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Overview of the Tsunami Phenomena

bottom of the sea. When meteor impacts are involved the same type of energy release occurs but it occurs at the ocean surface and...

The Phenomenon of the Tsunami

in harbours. Scientists dislike the term tidal wave as used by the Press but there is a little logic in the term - some tsunamis ...

Tsunami of December 2004 and Its Economic Consequences

a member country on their list. The tsunami affected many poor regions that relied on tourism. Some of these nations are consider...

Tsunami: The Physics and Possible Prevention

combat future threats is to study the phenomenon. NOAA and FEMA got together to create a possible scenario to examine the potentia...

Meteorology

(vertical levels, horizontal grid spacing, and temporal), computational domain (what values go in the equations), and coordinate s...

Is Substance Dependence A Physiological Or Psychological Phenomenon?

as a healthcare problem (Gorski, 1996). If it is a physiological condition that is highly likely that this will be classified as a...

Can The Effects Of Lifestyle Stresses And Its Link To GI Cancer Be Reversed?

and understanding are what dictate perception, which represents "a choice, where we may intend our manner of interaction with the ...

Reviewing Global Warming Impacts

scientific facts regarding the changes which we are observing in our world. A recent front page article in the New York...

Nursing and the Caring Phenomena

on nurses increase (Cullen, 2003). Nevertheless, nurse educators and scholars stress that it is through recognition of caring as a...

Internet Friendships

online gaming where there is a high level of communication between players, for example; World of Warcraft (WoW) has been a signif...

Aging Theories

of mid-life to the later years of life (Atchley, 2002). In fact, Atchley (2002) argues that continuity is the most substantial st...

Child Abuse History and Definition

Journal of Psychohistory, deMauses story tells a story of thousands of years of crimes against children, ranging from infanticide ...

Phenomenon of Road Rage

Edwards, 1997). Dr. Richardo Martinez, the director of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and one of the countrys ...

Phenomenon of Supernova

In six pages this paper presents an information overview of the supernova phenomenon. Six sources are cited in the bibliography...

Lightning

In seven pages this overview considers the phenomenon known as lighting. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Aurorae Phenomenon

In fifteen pages this paper examines the aurorae phenomenon in this historical overview. Ten sources are cited in the bibliograph...

LBO Phenomenon

a leader of a new wave, or at least the LBO trend is seen as a new way that has improve the economy immensely. But are these LBOs ...

Phi Apparent Motion and the Stroop Experiment

identify the colour. "Blue" was read as "blue" because that was the meaning of the word, even though the subject was asked to stat...

The Ethics of Guanxi in Chinese Business Strategy

of guanxi to the time of Mao, to the time when being able to call in a few personal favors might mean the difference between eatin...

Plastic Surgery

plastic surgery as a cultural phenomenon, that is, why people choose to have elective surgery. Types of plastic surgery It is a ...

Organized Crime in America

of organized crime is contained within legitimate businesses including small-scale trucking, automobile sales, and bakeries, and l...

Tourism in Phuket: The Global Impact

to the area of Phuket in southern Thailand. Unfortunately, many contemporary factors seem to be impacting that level of tourism to...

Cause and Effect Used to Justify More Helicopter Services to a Pacific Island Prone to Natural Disasters

days, whereas for a flood or tsunami their may not be a warning at all. The immediate effects of a disaster can be mixed. If there...

The C.R.E.S.T. Warning System

al, 2002). It also aims to reduce the number of false tsunami warnings given by providing information to the warning centers that ...

Avoiding Most Devastating Tsunami Effects

island of Sumatra" (Tsunami Quakes Force Revised Higher). A scientist on duty at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawa...

An Exploration of Tsunamis

caused by seismic activity, by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions (Regulatory Intelligence Data, 1998). Tsunamis can also be caus...

Chile's Natural Hazards

In eight pages this paper discusses volcanoes, floods, and earthquake tsunami as they relate to the Chilean geography. Six source...

News Stories on the 2004 Tsunami

have been amazing stories of survival by people caught unaware. But there have also been horrible stories of people swept up by th...

Catastrophic Tsunami of 2004

be taken care of, and so, the economic effects were only temporary. The post-tsunami relief effort had included attention to commu...

Social Vulnerability and Ache

had its epicentre off Sunmatas west coast, between Simeulue and mainland Indonesia, 30 km below sea level and had a magnitude 9.3 ...