in order to get back our beautiful ocean‚ people must recycle plastic and transform it into other energies. The tourism has become a great share that contributes to a country’s
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Working Papers Number 11/31 Youth unemployment in Spain: causes and solutions Economic Analysis Madrid‚ 27 September 2011 11/31 Working Papers Madrid‚ 27 September 2011 Youth unemployment in Spain: causes and solutions* Juan Ramón García. September 2011 Abstract Youth unemployment in Spain is a persistent phenomenon that has worsened during the current crisis. And at the levels now being registered (46.1% in 2Q11)‚ the measures to fight it can be delayed no longer. The evidence presented in
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either economic or political reasons. A country has to protect some domestic industries and therefore they must impose either tariffs or non-tariff barriers on imports. Those industries can be strategic or infant ones‚ either of which can cause major problems to the development of the country if they are hurt by foreign industries. If there is a dumping issue – the selling of goods abroad at below cost price – or restrictions on import imposed by the partner country‚ a country might have to use anti-dumping
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access to effective treatment [source: WHO]. Even though many people don’t realize it‚ there is an abhorrent problem with depression among teens in the United States. In fact‚ “11% of adolescents have a depressive disorder by age 18‚” according to the National Institute of Mental Health’s website. This statistic may not seem like a lot‚ but it means that 11% of teens have a serious problem; they feel like this frequently‚ yet still go on‚ in most cases without treatment. Although feeling depressed
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“Everywhere you look these days‚ you see litter: in the streets‚ on the beach‚ in the countryside.” Describe the problem of litter in the UAE and discuss some solutions Sharjah municipality considers huge increase in littering fines The fine for littering in Sharjah is expected to be raised from Dh200 to Dh2‚000‚ a senior municipality official said on Tuesday. It’s become common to see plastic bags and bottles strewn around not only in the industrial areas and commercial areas of the emirate
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Labor Unrest in Bangladesh RMG Sector: Does Active Labor Union Reduce the Risk of Labor Unrest in RMG Sector? A Dissertation by Urmi Tamanna ID-07272026 MAGD Batch-2 Submitted to Institute of Governance Studies BRAC University Dhaka In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Master of Arts in Governance and Development (MAGD) Institute of Governance Studies BRAC University‚ Dhaka‚ Bangladesh November 2010 Declaration I hereby declare that I am the sole
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In Solutions to Social Problems From the Bottom Up: Successful Social Movements by D. Stanley Eitzen and Kenneth Stewart‚ a light is shone on how incredibly powerful social movements may be. The United States has been no stranger to social movements and the influential leaders that have made them known. The novel describes in detail the various accounts that African Americans‚ women and other minorities fought for equal rights in the United States and even around the world. The first three chapters
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(b) The latest allowable time (TL) for them‚ (c) The slack values‚ (d) The critical paths‚ and (e) The probability factor for completing the project in 30 weeks. [pic] [pic] SOLUTION: [pic][pic] [pic] (iv) Critical Path 1–2–4–6–7–9–10 = 28 weeks. Vcp = 2 and σcp = 1.41 (v) The probability factor for completing the project in 30 weeks. Z = (X – μ)/σ where X = 30 weeks‚ μ = 28 weeks
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