... supply the CEOs with the ingredients they relied on to win These were no run -of -the- mill ingredients, either These were the three pillars of processed food, the creators of crave, and each ofthe ... before they are born? “One ofthe most fundamental mysteries is why we like the foods that we do,” Mennella said The liking of sweet is part ofthe basic biologyof a child When you think ofthe ... with their brethren in the fast food chains, had staked the success of their companies Having laid the blame for obesity at the feet ofthe CEOs, Mudd then did the unthinkable He touched the third...
... subfield of economics concerned with environmental issues (other usages ofthe term are not uncommon) In using standard methods of economics, it is distinguished from green economics which subsumes the ... outcomes for the human and natural environments both now and into the indefinite future … the Brundtland Commission, … defined sustainable development as development that "meets the needs ofthe present ... the optimal pollution, are least-cost and provide incentives for dynamic efficiency Pros and Cons • Abatement subsidies: – Will increase profits – Profit motive might lead to an increase in the...
... This is rather unlikely in view ofthe risks to the patient One last and difficult issue is the right ofthe children to be informed of their father’s cause of death One could argue that they are ... Contact precautions may also fail when there are high rates of community MRSA entering the ICU, regardless of precautions The behaviour ofthe staff in the care ofthe patient in our case scenario ... of an act of negligence based on a departure from ‘state ofthe art’ practice The negligence could manifest as the act of an individual member ofthe hospital personnel (e.g systematic lack of...
... the teacher asks the students to say the word for you, nominate another team member by their number The teacher can also ask the students to prepare words for each other and play the game in groups ... have another try Step4: Ask a few students to pronounce the word and get the whole class to practise the pronunciation a few times Step5: Move on to next word and repeat step and Each time the teacher ... challenge and does not make the student feel shy Pick the students to say the word at random, not 1,2,3,4,5,6 It is important that it is a team effort The teacher can model the sound again if it is...
... dependent upon the economy or who is in charge of government We are to live a life of health and wealth, regardless ofthe external conditions ofthe world The word ‘wealth’ means the state of being ... with her, and offered her the money for her and her children The single mother forgave her father and now they have a wonderful relationship and her children now have a grandfather they never knew ... her the privilege of working with the families of their athletes, as well as professional athletes themselves at their training camps She’s even gotten her hands on future star athletes at the...
... was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, ... show of relevancy, and remain in the neighborhood ofthe subject in hand, and be interesting to the reader, and help out the tale, and stop when the people cannot think of anything more to say They ... lay down the law: Someone had just pushed him too far That "someone" was James Fenimore Cooper, author ofthe Leather stocking Tales (The most famous volume in the series is The Last ofthe Mohicans,...
... Discounts constitute another type of incentive The call-toaction example here 101 examples of effective calls-to-action 37 13 offers $500 off the showcased product It creates a sense of exclusivity and ... examples of effective calls-to-action 89 37 the meaning ofthe call-to-action, the CTA needs to be powerful by itself and convey a compelling point with both visuals and text The language ofthe calls-to-action ... Don’t crowd the language unless the information around it is key to taking the action Separating the CTA from the rest ofthe content on a web page will mean it’s a separate item If there is a...
... interpreter? Yoshida : Yes, I am Omission ofthe subject In Japanese, the subject is often omitted when it is clearly understood by the speakers from the context ofthe sentence Yamada : Norman-san wa ... Wa is a particle and a topic marker The noun followed by a particle wa is the topic of a statement or a question The topic often refers to the same thing as the subject, but not necessarily Desu ... well?", however, the usage is quite different from the English phrase "How are you?" O-genki desu ka? is used to inquire about the health of someone you haven't seen in a long time Therefore it is...
... transcription ofthe second output in the n-best list, as compared to the other outputs One obvious problem with this method is that it ignores the relative ordering ofthe n-best lists and their corresponding ... are caused by a lack of evidence for the mapping ofthe grapheme representing the sound /k/ in the transliteration training data with the phoneme /Ù/ In addition, the lack of alignments prevents ... both cases, the test set is restricted to the same 229 names, in order to provide a valid comparison Table presents the results Regardless ofthe choice ofthe similarity function, the simplest...
... similarity ofthe profiles is worth noting The 1970s was the decade of job enrichment (discussed in the third part ofthe article), sometimes called job design or redesign by opponents ofthe motivation-hygiene ... to the lyrics ofthe patriotic anthem for all organizations It is the old problem typified by the pledge of allegiance to the flag being more important than contributions to the country – of ... Approach these jobs with the conviction that they can be changed Years of tradition have led managers to believe that the content ofthe jobs is sacrosanct and the only scope of action that they...
... feed their families If they don’t make loans, they don’t eat Chapter 2: The “Trick” of Getting the Loan The trick of getting a loan is to know why, what, and how to prepare for the loan request The ... limit the liability ofthe general partners This used to be popular, but has fallen off because the limited liability company structure has the benefits ofthe partnership structure along with the ... partner, and the rest ofthe partners can be limited They are limited in the sense that they have a liability shield and can lose no more than what they have invested in the business The limited...
... dreamland for the rest ofthe day When I wake up, I would switch on the television for my favorite shows, stretched full length on the sofa eyes fixed to the set Sometimes when none ofthe good shows ... I feel rotten So the place I would go to is the beach Listening to the sound ofthe waves, watching them curl and lap at the beach’s edge, my anger will subside I feel that the beach is a place ... people bite their nails, others twirl their hair around their fingers and a few shift from foot to foot But for me, to curb nervousness I go for a jog around the evening when the weather is cool...
... knowledge Far below at the bottom ofthe pyramid we find case reports, which are often barely regarded as evidence The aim of this editorial, however, is to emphasize the benefits of case reports, ... randomized clinical trials the doctor can differentiate between true drug and placebo in about 80% ofthe cases, and the patient can differentiate in about 70% ofthe cases [8] The case report can be ... in a hierarchy of evidence Many in the medical and dental communities highly value randomized clinical trials as the gold standard of care and undervalue clinical reports The aim of this editorial...
... repeat: I also often listen to tapes and repeat after them, try to imitate them • Read the lyrics to a song Once you have read and understood the lyrics, if you then listen and read at the same time, ... a movie Films often have the same words many times, so if you look up important words the first or second time you hear them, you should have learnt them by the end ofthe film It is easier to ... versions ofthe same magazine (the newspaper in my language and in English, for example), that could make understanding it much easier • Use a dictionary while you are watching a movie Films often...
... • • • • • • • How you build a fire? How you use a calculator? How you make coffee? How you build a sandcastle? How you plant vegetables? How you shave? How you prepare for...
... in the family puxar conversa - to strike up a conversation puxa-saco - brown-noser quanto mais mais - the more the more quanto mais menos - the more the less quanto menos menos - the ... pamper a child (o verbo to spoil também pode ser empregado nesse sentido) morrer de rir - to laugh one's head off mulherengo - womanizer na hora H - in the nick of time na ponta da língua - on the ... abaixo/não dar em nada - to go down the drain jogar conversa fora - to shoot the breeze (outra expressão informal, to chew the fat, tem o mesmo significado de to shoot the breeze) largar um hábito -...