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150 Science Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports


America’s Self-Destruction and Devastating Separation
There is a cry from the government and the people for a continued separation between church and state. Many want the government and church to stand completely separate and for each of them to have no influence on one another. These individuals believe that government would take control of the chu....

How far do you agree that Eva Smith is presented as a victim in the play an inspector calls? Examine how J.B.Priestley uses the inspector
In my opinion J.B.Priestley presents Eva Smith as a victim of bad luck, society, the Birling family and Gerald in the play "An Inspector Calls." Eva Smith is a victim of the Birling family and Gerald, because they all exploit her for their own personal gain because of her position in soc....

Organizational Behavior
Organizational Behavior Organizations have been described as groups of people who work interdependently toward some purpose. This definition clearly indicates that organizations are not buildings or pieces of machinery. Organizations are, indeed, people who interact to accomplish shared objectives. ....

Physics (history)
Physics began when man first started to study his surroundings. Early applications of physics include the invention of the wheel and of primitive weapons. The people who built Stone Henge had knowledge of physical mechanics in order to move the rocks and place them on top of each other. It was not u....

Sustainable Community
Toward a Sustainable Community Not until the spread of the Industrial Revolution in the late nineteenth century, has man possessed the ability to adversely alter, on a global scale, the geologic and climatic cycles that have existed for millennia. Planet earth, which man calls home, is approximat....

True Diversity: Ethics Development, Understanding and Application
Day in and day out, people are faced with making decisions. Whether those decisions are right or wrong is based on ethics. Morals, beliefs and values help determine whether or not a person will make ethical choices. Ethics is defined by www.dictionary.com as "the specific moral choices to be made ....

'The laboratory’, ‘Education for Leisure’ and ‘hitcher’'s, theme of crime.
In the poems ‘The laboratory’, ‘Education for Leisure’ and ‘Hitcher’ the theme of crime is presented through the use of dramatic persona’s being criminals for various reasons. In the poem ‘The lab’, Browning uses a dramatic persona, which seems to be a potential murderer that is cruel and....

'The Lord of the Flies' - Savagery
William Goldings novel The Lord of The flies presents us with a group of English boys who are isolated on a desert island, left to try and retain a civilised society. In this novel Golding manages to display the boys slow descent into savagery as democracy on the island diminishes. At the opening of....

"Administrative Behavior” by Herbert A. Simon & “Organizational Culture” by Edgar H. Schein
“Administrative Behavior” by Herbert A. Simon & “Organizational Culture” by Edgar H. Schein Authors Names and Biographies: Edgar H. Schein (born 1928): He was educated at the University of Chicago. In 1949 he received a Masters Degree at Stanford University in Psychology, and in 1952 rece....

1946, What A Year!
Poverty, the word poverty has very many meanings, and the meaning that best fits 1946 would be having little or no money or a shortage materials. Living in poverty is not fun and in 1946 the year was full of poverty during the war and post depression. During these times many families had to make d....

1981: The Year of My Birth
“1981: The Year of My Birth” It was a dark and stormy night…actually it was a sunny snowy morning in January, the 29th to be exact. The setting is Parkersburg, WV in the year 1981. Most people were probably still trying to keep their New Years Resolution or paying off their Christmas bills. ....

a beautiful mind
A few of John Nash's ideas, developed while he was a graduate student at Princeton from 1948 to 1950, transformed the field of game theory, and led to major developments in economic, political, and biological theories. Nash subsequently turned to other areas of mathematics, where he made enormous co....

A Beneficial Egotism in Charles Dickens Hard Times
A Beneficial Egotism “I beg your pardon for interrupting you, sir,” returned Bitzer; “but I am sure you know that the whole social system is a question of self-interest. What you must always appeal to, is a person’s self-interest. It’s your only hold. We are so constituted. I was brought u....

A Better Life through Exercise and Proper Nutrition
A Better Life Joshua Wilkinson Utilizing Information in College Writing Com 125 Instructor Melissa Simms-Powell August 05, 2007 Within the last few decades th....

A Brave New World
There’s this one particular phrase that my intermediate school English teacher used to repudiate over and over to us about literature: "Good literature entertains, but great literature disturbs," and this little nugget of wisdom forcefully shoved into my teenage brain, is most definitely true with ....

A Brief Discussion of the History of Europe
The History of Europe describes the passage of time from humans inhabiting the European continent to the present day. The first evidence of people living in Europe dates back to 35,000 BC. Europe's ancient classical antiquity dates from Homer's Illiad in Ancient Greece of around 700 BC. The Roman Re....

a bronx tale
Bronx Tale It’s 1960 in New York City in the middle of the Bronx. Living at East 187th Street is the family of Calogero. Calogero’s father Lorenzo believes that a man should make an honest living to support his family and refuses to be involved in anything that is illegal, such as ....

A Career in Electrical Engineering
A Career in Electrical Engineering After some very extensive research, the career that I have chosen is that of an electrical engineer. Ever since I was young, I have loved to construct things, especially those of an electronic nature. According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, electr....

