Privacy protection and copyright issues in networks and on the internet
Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism
Copyright and censorship are access control issues, concerned with limiting access to some information to people in a particular group. In the former case, the group consists of people who have paid for the bits in question; in the latter, they meet some other criterion. Privacy is largely an...
Fatigue life comparisons of the manufacturing processes for a steering knuckle
Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism
The Paper describes a vehicle steering knuckle under time-varying load during its service life.Fatigue behavior is, therefore, a key consideration in its design and performance evaluation. This paper is aimed at assessing fatigue life and compare fatigue performance of steering knuckles made from...
Edward Cullen and his To-Be-Looked-At-Ness: Reversal of the cinematic gaze in Twilight
Thesis - 6 pages - Film studies
Twilight is the unabashedly melodramatic, vampire-meets-girl love story of Edward Cullen and Bella Swan, and despite its clear success it still seems to be strange material for the first huge literary phenomenon of the twenty-first century. The author Stephenie Meyer has a tendency towards the...
The influential music of Puerto Rico
Thesis - 6 pages - Journalism
The music of Puerto Rico is more than a positive or negative influence, though it is more of a reflection of self, of emotion, and the lifestyles of the more poor than famous. This music, being partially responsible for the influences of the Spanish and as well as the American culture, has...
Nikki S. Lee's artistic agency in senior's project
Case study - 5 pages - Arts and art history
Of all the photographs displayed in the Tang's viewing room, Nikki S. Lee's Senior's Project (13) was definitely one that I initially overlooked while surveying the set of original photographs the Tang owns. At first glance, the photograph did not seem very compelling, particularly in terms of...
Smoke in mirrors: Reconsidering the Gestapo
Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism
perfection of the totalitarian police state. So perfect and awesome in their ability to conduct surveillance on German mass society, many historians have described the Gestapo as an omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent apparatus of the Nazi regime. Under the guise of this perfect totalitarian...
Automatic parking systems: PLC and SCADA
Dissertation - 41 pages - Journalism
Automatic parking systems are a contemporary answer to the increasing number of cars and the limited number of free space available for purposes, especially in city areas. Savings in construction volume of up to 50% is characteristic for automatic parking systems based on their compact warehouse...
Comparison between radial and nylon tires
Dissertation - 35 pages - Journalism
MRF limited is the largest producer of tires with a 22% market share. Over 95% of its revenues comes from tires. It has six plants spread over south India. MRF derives almost all of its revenue from the sale of automobile tires, automobile tubes, tread rubber and pre-cured treads. A Small portion...
Noel Gallagher: God or Oasis
Thesis - 3 pages - Arts and art history
British rocker Noel Gallagher is one of the greatest singer songwriter from England in the last twenty years. Gallagher has been the lead guitarist and primary songwriter for the band Oasis since it was founded in 1992. During the seventeen years of the band's presence in the music scene, Oasis...
Grey cotton fabrics
Thesis - 7 pages - Journalism
Although the synthetic fibers have dominated the textile market, consumers still have a preference towards cotton. Today cotton can be manufactured but the natural merits obtained in cotton cultivated in different areas of the country cannot be underestimated. A number of research studies report...
Problems facing the radio, TV, and print media
Thesis - 4 pages - Journalism
[Some News Shows are] much like the story of the vendor outside the bullfight selling “Hot Meat Pies”. A customer bought one and bit into it - and found nothing but cold dough.“There must be some mistake,” the customer complained, pointing to the sign. “No, senor,”...
Nuit Blanche: Paris 2007
Case study - 23 pages - Journalism
In 2002, Christophe Girard, deputy major in charge of the culture suggested to Bertrand Delanoe, mayor of Paris, to create an artistic course devoted to the contemporary art for a whole night in Paris. It was imagined by Jean Blaise, the creator of the festival ‘The lit ‘(‘switched...
Comparison between Edgar Degas and Edward Hopper's approach to nudes
Thesis - 4 pages - Arts and art history
American art of the 20th century is richer than one can think. The Ash can school, cubism, precisionism , biomorphism etc... One of the big movements was regionalism, of which Edward Hopper was a leader. But people often forget that Hopper not only painted landscapes, street scenes and light but...
Buying cakes and sodas for a party in an orphanage in Cambodia with a very limited budget
Thesis - 7 pages - Journalism
In November 2006, I went to Cambodia for 2 months as a volunteer for a French NGO called ASPECA Enfants d'Asie. I spent more than one month in one orphan center in Battambang in the north west of Cambodia, not far from the border with Thailand. My principal mission was to conduct an audit of the...
Newsweek's coverage of the news in Africa: (November 2006 - January 2007)
Thesis - 4 pages - Journalism
Newsweek is an American weekly magazine of news and commentary, published in New York City. In 2005, the magazine reported a national audience of more than 20 million; worldwide, its audience numbered almost 26 million in more than 190 countries. The magazine was founded in 1933. In 1937, Malcolm...
