Essays on Present

PART I

A 1)

Where;

PV is the present value FV is the Future value which is 15,000 R is the Interest rate which is 7% N is the number of years which is 1 PV = 15,000/(1+0.07)1 = 14,018.69

2) PV = FV/ (1+r)n

Where;

PV is the present value FV is the Future value which is 15,000 R is the Interest rate which is 4% N is the number of years which is 1 PV = 15,000/ (1+0.04)1 = 14,423.08 B.

Account A

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QUESTION 1;

Part A: Net Present Value calculation Working capital will be regarded as the initial investment outlay which is £ 1 million. Discount rate used in calculating the net present value of the project is 7%. The internal rate of return will be hypothetically obtained with the aim of obtaining the break-even situation of the project. All costs and expenses are treated as cash outflows which will reduce the cash inflow in the project i.e. the project’s sales revenue. The cash outflows from the entire project will be deducted from the project’s inflows so as to determine ...

Importance of capital budgeting process

The capital budgeting process facilitates the financial management duty of allocation of finances and decision making on investment choices. With limited amounts of capital, financial managers are required to advise on the most appropriate business investment opportunity to pursue. The capital budgeting process suffices for the identification of the best alternative for investment. Through the capital budgeting process, financial managers are able to compute the expected cash flows in various investment options. Through the discounting methods, they are able to accurately estimate the expected cash flows and settle on the most profitable in consideration of the market dynamics such ...

introduction Time value of money is an important concept of finance and financial management. It has been said that the present consumption reveals more value than a future consumption and it is because of the fact that consumers have two options; either to consume it right away or forego it to avail it in future by investing the present amount (Houston, and Brigham, 2009). This report defines and highlights the importance of time value of money and also discusses the importance of time value of money for the financial managers. The report also calculates present value of money ...

Tools for Evaluating the Projects

Biz Systems Consultants Ltd is a firm that is set up by experienced persons. Now they are in consideration for the projects that have investment of 17, 00,000$ and three projects are mutually exclusive. In this report we will find out the ways and tools that can help the firm in accessing the feasibility of the project. There are different methods of accessing the feasibility of projects as well as many sources of finance but we will discuss here the three major sources of finance that are best suitable for the company (Bearse, 1993). For the company Biz ...

Weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is the minimum return expected from the securities of a company. It is the sum of the weighted costs of the individual components in the capital structure. The product of the cost of capital of a component and the proportion of the component in the capital structure yields the weighted cost of that particular component in the capital structure. The cost of capital for equity is the ratio of the dividend per share and the market price for each share. This is computed as 1.50/15*100=10%. The weighted cost of equity capital is the product ...

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Introduction

The concept of corporate finance lies in time value of money and is often regarded as the foundation of the corporate strategy as well as the financial management. The concept of net present value is applied in a number of financial decisions and the time value of money is dependent on the same principle. Therefore, this paper will be focused on the importance of the time value of money based on the concept of net present value. This concept is clarified by using the example of bond valuation as mentioned in the question. However, this paper is ...

Introduction

This report is about the evaluation of an attractiveness of one project of Wall-Mart using different methodologies and measures taking into account different theories. The main purpose of this investigation is determination of the advantages and disadvantages of the different methods and it is necessary to make a decision about investment in this Wall-Mart project using all computed values.

Present value is a parameter which reflects the present value of future cash flows that have been discounted. To calculate a present value it necessary to use the following formula: Present Value=i=1nCFi1+ri, where n is number of periods, r ...

Introduction

The decisions that the management makes regarding capital investment and financial management determines the success of any corporation. In essence, the management should make the investment, financing, and dividend decisions carefully to facilitate the maximization of the shareholders’ wealth. Ideally, sound investment decisions ensure that the firm utilizes the existing investment opportunities well. Additionally, sound financing decisions make sure that the firm has necessary sources of fund to use in its investments. What is more, sound dividend decisions ensure that the company retains enough earnings to distribute to the shareholders or use in future investments. The decisions about the ...

Background of Research:

How quickly is society moving towards the depletion of oil? The particular question, with huge political and financial, communal and cultural implications, is one of those causing intense controversy. Oil-producing countries and oil companies are reassuring when insisting that the depletion of oil is not visible in the near future. The counterargument, which incorporates the main part of the so-called theory of oil- peak (Peak Oil), argues that, even if it is not directly visible, the depletion of the main at the moment energy source of the world is uncertain, that almost half the oil resources have been consumed ...

