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    Overpopulation is not an issue many people in developing countries face at this point in time. Put simply, overpopulation is “the condition of having a population so dense that it causes environmental deterioration, an impaired quality of life, or a population crash” (Merriam-Webster). It should not be taken lightly because it cannot be reversed in a short time period. Changes must be made gradually so that future generations do not suffer consequences that current generations have place upon

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    POPULATION GROWTH AND URBAN ROAD EMISSIONS Toh Xinyi Cindi1 1Undergraduate Student, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke St. W., xinyi.toh@mail.mcgill.ca Abstract This paper describes how world population growth is the most challenging factor in affecting urban road emissions. As world population grows, urban population has increased leading to greater demands for private motor vehicles due to issues like urban sprawl and the aspirations for owning

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    For this project, my major focus will be on identifying and analyzing the healthy food accessibility in different income level communities within Cincinnati by using GIS technology. I would like to discuss how different income level, population density, and bus stops locations have an effect on the healthy food accessibility for each community. Background “Food deserts”, communities which have more limited access to healthy food, are believed to contribute to poor diets and health issues in disadvantaged

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    Becky Spear Warren AP Literature December 14th, 2016 Should Overpopulation be the World’s Main Environmental Concern? Introduction Human culture now has the potential to inflict irreversible damage on the environment and on its life sustaining systems and resources. Already, critical stress suffered by our environment is clearly manifest in the air, water, and soil, our climate, and plant and animal species. Should this deterioration be allowed to continue, we can expect to alter the living world

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    This article describes the interaction of a laser pulse train on napthalocyanine and phthalocyanine systems, in order to analyze their behavior in terms of optical limiting by tuning the laser parameters. The main conclusion of the work is that the single sub-pulse duration is the most important parameter that affects the optical limiting process. The topic of the manuscript, may be of interest to the audience of the Journal of Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. However, the computational methodology

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    The goal of sustainable development is a generally agreed upon one, the Brundtland report’s definition is the most commonly cited, that it is of to “meet the needs and aspirations of the present without compromising the ability to meet those of the future” (Brundtland). However, with the growing international concern of environmental issues it has become more difficult to find consensus on where the focus should be to best make an impact. The Brundtland report is one of the primary sources on sustainability

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    In the Paleolithic era, social hierarchy was determined by multiple factors such as position in the family, gender, age, and favorable personality traits. Titles were given to establish positions within each band. Titles could include, mother, father, husband, wife, brother, sister, child, etc. The higher the position in the band came power over others. (John P. McKay, Understanding World Societies, Pg14). The division of labor was determined by a person’s sex and age. With biological factors, it

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    A few centuries ago, before technology was underdeveloped due to limited resources and knowledge, communication between countries on the opposite end of the world was extremely slow or not possible. Most people did not know much about other lands, people, and cultures. What people thought they knew about the world was often wrong or inaccurate. However, within the past hundred years, the pace of our technology has accelerated rapidly. Nowadays traveling across the globe in less than 24 hours is not

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    Hello everyone, I decided to research Paget's Disease for this week's unit 7 discussion. Paget's disease is a chronic bone disorder that typically results in enlarged deformed bones due to excessive breakdown, and formation of bone tissue that can cause bones to, weaken and may result in bone pain, arthritis deformities, or fractures. Paget's disease was named after a great English surgeon and pathologist Sir James Paget, who discovered this condition in 1877. Men and women are equally affected by

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    The hormone changes after menopause cause this factor. The older a person is, the greater risk he or she will have of osteoporosis because bones thin with age. Caucasian and Asian women have a higher risk because of the differences in bone mass and density compared with other ethnic groups. If a family member has osteoporosis or breaks a bone, there is a greater chance that this will happen to you. People who have fractured a bone after the age of 50 are at high risk of another fracture. However, the

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