A carrer in the field of nursing
Thesis: A career in the field of nursing has a wide variety of different positions and is worth the hard work a person puts into it. There are thousands of different job opportunities throughout the world. Most of these jobs have branches that give a person even more opportunities. Alth....

A Comparative Essay
After reading Americas Constitutional Soul, by Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., and The True and Only Heaven, by Christopher Lasch, I came to the realization that while they have varying ideas on many topics, they have similar conservative views regarding citizenship and civil rights.Specifically, Mansfiel....

A comparison of the book and the film by Wells The time machine
H.G.Wells: "The Time Machine" All novels are influenced by the social and cultural background of their authors, and clearly 'The Time Machine' is no exception. Similarly, film adaptations of books also reflect the social and cultural setting of their time, despite the period they purport to rep....

A comparison of the representation of nature in R.Frost and E.E. Cummings poetry
In my essay I will focus on the representation of Nature in Robert Frost’s and E. E. Cummings’s poetry. I will compare two poems of Frost with two poems of Cummings in order to stress the similarities and the differences of these two poets. In addition, I will examine in detail how each of them u....

A Critical Review of Research on How Children Acquire Death Concepts
A Critical Review of Research on How Children Acquire Death Concepts A growing body of research has attempted to understand what children know about death and how they acquire their knowledge of death. For the past sixty years, this area of interest has been growing and many researcher....

a day in the life of ......
One Day In the Life of ……. I can hear a buzzing in my ear. I try to ignore it but it seems to get louder and more annoying. I turn over and grab my alarm clock and throw it across the room so it shuts off. Its 6:17 and I have to get ready to go to school. I wonder what the schedule is today.....

A Decision To Make
What do you do if there is a difficult decision to make, and this decision will effect your entire family and even what people think of you? Add the fact that no matter what decision you make, it will feel like a mistake. These are the things I am dealing with when trying to decide whether or not to....

A Description of Some of the Cultural Differences between Black and White Americans
There are many obvious physical characteristics that have been proven to exist between black and white Americans. Extensive academic research shows that many significant cultural differences exist between the two groups as well. These cultural differences are the product of a myriad of vari....

A Few Good Men
A Few Good Men In A Few Good Men, a military courtroom drama, a Navy lawyer, Lt. Daniel Kaffee and Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to defend two marines. Pfc. Louden Downey and Lance Cpl. Harold Dawson were accused of the brutal beating and murdering of a fellow marine in their unit, Pfc. W....

A level sociology coursework
Rationale: My proposal will focus on inside school factors, to explain why working class students perform less well than their middle class peers in The Interactionists study this area of education and social class. Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) studied teacher expectations in the classroom. My in....

A model for Argumentative Writing: Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King’s, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, was a response to “A Call of Unity” written by eight clergymen denouncing his actions of protest in Alabama. The religious leaders argue his engagement in the civil-disobedient demonstration was “untimely and unwise”. King’s rebuttal i....

A Perspective to metamorphism from the contextual described milieu to the metaphorical place
Retro gradation from metaphor and Figure Vicissitudes of time started and moved its, Orbits between the milky ways hanging the sun and stars beyond our present unknowns and showing the earth in its brightness. Man was exiled and the soil under his feet was given life and Looked at the sky and a gre....

A Street Car Named Desire - Tennesee Williams
Tennessee Williams Paper In many instances in literature the author will commonly create their most important characters to resemble or relate to themselves. Authors use these characters to be able to get the full perspective of their characters because the character is very similar to the aut....

A Study on the impact of Dams on 18th-19th in New England
America’s landscape of today was shaped by dams’ and their constructive and destructive forces over the past ten thousand years. Dams in America have been both natural and man made. Beavers were the first to do this; they built dams here in America as long ago as 10,000 years. Before the Europe....

A Tale of Two Monsters
New days come and new days go, yet the world sinks deeper into its sea of corruption. Humanity has sacrificed its morals, hoping to receive in return success, money, fame, or power. In an ever growing society, corruption reigns king; success is achieved through the failure of others; money is gai....

A Tale of Two Monsters
New days come and new days go, yet the world sinks deeper into its sea of corruption. Humanity has sacrificed its morals, hoping to receive in return success, money, fame, or power. In an ever growing society, corruption reigns king; success is achieved through the failure of others; money is gai....

A Tale of Two Souls: Hamlet and Macbeth
In both of William Shakespeare’s plays, Hamlet and Macbeth, two characters, one in each play, are similar in many ways. Although King Claudius is not the main focus in the play Hamlet, he is very comparable to the powerhouse character Macbeth. Both are taken over by their conscience. Sometimes ....

A Transition towards Redemption: Pulp Fiction gives a second Chance.
As movie goers and amateur film critics, we will never be able to fully comprehend or appreciate Quentin Tarantino's capacity for creativity, but his internationally acclaimed crime-drama, Pulp Fiction (1994), may give insight into what some critics refer to as pure genius. Pulp Fiction, set in th....