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Rayan Azhari Chapter I

Introduction

Succession planning is the process of identifying, recruiting, and training employees of an organization in order to equip them with skills necessary for enabling them to take up future top management positions. It entails training and evaluation processes to ensure that the respective employees are capable of effectively and efficiently handling all the management and leadership issues, they may face in the course of duty. Succession planning is an important part of everyday organization activities and, as a result, all organizations whether small; medium sized or even large must prepare for future succession possibilities. ...

Chapter I

Introduction Succession planning is the process of identifying, recruiting, and training employees of an organization in order to equip them with skills necessary for enabling them to take up future top management positions. It entails training and evaluation processes to ensure that the respective employees are capable of effectively and efficiently handling all the management and leadership issues, they may face in the course of duty. Succession planning is an important part of everyday organization activities and, as a result, all organizations whether small; medium sized or even large must prepare for future succession possibilities. Effective succession planning ...

Viability Report on JV

There lies a distinguishing characteristic of Multinational Corporation (MNC) in contrast with a collection of independent national firms dealing at arm’s length is, its ability to move money to its affiliates through internal transfer mechanism. In multinational financial system there is transfer of goods, services, technology and capital. In the interest of facilitating stronger sustainable profitability and growth, decisions on resource allocation in organizations require a systematic, analytical and though approach as well as sound judgement. Project and investment appraisals and capital budgeting which involves assessing the financial feasibility of a report should use Discounted Cash Flow(DCF) analysis as a supporting ...

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Introduction

The Grande General Store is the place at Spruce Grove, Alberta. The family has decided to sell out the business in a suitable price and then spend most of the time with family and children. The main purpose is now to select a suitable buyer who will buy the business and continue it, and another is the selling price for the business. While selling the business certain steps will followed, including following : - Proper planning: In this step, the seller will do proper planning to target the buyer. It is important to aware of ...

Material Inequality and Political Theory

Defining inequality and determining factors to assume equality and justice remains to be a vague concept as factors like social class, talent, and needs would often influence how people define these terms. According to Fleischacker (2005), adding to the confusion of defining inequality and means to attain 'just distribution' of goods, services, and rights are several definitions and theories established to try and attain 'just distribution'. With the presence of several theories and definitions to attempt explaining how just distribution can be done, concerns on how it would impact society is raised since political theories vary in concentration and how ...

There are different methods used in capital budgeting. They include the net present value, profitability index, internal rate of return and payback period. This research paper will evaluate the differences that exist between these methods basing the argument on the strengths and weaknesses of these methods. The net present value method is used to determine whether a certain project should be invested or not. It is obtained by summing the present value of the future cashflows of a project. On the other hand, profitability compares the present value of the future cashflows to the initial capital outlay of a project in ...

It is commonly known that the money in hand today is more worth than the money of same amount in future. This idea is based on earning potential. This principle says that the money can earn interest and gradually can grow. Everyone knows the fact that the money deposited in bank account will earn interest. The time value of the money is a priori principle that a fixed amount of the money that is accessible today is more costly than the same amount of near future. This principle can be generalized for the economic resources available by social contract. We can ...

Administrative modification, powered by an extension of information technology, may have underwrote to the erosion of the previously established relationship between company size and the quantitative investment appraisal criteria selected. Seemingly, companies are by means of utilizing more methods composed, while the use of the more urbane discounted cash flow. However, systems are sophisticated, and that use of the less hypothetically sound accounting rate of return technique seems to be reduced, than aforementioned studies would have recommended of businesses . Consequently, accounting modification may result from procedures ascending within an organization in which it is operational, while as of ...

- Suppose your bank account will be worth $4,200.00 in one year. The interest rate (discount rate) that the bank pays is 5%.

PV = FV * [1 / (1 + i)t], where PV is the present value my bank account,

FV is the future value,

i is the interest rate the bank pays, and t is the time period (in years). Then PV = FV * [1 / (1 + i)t] = 4,200 * [1 / (1 + 0.05)1] = 4,200 * [1 / (1.05)1] = = 4,200 * [1 / 1.05] = 4,200 / 1.05 = 4,000

So, today the present value of my bank account is $4,000.00

- Suppose you have two bank accounts, one called Account ...

Abstract

A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs) are a group of structurally varied scaffold proteins which are found to regulate the PKA pathway by localizing the protein kinase A and some specific enzymes at sub cellular level. So far several of the AKAPs have been found to play critical role in the regulation of phosphorylation of several PKA dependent substrates which are necessary for the modulating the cardiac function. Abnormalities in these AKAPs genes have been found to cause various forms of cardiac disease. The most prominent AKAPs are the AKAP9 and AKAP13. Mutations in the AKAP9 gene has been found to be ...

