chapter 8  organized crime in cyberspace

... fraud, involving organized crime and the conjunction with legitimate industries, will be the focus of this study Defining Organized Crime Organized crime is defined as “a continuing criminal enterprise ... on crimes such as insurance fraud may shine a light on inefficiencies in current policies and policing strategies Third, the omission of research on automobile insurance crime means that criminologists ... this under-studied crime By illustrating that certain types of insurance fraud can and should be defined as organized crime, and that certain public policies may incentivize such crimes, this study

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... Shut Down Point P < Minimum AVC $71 < $74 Trang 15Output Determination in Pure Competition in the Short Run Should this firm produce? Yes, if price is equal to, or greater than, minimum average ... Firm: Marginal Revenue – Marginal Cost Approach (Price = $131) (1) Total Product (Output) (2) Average Fixed Cost (AFC) (3) Average Variable Costs (AVC) (4) Average Total Cost (ATC) (5) Marginal Cost ... (TR) Break-Even Point (Normal Profit) Break-Even Point (Normal Profit) Maximum Economic Profit $299 Total Economic Profit $299 P=$131 Total Cost, (TC) Trang 10The Profit-Maximizing Output for a

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... provides a different definition by explaining consumer behaviour as: " the study of the buying units and the exchange processes involved in acquiring, consuming, and disposing of goods, services, ... consumers display in searching for, purchasing, using, evaluating, and disposing of products, services, and ideas.” Schiffman & Kanuk (1997) elaborate on the definition by explaining that consumer ... In addition, after more than 10 years of construction, Vietnam has opened the first high-speed train line in Hanoi in 2021 and the first metro line in HCMC is expected to open in 2023 According

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... seen to be non-linear If, in Trang 2Unsteady flow with a addition, we express u in terms of q and y, which are the dependent variables in the linear continuity equation, we obtain in which every ... being higher for the greater rainfall intensity The time to Trang 3peak also showed a threefold variation, being smaller for the larger rainfall intensities Minshall's results are a clear indication ... 148.3 LINEARISATION OF NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS If we know the input and the output for a non-linear system, there is nothing to prevent us using the techniques discussed in Chapter 4 to obtain the

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... manganese is oxidized in situ by creating an oxidizing environment through the introduction of aerated water in a series of injection wells surrounding the production well The in situ coprecipitation ... Monitoring Program Baseline Biogeochemical, COCs (injection and monitoring wells) Week 0 Monitoring Event 1 Abbreviated Biogeochemical (injection and monitoring wells) Week 3 Monitoring Event ... building The full-scale system consisted of 20 injection wells and 16 monitoring wells A solution of molasses and water, varying in strength from 1:20 to 1:200, was injected twice a day into

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... to increasing UV if DOC decreases significantly (Figure 8.3) Thermocline deepening and hypolimnetic heating occur in acid lakes as the result of declining DOC (Schindler et al., 1996a; Snucins ... bleaching and removal in lakes increase as water and, hence, DOC residence times increase (Dillon and Molot, 1997; Schindler et al., 1997) Exacerbating the effects of acid rain and climate warming ... global in their influence, so that there is little that we can do directly to control them (Schindler, 1998) Local influences Although data are scarce, several types of local influences, including

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... successful in identifying Zn-bearing phases in the subsoil, indicatingthat Zn was not found in abundant portions in any one phase Aluminum, Si, and Fe in the maps in the subsurface soil indicated ... this point, the remainder of the chapter focuses on the combination of several analytical techniques in determining and quantifying Zn speciation in a soil contaminated as a result of smelting operations ... square microns in area, nearing the size of the most reactive species in soils, enabling one to distinguish between individual species in a heterogeneous system In order to maps to be obtained prior

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... weed’s diaspores in winnowing machines — This clearing limits the dispersion of adopted species to dissemination together with the cultivated plant Thus, for example, due to the winnowing process ... appear infrequently in the Turew landscape Plants from all seminatural habitatsfound in the landscape have their input into weed communities, which indicates theimportance of plant dissemination ... cover to continuous cropping of rye can increasethe energetic expenses for maintenance of the biomass unit in the plant growth seasonfrom 0.82 kJ·mg–1·dw·m–2 in animal communities living in soil under

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... effective in the gold heap leachate solutions by selec-tively reducing mercury levels from an initial concentration of 34.5 ppm to 0.014 ppm within 10 minutes and to 0.008 pm within 15 minutes [20] In ... effective in immobilizing mercury from contaminated soils In recent tests with soils contaminated with 10,270 ppm of elemental mercury, the multidentate ligand was capable of immobilizing 99.6% ... metal binding motifs As an example, research has led to the design and patenting compound utilizes two extended alkyl chains at the 2,6-position to irreversibly bind metals Computer modeling suggests

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... complex ofinsect pests in cotton [35], which also indirectly selected immature stages inbreeding sites and adult stages in resting sites Tribolium castaneum, red flour beetle, is a principal pest ... resistant individuals in future generations will increase, leading tofailure to control the pest On the other hand, it could be argued that even withthis increase in resistance, a correct insecticide ... in the corn root worm, Diabrotica vigifera vigifera (LeConte) [13], which overwinters as a larva, emerges, and then feeds on cornrootstock In Illinois, by laying eggs in soybean fields, this insect

