A review of the going concern warning and its implications in the Gmul investment company.
Case Study # 146638 |
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MLA | 2009
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The paper explains the function of a going concern warning and reveals the signs and losses that caused the company's auditors to report the going concern warning in September 2008. The paper looks at the status and developments in the company in the aftermath of this warning.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Going Concern Assumption
Gmul's Going Concern Warning
Warning Signs
Gmul's Aftermath
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"If the company auditor has substantial doubt as to its ability to continue to function as a going concern he is required, according to manifesto 58 of the ICPA, to disclose this in the notes to the financial statements. In order to decide whether there is substantial doubt, the manifesto provides several examples of warning signs that can be discerned from the financial reports, such as: the total long/short-term liabilities are larger than the total long/short-term assets, delayed payments on liabilities that are due, negative cash flow, and so on. Since many times a going concern warning proves to be a self-fulfilling-prophecy, before the auditor decides to submit a going concern warning he must also take into account losses to the company due to the warning, and any signs that may show that the company is capable of recuperating from these losses in the near future."
Tags:auditors, liabilities, debts, assets, shareholders, loans, cash
Presents a critical review of the book "Concentric Circles of Concern" by W. Oscar Thompson.
Book Review # 119799 |
1,650 words (
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MLA | 2010
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This paper explains that W. O. Thompson's "Concentric Circles of Concern" is a thoughtful consideration of the biblical model for life-style evangelism. This book, the author believes, provides a useful resource to aid the believer in assessing the state of his or her relationships and pursuing opportunities within the context of the gospel. However, the paper asserts that Thompson does not emphasize enough that, when such opportunities present themselves, the believer must be careful to present the biblical gospel in its entirety and not merely as a cure-all for this-worldly concerns.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Summary
Evaluation
Conclusion
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"Person x is understood to be the unknown stranger one encounters in the normal consequence of life. This person, while certainly a legitimate candidate for evangelism, is in a different position relationally than all of the other categories, in that person x does not know if the words of the evangelist are consistent with the lifestyle of the evangelist. However, for all of the other levels, the relationship must be credible and consistent or the words will come across hypocritical. These relationships are, then, paramount to Thompson's system, and he deals with each in turn."
Tags:discipleship life-style evangelism, relationships bridges redemption
An overview of the illness of diabetes and its implications.
Term Paper # 149918 |
1,091 words (
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APA | 2012
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The paper looks at the definition and prevalence of diabetes and at its signs and symptoms. The paper also examines risk factors, health assessment strategies and primary and tertiary non-pharmacological prevention strategies. The paper argues that diabetes is a serious social concern with enormous costs to individuals, communities and families.
Outline:
Introduction
Definition and Prevalence
Signs and Symptoms
Risk Factors
Health Assessment Strategies
Primary and Tertiary Non-Pharmacological Prevention Strategies
Conclusion
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"Diabetes Mellitus is a profound medical disorder that involves the reduction of or absence of the ability of specialized cells in the pancreas (islets of Langerhans) to produce insulin. Insulin is the main hormone responsible for the body's cellular ability to utilize and break down glucose, the sugar that fuels nearly all cells of the body. Lack of effective or available insulin then disallows glucose, the end result of nearly all the foods we eat to be taken from the blood stream and used as cellular fuel. (Clark, 2004, p. ix) The limited cellular fuel use as well as the buildup of excess glucose in the blood stream both result in profound functional impairment and over a long term can result in permanent physical degradation. In cases of profound absence of insulin even over the short term, such as is the case when the pancreas simply stops producing insulin death can result, relatively rapidly.
"The prevalence of Diabetes of three particular types type 1 (complete lack of insulin production) type 2 (lowered and ineffective use of insulin) and gestational diabetes (a form of type 2 diabetes that effects pregnant women) is significant and in fact the American Diabetes Association (ADA) estimates that nearly 8% (23.6. million diagnosed and an est. 57 million undiagnosed) of the US population has one of these three forms. (ADA Website, 2009, "Total Prevalence" http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics/prevalence.jsp) The ADA also estimates that the annual financial cost of diabetes to be an estimated $174 billion. (ADA Website, 2009, "Diabetes Statistics" http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics.jsp)"
Tags:glucose, pancreas, insulin, type, 1, type, 2
A critical review of Robert C. Roberts' theory on emotions.
Analytical Essay # 146702 |
919 words (
approx. 3.7 pages ) |
4 sources |
APA | 2010
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The paper examines the claim of Robert C. Roberts that emotions are concern-based construals, where their cognitive and conative elements merge into each other to give rise to perceptual immediacy. The paper introduces Hume's notion of "reason being a slave to the passions" and explains how this precludes the possibility of metaphysics of the emotions. The principal aim of this paper is to show that even though emotions cannot be described in rational terms, there is nevertheless scope for philosophical clarity, and that Roberts' account of the emotions provides such clarity.
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"At first sight this appears to present a paradox. But it must be remembered that Roberts aims for a conceptual analysis rather that a purely rational one. According to deterministic psychology, only scientific methods can tell us what the emotions really are. For example, Paul Griffiths places the onus on evolutionary biology and neuroscience to describe emotion. But Roberts insists that such account must remain inadequate because the analysis must be at the level of the person, and that this level is irreplaceable. The personal concerns are paramount in this analysis. According to Roberts, "[a]s a concern-based construal the emotion makes two kinds of claims, first about what we might call the structure of the situation that the emotion is about, and second about its importance or bearing". The first claim involves an element of cognition, for its aim is to understand the world as it is. The second claim involves a conative element, i.e. it reflects the desires of the person, and projects such desires on to the world."