A villians death-an insight on Hamlet
The themes that occur within Hamlet are many. One of the strongest motifs is death; the thoughts of suicide, and killing others. However when the lead character Hamlet, discusses and becomes obsessed with his own suicide, he is projecting this yearning for death onto the character Claudius (the ki....

A Walk To Remember: The Negative Sexual Portrayal of African American Females Through American History
African American women have been portrayed as sexual objects and deviants throughout American history. Historically, they were put on display by white men as entertainment for guests. Inevitably African American women suffered rape, incest, molestation and sexual subjection by both Caucasian and....

Abercrombie and Fitch Research
Research Purpose The project that our group has chosen to explore is concerning the Abercrombie and Fitch clothing company. More specifically, the recent issues and cases that have brought against them regarding racial hiring issues and the boundaries that they have chosen in promoting “sex” ....

Abnormal Cell Growth Leading to Cancer
Abnormal Cell Growth Leading to Cancer Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. Half of all men and one-third of all women in the U.S. will develop cancer during their lifetimes. Although it is common knowledge that cancer is generally inherited, this paper will further ....

abolition and prevention
Through the progression and evolution of the world and North America people have been doing things they knew were wrong but did nothing to stop it. Slavery in the new world was no different, colonist’s and settler’s knew that rejecting the rights of all men and preventing freedom for a certain pop....

Abortion
My sister and I were very close as children that’s why her decision to have an abortion surprised me. I was present the moment my sister was born. Barbara was a very beautiful child that resembled a delicate, fragile, baby-doll. I watched my sister grow up and we both shared our hopes and drea....

Abortion
A couple decades ago, when abortion was illegal, thousands of women died because they did not want to bear an infant and attempted to terminate the child's life by themselves or with an unprofessional approach. After 1973's Supreme Court decision, which allowed women to have the choice to abortion, ....

abortion
This paper will attempt to discuss the moral issues and dilemmas surrounding abortion. In discussing the moral issues of this subject matter it is only natural to also discuss the legal aspects of it as well. First a description of what abortion is will be offered. A brief history of the legaliza....

Abortion Unjustified
Abortion Unjustified An embryo is not a human being. A woman is in control of her own body, and should therefore, have the right to choose. Abortion is safe if it is legal. Rape victims should be allowed abortions because the pregnancy was not consensual. Complications during pregnancy that a....

Abortion. Right or Wrong?
“The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing in between” (Andrews,1993).Despite the arguments about abortion, abortion is a personal choice, and its not to harm the child inside you, bu....

About Religion
Religion is defined as a set of beliefs that concerns cause, nature and purpose of the universe when a super-human agency is being considered. This usually involves devotional observances containing a moral code governing the actions of people. There is no concrete evidence that can be used to veri....

About time to give animals their rights, right?
Animal – what comes to your mind when you hear this word? Perhaps something furry, something feathery, something slimy, something with a beak or lots of sharp teeth, - right? I am sure this what comes to almost everyone’s mind when they think “Animal”. However, do you think o....

Acceptance Essay
My educational goals have not always been an easy task for myself. I always thought I would go in the direction of fashion or business, but in the past year I have completely taken a turn into secondary education for economics and psychology. I have always taken an interest in psychology and learni....

Acid mine drainage - causes effects and solutions
For hundreds, even thousands of years, human beings have mined for metals and stones, and with the advent of greater technology as well as greater needs, the demands for these resources continue to grow. While these resources benefit our lives in many ways, the effects of mining can be detrimental,....

Acupuncture
Alternative medicine describes health products, practices, and approaches that are not part of conventional medicine. The goal of physicians who practice alternative medicine is to find a cure by looking at the whole person when making a diagnosis, rather than just the symptom. Alternative medicin....

Addictions chemical and nonchemical
In the past when a person said that someone was an addict, one thought of drugs such as cocaine or heroin. In modern times many people are addicted to things that were not thought to be addictive, such as caffeine or videogames. However caffeine and videogames can be beneficial if used in moderatio....

ADHD: Is your child's behavior normal?
According to Michael Fumento, the old saying “Boys will be boys” is now known as ‘Boys will be medicated.’ In addition, Fumento believes the old “lost my homework” excuse is now “My child has ADHD” (1). Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is defined by Paula Anne Ford-Martin as a....

Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Adult (acute) respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is the rapid onset of progressive malfunction of the lungs, especially with regard to the ability to take in oxygen, usually associated with the malfunction of other organs. The condition is associated with extensive pulmonary inflammation and small....

Advances in Stem Cell Research
Many discoveries within stem cell research is playing a role in advancing knowledge on how an organism develops from a single cell and how healthy cells replace damaged cells in adult organisms. This very promising area of science raises many questions as rapidly as it generates new discoveries, bu....

Advertising Campaign for Toyota Prius In Australia
Integrated Marketing Communications Toyota Prius; Marketing Communications Plan Prepared by “Brutal Brutus” For Toyota Australia Table of Contents: Ref. No. Topic Of Discussion Page No. 1.0 Executive Summary 5 2.0 Introduction 5 3.0 P....