"Laundry Terror": The laundries in Sweden
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
For most exchange students their first experience in the laundry room is one of confusion and bewilderment. What is the sign up sheet for? It is only after we are taught by someone that we are able to adhere by the laundry rules. There was one story in particular that inspired us to choose...
To what extend should contemporary Western governments be able to regulate journalists in times of conflict?
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
The 3rd of May is the day for the freedom of the press. It had been created by the UNESCO to defend the freedom of expression of journalists, but this fundamental right is being flouted everywhere. The freedom of the press is mentioned in every constitution of the western countries, with respect...
Profile of a leader: Nicolas Sarkozy
Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism
Nicolas Sarkozy de Nagy Bocsa was born in Paris on the 28th of January 1955; he is the son of Paul Sarkozy de Nagy Bocsa a Hungarian immigrant who fled the Red army in 1944, and Andree Mallah a jurist of Jewish origin native from Salonica in Greece. At the age of four, he is abandoned by his...
Concentration/evaporation of the juices - published: 17/05/2009
Thesis - 9 pages - Journalism
The fruit juice processing industry is one of the world's major agro-based businesses. Orange juice is the dominant juice trade worldwide. Juice is a liquid naturally contained in vegetable or fruit tissue. Juice may be supplied in concentrate form. Generally, concentrates have a noticeably...
The Jewish shabbat
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
Shabbat begins on Wednesday just before sunset and lasts till the following Saturday when we can see the first star. Of course there are some tables with all the hours, called lou'hot, made by rabbinic authority. It is forbidden to work on Shabbat and that's why it is the official rest day in...
How George Frederick Handel composed the "Hallelujah" Chorus
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
The text is a collective prayer to celebrate the resurrection and the future of our world. The kingdom of Earth is becoming the kingdom of the Lord; in other words the domination of God has to take the place off the domination of Men. The word Hallelujah means “the Lord be praised”: it...
The scapegoat
Thesis - 6 pages - Journalism
Traditionally, a scapegoat was a goat that was led away in the wilderness, for the Day of Atonement in Judaism, Yom Kippur. That rite was described in the Bible. Christian theology is a symbolic prefiguration of the sacrifice of Jesus who offered his own life to take the sin of the world on his...
Cross-reference study on the notion of "Leadership"
Thesis - 16 pages - Journalism
Joan of Arc's public career lasted only for two years but her history has come down through the ages, so that each year, her courage is praised on May 1st. Why is this sixteen-year-old girl engraved in our memory in such an unforgettable way? Answering to this question amounts to go over her...
John Rawls and the Republicanism
Thesis - 6 pages - Journalism
1989 was an outstanding year for the spread of liberty. In an article published during the summer, Francis Fukuyama comments on this new, remarkable victory of liberal democracy, and predicts “the End of History” as its consequence. Not only has his thesis been abruptly challenged in...
Blogs and information in Italy
Thesis - 6 pages - Journalism
Democracy is not reducible to the regular election of national representatives through an equitable voting process. In its most demanding version, it actually has to guarantee to everyone the same access to information, to be “a genuine struggle for knowledge”, to quote the Genoese...
How can corruption occur in a democracy as France? Analysis through the ELF scandal
Thesis - 9 pages - Journalism
The Elf scandal started in 1994 with an ordinary trial of the dubious conditions in which Elf oil company and the Crédit Lyonais funded Bidermann's textile firm. This financial bail-out turned out to be a tremendous embezzlement scandal. ELF's executive officers misused their company assets for...
Judgment: How winning leaders make great calls? By Noel M. Tichy and Warren G. Bennis
Book review - 6 pages - Journalism
“With good judgment, little else matters. Without it, nothing else matters,” said Noel M. Trichy in the foreword of the book. The book is must-read for current leaders as well as future leaders. This framework can help anyone who runs a small team or a big corporation. It gives keys to...
What do you hear or perceive as the expressive narrative of the third movement of Beethoven's Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 #2 and how does the music create that narrative?
Thesis - 4 pages - Arts and art history
Composed in 1800-1801, called Moonlight by the poet Ludwig Rellstab, the sonata Op. 27 #2 became one of the most famous of Beethoven's pieces almost immediately after its publication. It continues to fascinate the audience by the lyrical and dramatic first movement contrasting with the virtuoso...
Differences between the instructions on beauty products across nations: France and Britain
Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism
Initially I didn't have any idea about the topic I wanted to talk about, but realizing that I had purchased many beauty products in Ireland and that I used to read its directions, I decided to take more of an interest in it. I just thought it was pretty funny to read these instructions without...
Designing a centrifugal pump for agricultural purposes
Thesis - 7 pages - Journalism
The purpose of this project was to calculate the dimensions of a centrifugal pump, for a determined application, to write a report and then to make an oral presentation, in English, to an auditorium. Therefore, this is a complete project from the choice of the specifications with documented...
