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Overview of PPS

the survivors, however, managed to take on positive roles in society. Many even became societys overachievers, compensating in a ...

Case Study on Toxic Waste Exporting and Ethics

of employment at the plant instead of clear skies. The issue for shareholders, the board and executives, at lest is bottom line p...

Article on Adolescents and Anger Critiqued Critique of “Anger in Adolescents: Sex, Ethnicity, Age Differences, and Psychometric Properties”

The authors conclude that the anger-in scale of the STAXI may be less reliable for younger groups but that it is still valuable fo...

Sleep Apnea Disorder

the fact that snoring, in and of itself, is not indicative of sleep apnea; rather, it is but one telltale symptom (Hunt, 2002)....

Historical Importance of William Shakespeare's Works

book (Rubinstein 28). He apparently married Anne Hathaway in 1582, and their surviving children, both girls, were illiterate (Rub...

Examination of Gout

1995; Flieger, 1995). The body converts these substances to uric acid through metabolism. Approximately two thirds of the uric a...

Sudan and Desertification

rapid rate, and wind erosion also causes soil damage in the flood plains of the Nile. Water erosion also causes soil degradation, ...

Cinema and Rebellion

child who is the product of a failed system, this film seems to be saying. This film was a social commentary of sorts, which use...

Mexico City and Air Pollution

from escaping the atmosphere. Allowed to hang thick in the sky and worsen year after year, Mexico City has become a caldron of ai...

Overview of the War of the Roses

Kings inner circle. While government faltered, commerce and prosperity declined and French pirates raided the coast with impunity....

South Africa's 2001 Rand Crisis

are heavily involved, as opposed to tome of the Asian currencies, such as the Yen. The general position was a positive one...

Three Stories and the Damage of Social Stereotypes and Prejudice

is duly noted is with the different names that people of all ethnic origins - including African-Americans themselves - use to iden...

Depression, Pain, and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

with "depression, sleep disturbance, fatigue, and decreased overall physical and mental functioning" (Hearn, 2001). Problem Stat...

Society and Pornography

II. Anomie Anomie is a concept that refers to the result of a breakdown of social norms. Thus, individuals have a sense of aiml...

Colombia's History Since its Independence

these resources is what has kept a good deal of the people in poverty and misery(Suskind 2002). Most of the civil wars have come f...

Analysis of Costs of Decubitus Ulcers in Elder Care Facilities

Furthermore, if the ulcers end up in hospitalization, the nursing home is responsible for those costs as well. Even if the patient...

Super Germs That Resist Antibiotics

period, penicillin resistance rose from 21.7 percent for strep strains in 1996 to 26.6 percent in 1999 (Study shows, 2003). Repo...

Gastroenteritis and SRSV

In nine pages this paper discusses the SRSV organism that causes viral gastroenteritis in a consideration of transmission, symptom...

Biographical Sketch of Bipolar Disorder

(APA, 2003) and "These rates are consistent across diverse cultures and ethnic groups" (APA, 2003). The rate for bipolar II is abo...

Alcoholism and Genetics

more common than single-gene disorders, tend to involve multiple genes, also include significant environmental factors, and are as...

Tumors of the Brain

Overall, there are two types of brain tumors - these are primary brain tumors that begin in the brain itself, and metastic brain t...

A Case study in Liability

considerably stronger and more powerful than Penny, which would indicate that even if Penny had struck first, the discrepancy in s...

Fire Safety Issues on College Campuses

not taken and as a result small fires turn into large ones quickly. A burner left on and stored under a curtain can ignite the mat...

Manifestation Differences and Dyslexia

between 5% and 15% of all Americans (Health & Medicine Week, 2004). Padget has given a good definition of the condition, which it ...

Steroid Use Among Adolescents

does not take into account the role that genetics plays in body-building: even though steroids can augment potential which already...

Civil War, Industrialism, and Sectionalism

nation-states of Europe (plus he points out that the U.S. is actually comparable in area to Europe) (Turner, 2002). Because of the...

Economic Growth and Innovation

of laundry detergent. Levitt (1986) used the railroad industry in the US as his example. Railroads began to decline when t...

Overview of Psychogenic Shock

what accompanies significant pain ("Shock," 2004). From the loss of a loved one to a car accident to the discovery that ones spous...

Swiss Alps Vegetative Biodiversity and Global Warming

The threat global warming presents to indigenous species of vegetation is particularly concerning. Theurillati and Guisan (2004) r...

Civil Rights Movement and the Impact of the Cold War

The expression "cold war" was used for the first time by a journalist who wrote a speech for financier Bernard Baruch in 1947 (Saf...