Advertising Plan for Webster University Thailand
Advertising Plan for Webster University Thailand. I. Introduction. II. Company’s Profile. III. Sitution Analysis a. Strength b. Weakness c. Opportunities d. Threats IV. Key Planning Decisions. a. Advertising Objectives. b. Target Audiences. c. Competitive Advantage. d. Image, Personal....

advertising psychology
TABLE OF CONTENT • Introduction • Psycho-analysis theory • Psycho-analysis and advertising • Conclusion • Appendix: - Deconstruction of advert (analysis) - Mood board of psychoanalysis adverts INTRODUCTION....

Aesthticism in Victorian Literature
Randy Watson Professor Rankin EN304 27 July 2005 The Aesthetic Movement in Literature The subject of aesthetics was formally distinguished as an independent philosophical practice, in the 18th century, by German philosophers Immanuel Kant and Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten. The word aesthetic....

Affirmative Action
Affirmative action can be described “as a policy or program aimed at increasing the representation and opportunities of members of groups that have traditionally been discriminated against” (Wikipedia 1). These groups can be characterized by race, gender, religion or ethnicity and are often refe....

African American Father Myth
During the past decades the literature on African American fathers, although it is not extensive, has changed dramatically. In general, the accumulated body of knowledge on African American families prior to the mid-1980s largely ignored, distorted, or minimized the parenting role of African America....

African Americans in Eurocentric Societies
America is known as the land of opportunity or a place where one can build something from nothing. It is a collaboration of profound ideas based on equality. These ideas formed the Declaration of Independence, where “all men are created equal”. However this equality was constructed upon European e....

African Americans In the South
As a social and economic institution, slavery originated in the times when humans began farming instead of hunting and gathering. Slave labor became commonplace in ancient Greece and Rome. Slaves were created through the capture of enemies, the birth of children to slave parents, and means of punish....

Age of Enlightenment (eighteenth century)
I personally like the idea of losing religion to gain free-thinking and science. To be able to have questions and figure out a way to solve them. To actually have determination to do it. The only flaw was that people became too open-minded and became gullible and lost their cautiousness around peop....

Aids
AIDs (1) Nov. 24 — An estimated 5.3 million people, including 600,000 children under age 15, became infected with the virus that causes AIDS this year, the World Health Organization said today. For the first time the number of new infections in sub-Saharan Africa stabilized, but that was offset b....

AIDS: A U.S.- Made Monster?
AIDS: A U.S.- Made Monster? PREFACE In an extensive article in the Summer-Autumn 1990 issue of "Top Secret", Prof J. Segal and Dr. L. Segal outline their theory that AIDS is a man-made disease, originating at Pentagon bacteriological warfare labs....

Alan Paton - Cry, the Beloved Country - love,the sole remedy for fear
“Who indeed knows the secret of the earthly pilgrimage? Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Who knows what keeps us living and struggling, while all things break about us?”1 These questions derive from Alan Paton’s great work-“Cry, the Beloved Country” and the answer to ....

Alaska, The Final Frontier
Alaska, The Final Frontier, The Land of The Midnight Sun, Home to Denali and Mount McKinley, the highest mountain on the continent. The name "Alaska" was used by the Russians to refer only to the peninsula. This name was used by the United States to refer, first to the entire territory, and t....

Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 to Hermann and Pauline Einstein and within six weeks of his birth they moved. In1881, his sister was born and he became a big brother to her. A short time later the Einstein family went to Munich where Albert first attended elementary sc....

Albert Einstein and the Frontiers of Physics
Albert Einstein and the Frontiers of Physics Albert Einstein is one of the most famous scientist/physicist of all time. The biography Albert Einstein and the Frontiers of Physics by Jeremy Bernstein talks about Albert Einstein’s life, and what he’s known for. Albert Einstein made many discoveries....

Alcohol
Drinking has always been a problem for teenagers, particularly for the past few years. Research shows that over 60% of high school seniors drink at least once a week, although the law does not make drinking legal until age 21. In reality, kids are drinking at increasingly younger ages. The questi....

Alcoholism in young age
Alcoholism In Young Age Alcoholism and alcohol abuse is a growing problem in our society. Daily, people are injured and killed in alcohol-related accidents, and this has an effect on each and every person as a result of these occurrences. Whether we are person....

Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great, a patient and often devious man; had never struck without careful planning. The youthful, headstrong Alexander liked to settle problems by immediate action. Making decisions with great speed, he took extraordinary risks; his success was achieved by the amount of sheer force and ....

Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great Alexander succeeded his father Philip II and was approved by the army to become King of Macedonia. He quickly became one of the most successful military commanders in history. Before his death, he conquered most of the world known to the ancient Greeks, and expanded the anc....

