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13 Apr 2015
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Rent Control - Renters' rights, the basics

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The desired benefits of rent control include protection of tenants from exploitation by the property owners. For example, due to the incidence of unequal bargaining power between the property owners and the tenants, property owners often have many alternatives while job placement and convenience...

13 Apr 2015
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Realism Vs German Expressionism

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Art is a form of expression. Artists express themselves in many ways, including literary works and paintings (Finkelstein 71). This paper will focus on paintings as a form of expression. In addition, the Genres of realism and German expressionism will be compared to each other and contrasted....

13 Apr 2015
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Rapid Economic Development in China

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

China is among the fastest growing economies in the world. The rate of economic and political growth in China is so great that it has threatened world order. For example, the Chinese economy has overtaken all European economies and is catching up with the United States at a fast rate. This paper...

13 Apr 2015
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Reconstruction of the Parthenon temple

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

The Parthenon is a temple that was constructed in honor of the goddess Athena in ancient Greece. It is situated on a rocky mount in Athens called the acropolis. The original temple was constructed about two thousand five hundred years ago. Its construction commenced in 447 BC when the Athenians...

13 Apr 2015
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Power - The Earthsea trilogy

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Power is considered one of the most desirable human traits. People all over the world strive for power, they fight for it and they work for it. However, literature suggests that the quests for power are not as attractive as human senses make it to be. One of the reasons why power is so appealing...

13 Apr 2015
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On Mao Zedong: a Chinese Icon

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Mao Zedong was a leader in the transformation of China into a communist nation. He was influenced by the predominant conditions in the country and the increasing inferiority of the country compared to others. In addition, he sought to eradicate the problem of social inequalities in china as well...

13 Apr 2015
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Professional Roles and Leadership in nursing

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Legal differences: these two perform differently because they have different jurisdiction. For example, it is the obligation of the regulatory authority to set the minimum requirements for nursing qualification. The professional authority on the other hand ensures that these regulations are...

13 Apr 2015
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Civilization and Its Dissatisfactions - Western Culture Review

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Luther was dissatisfied with the role of the church in controlling knowledge and dictating the efforts that people had to make to be considered clean in religion, he wrote the first bible in German and used the printing press to reproduce it for the masses. The effects of the work of Luther was...

13 Apr 2015
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Legalization of marijuana and its impacts

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

Today, there are many calls for the legalization of drugs, particularly marijuana. The campaigns are all around, from the Hollywood movies to the popular Jamaican dance hall music. The popularity of this genre of films implies that the society is ready for the legalization of the drug. In...

13 Apr 2015
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Local Emergency Preparedness

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Disasters are a natural part of life. The history of humankind is littered with major catastrophes that altered the change of history. These catastrophes sometimes have devastating effects and show the weaknesses of the response teams put in place to mitigate them. In recent history, two events...

10 Apr 2015
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Leading and managing remotely

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Management of human resources is a very dynamic concept whose excision requires a delicate touch. Human resource refers to the mass of staff within an organization. It is from the synergistic effect of these members that the organization is able to formulate a vision, develop strategies and...

10 Apr 2015
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How to get over the differences and conflicts between cultures?

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Culture is a specific set of attitudes and perception that direct the way a community lives. There are very many cultural groups and orientations in the world today. These groups are based on specific homogenous attitudes or values shared by a community. From the definition, the factors may...

10 Apr 2015
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Dictatorships - Human Rights

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Violations of human rights are a common feature in forced rule. In the book A Lexicon of Terror, the author shows the methods used to create to empower the illegitimate leaderships and suppress their opposition. The book also proceeds to show how in these regimes, violations of human rights are...

10 Apr 2015
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Thesis Statement and Outline on John 8:1-11

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The script (although this would imply a bias already to its validity) is an account of a woman who was caught by the Scribes and the Pharisees committing an act of adultery and brought before Jesus. They present case as a legal issue seeking precedence from the directions of Moses that the...

10 Apr 2015
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Formal and Contextual elements about Holocaust

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The Holocaust was the period of the World War 11 which caused various negative effects on the involved countries and its people and especially the Jews. Different authors had to write and publish books that concerned the Holocaust. Among them was Simon Wiesenthal who wrote, “Sunflower”...

