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10 Mar 2015
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Middle Eastern Studies

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The last century, particularly after World War 2, has witnessed high levels of conflict and warfare within the Middle East(Richards and Waterbury 345). The most predominant and extended conflict is that of the Arab-Israeli conflict which has born five major wars and is still at play even unto...

10 Mar 2015
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Colon Free Trade Zone

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

In recent years, numerous governments about the globe have sought to provide financial incentives to investors. These incentives are tailored to attract investment and the growth of trade and thus benefit the local people. One of the methods they are currently applied to attract investment is the...

10 Mar 2015
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Conservation Plan for the Javan Rhino

Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies

The Javan Rhino, scientific name Rhinoceros Sondaicus, is one of the most threatened species in the world today. Today, there are less than 50 individual members of the Javan Rhino species in the world. There is a trend of change that have threatened all species of the Rhinoceroses in the world...

06 Mar 2015
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Is Madness prior to the enlightenment understood in principally religious terms?

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

Way back before Enlightenment God was like sunrise. Choosing the path of God was seen as a way of having all human questions answered and accompanied problems solved amicably. Christianity had its feet on the Bible as a way of knowing God. Bibles were Holy books from which people got the relevant...

06 Mar 2015
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Video Observation and Reflection task

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Different community groupings have been used in the lesson as is evidenced by the black kid, others having Chinese backgrounds while others western. A total of thirty learners took part in the learning. Different students have been used in the lesson. This is necessary in ensuring that the...

06 Mar 2015
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Personal Trainer - Research

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

This paper aims at pointing out the importance of a personal trainer as he or she is an acknowledged individual in the lives of many. A personal trainer plays a major role in the daily lives of many people. The study also points out the advancement levels of a personal trainer, which are the...

06 Mar 2015
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Utilizing Database Performance Using DB column storage

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

This paper seeks to discuss how databases can perform with DB column storage techniques. Over the past few years, databases systems running on column stores have been discussed and so much attention paid to them. In retrospect, column stores are used to store each and every database table column...

03 Mar 2015
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Traits common to mankind throughout the world

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

One trait common to humankind is speech. The voice box or the larynx sits lower within the throat in people than in chimps. This factor enables human speech. The ancestors of human evolved roughly 350, 000 years ago with a descended larynx (Jolly, 2001). We have a descended hyoid bone that is not...

03 Mar 2015
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Verna Kirkness

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

Kirkness has received varied and numerous awards for her contribution and impact to Aboriginal education for the past four decades (Castellano & Lahache, 2000). Verna Jane Kirkness was born in 1935 in Manitoba's Fisher Reserved attended the Manitoba Normal School. She graduated in 1957 with a...

02 Mar 2015
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The Effects of M&A on SMEs Lending

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

Most of the mergers and acquisitions that we have had are an outcome of various economic factors that proved favorable such as escalating in the GDP, fiscal policies, macroeconomic setting and higher interest rates (Wang, 2007). The factors do not only affect the M & A process but also have a...

27 Feb 2015
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Problems in the Way Poor People Talk about Education

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

The phrase “Education is the key to success” is a common theme in many schools in the developing countries. The theme illustrates important things about the perception of people in the developing country towards education. While the relevance of the theme is directing efforts towards...

27 Feb 2015
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Problems in How the African American Community Talk About Themselves

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Racial discrimination has been among the biggest problems to the American society. After the civil rights movement, the law provided a platform for racial equality in the country. However, almost fifty years later, the society is characterized by big differences between the racial groups. The...

27 Feb 2015
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Public Administration - Possibility of good regulatory government

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Public administration follows the bureaucratic model. The implication is that there are hierarchies that influence the decision making process in public administration. Therefore, the decision makers in public administration are at the top of the bureaucratic models (Croley, 2008). However, there...

27 Feb 2015
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Good Bye, Columbus'-Brenda's Development

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

One of the themes of social life in the contemporary times is family. Family is held in such high regard that in most songs and movies, the people who turn their backs on their families are considered villains. There is also an emphasis on love over money and freedom of expression. At the end of...

27 Feb 2015
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Security and Risk Management - IT Database security

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The IT infrastructure of the organization makes it susceptible to external intrusions. For example, there are more than 1000 access points with no security awareness programs and no deployed security software programs or reporting to protect the access points. In addition, there is need for...

27 Feb 2015
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Death and fear

Case study - 7 pages - Educational studies

When trying to understand the meaning of death and the fear that people feel about it, you can understand some of the psychological changes that the individual may come to feel an intensive care unit. This topic will address the theme of death by two authors: Kovács and Feifel. In his work on...