Alexander the Great
Some time in the history of the universe, no one is quite sure when, there was born a man. This man would eventually be the first to found a monotheistic religion. The name of this man is Zoroaster; the name is actually a corruption of Zarathushtra. Zoroaster's birth date, along with whether his rel....

Alexander the Great
These stories have to be told because history cannot be understood without them. Here was the great world of men between India and the Adriatic ready for union, ready as it had never been before for a unifying control. Here was the wide order of the Persian Empire with its roads, its posts, its gene....

Alexander the great
Alexander the Great and His Achievements Alexander the Great was the king of Macedon. Alexander of Macedon, or ancient Mecadonia, deserves to be called the Great. Alexander the Great was considered one of the greatest military geniuses of all times. He was an excellent king, general, and conqueror. ....

Alexander The Great
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), king of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian Empire, and one of the greatest military geniuses of all times. Alexander, born in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia, was the son of Philip II, king of Macedonia, and of Olympias, a princess of Epirus. Aristotle was ....

Alexander the Great and Conquests
Alexander the Great and Conquests Alexander was the son of King Philip II of Macedonia born approximately on July 20th in 356 BC. His mother was Olympias, a young princess from Epirus. Alexander was a remarkable person who loved to recite Homeric poetry. At age fourteen his father sent him ....

Alfred nobel and his prize
Alfred's life Alfred Nobel was an inventor/engineer, whose most famous discover was that of dynamite. He was from a family of Swedish engineers that gained their wealth producing weapons and oil for the Russians. Nobel became one of the world's richest men, due to his businesses and inventi....

Alice's Psyche - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Alice’s Psyche Dreams reflect the experiences we encounter throughout our lives. These journeys make us who we are. Because dreams unfold as we sleep, we have no choice of what they either echo or reveal. These echoes and revelations often contain ....

All quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front is a book written by Erich Maria Remarkque. It was a book written to reflect the human cost of war. It shows us how war has a hidden face that most people do not see until it is too late. In the novel, he describes a group of young m....

Alzheimers Disease
Imagine one of those days where everything seems to fall out of place; car keys are misplaced, phone numbers are forgotten, and the names of close ones seem just out of the minds reach. A day like this could easily be brushed off after a good night sleep by anyone who lives a normal day to day life....

American Born Confused Desi
American Born Confused Desi They are smart, savvy, cultured, motivated and probably setting the curve in your college bio class. They have greater creativity and leadership skills than their Indian counterparts and they are America’s ticket to coming back with force in science and technology. The....

american diet
american diet Are you over weight? Do you get tired easily? Do you struggle with high cholesterol or with high blood pressure? If so, do not worry you are not alone. Thousands of United States citizens suffer from obesity and other food related health problems. These problems can be traced back to ....

American Goddess Rape of Nanking
American Goddess at the Rape of Nanking By: Hua-ling Hu This book is about the life of Minnie Vautrin. Although she was not Chinese or directly involved in the Massacre of Nanking she made it her business to get involved to help save the lives of many Chinese women attending Gingling Unive....

Amnesty International
What a beautiful world this could be. Thanks to a wonderful organization, there are many people whose world has become more beautiful. Their lives were saved due to the efforts of Amnesty International. Amnesty International is a human rights organization which started as one man’s i....

amnesty international
“Human rights” is the concept of being a human that means all people have universal rights, or status. Human rights are implicit, universal and indivisible. Everyone has these rights and they are same for everyone.They can not be taken away, but it can be forgotten. Freedom of expression is a fu....

Amnesty International
Amnesty International is part of the global movement defending human rights and dignity. They work with people in Australia and overseas to demand respect for human rights and protect people facing abuse. To do this, they mobilise people, campaign, conduct research and raise money for their work. Th....

An Analysis of Sophocles' Antigone
An Analysis of Sophocles’ Antigone Thesis Statement: In Sophocles’ Antigone, three themes are important: the rule of divine law versus the laws of man, tyranny versus loyalty, and the persecution of women within the patriarchal society of Greco-Roman times as it applies to today. Within th....

An Analytical Essay on Selected Poems by Anne Bradstreet
Anne Dudley Bradstreet epitomizes a puritan, an American woman, and a poet. As the puritan, she seems to struggle with her worldliness, as the American she took a lively interest in the contemporary scene, as a woman she argues against the aspersions cast upon her sex, and as the poet she trans....

An inconvenient truth
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH Global warming is a widespread problem that has impacted on the entire planet."An Inconvenient Truth" is the very frightening film that captures the comprehensive points of global warming. As a superb speaker Al Gore provides the audience with the opportunity to understand his....

An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth is a movie about global warming. It supports the fact that global warming exists. Al Gore has gathered a plethora of evidence supporting his theory. One of his mains points was the Earth's atmosphere is so skinny that we, the people of the planet, can change it's basic mo....