10 Apr 2015
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Critical Review, Globalization - Good or Bad

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Globalization refers to increased economic integration as a result of increased trade and investments which then leads to increased movement of people, goods, services, capital, and ideas across the world. The author of the article “Globalization - good or bad?” under review has...

10 Apr 2015
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British Petroleum Company - free market, Sustainable Management Futures

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

The free market theory postulates that there should be numerous participants within the same market engaged in the buying and selling of numerous and varied products. All such producers have the opportunity to take part in production activities and, therefore, share the profits present in...

10 Apr 2015
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Seaton's Japan War Memory

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The stories of World War II remain more alive and widely argued about in Japan than any other of the nations that was a major combatant in the war. Seaton focused on the time between 1972 and 2005 when Japan held the 60th anniversary commemorations. He outlined that Western media generally...

09 Apr 2015
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Israel and Palestine Conflict Essay - Based on Oz and David Grossman Readings

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Understanding the Israel-Palestinian conflict has been one of the most difficult things in the world. However, after reading the books, In the Land of Israel and The Yellow Wind by Amos Oz and David Grossman respectively, one starts to get some insights onto why the conflict began in the first...

09 Apr 2015
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Effective Team and Performance Management

Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies

Teams in regard to management and business organization traverses beyond a mere collection of individuals. Effective team and performance management displays a focus on one motto; people as the skill and performance management as the strategy. Therefore in practice, teams are a congregation of...

08 Apr 2015
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Effect of western powers on the Middle Eastern states Studies

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The prevailing issues concerning health, education and labor within the Middle East are as a direct result of historical influence-and by extension design-of Western nations dating as far back as the Napoleonic wars. The origins osf these states were primarily after World War 1 through two main...

08 Apr 2015
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Future of US Foreign Policy

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

America has been enjoying complete global domination for quite a while now. There is no other country on earth that has been able to do that; ever. For about 50 years, America has been the strongest in terms of its economy, its military might, as well as the cultural power it holds over the other...

08 Apr 2015
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Porter's five force model analysis

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

Porter's five forces model was made by Michael Porter in 1980 as a technique for industry analysis. An industry consists of a group of firms which are involved in the production of commodities which are close substitutes for one another. Essentially the five forces model provides corporations...

08 Apr 2015
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Morrisons Bandar - Strategic Management

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

First and foremost, the supermarket has ownership of 89% of the portfolio of its store. As a result, the takeover threat it is exposed to is less significant, and it has greater security when it comes to its investors. Another thing is that Morrison's property, equipment and plant assets value is...

08 Apr 2015
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Sustainability Law in Australia

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Breaking Basin Aquifers Downunder Ltd (BBAD) and Heisenberg Inc. which was directly involved in fracking at Green Acres would be liable for prosecution for pollution of water under the provision of Article 38, and Article 39, sub-section (1), and sub-section (5) of the Environmental Protection...

08 Apr 2015
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Achieving Universal Primary Education in China

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

This paper explores China's trajectory towards achieving universal primary education by tracing the historical foundations of educational inequalities between rural and urban China to the period before the formation of the People's Republic of China, when the national government only supported...

07 Apr 2015
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Using the Disk Head Simulator application

Case study - 9 pages - Educational studies

Secondary storage is a very significant component of a computer's operating environment. It provides an important large storage space that can permanently hold systems software and any other desired user data. Secondary storage can also be utilized as a backup to ensure that the computer system...

07 Apr 2015
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Ergonomics and Workplace Psychology

Case study - 3 pages - Psychology

The Musculoskeletal disorders lead to disabilities in places of work. The statistics by the government show that these disorders were responsible for a quarter of benefits from incapacity claims in the United Kingdom. This high occurrence of MSD has been confirmed with published research. For...

07 Apr 2015
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Dance - Diversity and Inclusion

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Dance in its simplest form is a means of self-expression. It is varied, unique and ever evolving. As a matter of fact, dance forms, and serves a very integral part in a people's culture. It can be attributable to a particular people who in turn may relate to specific events and occurrences within...

07 Apr 2015
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Gilbane Gold Ethical Model - Analysis

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

It is a case about an engineer that is at cross roads on what is best between ethics, and profession. There is reiteration of acting as an employee who is good and the sense of being ethically sound. There are two situations in this case that touches on ethics. The first being blowing of whistles...