19 Feb 2015
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In search of excellence - advanced organizational behavior

Case study - 5 pages - Psychology

“In Search of Excellence” is a well-known book published in 1982 by Peters and Waterman and has been considered a fundamental book in the business world (Thomas & Robert, 1982). It has been read and recommended by some of the biggest businesses in the planet who have borrowed some of...

19 Feb 2015
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Effect of Motivation on Exercise Adherence among Obese Women

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Women exercise for a variety of reasons that may range from enjoyment to the maintenance of good physical well-being. Many women blame the weather, lack of time, lack of energy and lack of motivation. Some of these sources are external and we may not have much control over. But most of them are...

19 Feb 2015
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Effect of color on mood

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Color is an aspect of life that has been present with humanity since its inception. As such, the two aspects are often so delicately intertwined to the extent that the mere presence of color can have significant effects on a human being. Researchers and psychologists have over time studied the...

19 Feb 2015
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Hybrid Vehicles - Upgrading an Old Company System

Case study - 7 pages - Educational studies

Hybrid vehicles could significantly change the outlook of the motor industry owing to the numerous benefits that it offers to the environment. Being that it utilizes a smaller engine, it is better that the usual petrol based engines because it allows for greater fuel economy. In addition, it has...

19 Feb 2015
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Are Consumers Interested In Ingredients? - Horse Meat Scandal, Europe

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

Time and again, most consumers purchase items from the shops including groceries and other food products without considering the ingredients that make up the food product or the grocery. However, recent findings and scandals regarding ready-made food and grocery, most notably, the horse-meat...

19 Feb 2015
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Efficiency of Clustering Algorithms - Large Biological Data Bases

Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies

Today, protein sequences are more than one million (Sasson et al., 2002) and as such, there is need in bioinformatics for identifying meaningful patterns for the purposes of understanding their functions. For a long time, protein and gene sequences have been analyzed, compared and grouped using...

19 Feb 2015
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Catholic Identity and Culture of the Australian Catholic Schools

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

The Catholic identity is centred on the presentation of the person of Jesus Christ with his call to repent and believe. It also espouses crucifixion Christianity which leads to the call to believe that everyone stands under the last fourthings of death and judgement, heaven and hell. As a...

19 Feb 2015
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Western Lowland gorillas in zoos

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Throughout history, facilities that exhibit wild animals to the public have always existed. The term zoo was first coined by newspapers in 1847 to describe the Clifton zoo and has since been used to describe confinement facilities for displaying animals to the public. The United Kingdom has been...

19 Feb 2015
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The Great Depression and the New Deal - published: 19/02/2015

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

When he was inaugurated as the president of the US, Franklin D. Roosevelt decided to make an assessment of the huge damage that prevailed in the country. The assessment pertained to the withered leaves that pertained to the industrial enterprise; inability of farmers to gather markets for their...

19 Feb 2015
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IP Strategy for Greentech Ltd in the area of Low Carbon Technology

Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies

Modern businesses cannot survive if they are unable to create, exploit, while at the same time ensure that Intellectual Property (IP) is protected; R&D efforts would be compromised, as well. In addition to the expertise provided by professionals, it is nowadays important for organizations to have...

19 Feb 2015
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Game theory - Can Game Theory Predict Unique Game Outcome

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

oligopolistic markets. Game theory illustrates that the cooperation between two players, and not competition, yields a more beneficial outcomes to both players. Mainly, games such as Battle of Sexes, Prisoners Dilemma, and so on have been investigated by researchers. However, there have been very...

19 Feb 2015
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Bullfighting - Death in the afternoon

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

“Furthermore what the crowd honors is the victor, tossing him flowers and gifts, which he gracious returns, so that it may become a victory of all those watching him and recognizing themselves in it” (Barthes, 2007). This is a very interesting paragraph from ‘bullfighting' by...

18 Feb 2015
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Over-Education in the Graduate Labor Market

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

This paper discusses the issue of over-education in reference to the labor market in UK. In addition, enough evidence have been provided to show the impacts of graduates' over-education and how they are treated in the labor market in relation to the returns they receive and the expected return....

18 Feb 2015
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Moving toward Men-streaming Development

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Men have always been known to exercise power socially over women. This is as a result of how gender has been socialized in various regions and communities. It has hence resulted to discrimination, inequalities and women subordination in all major activities. This issue seems to be ignored so much...