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20 Dec 2012
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The benefit and detriment of siblings to child development

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

There is no question that siblings are a large part of many people's lives. Approximately 80% of children raised in developed countries have at least one brother or sister (Howe 2006). Barring tragedy and severe estrangement, a sibling is one of the longest relationships a person will ever...

20 Dec 2012
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Extra-pair copulation and menopause

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The likelihood of a female engaging in extra-pair copulation significantly decreases when the female reaches menopause. Women tend to seek male extra-pair copulation partners with the intention of cuckoldry. This can be surmised by the tendency for women to seek extra-pair copulation during...

20 Dec 2012
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Why do human females cheat?

Essay - 2 pages - Educational studies

Humans are, for the most part, monogamous creatures. Arguments can be made in both directions as to whether or not this is an evolved trait, or whether or not it's cultural, but that fact remains that humans across most cultures pair bond into exclusive relationships. The evolutionary adaptive...

12 Dec 2012
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Sample cover letter for social relationships project

Sample letter - 1 pages - Educational studies

I am writing to you because I am interested in your available position of Research Assistant at the Duke Social Relationships Project. I am currently a Junior with internship experience at the Office of Representative Sue Myrick.. I am proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, as...

12 Dec 2012
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A legal perspective on digital property: Laptops in United States customs and border protection

Case study - 29 pages - Educational studies

In this paper we will strive to answer several legal questions regarding the search and seizure of digital property at the United States border by U.S. customs officials. In a hypothetical scenario, a defendant crossed the border with illicit materials such as child pornography saved in a folder...

29 Nov 2012
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Cybernetics: Enhancing the self and society

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Brain implants are the gateway to making high science fiction reality; a technology that can increase the capabilities of human beings, something that can build upon the abilities already inherent and then even add some more. Utopias where mental illnesses don't exist wouldn't need to be read...

29 Nov 2012
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Theory comparison paper

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

The basics of this situation are that two people, Jack and Jill, met through their mutual friend, Brian. Jack and Jill become close friends very quickly and start spending a lot of time together. Eventually, Jack develops romantic feelings for Jill; however, he is afraid to reveal his secret to...

29 Nov 2012
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Alternate modes of personal travel

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Purdue's campus in West Lafayette is trying to achieve something that at this moment in time seems impossible. They are trying to make it a bus-free campus. However, given how public transportation has became a part of life just as much as breathing and eating it is understood that this is a task...

29 Nov 2012
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Privacy is a matter of knowledge

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The idea of companies keeping tabs on us through technology is something that up until a few years ago was reserved solely for conspiracy theorists and science fiction writers. Thoughts that our computers were filming everything we were doing, that vending machines were actually Chinese spy bots,...

29 Nov 2012
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Human augmentation and its impacts on society

Case study - 15 pages - Educational studies

Within this paper, the implications or reasons for supporting human augmentation are discussed. Facts are presented about our current technology that allow for human augmentation, as well as hypothetical reasons why people are for or against future technologies that can make human augmentation...

28 Nov 2012
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Sample curriculum vitae

Sample letter - 1 pages - Educational studies

It is with great pleasure that I write and express to you my interest in your intriguing medical writing opportunity. My hope is that after you read this letter, and review my CV, you will appreciate the unique skills that I possess, and my potential to be an invaluable asset to your company....

26 Nov 2012
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General outline for a targeted cover letter

Sample letter - 1 pages - Educational studies

(Your Contact Info) - Be sure to include your name, address, phone number (Business Info) - Be sure to include the company name, address, phone number if applicable and what department's attention it is going to. Dear Mr./Ms. Last Name: In your opening paragraph yourself and reference the...

26 Nov 2012
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College without a cell phone

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

Students across the United States of America enjoy talking on the phone. This is a known fact. Many students also enjoy texting on the phone to friends, parents and peers. This comes as no surprise to teachers who have caught student's texting their friends, parents and peers multiple times in...

26 Nov 2012
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Strength, pride and soul

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

“They said we could take only what we could carry, so we carried strength, pride, and soul.” This is the introduction to the book, Only What We Could Carry, which talks about the lives of Japanese Americans during the turbulent time of World War Two. With only minutes to pick out what...

26 Nov 2012
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And the ground shook: Natural disasters

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Natural disasters have been occurring since the beginning of time. The earliest recorded natural disaster was recorded in the year 1138 (Willis, 1928). It happened in Syria, Aleppo. An earthquake killed 230,000 men, women and children; and those are just the deaths that we know about (Willis,...

