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11 Feb 2013
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The separability doctrine

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The separability doctrine, also called the severability doctrine, states that an arbitration clause is separable from the main contract underlying it, and can thereby survive any successful challenge to the latter. This doctrine has been incorporated into numerous international arbitration...

06 Feb 2013
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The simplest shape of meditation

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

It is known that animals in breathing longer time (the time for a single draw and exhalation) live longer. While the animals using a shorter time to breathe, to live more simply. It is interesting to note that the character and health of a person is an exact reflection of the pattern in...

04 Feb 2013
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How important is innovation in obtaining sustainable performance?

Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies

Economic globalization has promoted the increase of goods and services in the different parts of the world. These previous regions, which were unrelated from one another, are now linked thanks to the different companies that have entered. Today, companies from North America may be competing with...

28 Jan 2013
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Comminution behavior of porous and nonporous minerals

Case study - 30 pages - Educational studies

Grinding operation represents an important cost factor in mineral processing plant. At least 50 to 70 of the total energy is consumed in the process of grinding and 97 of energy input for grinding is consumed wastefully, as heat and sound, while a minuscule 1 of the input is consumed in creating...

27 Jan 2013
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Analysis of armed conflicts Mr Cook - The Six-Day War

Case study - 10 pages - Educational studies

Seen as an ineffaceable trauma for Arabs and a poisoned victory for Israel, the Six-Day War has been a strategic moment in the history of the Middle East. Before developing the topic, a brief reminder of the previous Israeli-Arab relations is necessary to better situate and understand what led to...

23 Jan 2013
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Altering the reality of images

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Go to your local supermarket and walk to the magazine aisle. Pick up a magazine and study its cover. The woman on the front cover stares back at you—her eyes bright, teeth whitened complexion flawless and her waist slim. Allow me to continue to mention that her arms are small and her legs...

23 Jan 2013
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Defining the other and its representation in media and stereotyping

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

The Other. The two words alone sound like some sort of 1980s cult classic horror-thriller film. However, let us not get too caught up with it, or go off on a wild tangent for that matter. The Other is a somewhat vague/under-explained theory laced throughout the last chapter of John Durham...

23 Jan 2013
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A more neutral gender

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Life presents a multitude of choices. These vary from deciding what time to get up in the morning, where to attend university, or even what cake flavor one wants for one's birthday. These choices seem petty and society is not affected. Sometimes when an individual is presented with a choice, he...

15 Jan 2013
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The image and icon of California

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

California is symbolic of its title as “the Golden State”. Ironically, it is not the state that yields the most gold in terms of precious metal production. What California does represent is golden sunlight, natural treasures from the snowy mountains to endless coastline, and a breadth...

07 Jan 2013
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The hippie counterculture and its impact on the American society

Case study - 7 pages - Educational studies

Throughout the history, the evolution of the United States of America has been marked by numerous social and cultural movements that have influenced the course of important events and have helped shape what we know today as one of the most powerful, influential and complex countries in the world....

20 Dec 2012
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Answers in Genesis

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

When one imagines a dinosaur, one usually picture ferocious killing machines that once ruled the earth, but that has gone extinct a few dozen million years ago. Creationist Ken Ham believes the image to be propaganda created by evolutionists, and is contrary to what Christians believe. So what...

20 Dec 2012
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Hypothetical case study: Assessment and intervention of a nine-year-old African-American boy with oppositional defiant disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Case study - 8 pages - Psychology

I have decided to examine a child dealing with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (impulsive type) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. I have decided to portray the role of a member of a Therapeutic Support Staff (TSS) and Behavior Specialist in dealing with this child. The hypothetical TSS...

20 Dec 2012
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Nuts and bolts notebook

Case study - 18 pages - Educational studies

Structure of the Business -Broadway, Off-Broadway, and the bulk of major regional theatres cast out of New York -All pilots will cast in NYC, even if they then fly you elsewhere -More and more movies are filming in NYC -The ability for self-production is thriving and expensive Los Angeles...

20 Dec 2012
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Temple grandin video

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

Temple Grandin is an activist, a professor, a doctor of animal science, a researcher, an environmentalist, and a renowned public speaker. Temple Grandin is also diagnosed with a high functioning level of autism. Grandin grew up facing a lot of adversity and conflict as a result of her disorder,...

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,...

23 Nov 2012
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Gender inequality in the workplace: One of America's many workplace challenges

Case study - 4 pages - Psychology

What does the number 60,743 mean to you? Most people wouldn't be able to place this number off the top of their head. According to the author of The Face of Discrimination, by Vincent J. Roscigno, that is the number of cases of sex and racial discrimination cases of employment. (15). These are...