An Interpretation of the Ghost
Ghost is something that some believe and some won't. But still most of them get frighten to some extend, when they watch terrific horror films. Perhaps it is due to the terrific sounds or special effects that imposes ones mind. But there is a specific science that has the ability to explain the conc....

an overview of english learning in china
AN ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH LEARNING IN CHINA 1. In today's increasingly globalized world, English has become the unrivaled lingua franca of the world. In our age of globalization, Fishman's remark that "the sun never sets on the English language" rings truer than ever. With the third millennium we find....

An Overview of Smart Growth Principles in Community Design
I. Critique of Skinner Burrhus Frederic Skinner’s philosophical positions were monistic in terms of epistemology. He believed that the senses interacted directly with the physical world, and that there was no distinction between the knower and the known. Skinner’s views were also deterministic i....

Anabolic Steroids
Steroids might be the most use drug on the planet. The reason for this is that basically most athletes use them to enhance their muscles. There are two types of Steroids, one being Anabolic Steroids, and the other being Androgenic Steroids. Two different steroids with one basic outcome. Basically....

Analysis of A Review of Reputation Management: The New Face of Corporate Public Relations?
Practitioners and scholars of public relations have struggled to accurately define the field and establish its credibility as a valid social science since industry founders, such as Edward Bernays, began coining the profession during the early 20th century. Since that time, a myriad of terms, pract....

Analysis Of Brutus
Julius Caersar - Analysis of Brutus In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the character Marcus Brutus fits the definition of the tragic hero. Like other tragic heroes, he had great promise, ability, and integrity of character. He had a tragic flaw. He had a lu....

analysis on looking for alibrandi
Chapter One 1. Why do you think Josie felt ‘panic’ when she looked at the multiple choice options? Because she didn’t know what one to answer. Each was a risk to her being. 2. Why did Josie get into trouble from Sister Gregory? Because she was reading a magazine in religious education. 3. “....

analysis tragedy falldown of dr faustus
In Faustus' opening monologue, he discusses the limitations of various scholarly fields, his ideas and desires to surpass their boundaries. "Is to dispute well logic's chiefest end?"(I.i,8) defines philosophy as a discipline with no higher goal than to improve the technique of dispute. Medicine woul....

Analytical exposition- Decode Gattaca the reflecting glass.
Analytical exposition- Decode Gattaca the reflecting glass. (The name Gattaca is composed of the letters used to label the bases of DNA: Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine and Guanine.) Science fiction is a literary or cinematic genre in which fantasy, typically based on speculative scientific discove....

Analyzing Meaning, the No Child Left Behind Act and more
Abstract In the education community buzzwords like authentic assessments, excellence in education, no child left behind, educating the whole child, and education that makes a difference fills the hearts of many teachers. However, educators feel that standardized testing only tests a student’s abil....

Ancient Astronomy
Astronomy has been a source for myriad ideas influencing every subject. The stars have existed since the dawn of man. People have looked to the universe to determine physical location, gain spiritual direction and to track time. Many early scientists used astronomy to make careers for themselves ....

Ancient Astronomy
Astronomy has been a source for myriad ideas influencing every subject. The stars have existed since the dawn of man. People have looked to the universe to determine physical location, gain spiritual direction and to track time. Many early scientists used astronomy to make careers for themselves a....

Ancient Greek Art
Greek civilization thrived from the 3rd millennium to the 1st century B.C., noted for its advances in philosophy, government, science, and, of course, art and architecture. The Greeks created hundreds of vase types, but most modern scholars have compiled them into smaller sub- group. T....

Andromeda Strain
The Andromeda Strain, directed by Robert Wise, based on the book by Michael Crichton, explores the idea of life on other planets. This 1971 thriller shows how a deadly virus that attached itself to a U.S. satellite, wipes out a small desert town, and four scientists are sent to investigate. The film....

Animal Cruelty: A Necessary Evil in Todays Society
Animal Cruelty: A Necessary Evil in Today’s Society By: Shamika Wilson COM 125: UTILIZING INFORMATION IN COLLEGE WRITING Axia University of Phoenix Instructor: Allison Howry October 14th, 2007 Animal Cruelty 1 Animal Cruelty: Necessary Evil ....

animal farm
The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell was a very interesting, complex, and informing novel. In the novel, George Orwell uses farm animals to portray people of power and the common people during the Russian Revolution. The novel starts off with Major explaining to all the animals in the fa....

Animal Intelligence
Section 1 Humans used to be considered the only animals on earth that could demonstrate “higher level” thinking such as solving problems, communicating with others, memory, and understanding basic concepts. This way of thinking has changed and is dramatically false. Due to older, as well as ....

Animal Rights
Ethics: Animal Rights By: Marty Miller Vivisection, the practice of experimenting on animals, began because of religious prohibitions against the dissection of human corpses. When religious leaders finally lifted these prohibitions, it was too late - vivisection was already entrenched in medic....

animal rights-vivisection
Vivisection, which is also known as animal modeling, is the dissection of living animals for experimentation. The term vivisection also includes any experiment done on animals (“Vivisection“). Vivisection began in ancient Greece as physician Galen cut open living monkeys to better understand ho....

