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05 Oct 2024

The Effect Of Piper betle Extract On The Different Digestive Enzymes And Vitamin C Concentration In The Piper betle Extract

Dissertation - 30 pages - Biology

The centuries-old tradition of chewing Piper betle, an aromatic creeper belonging to the piperaceae family , more commonly referred to as "paan" in India, after every meal has a reason linked to it, the benefits to eating the betel leaf have shown to promote digestion and bring a variety of other...

30 Oct 2024

Reducing Daily Social Media Usage Through Self-Monitoring Techniques

Essay - 4 pages - Psychology

Through this project, I will delve deeper into the concept of self-monitoring and its connection to behavioral transformation. My area of focus will be linked to social media consumption. Self-monitoring is an intervention—more specifically, a self-directing behavior change technique—in...

28 Apr 2023

Practical Guide for an Essay About Guns

Essay - 3 pages - Political science

In the US, a third of the population owns a gun. It is estimated that more 300 k guns are owned in the US. However, each year, guns caused about 30 000 deaths, and among them many suicides. In 2017, more than 400 mass shootings occurred in the USA. In the recent years, many shootings occurred in...

15 Jun 2022

Podcast: Nelson Mandela

Creative writing - 2 pages - Medias

Good morning, London and welcome to BBC radio 4! It is 7AM, and today we will talk about the famous man nicknamed Madiba, who fought against the apartheid in South Africa during his entire life. He was president and he was honored by the Nobel Peace Prize: Nelson Mandela!

15 Jan 2007
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Is the environment an international security issue?

Essay - 4 pages - International relations

The last half of the 20th Century has been exclusively dominated by the Cold war conflict. There was little space in the analysis of the scholars in International relations for other minor issues of “low politics”, while the questions of the nuclear war and balance of terror dominated...

08 Mar 2007
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The main differences between the civil and the common law systems

Thesis - 5 pages - European law

The majority of legal authors divide the legal systems in the world into two mains groups : the common law on the one hand and the civil law on the other hand . The most interesting is that when you try to find definitions for those words, you often find the basic definition and then as a...

02 Aug 2007
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Effects of Gibberellins on Flowering in Grasses

Essay - 3 pages - Biology

For years, man has been trying to find a single chemical that triggers flowering in plants. Although this single chemical has not been found, several of the Gibberellins show promising results as an active florigen - such as GA5 and GA6 and possibly GA1 and GA4. Results have shown that these...

14 Sep 2007
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Social Security

Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Government finance

While the United States was still establishing itself and public debates rage over what the role and duties of their new government should be other countries were fleshing out their own social security legislature. In 1880 the Chancellor of Germany, Otto von Bismarck pressured his government to...

15 Apr 2002
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Affirmative action

Thesis - 7 pages - Sociology & social sciences

In the dictionary, an affirmative Action is said to be an active effort to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups or women. Affirmative action has been the subject of increasing debate and tension in American society. It is an attempt by the United...

18 Sep 2007
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Vitiligo

Presentation - 28 pages - Medical studies

An acquired, slowly progressive depigmenting condition in small or large areas of the skin due to the disappearance of previously active melanocytes Focal (including segmental) vitiligo: 1 to a few scattered macules, occasionally in a dermatomal distribution Generalized vitiligo: Many...

26 Sep 2007
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Drugs, Cigarette Smoking & Alcohol During Pregnancy

Presentation - 26 pages - Medical studies

Teratogenicity has been established for only a few drugs, but many more are still not proved to be safe for use during pregnancy. The physician should have a good reason for prescribing any drug early in pregnancy, or indeed during the last half of the menstrual cycle, when any fertile, sexually...

09 Oct 2007
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Ariel's Levels of Consciousness

Essay - 3 pages - Literature

William Shakespeare's extensive investigation into social life in his earlier plays allowed him to instead focus on the more complex topic of human consciousness, which he pursues through magical inhuman characters, in his final play The Tempest. In his book The Feeling of What Happens, Antonio...

04 Nov 2007
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The Flavor and Sound of Liberation

Essay - 2 pages - Philosophy

The versatile musical functionality of the tabla reflects its utility as an instrument of contemplation. As the rhythmic expression of the drone, the tabla focuses the listener's attention on the present musical moment. From a psychological perspective, “the basis of listening is the...

25 Apr 2008
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The commercialization of the Medical Profession

Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies

With injuries happening daily it is no wonder that the medical field is constantly growing and evolving. This field has actively changed since its early incarnation during the Roman Era in which medicine was based on theory not science (Greig 41). With practices based on theory the profession was...

