Abstract
The paper offers a brief discussion of the role played by HRM in assisting China's industrial sector in using a biodegradable additive to reduce environmental pollution associated with plastic products.

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"China, according to analysts such as political scientist Michael J. Sodaro, is emerging not only as a major locus for industrial production, but as a center of enormous environmental pollution and negative environmental effects. Consequently, the introduction of Bio-Batch, a biodegradable additive that facilitates degradation of plastics-based products, offers China's manufacturing and industrial sector a much-needed opportunity to reduce their negative impact upon the environment. From the perspective of Chinese culture with its emphasis on Confucian..."

Tags:environment, pollution, Bi-Batch, CHina, HRM

Abstract
"This paper examines the legal issues surrounding the use of the additive MTBE, methyl tertiary butyl ether, a synthetic chemical mandated for use as a gasoline oxygenate. The additive has the effect of reducing carbon monoxide emissions by assuring more complete fuel combustion. The additive is used because of growing public concern over air quality. However, the fact that MTBE is effective in reducing automobile emissions has been overshadowed by the fact that the substance is now found more frequently in groundwater and surface waters across the United States. "

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Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) is a synthetic chemical mandated for use as a gasoline oxygenate. The additive has the effect of reducing carbon monoxide emissions by assuring more complete fuel combustion. The additive is used because of growing public concern over air quality. However, the fact that MTBE is effective in reducing automobile emissions has been overshadowed by the fact that the substance is now found more frequently in groundwater and surface waters across the United States. Because of this unintended consequence, and because of the health hazards posed by the MTBE itself, regulators became more concerned about the environmental impact of MTBEs. Such an impact occurs for several reasons: M MTBE tends to degrade very slowly. M Due to the dipole nature of its ether bond, it is highly soluble in water. M It does not easily absorb onto the aquifer matrix. M Retardation of MTBE is therefore minimal.

Tags:gasoline, additive, lawsuits

Abstract
This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency's problematic position on the usage of MTBE. MTBE is a gasoline additive intended to lower air pollution, but has actually been linked to water pollution and increased rates of cancer. The author provides a scholarly and scientific review of the EPA's regulatory power, the usage of and dangers from MTBE, and the EPA's position on MTBE past and present.
Introduction
MTBE A Problem for the Entire EPA
What is MTBE and Why Was Its Use Mandated by the EPA?
MTBE: Human Health Effects
Conclusion and Recommendations

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"According to the Environmental Protection Agency MTBE is an ether compound made by combining methanol and isobutylene. The methanol is typically derived from natural gas; isobutylene can be derived as a byproduct of the petroleum refinery process. Now that the EPA is considering either reducing the amount of MTBE that can be used in gasoline over a period of time, we need to ask the question why did the EPA permit the use of the chemical in the first place?"

Tags:U.S., governmental, agency, pollution, air, water, feul, natural, gas, cancer, carcinogen

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"The preparation of 1-phenyl-3-phenylaminopyrrolidine-2,5-dione 5, a fused-ring heterocycle, is described. The synthesis of maleanilic acid 3, was completed with the reaction of maleic anhydride 1 with aniline 2. The resulting product maleanilic acid 3 was reacted with acetic anhydride to produce N-phenylmaleimide 4. N-phenylmaleimide 4 was then reacted with aniline 2 to produce 1-phenyl-3-phenylaminopyrrolidine-2,5-dione 5. The purification of all three compounds maleanilic acid 3, N-phenylmaleimide 4, and 1-phenyl-3-phenylaminopyrrolidine-2,5-dione 5 was achieved through filtration. The product maleanilic acid 3 was high in yield with 84.4% being recovered. N-phenylmaleimide 4 was mediocre in yield with only 68.0% being recovered. The final product, 1-phenyl-3-phenylaminopyrrolidine-2,5-dione 5,was high in yield with 85.8% obtained. The experiment was successful with the products being identified as maleanilic acid 3, N-phenylmaleimide 4, and 1-phenyl-3-phenylaminopyrrolidine-2,5-dione 5. The compounds were identified as such through their melting points, and spectral information obtained from IR, and 1H NMR."