22 Nov 2012
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Environmental quality and concern in selected neighborhoods in Stockholm Municipality

Case study - 15 pages - Educational studies

Three different neighborhoods in Stockholm Municipality were chosen to compare whether lower income groups had less or more concern on the environment than high income neighborhoods. These districts were Ostermalm (High income), Hammarby Sjostad (Middle income) and Rinkeby (low income). These...

16 Nov 2012
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External environment and social responsibilities

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

A big influence on internal business environment is the external environment. No business can choose to ignore the outside factors, if it aims to succeed in the today's corporate world. Corporate culture should embody what it takes to succeed in the environment. If the external environment...

16 Nov 2012
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Smoking case study

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

The article “Illicit Smokes up 25% since tax rise” by Eli Greenblat talks about the effects of increase taxes on the illegal trade and smuggling of cigarettes in Australia. It was published on March 1, 2011; exactly a year after the Australian government increased the taxation on...

08 Nov 2012
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Principal of sociology

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Famous American sociologist C.Wright Mills explored how sociology should be studied by the individual's perspective this is now known as Sociological imagination. According to Exploring Sociology “sociological imagination is defined for the ability to perceive how dynamic social forces...

05 Nov 2012
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Pride of Baghdad: Humans and lions

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Brian Vaughan's Pride of Baghdad tells the story of a pride of lions, escaped from the Baghdad zoo, and the horrors of the humans' war they are suddenly thrown into the middle of. Vaughan uses anthropomorphism to tell the story: each lion has a distinct personality, as do the other animals they...

05 Nov 2012
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Bonobo sex: A review approach

Case study - 9 pages - Educational studies

Primates of the Pan genus belonging to the Hominidae family in the haplorhines that fall under Pan paniscus are commonly known as bonobos, a species that is commonly compared with chimpanzees. Their geographic distribution consists of lowland rainforests and grassland habitats located primarily...

05 Nov 2012
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A fatal attraction: Animal performance in Kafka

Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies

A careful study of some of Franz Kafka's most well-known creatures, and an exploration into the fantastical worlds in which they inhabit, will serve to open up an understanding of them that departs from a human-based appraisal. The pieces up for examination indispensably include his famous...

19 Oct 2012
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Deforestation in Indonesia

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Deforestation in Indonesia has quite a long history and is currently of major national concern. Recent estimates identify the rate of deforestation in Indonesia at between 1.6 million and 2.5 million hectares per year. (Nawir et al 2007 pg 16) While this deforestation is linked to the industries...

18 Oct 2012
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Archaeologies of Gender

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

Anthropology is a field which is constantly evolving and which constantly needs to be checked for proper procedure, language, interpretation, and ethics. In Socio/cultural Anthropology, essays are frequently written to aid anthropologists in remaining neutral and not reporting a biased...

05 Oct 2012
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Corporate governance and ethical responsibility research paper

Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies

One of the top internal stakeholders within a hospital would have to be the actual doctors that run the day to day life of the patients. They make the ultimate decisions in split seconds that can save or lose the life of a patient. Doctors do make a lot of money but they can also be careless if...

05 Sep 2012
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Compare and contrast essay: Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket, two views on the Vietnam war

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

The First and mostly the Second World Wars have been often supported by Hollywood, which produced many propaganda movies. For instance even the classic Casablanca by Michael Curtiz had been shot in order to glorify the French Resistance and the US Army. But during the 1970s, we can observe a real...

26 Jul 2012
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Using the Socio-Ecological method to combat eating disorders

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Community health utilizes the ties between members of varied communities to change behaviors that lead to premature morbidity or mortality. We can use populations to analyze risk factors for those with a certain set of characteristics, but the real goal is to employ the bonds of the community to...

26 Jul 2012
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What factors account for the long-lasting neglect of Women in Public Welfare Systems?

Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies

Today, in Britain's full-time workforce, there is an average 16.4 gap between women and men in their hourly rates of pay . Although it varies across work sectors, the most striking is the 55 gap in the finance sector. In total 64% of the lowest paid workers are women . ‘A' 40 years on...

26 Jul 2012
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Describe the influx of foreign-labor migrants to Europe and the consequences for the welfare state in Western Europe

Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies

In Europe, the second half of the 20th century was a period of major change in all aspects of social life. It was marked by economic, social and demographic changes. Migration movements since 1945 have had an especially marked effect, both on the existing population and on newcomers, which...

28 Jun 2012
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The Copts: more Christian than Egyptian?

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

While it is true that the Middle East is an incredibly diverse area as far as religion is concerned, the Copts represent within Egypt a particular case. Indeed, although today they only represent 10% of the population , Christians claim themselves descendants of the people of ancient Egypt, and...