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    Obesity is a major disease which has become a global problem, there are more than 250 million people have body mass index more 30. Obesity is being major concern of the people as it leads to stroke and heart attack. This figure is being spread worldwide thus this has become of the major concerned for world health. The prevalence of the concerned disease is high in number around the world. This disease has become concern of both developing and developed countries which has raised the challenge for

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    pollution is everywhere. It hurts the environment about as much as it hurts us. Usually the trash and sewage that we humans let out eventually heads into the ocean, lakes, rivers, and into the food that we eat. The article, “Ocean Pollution is a Global Threat”, explains why litter is dangerous for sea animals themselves, “Plastic garbage, which decomposes very slowly, is often mistaken for food by marine animals”. Some of the fish and sea animals that we eat may sometimes confuse trash with food and

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    Global Warming Introduction Global Warming is the biggest threat to Earth, as we know it, and scientists are universal in their conclusions: this problem is here, it is growing, and only new science can stop its expansion. The threat of global warming is an elusive one, because there has never been a precedent for humanity being able to change its own environment until the spark of the Industrial Revolution. The burning of fossil fuels, which are essential to most forms of human power, releases

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    Essay on The Global Threat of Malicious Code

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    The Global Threat of Malicious Code I. Introduction Malicious code is "Software or firmware intended to perform an unauthorized process that will have an adverse impact on the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of an information system. 1 Today, as ubiquitous computing is fast becoming a reality and information systems are becoming a part of everything from mobile phones to cars, any threat to an information system represents a risk to hardware, software, data, and the users that

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    It is evident that North Korea is currently a global threat, for it is a very powerful and threating nation. North Korea has an abundance of power in the nuclear warfare and technology departments. They have the ability to create destructive hydrogen bonds, and are moving towards building a full nuclear arsenal. North Korea also has a profusion of hackers to conduct in cyber warfare against enemies. Since North Korea possesses weapons of mass destruction as well as many highly trained cyber hackers

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    Infectious Diseases are the biggest threat to global health” “Infectious diseases constitute a major problem for the world, but even more so in the developing world” (Fonkwo, 2008). Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi; the diseases can be transmitted, directly or indirectly, from one person to another (WHO, 2015). No country can afford to remain distant in the war against these diseases, especially given the potentially far-reaching

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    One of the problems is global warming. Global warming is only possible by having excess of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. So where is the excess carbon dioxide coming from? Have you ever spray a can of hair spray well that hair spray contains carbon dioxide, but just one person doesn’t make a difference now think about a whole world who uses it each time you spray, carbon dioxide is released in the world, yet this is not the real threat of global warming. The real main threat is fossil fuel, one

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    D. External analysis Economic Threats: Slow-growth global economy (Pfizer annual review, 2014, p. 9) Demographic Opportunities: Aging population will lead to an increased need for medication and therapies Sociocultural Opportunities: As stated by Coulter, “people are becoming more concerned with green issues, looking for ways to be more environmentally friendly (Coulter, 2013, p. 239). This is an opportunity for Pfizer to promote their carbon emission reduction and green chemistry programs.

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    The United States is currently spending $35 Billion a year; which is 14% of the defense budget, or it is $96 million a day, because of the nuclear efforts of which about $25 million goes for operation and maintenance for the nuclear arsenal. The rest of the money is spent on cleanup, arms control verification, and ballistic missile research, which all of that, just adds to the cost greatly. President Obama revealed a budget that includes more than $220 million in cuts for nuclear security programs

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    The belligerent nation known as North Korea doesn’t pose a global threat because their state of privacy and their display and distribution of arms. Many great leaders, have tactics of showing their threats, but many are hoaks and have been disproved. Isolation in history has proven to have many disadvantages in past history. North Korea doesn’t pose a global threat because of their isolation, the most biased nation is considerably North Korea, they have been proven time by time to provide incorrect

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