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    Uranium is a chemical element that is naturally radioactive. Its symbol is U. Uranium is a radioactive silvery-white metallic element of the actinide series. Uranium has 235 isotopes. Most nuclear power plants use uranium as fuel because its atoms are easily split part. Uranium generates the heat in nuclear power reactors, and produces the fissile material for nuclear weapons. Deposits of uranium are found in China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Namibia, Greenland, South Africa, United…

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    Connecticut is a state that uses renewable energy and is very proud of their renewable energy. There First renewable energy that we will talk about is wind energy. They started using the wind energy in 2000. They have a vast wind energy. They have onshore and off shore wind energy. Connecticut is the only state in the U.S. to block the construction of utility scale wind turbines. Having wind energy is smart clean and for the most part cheap. Wind energy has been around in Europe for centuries…

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    everyday life without even being known most of the time, it doesn’t mean that it will always be around. Coal is known are a nonrenewable source, which an energy source that once it is depleted it will take thousands of years to rebuild because the consumption rate of coal is much quicker than the premlemishing rate (Charis, 2016). As a nonrenewable energy source and the rate that it is being consumed, it will not be around in 100 years, unless other action is taken. According to Evans with…

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    Nuclear Waste in Mississippi (Milestone 2) Elizabeth Pritchard SCI 333 Professor Kimberly Schulte July 10, 2016 Product Need Nuclear waste and radioactive waste in general are ongoing issues. When the nuclear power and radioactive materials that we use today were created and initially used many years ago, scientists were not concerned with the disposal methods as much as they are today because of the fact that they would not have worry about that any time soon after the…

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    Industry: Natural gas is crucial to the world’s energy supply. It is combusted in order to generate electricity, and when compared to other fossil fuels, it is quite clean, safe and has many end uses.1 For example, natural gas can be used to create electricity, power air conditioners, fuel vehicles, heat water, cook foods, heat buildings and also power large furnaces.2 Natural gas is fairly abundant in North America, yet it is still a nonrenewable resource which takes millions of years to form.…

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    Grossmans Social Model

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    individuals demand medical care (e.g., invest time, consume medical goods and services) for the consumption benefits (health provides utility) as well as production benefits (healthy individuals have greater earnings) that good health provides. The model provides a conceptual framework for interpretation of the demand for health and medical care in relation to individual’s resource constraints, preferences and consumption needs over the life cycle. Grossmans’ model has been one of the most…

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    Mass Media Functions

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    electronic media serves many functions in its day to day use, the most common, that I have observed, being entertainment. Using the functionalist perspective, mass media has quite a bit of functions that play a part in our society. Examples of these function include, entertainment, conferral of status, promotion of consumption, educate, and enforcing social norms. Depending on what kind of message is being sent or what kind of media is being consumed, determines what function that media is…

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    QUESTION 2 2.1 Discuss the THREE key functions of money in an economy. Mohr P. and associates, (2015), indicates that money serves as an important part of our everyday life. Money is any good that is widely accepted in exchange of goods and services, as well as payment of debts. The 3 Key functions of money in an economy can be described as follows: 1. Medium of exchange can be defined as money that is used for buying and selling goods and services and if there was no money, goods would…

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    4.19 Optimization of ship fuel consumption The OPEX of a ship are mainly dependent upon the following factors. - Fuel consumption (FC) of ship’s main engine (ME) - Fuel consumption of auxiliary engines (AE) - The scheduled maintenance expenses - The owner’s everyday expenses While some regard that cost of loading and offloading of natural gas as the operating expenditures of ship. As mentioned by Stopford, M., 2009, Vessel’s fuel bills consume almost 76% of sailing costs, and some other…

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    deaths each year, alcohol consumption has become an increasing concern. Alcoholism can be defined as a condition that prevents people from being able to control their alcohol consumption. A disease can be defined as an abnormal condition of a structure or function of one part of the body that affects the whole body and prevents it from functioning properly. Alcohol and disease can be analyzed together making the statement that alcoholism is a disease. Alcohol consumption can have a drastic…

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