Anorexia vs. Bulimia
According to Mary Pipher, PhD, In a city of strangers, appearance is the only dimension available for the rapid assessment of others. Thus it becomes incredibly important in defining value (216). Beauty is a defining characteristic for American women (Pipher 216). She later goes on to say that, W....

another empty bottle
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, alcoholism is a habitual and inherently deadly psychological and nutritional disorder caused by the extreme and usually compulsive drinking of ethanol (alcohol) which leads to a dependency to the substance. As a result, the addiction causes an inability t....

Anthem
The novel Anthem by Ayn Rand tells the story of Equality 7-2521, an individual living in a communal society devoid of human individuality. In a future where there is no love, no science, and everyone is equal and of one entity, one man defies the group to be his own person. "I owe nothing to my brot....

Antigone
Antigone Antigone was produced in 441B.C. by the Greek play writer Sophocles, who was born in 496 BC at Colonus, near Athens. Unlike his younger contemporary, the often-misunderstood Euripides, Sophocles had the fortune of being revered for his genius during his own lifetime. He lived to the ripe ....

antigone conflicts
There were three basic conflicts that caused Antigone and Creon to clash as violently as they did. First, was the conflict of the individual versus the state, in which Antigone represented the individual and Creon the king, the state. The second conflict can be described as following ones conscience....

Antigone Conscience vs. Law
Antigone Antigone could be a play about an insubordinate young woman, sister rivalry, death and burial, or about devotion with respect to many different things. Or on the other hand, it can also have untold significance such as Individual versus State; Conscience versus Law; Moral or Divine Law v....

Antisocial Personality Disorders Psychopathy and Conduct Disorder
Abstract The Idea of a criminal personality type was first discussed by Philippe Pinel, an 18th century psychiatrist, who was concerned about patterns of behavior that were marked by a complete lack of remorse and restraint. However it was not until 1941, when Checkley described 16 criteria based o....

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1 APA Format The APA style is the American Psychological Association format for writing papers, and it is the format most commonly used in the social sciences (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation). The latest edition of the APA style lists guidelines and examples for citing electronic and o....

Apes and Language: A Review of the Literature
. Apes and Language: A Review of the Literature Over the past thirty years, researchers have demonstrated that the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans) resemble humans in language abilities more than had been thought possible. Just how far that resemblance extends, however, ha....

Application Of CRM and Data mining in Apparel Retail Store
Abstract: The efforts to further customer relationships have become essential due to increased competition in the consumer markets. For which retailers collect tremendous information each day starting from transactional data, to season product sales, to demographics. This data is then organised int....

Application of Marxist Theory of Socialism in Philippine Setting
This integrating paper shows how the Philippines will look like if Marx’s theory of socialism is applied in our current situation. It does not suggest, however, that we change our system to socialism. It seeks, rather, to present information and discussion for consideration by those who are interes....

Approaches to American Muslims
Martin Luther wrote, ¡§So while Muhammad enjoys victory, success, dominion and praise from the world (through God¡¦s anger or ordinance), we Christians carry the cross of our Lord, expecting our bliss, not in this life, but in the life to come. The common man, moved by his lower instincts, se....

Archaelogists can no longer work in isolation
The precision of the statement that modern day archaeologists can no longer work in isolation can be justified to a great extent due to the in-pouring reliance archaeologists have on qualitative and quantitative data from all fields of science around the world. Using tools and techniques from su....

archimedes
Archimedes of Syracuse (287 BC - 212 BC), was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist and engineer. He was killed by a Roman soldier despite orders from the Roman general, Marcellus that said he was not to be harmed. (The Greeks said that he was killed while drawing an equation in ....

architectural definition
An architecture can be defined simply as the portion of a system that provides and manages the primitive resources of an agent. For a cognitive architecture, these resources define the substrate upon which a physical symbol system is realized. The many issues surrounding the choice, definiti....

Are genetically modified organisms harmful to humans?
Genetically modified organisms are a group of organisms that have been genetically engineered, to create a new variety of them with the desired genes. This is done by transferring genes from one organism to the genome of another unrelated organism. Examples of organisms that are genetically modifie....

ARE REASON AND EMOTION EQUALLY NECESSARY IN JUSTIFYING MORAL DECISIONS?
I would like to deal with this topic by exploring and writing on what is meant by reason and emotion, their role and more particularly morality as it is understood, the principle and justice incorporated within morality, and I will conclude with my personal opinion. Reason according to the standard....

Are the Main Character in Billy Elliot people of commendable Character
The main characters in Billy Elliot are all good people but are limited by their circumstances. Billy is a very strong person. He is passionate, caring, determined and loves his family but is also slightly unpredictable and undisciplined. Jacky is a hard, strong man. He has a very macho attitude and....

Are We Winning the War on Cancer?”
“Are We Winning the War on Cancer?” In the American society, cancer is the disease most feared by the majority of people within the U.S. Cancer has been known and described throughout history. In the early 1990s nearly 6 million cancer cases and more than 4 million deaths have been reported....

