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Technology and Batteries

of consumer electronics, expectation of the EV [electric vehicles] and problems of large-scale electricity storage and distributio...

Shakespeare in Cinema

as simplistic because it stars an action hero (Mad Max becomes Mad Hamlet) and cuts several scenes and all long speeches. Of cours...

Modern State and Globalization

community? Or by participation in the issues of a community? Where does one draw the line? As the basic premise of democratic gove...

Traditional and Modern Medicine

was sometimes stronger, sometimes weaker depending on the individual. Over the counter medicines do not offer this flexibility. ...

Nursing Theory, a Comparison

p. 144). Each has value, but each exists with a paradox. The more abstract theories are more easily generalized, but more diffic...

Public and Political Bargaining in the Contemporary Presidency

of the presidential office, inasmuch as media influence is fundamentally based upon the element of perception. Contemporary presi...

Premier Modern Painter Edouard Manet

the nineteenth century, painting was characterized by "flights of imagination" and "academic glorifications of the heroic past" (F...

Facing Mt. Kenya by Jomo Kenyatta

understands their deep significance to the people who have practiced them since birth. This provides a personal perspective that ...

Overview of Security Fraud and Protection

beating the clock and waiting in long lines are becoming a thing of the past. There is no question that the concept of Electronic...

Modern and Postmodern Sociology Issues

expressed in a direct cause and effect relationship. Also, the function need not be positive or nurturing. Certainly, Durkheim w...

The Transformation of China in Modern Times

for China to modernize, inasmuch as the fundamental essence of modernization is to improve upon what has existed in the past. The...

Modern Social Stratification and Theory of Karl Marx

(the proletariat,) and the termination of class-based society. Marxist demanded communal property in the place of private propert...

Neoclassical Consumption Theory and Modern Society

dont know what they are going to buy while they are here, but they do know they will get a bargain." This buying attitude is not ...

Fraser's Rebuliding the Extended Family

by telling them how they can become entrepreneurs without fear of their color holding them back. Fraser is one who is not afraid ...

Budgeting and Credit Management in Contemporary Society

manage credit more accurately. Managers can examine alternative strategies and total impact on the enterprise, before they make c...

Family Systems of China

In seven pages traditional and contemporary Chinese families are compared in terms of marriage customs, power according to gender,...

Culture of Contemporary Greece

In ten pages this research paper examines modern Greece's culture in a consideration of tradition, ritual, religion, language, eth...

Contemporary Patriarchy

In eleven pages this paper examines the modern patriarchy in a consideration of Somalia. Eight sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Post Apartheid Sociopolitical Changes in South Africa

In eight pages Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela is used in this examination of modern South Africa and the political and soc...

Economic Considerations in Management

An eight page assertion that economics iare a primary consideration in modern day corporate management. This paper contains sever...

Past Cultural Beliefs and the China of Today

to be protectionist and isolationist, but each finally conceded to allow the foreigners at least some presence within their border...

Analytical Reaction to a Visit to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art

'Street Light' by Giacomo and 'Departure' by Max Beckmann are the focus of this analytical reaction paper on a visit to the Metrop...

Recent Developments and Trends in Architectural Criticism and Theory

In a paper consisting of eight pages the concept of 'modern' is defined and related to social theory with a consideration of works...

Austerism Philosophy and Adolf Loos' Art

In seven pages the modern austerism philosophy is applied to 4 sites designed by Adolf Loos. Five sources are cited in the biblio...

Functional Changes and Twentieth Century Architecture

This paper examines modern architecture and compares the changes in both form and function seen in the twentieth century compared ...

Modern Architecture, Art Nouveau, and Otto Wagner

In eight pages this paper examines Otto Wagner's role in the art nouveau movement of modern architecture. There are 5 sources cit...

Myths and Society

the first book of the Bible, of Noah and his ark. No scientist today would admit that a flood could ever have covered the whole E...

Modern Medicine and Reproductive Technology

In five pages this paper discusses modern medicine in a consideration of reproductive issues associated with surrogate motherhood,...

Picasso, Braque and Cubism

Cubism had an enormous influence on modern art and artists. This paper discusses the work of Picasso, Braque, Leger, Uecker, Ducha...

Thailand and Modernity

In five pages this paper examines the evolution of modernity in Thailand from the early modern era until today. Five sources are ...