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... ofmanagement decisions relating to the sustaining or improving of soil quality From theforegoing, it could be concluded that increases in soil aggregation would result in a decline in soil carbon and ... are based on maximizing the interaction between enzyme andsubstrate Thus, something approaching total activity is usually assessed in the laboratory,whereas in the field the interaction of the ... affecting the efficiency of interaction of the substrateand enzyme molecules In other words, a portion of the enzyme molecules existing in thefield soil may not be actively engaged in catalyzing

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... (74) Increased binding of Cd to MT occurred inthe liver of the STZ-injected animals 24 h after the injection of CdMT and parallel insulin-de-to an increased resistance insulin-de-to nephroinsulin-de-toxicity ... Conditions influencing the increased uptake of Cd via the gastrointestinaltract are low intake of protein, vitamin D, calcium, iron, zinc, and copper (21).However, a high intake of fibers can result in ... by injection) Cd also induces the synthesis of metallothionein in liver cells and gradually an increasing proportion of liver Cd is bound to MT Trang 7In the early phase after a single administration

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... since in addition to their biodiversity these multistrata damar agroforests in Sumatra are financially attractive Damar resins are utilized by industries in Indonesia or exported worldwide In ... maintain biodiversity Could complex multistrata agroforests, like those of Sumatra, be devel-oped in humid West Africa and in Latin America? The answer is almost certainly yes Indeed, simple indigenous ... diversifying and intensifying agroecosystems in a way that is beneficial to the environment and can maintain and perhaps enhance biodiversity (Sanchez and Leakey, 1998; Sanchez et al., 1998) In its

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... groove ball bearing Outer hollow drive shaft Upper main tapered roller bearing Inner rotating solid shaft Lower main tapered roller bearing Slip ring assembly Lower deep groove ball bearing 3.5 m 0.30 ... simplifying it into a discrete form by considering the particle size space in discrete size ranges Each range was considered as a bin containing particles of certain size range The size ranges in ... suggesting that larger particles are settling out leaving the finer fractions in suspension, in a manner analogous to the settling of discrete particles When the bed shear stress is low such as in

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... Phytoseiidae in Japan, fol-lowed by investigation into possible factors that determine their existence in the field Given results and hypotheses may be helpful in understanding and predicting the ... competitive interaction between species In the figure, a proximate factor is also inserted: change in prey fauna Pesticide application certainly operates as the most influential factor in the field ... directly (killing predators) or indirectly (killing certain prey species) Cultural practice of crops, such as weed management, also deter-mines abundance of predators directly or indirectly In contrast,

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... however, as D's income declines relative to R's income, the slope of the indifference curve becomes shallower, indicating that D is willing to sacrifice less income to increase R's income by an ... house can be bought in Six Mile (with much more land) for $100,000 The engineer you are interested in hiring is earning $100,000 a year in Six Mile In your interviews with the engineer, she tells ... maximizes utility by not donating any income to R At point A, the constraint is steeper than the indifference curve, resulting in a corner solution D does not donate any income increase to R: the first...

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... sulfamethazine and sulfamethoxazolethe first being a veterinary drug and the latter used in human therapy Model experiments examining degradation, leaching, and uptake were performed Concentrations in ... concept including urine recycling will lead to an input of these compounds into the top soil layer of agricultural fields or will limit the usability of the urine The experiments described in this ... coefficients in soil have been determined that imply preferential leaching with the drainage water.30 The sulfonamide sulfapyridine has been found to adsorb stronger in moist soils than in dry ones.31 In...

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... this point would be valid only when the substrate concentration is high, whereas it is invalid in the case where substrate is the limiting factor, as shown in figure 8.8 In addition, in modeling ... properly controlled in order to maximize their metabolic activity According to Li and Liu (2005), the inflection points in figure 8.10a to d indeed represent a turning point from oxygen limitation ... decreased markedly with the increase in the size of aerobic granules, indicating that the microbial activity inside aerobic granules is inhibited as the granule size increases Moreover, the specific...

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... al.27 and Lin et al.38 showed that the reservoir can be pressurized by a compressed inert gas such as nitrogen to maintain a steady liquid flow, thus eliminating the use of the syringe pump In addition, ... are several aspects in considering the use of spontaneous Raman scattering as a quantitative measuring technique for aerosol particles In principle, the Raman scattering intensity, Is is proportional ... the nonlinear least-squares method outlined by Marquardt.52 In Figure 8.9, a plot of the scattering intensity ratio against the molar mixing ratio of Na2SO4 to (NH4)2SO4 is shown The linearity...

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... yearly for 90Sr determination The results presented in Figure 8.1 show a large increase in 90Sr activity in milk samples during the 1960s, corresponding to nuclear testing in the atmosphere The ... interest in levels of natural series radionuclides in foods because of the uranium mining occurring there A study by Martin and Ryan [51] looked at levels in traditional aboriginal foods in northern ... that certain food types, including mushrooms, had contamination with radiocesium in excess of 100 kBq/kg, and 90Sr in excess of 1.5 kBq/kg A study of a drainless peat lake in the contaminated region...

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