Tags:acid, addition, conjugate, information, maleanilic, spectral

Abstract
This document is a case history that is meant to inform the decision-making marketing processes of GTC Nutrition in its plans for merchandising NutraFlora a prebiotic functional-food ingredient that offers beneficial nutritive value. The plan of this research is to set forth issue fronts that are relevant to promotion of NutraFlora.

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"This document is a case history that is meant to inform the decision-making marketing processes of GTC Nutrition in its plans for merchandising NutraFlora a prebiotic functional-food ingredient that offers beneficial nutritive value. The plan of this research is to set forth issue fronts that are relevant to promotion of NutraFlora.
"GTC Nutrition LLC is a privately held manufacturer of nutritional additives. Based in Colorado GTC manufactures prebiotic and probiotic ingredients supplying makers of so-called functional foods in the Americas and in Australia ..."

Tags:promotion, marketing, health foods, FOS

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"Introduction
This research paper will present the pros and cons of olestra. Included in the discussion will be a definition and status of olestra, and pros and cons regarding its nutritional effects and safety issues.
Olestra
Olestra is a food additive that is used as a fat substitute. It is defined as "a mixture of hexa-, hepta-, and octaesters prepared from sucrose and long-chain fatty acids from edible fats and oils such as soybean, corn, or cottonseed." It is used as a replacement for as much as 100% of the fats used for preparing snack foods (Prince & Welschenbach, 1998, p. 565). "

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"OLESTRA
Olestra is a chemical fat-free food additive which was conditionally approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on January 24, 1996 for use in savory snack foods. A major new food product developed by Proctor & Gamble (P&G) at great expense, potato chips containing olestra underwent test marketing in supermarkets in three American cities, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Grand Junction, Colorado in May and June, 1996). Olestra potato chips will soon to be introduced on a mass-marketing basis in retail stores throughout the nation. This latest addition to the junk food market has generated considerable controversy because of concerns expressed in health and scientific quarters regarding its possibly deleterious effects on human health."

Abstract
This paper looks at how the Enron Corporation defrauded the public and its investors through the use of Special Purpose Entity transactions. The paper also looks at the role Enron's public relations office had in hiding Enron's ethical violations, the role Wall Street had in helping Enron defraud the public, as well as how various independent advisors assisted Enron in cheating its investors.

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"At these late points, Enron executives were calling on the public relations folks to fix their image, which was not possible. Because public relations' results are, well, public whereas accountings' results (barring failure and consequent exposure) are not, it was impossible for public relations at Enron to dig itself the kind of hole the rest of the company had. Any public relations staff who stayed on might have been seen as fools, or perhaps even liars, although many might have forgiven them trying to save their paychecks for a few more weeks since the were not doing anything illegal. One hopes."

Tags:trust, limited, partnership, liquidity, risks, accounting, investment, bankers, financial, analysts

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"Berger reports that a wide variety of food stabilizers, which are also referred to as food additives, have been shown to be detrimental to the functioning of the immune system. In fact, there is evidence that the use of food additives proves toxic to a large number of individuals in developed nations. This is because the more developed a nation is, the more likely it is to produce foods that contain sophisticated and chemically complex, synthesized food additives. Those food additives that have been shown to be toxic to the body include monosodium glutamate (MSG), various food preservatives, food stabilizers, emulsifiers, flavorings, humectants, colorers, and others (Berger, 1985, 100-110).

COMPARISON OF VIEWPOINTS
There are several viewpoints relative to the use of food ..."

Abstract
This paper outlines a first grade lesson plan that uses "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" to demonstrate the concept of the commutative rule of addition.

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"Read "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" to the class and use the food designated in the book to teach the math concept of the commutative property of addition. This lesson is for first grade students. The students in this class range from upper-middle class homes to working class. The cultural ethnic backgrounds include Caucasian, North American, African-American, Latino and Pacific Islander, Asian. Some students come from..."

Tags:Lesson plan, math, first grade, commutative rule of addition.