In the present case, Capability Ltd has given a document which was titled as ‘Memorandum of Terms’ and at the back of this document; two clauses have been inserted by a rubber stamp. Therefore the first clause states that the company is not responsible for any personal injury that may be suffered by the customer by performing the contract. In the same way, according to the second clause, the liability of the company for any damage that may be suffered by the home of the customer is limited to the sum of 500 pounds and at the same time it also ...

Introduction

In every investment decision, it is necessary to scrutinize the benefits and cost before venturing into it. An investor should evaluate the benefits he or she would get if they invested their capital in the project rather than depositing the cash in the bank to accumulate annual interest. A project manager is solely responsible to decide on behalf of his clients on the best project to invest from a pool of several and closely related benefits on behalf of his client. The key factors that the manager would consider are rate of return on investment, period it would take the ...

In his Dedicatory Letter of 1927 that prefaces The Good Soldier, Ford Madox Ford refers to his most famous novel as his “great auk's egg.” The metaphor might be unfortunate, but it originates from Ford's own personal image as an old writer in the midst of a revolution in artistic sensibility. However, this ardent artistic excitement never had a fair chance since the First World War broke out. Thus, the Good Solider remains a novel that points to the pioneering and turbulent new literary forms of Modernism that were just becoming apparent. It is certainly a thoroughly Modern novel, in terms of the ...

Abstract

The society is continually experiencing emergence and development of new cultures and subcultures. New cultures mostly develop from the popular culture as some individuals embrace new perspectives regarding common beliefs and values. Cultural elements present means of expression and influential habits that individuals of a particular group or belief identify with. Various cultures and subcultures are presently identifiable in the present day social media. One of such subcultures common in the contemporary social media includes the American hipster culture. The paper focuses on this culture by evaluating it from diverse perspectives. This includes providing a background of the development of the ...

In his Dedicatory Letter of 1927 that prefaces The Good Soldier, Ford Madox Ford refers to his most famous novel as his “great auk's egg.” The metaphor might be unfortunate, but it originates from Ford's own personal image as an old writer in the midst of a revolution in artistic sensibility. However, this ardent artistic excitement never had a fair chance since the First World War broke out. Thus, the Good Solider remains a novel that points to the tapageur and turbulent new forms of Modernism that were just becoming apparent. It is certainly a thoroughly Modern novel, and most would indeed agree ...

Introduction

The plaintiff, Marisa Bailey, respectfully moves for summary judgment. Summary judgment should be granted on count 1, her claim for violation of the Establishment Clause and on count 2, for her right to Free Exercise of Religion under the First Amendment of U.S. Constitution due to the actions of the defendant. Under the applicable constitutional tests, the undisputed facts compel a judgment as a matter of law for both counts.

Statement of Facts

For the purposes of this motion, the following facts are undisputed: 1. Marisa Bailey is a student in her senior year of attending the James River High School overseen by defendant, ...

PART I

Firstly, Firms acquire other firms in order to gain a larger market share and gain a competitive advantage. A firm may acquire another firm in order to improve its marketing and distribution network or acquire the clientele base of its competitor. Secondly, firm acquire other firms in order to diversify their market. A firm may acquire another firm operating in a different industry or in the same industry but a different market segment in order to diversify. Diversification is a risk management tool. Thirdly, a firm may acquire another firm in order to reduce its production and operational costs. Acquiring other firms creates opportunities for ...

Leading in the present moment

Leadership is often related to this one term that almost solely necessitates the existence of leadership: vision. A vision, by definition, relates to the state of the future, but leadership is an activity, an ability or quality that does not carry a time factor and hence it is always supposed to be current. A leader’s job is to integrate the vision of the future into the present activities while also understanding and learning through the conditions and experiences of the past. In that regard, it is extremely vital for a leader to engage in present moment thinking, in its purest ...

Introduction

Lesbian porn has been debated by feminists in a political sense to be a way for women to give affection to one another in a way that only women can understand. In a sense, sex between two women is argued by feminists in support of lesbianism to be a way of expressing sexuality in a more equal way (Segal, 1993, p. 94). Much closer to the topic at hand the portrayal of sexuality in lesbian pornography is increasingly receiving attention in sex studies where lesbian porn has been criticized for misrepresenting lesbian sexual interaction. In fact, sex in lesbian porn is misconstrued and misrepresentative of ...

