Description: Any form of argument where the conclusion is assumed in one of the premises. Many people use the phrase âbegging the questionâ incorrectly when they use it to mean, âprompts one to ask the questionâ. That is NOT the correct usage. Begging the question is a form of circular reasoning. Logical Forms: Claim X assumes X is true.
Sulphur Emission Control Area. Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECAs) or Emission Control Areas (ECAs) are sea areas in which stricter controls were established to minimize airborne emissions (SOx, NOx, ODS, VOC) from ships as defined by Annex VI of the 1997 MARPOL Protocol which came into effect in May 2005.
A SEC filing is a financial statement or other formal document submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Public companies, certain insiders, and broker-dealers are required to make regular SEC filings. Investors and financial professionals rely on these filings for information about companies they are evaluating for investment purposes. Many, but not all SEC filings are available online through the SEC's EDGAR database.