Though Pompeii is still being excavated, new casts are not being made because the plaster damages the fragile remains of of the corpses. In 2010 an exhibition including several of the Pompeii plaster casts opened at the Antiquarium de Boscoreale, near Pompeii.
Defined. Offline Version: PDF. Term variable input Definition: An input whose quantity can be changed in the time period under consideration. This should be immediately compared and contrasted with fixed input.The most common example of a variable input is labor.A variable input provides the extra inputs that a firm needs to expand short-run production. In contrast, a fixed input, like capital, provides the capacity constraint in production.his should be immediately compared and contrasted with fixed input. The most common example of a variable input is labor. A variable input provides the extra inputs that a firm needs to expand short-run production. In contrast, a fixed input, like capital, provides the capacity constraint in production.
A 'Dot Variable' is a variable to which has been pre-assigned a fixed value. The name derives from the setup of the variable in a document: [.VarName]. Note the period (dot) introducing the variable. See the box below for more samples of Dot Variable use. You might use a Dot Variable when you want to assign a variable to a specific value that is not likely to change. The Dot Variable, instead of 'hard text' is placed in the document. If the value changes you simply to change the 'value' once, not in each location where you might otherwise have hard coded a document.