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- 5271: Assessment Of Economic Progres
- ... 1990s. In Thailand, the gross domestic product per person rose from $444 in 1980 to $6,900 in 1996. Beginning in the early 1980s, huge amounts of investments began pouring into Asian countries, lured by high returns, stable governments and currencies pegged to the dollar. The foreign money paid for factories and skyscrapers, and a booming export economy created a newly comfortable middle class that in turn stimulated more consumption. Other ... fragile economy of the developing countries can collapse easily under the slightest of economic slow-down. Unfortunately, if an economic crisis took place in these countries, the cost of fixing the crisis would be too high to imagine.
- 5272: Technology And The Stock Market
- ... BBSS supports the following broker functions: recieving orders, entering orders, rerouting orders, issuing reports, research, and viewing other services via terminal “windows”. The overhead “crowd” display is America’s first commercial application of large-scale, high-definition, flat-screen plasma technology. It shows trades and quotes for each stock. The display also shows competing national market system quotes. Clear, legible information is displayed at wide viewing angles. Full color and video ... The biggest beneficiaries of this new technology are investors themselves. They have all day to trade instead of trading only during market hours, they have more stocks to choose from, and the markets are very high so people are making a lot of money. In conclusion, I have discovered that the research I have done on this project has revealed what I originally thought to be true. That is that the ...
- 5273: Angina Pectoris
- ... answer to correcting this situation. As shown above excessive intake of cholesterol can increase the risk of a heart attack. Coupled with excessive salt intake can produce another problem known as hypertension or commonly called high blood pressure. This can further increase the risk of a heart attack since the heart has to work harder to achieve a homeostatic state. Therefore the heart is working with less efficiency. For example a ... hypertension heart rate may be 98. The runner's heart is working with more efficiency; therefore it does not need to beat as fast as the person with hypertension. The person with hypertension has a high heart rate since it cannot pump as much blood per contraction. Exercise is another corrective procedure prescribed since it increases cardiovascular fitness. As seen above, cardiovascular fitness can reduce the risk of heart attacks. Stress ...
- 5274: Bitter Sweet Aspartame A Diet Delusion
- ... throw caution to the wind," by drinking large quantities of diet soft drinks and eating large quantities of other products with aspartame. This is something that they would not be as likely to do with high-calorie, sugar-containing products. The NutraSweet Company has been trying to convince people that persons who ingesting aspartame regularly ingest only 1-3 mg/kg (of body weight)/day of aspartame (Roberts, 1988). This is ... 125 (23%) "Severe anxiety attacks"105(19%) "Marked personality changes"88(16%) Severe insomnia" 76 (14%) Chest - Palpitations, tachycardia (rapid heart action)88(16%) "Shortness of breath" 54 (10%) Atypical chest pain44 (8%) Recent hypertension (high blood pressure)34(6%) Gastrointestinal Nausea 79(14%) Diarrhea 70(13%) Abdominal pain 70(13%) Aggravation of respiratory allergies10 2% Endocrine and MetabolicProblems with diabetes:60(11%) Menstrual changes(6%) Paradoxic weight gain 34(5 ...
- 5275: Capital Punishment Is Ineffect
- ... obviously guarantees that the criminal will never commit another crime, for the murderer is dead, but, there is no evidence that capital punishment deters another individual from committing murder (Glover 139). Furthermore, it is a high moral price to pay when studies have proven that few convicted murderers commit further crimes of violence. An alternative, one that is far less inhumane, is a policy of life imprisonment without the Jewett 3 ... action. From the time of arrest to the point of execution, it can be estimated that a single death sentence costs between one to three million dollars per case (NCADP). Some studies have figures as high as seven million per case. Life imprisonment, including incarceration, costs roughly five hundred thousand dollars. The millions of dollars spent Jewett 9 on the unnecessary killing of one individual cuts into funds for more important ...
- 5276: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- ... must occur more frequently and severely than in others of the same age. Most of all, the behaviors must create a true handicap in at least 2 areas of the person's life (e.g. school, home, work, social settings). One of the difficulties in diagnosing ADHD is that it is usually accompanied by other problems. Many children who have ADHD also have a learning disability. This means that they have ... serious conduct disorders. Children with this disorder, in conjunction with ADHD, may be stubborn, have outbursts, and act belligerent or defiant. They may take unsafe risks and break laws -- ultimately getting them into trouble at school and with the police. Still, not all children with ADHD have an additional disorder. The same is true for people with learning disabilities, Tourette's syndrome, etc. They do not all have ADHD with their ...
- 5277: Remembering The Music Of George Gershwin
- ... was forced to move around a lot and learn how to fight for his survival. Many people say that he was a very wild and robust child who was not interested in any type of school work (Schwartz 11). In the neighborhood where Gershwin grew up, anyone who was interested in music was known as a sissy. So after passing by a penny arcade and discovering a mechanical piano, George would ... Music Publishing House in Tin Pan Alley. Gershwin jumped at the chance to become the youngest pianist ever employed at the popular music capital of the world. So at the age of fifteen, he quit school and became a song plugger (Schwartz 21). The purpose of a song plugger was to make a song become a hit. Everyday hundreds of singers and actors came to Tin Pan Alley looking for fresh ...
- 5278: Ancient Celtic Religion
- ... they hoped to kill, and would act out the hunt. They believed that this would positively affect the real hunt. Among animism and sympathetic magick, there was also a Goddess of fertility. There was a high mortality rate and to procreate, the fertility of women and men was extremely important. The Goddess represented childbearing, fertility of people, the earth and animals, and She was as important as the other Gods were ... In the centre of the circle stood the Cromlech or altar, which was a large stone, placed in the manner of a table upon other stones set up on end. The Druids had also their high places, which were large stones or piles of stones on the summits of hills. These were called Cairns, and were used in the worship of the deity under the symbol of the sun. The Druids ...
- 5279: A Comparison of the Medieval and Renaissance Eras
- ... the church, whereas religion or the church was seldom involved in Renaissance paintings. Rather, paintings of the Renaissance involved mostly secular subjects, as seen again in DaVinci's Mona Lisa and also Raphael's The School of Athens. In the case of the Mona Lisa, the subject is a typical woman with a very sublime smile, but with no apparent religious association whatsoever. The same applies to The School of Athens; it is a painting of a group of philosophers in a barrel-vaulted and domed hall: no religious connection can be made here, either. On the contrary, the Medieval painting, The Annunciation, deals ...
- 5280: Geography and Climate In the American Colonies
- ... is an overstatement. Slavery and immigration, religious experiments and improper preparation certainly had an enormous impact in differentiating the colonial way of life. The New England climate was one of the largest factors in the high death rate in colonies such as Massachusetts Bay because of its harsh winters and hot summers. The soil in New England was also rocky and somewhat infertile, causing a shortened growing season. Farming was tough ... workers, and become wealthy by acquiring land. The main source of revenue in the South was their cash crop, tobacco. It became very popular, and because it couldn’t grow in England, it was in high demand. It was used in pipes and it was sniffed. Because there weren’t enough people to work the fields due to the large amount of people wanting to be country gentleman, indentured servants and ...
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