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Deciding Who Lives and Who Dies

he perceives to be worthwhile causes. He is currently a sophomore at a large university, with majors in philosophy and literature....

Obesity in Adults

negative health impacts are felt. This means that there is a lag in the conditions as well as the associated costs. The short term...

Freud's "Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria"

(1963) is Freuds account of the case of Ida Bauer, whose father brought to Freud seeking "cure" for her willful refusal to assist ...

Learning Theories - Emphasis On Adult Learning Theories

transformative experience when the conditions are such that the learner is involved in reflection. This essay discusses the lear...

Failures at the Passport Office; The Summer of 1999

to identify these, taking an approach where factors are classified in terms of the materials, the location, the technicians and th...

Explanation Two Therapeutic Models

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a very specific type of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy developed by Marsha M. Linehan to...

Budgeting Case Study; Explaining Variances

these is food; this appears to be well under budget with 300,000 budgeted. However, sales were lower than expected, and food is ex...

Georgia Tech - Parking Case Study

cost $4,000 per parking space to construct. Ground parking lots cost $1,000 per space to construct. The mathematical model upon w...

Teen Pregnancy, Issue Analysis

and only 1.5 percent have a college degree by the age of 30, while close to 80 percent of all unmarried teen mothers end up on wel...

Upstage Theater; Explaining the Conflict and Resolution

to find an alignment between the different interests of the board members. The problem does not only occur as a result of the ch...

Defining Civilization and Explaining Liberalism and Realism

The geographical aspect has been argued as one that is essential, as all civilizations may be located in a map (Braudel and Mayne,...

A Leaflet Explaining the Impact of Mandated Nurse to Patient Ratios in the Health Industry

nurse to patient ratio in California. In 1992 and 1993 the California Nurses Association has sponsored the Democratic Senator Jack...

Can "Laziness" Explain Poverty in America?

to cast the issue as a moral wrong is entirely fraudulent: the system is there to be used by those having difficulty finding work,...

Communication: Gramsci's Hegemony

grand and far-reaching; that every form of media can readily influence those they inform speaks to the level of ideological contro...

Explaining Rising Profits But a Fall in Return on Capital Invested

have been deducted (sometimes this may be before tax, it may also be after tax), and dividing this by the revenue and presenting i...

Explaining Present Value Calculations

This 3 page paper examines the way that some present values can be calculated, talking the student through questions that they hav...

Explaining TCP/IP Telecommunications Protocol

In six pages this paper discusses how TCP/IP was developed and used and also considers its Internet role. Four sources are listed...

Capitalism Explained

In five pages this paper considers how the concept of capitalism mght be explained to 15th century people by a time traveler. Two...

Rape in the United States Explained

is that a rapist by description is often a sex-starved, crazy or drunken, disgusting man who surprises women in the night (1997). ...

Explaining Iran's Nuclear Position Using Structuralism

are agency and structure. This is reflected in the well known quote from Marx, people make history but not in conditions of their ...

Sociology and Why Human Behavior Cannot be Explained by Common Sense

become the individuals they do, noting that a combination of genetic and environmental influences mark the two most significant as...

Guatemala's 1954 Coup Explained

In eight pages Guatemala's 1954 CIA orchestrated coup is explained in a review of Piero Gleijeses' Shattered Hope. Seven sources ...

PERSUADING AND EXPLAINING: OBTAINING A RAISE

An employee raise is probably the farthest thing from her mind. Heres how such a persuasion might be presented....

Neoliberal, Radical and Transformationalist Approaches to Explain the Way Globalization Impacts on Culture

as embracing more than simply the practice of international trade. A useful definition comes from Lubber and Koorevaar, (1998) who...

Oedipus Explained

concerned for his people; self-regarding but caring. This paper answers several questions about him and his actions in the play. D...

Explaining DNRs

agent, such as an adult child or another proxy. In recent years, the DNR has been included in the Physicians Orders for Life Susta...

Explaining the Sagging Jeans of Generation X

In seven pages white America's sagging jeans' trend is chronicled from inside prisons to external society in both the suburbs and ...

Explaining the Increase in Marijuana Use

is a part and parcel of a recent fashion trend along with fuzzy lamps and tie-dyed tee shirts. Everyone sporting a hat with a leaf...

Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 Explained by Philosophy and Science

mans attention. After running in fear from Jezebel, the Lord attracted Elijahs attention by using an earthquake. (1 Kings 19:11,...

Explaining Utility Maximization with the Use of Indifference Curves

link between the value of labor input and price of a good (Marx, 1999). The problem with this approach is the way in which it as s...