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The observation is a study of altruistic behavior of adults toward strangers. One goal in the study is to determine if the presence of an audience motivates a person to be charitable. Hudson and Bruckman (2004) theorized an individual of a particular personality will respond more to the opportunity to participate in a charitable contribution if others are aware of the donation. This may be evidenced in a donation when the plate is passed n church when a person feels others are watching. Some religious organizations include an envelope to conceal the amount of the donation. In this way, the individual is acknowledged as donating ...

Muslim women in the past, before the beginning and slightly during the beginning of Islam, they were treated as objects, never regarded as human beings and were treated as slaves to their husbands and had no right to education, marriage, ownership of property among other rights. However, the birth of Islam brought some change to this situation where women were now regarded as human beings and were liberated (Nasir, 2009). The Islamic religion therefore, elevated the status of a woman and developed rights to the Muslim woman that included the right to ownership, education, and marriage among other rights. Despite ...

Resource-Based View Analysis

Tangible resources Financial analysis Liquidity profitability ratios are extremely fundamental in carrying out reliable financial analysis. These ratios are mainly significant in defending the ability of an enterprise to meet short-term obligations. It includes the current ratio, cash ratio, and quick ratio. Each of these ratios is useful in defining certain performance of an organization. Current ratio would be the ration of current assets to current liabilities of the company. Quick ratio shows the relationship between current assets minus mostly illiquid current stocks such as stock and prepayments. Cash ratio indicates the relationship between cash asset ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with an analysis and in-depth description of the narrative technique applied by Michael Ondaatje in his novel ‘Anil’s Ghost’. Michael Ondaatje is widely acknowledged within the borders of the literary community as a new talent shedding a unique light upon the secrets entailed in what is to be received as an interesting piece of writing, generating deeper thought and motivating its readers to go one step further than the plot they have just read. His novel ‘Anil’s Ghost’ took according to his own admittance seven years to be completed and ...

Part I

1. Time value analysis is the concept implemented when there is a necessity to identify future value of one unit of a currency supposed to be received in several years or the amount of money supposed to be received in future from one unit of currency invested today. The basic concept of time value of money analysis is that the value of alternative investments depends on the time when they will be exchanged. Interest rate may not cover inflation rate contributing to the differences between the present and future values of investments (Khan Academy, 2013). Time value analysis is a tool ...

Analysis of the Novel Time and Again by Jack Finney

Time and Again is a novel written by Jack Finney that manifests what preservation is when it comes to the history of places. The Main character, Simon Morley, returns to 1882 New York City. He wanders through the New York World and the old City Hall Post Office as well as Gramercy Park. This depicts historical adventure that leads to wishful thinking of ways in which one can turn out to be Si. He sees the world exactly as it was one may think that a day had not passes after the happenings he goes back to investigate. He is involved ...

When it comes to representation through the mise en scene in film, there are a lot of different ways to show the tensions at work between past and present within the horror genre. In fact, it is these tensions that have stood at the core of the horror genre since its very beginning. In the first major work of horror, Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, it is the tension between the time before the creation of the monster and the time after, when Dr. Frankenstein encounters so many vivid reasons to wish that he had never stitched those body parts ...

Abstract

The paper focuses on presenting strategies about the problems that are present in the historically black colleges and universities. Strategies like funds allocation from the local public, training and development programs for the students and awareness campaigns for the student groups in the colleges and universities. Strategies for improving this situation are presented in the paper.

Introduction

The paper will be discussing about the problems associated with the historically black colleges and universities and how can proper strategies help these colleges in overcoming these issues. The most uncomfortable reality about these colleges that are known as historically black colleges and ...

Art and culture for a long time over the years has been expressed through forms such as music, lifestyles, beliefs, dressing among many other things that determine our day to day lives. Art and entertainment since time in memorial has formed part of our culture that has cut across many generations of different people from different places in the place world. With the increased globalization and innovations in the contemporary world, it has resulted to new forms of art and entertainment that have had a great influence and impact on a bigger number of the people, both old and young not only ...

Executive summary

As the newly appointed head of the travel and hotel support operations strategic unit of this company, I have thoroughly schemed through these units activities and would like to present my suggestions on some of the changes that need to be made in the company’s operational activities. My role as the head of the operations strategic unit is to manage the product portfolio of this unit. The operations unit is responsible for providing all the services offered by this company to its various clients. I have scrutinized my area of control and have come up with a concrete proposal ...

