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Mumps: This is a swelling caused by inflammation of parotid glands placed in front of our ear region. The Inflammation is caused by a virus.

Carbohydrates are also called as saccharides are molecular compounds made from just three elements:

carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

Carbohydrates are:

* a source of energy for the body e.g. glucose and a store of energy, e.g. starch in plants

* building blocks for polysaccharides (giant carbohydrates), e.g. cellulose in plants and glycogen in the human body

* components of other molecules eg DNA, RNA, glycolipids, glycoproteins, ATP

Types:

1. Monosaccharides (e.g. glucose) and

2. Disaccharides (e.g. sucrose) are relatively small molecules. They are often called sugars.

3. Other carbohydrate molecules are very large called Polysaccharides such as starch and cellulose.

Internal Rate of Return is that rate of Return at which the net present value is equal to Zero or it is the Rate which equates the present value of the cash inflows to the cash outflows.

NPV = Cash Inflow - Cash outflow

NPV = Zero

There are six permanent members: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan. Soon India and Pakistan will also join it.

Million Instructions Per Second is a method of measuring the raw speed of a computer's processor. MIPS measures roughly the number of machine instructions that a computer can execute in one second.

Business cycles are identified as having four distinct phases:

1. Expansion,

2. Peak,

3. Contraction, and

4. Trough.

Expansion is the phase of the business cycle when the economy moves from a trough to a peak. It is a period when the level of business activity surges and gross domestic product (GDP) expands until it reaches a peak. A period of expansion is also known as an economic recovery.

An expansion is characterized by increasing employment, economic growth, and upward pressure on prices.