Tags:irrationality, paradox, cognitivism, Hume, Kant
Critical review of a book and an essay that concern the crime epidemic sweeping through an increasingly globalized economy.
Book Review # 50123 |
1,090 words (
approx. 4.4 pages ) |
2 sources |
MLA | 2004
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This paper presents a review of the book, "Wages of Crime: Black Markets, Illegal Finance and the Underworld Economy" by R.T. Naylor, and a review of an essay by Bruce Bagley entitled, "Globalization, Weak States and International Organized Crime". Both works discuss the increasing globalization of crime and how government offices are attempting to deal with the problem.
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"He later argues that two assumptions of the current war on drugs: (1) that cartels are "goose-stepping" across the world stage, and (2) that globalization has been a godsend to international crime, are false. He argues throughout the book that organized crime has always been part of society, and that "globalization" as a term means nothing more than the "process that began as far back as Marco Polo; it is the process by which information about trade spreads across national and international frontiers, and goods and money soon follow" (Naylor, 2002; 5): under this definition, he argues, globalization has not eased the criminals? lot, rather, the organizations just continue as they ever did."
Tags:mafia, guerilla, underground, black, market, money, laundering, cartels, western, governments, international
A look at the transmission, symptoms and treatment of anthrax.
Term Paper # 93045 |
2,946 words (
approx. 11.8 pages ) |
5 sources |
MLA | 2007
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Anthrax, which is caused by a spore-forming bacterium called Bacillus anthracis, actually occurs as an acute and infectious disease, and is generally found in animals, both wild and domestic. This paper examines how the disease spreads, its different forms, its symptoms and its prevention. In particular, it looks at how it is used as part of bioterrorism.
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"Anthrax is termed a zoonotic disease (meaning that it is acquired by people from animals) (Brachman & Friedlander, 1994). The earliest accounts of humans getting this disease are thought to be caused by anthrax dating from the Fifth Egyptian Plague, which was 3500 years ago (Brachman & Friedlander, 1994). During the Middle Ages, anthrax, which was then called "The Black Bane," actually killed very large numbers of people and animals over in Europe. At that time, there was no understanding of the disease, and there was no vaccine (Brachman & Friedlander, 1994). Much like the bubonic plague, people simply did not seem to understand how the disease worked or how they should prevent it."
Tags:bioterrorism, spores, Robert, Koch
An exploration of Parkinson's disease as a contemporary issue facing the aging population.
Term Paper # 135874 |
1,500 words (
approx. 6 pages ) |
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The paper relates that Parkinsonism will strongly affect the now aging post-World War II baby boom. The paper reviews the physiological and cognitive symptoms with a mention of the treatment, but emphasizes the room for under-diagnosis and undervaluation of cognitive and emotional changes that are too often attributed to 'dementia' or aspects of old age that some practitioners may still interpret as 'normal'.
Tags:parkinson's d, symptoms/cause, issues
A discussion regarding the issue of pilot fatigue and the dangers it represents.
Research Paper # 93881 |
4,650 words (
approx. 18.6 pages ) |
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MLA | 2006
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This paper discusses various aspects of pilot fatigue, the causes of such fatigue and the associated dangers. The paper also discusses aviation accidents where pilot fatigue was proved to have been the cause. The paper further discusses ways in which pilot fatigue can be avoided.
Outline:
Introduction
Accidents Associated With Fatigue
Causes and Results of Pilot Fatigue
Past, Present and Future Responses to Pilot Fatigue
Conclusion
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"There are of coarse more recent examples that 1999 and as the attention of the aviation industry, the flying public and of coarse the media have become more attuned to these sorts of situations the accounts are more likely to list pilot fatigue as a major cause of an accident but ultimately the responsibility is often laid upon the individual flight crews as to their obvious inability to self advocate in situations where their physical and mental state is impaired by fatigue. The commercial industry often does not associate their own responsibility, regarding the over scheduling of pilots or the random and physically and mentally disruptive nature of changing time zones, sleep deprivation or limited downtime in a increasingly competitive and demanding environment where cost cutting is necessary and individuals are often lost in the shuffle of the schedule with longer lists of flights and generally lower cost flights that provide a lower return on the investment."
Tags:pressure, Crew, Resource, Management, crew-rest, breaks, melatonin
Explores possible ethical concerns in the fitness industry and provides examples of some of these concerns.
Essay # 32969 |
900 words (
approx. 3.6 pages ) |
2 sources |
2002
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This paper explores possible ethical concerns within the fitness industry. It includes examples of compromises that fitness instructors may be asked to make, and talks about industry standards for ethics.
Tags:concerns, fitness, industry
This paper discusses John Locke's 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
Essay # 74471 |
900 words (
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2004
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In this article, the writer offers a discussion of John Locke's "Letter Concerning Toleration." The writer discusses the influence of the Enlightenment on the work. The writer also discusses Locke's belief that people had an innate ability to govern themselves and his rejection of the divine right of monarchs. Further, the writer concludes that democracy is the only suitable form of government.
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"The passage in question comes from John Locke's 'Letter Concerning Toleration' which was originally published in Latin. Locke was a seventeenth-century English philosopher associated with the Enlightenment. As such, he believed in the innate ability of people to govern themselves and he rejected traditional notions of the divine authority of monarchs to rule their subjects. Locke posited that governments could only truly govern with the consent of the governed and that therefore democracy was the only suitable form of government. Locke achieved lasting fame in American history ... "
Tags:Locke, religious freedom