The Past

The Iliad 3, Helen and Priam have a view of the battlefield of the Trojan war from the walls of the city of troy. In this text, a representation of the past, present and future of troy is represented in the conversations and descriptions that are made. The past of Troy is indicated by the reference to the past heroes of the war, and the passage indicates on how they made sacrifices in the war. There is mention panthoos, Thymoites, Lampos, Klytios and hiketaon who is said to be a descendant (scion) of Ares. These individuals are said to be men ...

Factors that Contributed to the Present Environmental Crisis

The present environmental crisis occurred due to changes in the population or species which led to destabilization of environment survival. As illustrated by Taylor (1240-1275), one factor that has contributed to the present environmental crisis is the degrading of the environment quality which is no longer able to serve the needs of available species. The cause of environment degradation is less rainfalls experienced in the world and subsequent increases in temperatures. Another factor that has caused the current environmental crisis is increased pressure of predation making the environment unfavorable. In this condition, it becomes hard for populations or ...

Audit means the checking of accounting. It refers to analyzing of the financial statement of count that reveals the net income to the shareholders. The financial statements show the respective revenues and the current operations to the shareholders. Audit is actually the watch dog concerned with the checking of accounts and the presentation of business divisions to verify that the aunt are prepared as according to international accounting standards. As well, the information given in the financial statements is as per the operations of the organization. The purpose of audit is to check the accounts and the records ...

Sustainable agriculture 1

Executive Summary: 3 Introduction 4 Goals and Objectives 5 Method Used 6 Key Trends: 6 Economic Trend 6 Culture and Social Trend 7 General Trends 8 Ecological Trend: 8 Agriculture 9 Data Analysis 9 Questionnaire Analysis: 10 Interview: 11 Focus Group Interview: 12 Data on Birds: 13 Recommendations 14 Limitations 15

References 16

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1. Suggest a methodology to supplement the traditional methods for evaluating the capital investments of Johnson Controls in the emerging markets to reduce risk providing a rationale of how risk will be reduced. The nature of the specific risk and projects usually determine the methodology to be implemented for the evaluation of capital investments. There are several traditional methodologies that management uses to measure the effectiveness of a specific investment. The three most popular methods for the evaluation of capital investments include; payback period, internal rate of return (IRR), and net present value (NPV). For further specificity, NPV and IRR are ...

A question arises whether the media is biased against liberals. The answer is yes. Another question comes around whether the media has biased news over conservatives. The answer will be yes. Many would think these questions and answers aren’t interesting at all, due to its probability of searching evidence-anecdotal or to provide evidence of media bias as one stripe or another(Dellavigna and Kaplan 1187--1234). The interesting and instructive part of studying media biases is inherent or structural biases present in journalism. However, the professional working in media is through television. The word bias is used as a ...

A question arises whether the media is biased against liberals. The answer is yes. Another question comes around whether the media has biased news over conservatives. The answer will be yes. Many would think these questions and answers aren’t interesting at all, due to its probability of searching evidence-anecdotal or to provide evidence of media bias as one stripe or another(Dellavigna and Kaplan 1187--1234). The interesting and instructive part of studying media biases is inherent or structural biases present in journalism. However, the professional working in media is through television. The word bias is used as a ...

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Analysis of Architecture at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City

New York City, the U.S. holds within its territory, a famed gem, in the name of St Patrick’s Cathedral, midtown Manhattan, which is symbolically set in Neo-Gothic Architecture. Being a Roman Catholic Church, it is a prominent landmark, as it is the sitting place of the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York. It primarily serves as a parish church, and is located along Fifth Avenue, between two streets, the 50th and 51 Streets; facing the Atlas Statue, and directly across from the Rockefeller Center. It is a masterful, massive Gothic structure, set uniquely amongst New York’s Midtown, which is adorned by ...

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Abstract

An important aspect of investment management in the form of investment is to identify and improve the economic efficiency of investments. In practice, there are two approaches to the definition and evaluation of real investment - cost and income. If we start from the quantitative estimates, up to recently, the economy was dominated by the cost approach, which was reflected in the manner of determining the economic effectiveness of capital investments and the principles of effective options for selection of investment projects based on the methodology of comparative effectiveness, which was ...

Abstract

In this condition, which affects one in every 8,500 people the chest and/or abdominal organs have their position inverted on the saggital plane, constituting a perfect mirror image. The relations between the organs are the same, so normally it won’t bring any harm to the patient with such condition. The onset of the situs inversus begins in the embryonic stage, when the tubular structure that will be the heart forms its loop. However, there are situations of heart defects associated with this condition (or of other organs) and such represent much more severe risks for the patient. ...