Aristotle
was born in 384 BC and lived until 322 BC. He was a Greek philosopher and scientist, who shares with Plato being considered the most famous of ancient philosophers. He was born at Stagira, in Macedonia, the son of a physician to the royal court. When he was 17, he went to Athens to study at Plato's ....

aristotle
Felicia Lane In 384 BC Aristotle was born in Greece, but more than a human was born, a piece of history was made, and Aristotle the father of Nichomachus, made him part of the royal family. His first skills were in medicine, but in 367 he decided to switch professions to philosophy and with the ....

Aristotle
Assignment 4 Aristotle In order for me to better understand Aristotle’s difference between matter and form, I had to find out more about him and his thought process. I believe that Plato contributed abundantly to his mind set and process of thought. We have to realize that he spent some tw....

Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek Philosopher who was born in 384 BC in a city called Stagira, which was north of Greece. His father, Nichomachus was the court physician to the Macedonian royal family who died when Aristotle was only ten years old. He was raised by a guardian named Proxenus. There were many....

Aristotle's astronomy
To the modern reader, Aristotle's views on astronomy, as presented in Metaphysics, Physics, De Caelo (On the Heavens) and Simplicius' Commentary, will most likely seem very bizarre, as they are based more on a priori philosophical speculation than empirical observation. Although Aristotle acknowle....

Arkansas Environment, Science and Technology
Arkansas consists of three main businesses. The first being agriculture, second is tree- farming and the third is aquaculture or cat fishing. Arkansas has an abundance of yellow pine that is used extensively in the American construction business. So by managing the forest areas in the southe....

Art and Arch on Ancient Greece
The Classical period of Ancient Greece produced some of the most exquisite sculptures the world has ever seen. The art of the Classical Greek style is characterized by a happy freedom of movement, freedom of expression, and it celebrates mankind as an independent person. During this period, artists ....

Art and Globalization
The issue of how art has been affected by globalization has proliferated in academic study in recent years because of the major advancements in communications, namely the internet, which make the dissemination of information and ideas faster than ever before. While these advancements have brought a ....

art and madness - Sylvia Plath and Sarah Kane
Art and Madness The suicides of literary geniuses Sylvia Plath and Sarah Kane have sparked debate and intrigue over the relationship between art and madness. Their connection is complex and unresolved. However, through historical and scientific evidence, greater insight can be gained into Plath a....

Art Education
Art is to find beauty in the most unconventional things and places, bring the most misunderstood characters to life and produce the most beautiful harmony from merely loud noise. For this reason art education is used to solve problems, cure illnesses and even aid in academic success. The image is....

Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller was born in 1915. This American playwright, novelist, and film writer is considered one of the major dramatists of 20th-century American theater. Arthur Miller was born in New York City on October 17, 1915. His father ran a small coat-manufacturing business that failed ridiculously dur....

Arthur Miller's presentation of proctor and his wifes relationship in The Crucible
Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’ is set in the Puritan Salem in 1692, and depicts the Salem Witch Trials, in which around twenty four accused witches were killed or died in prison. Puritan life is vital to the story, and portrays a simple and God loving society. In Act 1 we are introduced to Pro....

Artificial Insemination of Beef Cattle
The first successful artificial insemination (AI) was performed in 1784 by Spallanzani. He performed the procedure on a dog. Sixty-two days later the dog gave birth to three pups. But, the history of AI goes back to 1678. A man named Leeuwenhoek and his assistant were the first people to inspect spe....

Artists do not have an outline to perception whereas scientists follow criteria to determine value
Artists do not have an outline to perception whereas scientists follow criteria to determine the validity of their theories, this relates to knowledge and to know things. The human mind interprets ideas through perception in 3 different ways, through language, emotion and reason, these all being o....

Arts upsets, Science reassures
Art Upsets, Science Reassures Art is what has more than an ordinary significance. Science is the knowledge gained through observation and experiments. Science is reason, art goes beyond reason. Science gives a sense of safety, comforts and relieves. Art agitates, disturbs and upsets minds by crea....

Arts values
The modern world is based on technology, science, and arithmetic. All values required to succeed in an expanding, knowledge based age. However those values are becoming "too valued" and people are starting to lose what trademarks humanity, the Arts. The Arts have three forms music, art, a....

Asian Philosophies of Critical Thinking
The research question of this extended essay came across at a very early stage in my life. Having been born and developed from a family with all its members being University instructors and professors, I was often involved in arguments related to the lack of critical thinking in Asian cultures. As I....

Aspects of Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive psychology is the psychological science that focuses on cognition, the mental processes that influence behavior, including reasoning, thinking, decision making, and motivation. Cognitive psychology deals with a large range of research. It examines questions about how our memory works, pe....

Astrology in Early Modern European History
The ideology behind astrology throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Europe was that the stars and planets exerted an influence on the earth and everything it housed: “The relative position of the stars – especially at a particularly susceptible moment like birth – must therefore....




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