‘Health and Safety legislation imposes an unnecessary financial burden on business’

Employment sectors in the United Kingdom have been subjected to numerous rules in recent times that seek to decrease the occurrence of grievous injuries in the work environment. The implementation of proper health and safety regulations has been made mandatory in order to secure the wellbeing and safety of the workers. Sensible rules that ensure workplace safety are always welcomed by the employers. But the present safety and health legislation has begun to ...

Introduction:

Clean non-polluted water is a major basic requirement for all the living things. Nowadays, its availability becomes a major problem in the ecosystem. This problem is expected to increase in the future due to population growth and industrialization processes. The processes discharge of domestic, industrial and agricultural wastes contribute largely to the contamination of existing natural waters in the environment. Therefore, at the present moment, it is important that the pathogens and pollutants are completely removed from the waste water to cater for the needs of domestic use, industrial use, and irrigation purposes. This paper discusses two processes of oxidation and ...

EXPLORE 'THE LANGUAGE OF CLOTHES AND BODILY ADORNMENT' IN AT LEAST TWO EXAMPLES DRAWN FROM CULTURE (E.G. FICTION, FILM, MEDIA, DIGITAL MEDIA ETC). YOU MIGHT LIKE TO START BY FIRSTLY EXPLAINING YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF 'LANGUAGE' IN THIS CONTEXT Communication is the key and critical part of our daily lives and the activities that we engage in our lives. Entertainment industry in general that include fiction, media and film among others besides bringing fun to our lives it also communicates and pass on messages that educate, caution or inform its audience on the various themes that the particular piece ...

I. Politics of Nature and Culture West et al. (251-277) emphasized on the importance of protected areas, in that those serve the interests of environmental conservation efforts, particularly those that are deemed fragile and vulnerable to known threats to the environment. Indeed, protected areas are notable for their supposed isolation, given the purpose of preserving all that thrives within the environments those occupy. In that case, one must take a look at the situation of the people who are living within protected areas, particularly established communities that existed prior to their designation for protection. For West et al. (251-277), ...

Introduction

Cells are independent units of life. However, when a cell becomes part of an organism, it becomes part of a tissue and organ system. Cells in a tissue are joined to each other and to the extracellular matrix (ECM) by cell junctions. There are three kinds of cell junctions: Occluding junctions, anchoring junctions and communication junctions. Occluding junctions occur in the epithelium where the adjacent cells are so tightly sealed together that even small molecules cannot pass. Communicating junctions allow the exchange of chemical and electrical signals between cells. Anchoring junctions are the ones which attach a cell either to its neighbor or ...

Book Review of “The Jury: Trial and Error in the American Courtroom”

The book of Adler reveals that the American jury system is essential element of the criminal justice system, but criticized the incompetency of some members of the jury. In fact, there are many instances when the jurors have clearly performed unsatisfactorily in arriving at important decisions which lack valid reasons. In most cases, the jury makes a decision for its own beneficial gain. Adler condemns the jurors for making tainted decisions, but he does not make criticisms directly on the actual performance of the jury, but considered some external factors that are beyond the control of the jurors, which do ...

a) Both, Present Value and Future Value are related to the process of compounding. Future value refers to the nominal amount to which a current deposit will grow over time when it is placed in an account paying compound interest. In other words, future value is the present value compounded over the years through compounding process. On the other hand, Present Value is the current or value of a given series of payment on a given date. In fact, present value is calculated by discounting the future value through a process called discounting, where an appropriate discounting factor is used to calculate the present ...

William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily is a brilliant short story; not only because of its captivating storyline but also because of the way the author presents this storyline. The story has an intricately complex chronology whereby the author shifts, structures and manipulates time in his presentation of the characters inner lives and motivation. A lot of information about the characters is presented through constant visits to memory as well as through flashbacks. The other conspicuous literary device utilized by the author is the narrative point of view. The three stylistic devices mentioned; non-linear time sequence, memory and narrative ...

- recognize and explain how the scientific method is used to solve problems - make observations and discriminate between scientific and pseudoscientific explanations - weigh evidence and make decisions based on strengths and limitations of scientific knowledge and the scientific method - use knowledge of biological principles and the scientific method to ask relevant questions, develop hypotheses, design and conduct experiments, interpret results, and draw conclusions Expectations: Please write in complete sentences with proper spelling and grammar. If a reference is used, cite it and provide a proper citation (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/). Following this practice will help you ...