28 Apr 2008
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An overview of CO2 Sequestration

Presentation - 33 pages - Geology

Climate change is now widely recognised as a long term threat. It is thought that the climate is being changed by the increasing emissions of greenhouse gases, especially CO2, arising from human activities. Useful reductions in CO2 emissions can be achieved by fuel switching and improving...

15 May 2008
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New Zealand Popular Music

Essay - 2 pages - Philosophy

New Zealand rock and pop, while relatively new, are both very exciting and active genres of music. Several artists have found much success in the field over the years, having their music heard through New Zealand and sometimes even throughout Australia, Great Britain, and the United States....

22 May 2008
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It is unethical to use politics within a business organizational setting

Case study - 4 pages - Management

The notion that it is unethical to use politics within a business organizational setting is not one that is without validity. In this context, the word 'unethical' refers to peoples' ability to behave in unacceptable or immoral ways within a business environment. The general point...

30 May 2008
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Too Dumb To Know You're Smart?

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

Since World War II high school students have become increasingly used to government imposed standardized testing: its language, its implications, its impact. Graduation tests and college admissions tests like the SAT are hotly disputed, but the Advanced Placement testing program is a breath of...

06 Jun 2008
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Documentary Analysis: Bowling for Columbine

Essay - 3 pages - Film studies

In the documentaries Bowling for Columbine and Brother's Keeper the filmmakers try to establish certain connections to the audience. Bowling for Columbine focuses on gun control and violence in America. Director Michael Moore uses satire and direct points to get his message across. Brother's...

17 Jun 2008
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A Performance Analysis of the films Harold and Maude and American Beauty (1999)

Essay - 3 pages - Film studies

Over the course of the last three decades American society has taken its fondness of youth and femininity and turned it into an outright obsession. As a direct result of this obsession, women over the age of 35 have been made to feel bad about their bodies, their activity levels, the food they...

09 Sep 2008
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The California wine industry

Essay - 8 pages - Business strategy

Wine is an industry built on status and reputation. As a relative latecomer, the California wine industry has had to fight an uphill battle in the world marketplace for wine. In the US, of course, California wine consumes the overwhelming majority of acreage and consumption, due partially to...

10 Sep 2008
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The breath of God (Acts 2: 1-12)

Essay - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The Jews and all the holy men from all the races in the world residing beneath the heaven were staying in Jerusalem. Once the people were informed of the news about the presence of these holy men in Jerusalem, they gathered together and they set out to the Holy Land. The people who witnessed the...

25 Sep 2008
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World cities: The global north and south

Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The 20th century witnessed the pivotal inauguration of Western expansion, also historically known as the Age of Exploration. The Europeans were the first people to manipulate global affairs to a large extent. Consequently, this period of discoveries, occupations, and colonization put forth a...

13 Oct 2008
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Hiding in the stacks: How U.S media transmit U.S Government lies

Essay - 4 pages - Journalism

The American Government has a wide array of resources available with which they can disseminate information regarding their activities, both at home and abroad. These resources include but are not limited to press secretaries, communications chiefs, and leaked documents that are released...

31 Oct 2008
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How Jazz Musicians inspired a political re-imagining of America

Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The concept of jazz music being truly American art form is both sadly ironic and inspiringly beautiful. Being that the music itself is a direct product of the black experience in America, it is a national symbol that while challenging the nation has come to define it. As Eric Porter describes...

25 Nov 2008
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The historical conditions for the emergence of youth in Italian society

Essay - 5 pages - Modern history

To analyze history is to delve into a world of a complex mixture of social, political, economic, and technological interaction. Indeed, it is these elements that define and furthermore provide some form of a substantive characterization of the civilizations and societal structures that have...

09 Jan 2009
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Extreme right in Belgium

Thesis - 9 pages - Journalism

In September 2006, seventeen people have been arrested in Belgium for allegedly planning attacks aimed at "destabilising" the country's institutions, 10 of these 17 people where soldiers and the federal prosecutor's office said in a statement that they are people with an extreme-right...

09 Jan 2009
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Brasseries Kronenbourg: 1664

Market study - 9 pages - Business strategy

We have chosen the beer 1664 because it is the most famous beer of the brand Kronenbourg, which is the leader of the French beers market. Kronenbourg is an international company which offers lagers, white and amber beers to brown ale, as well as non-alcoholic beer, shandies and cider. Brasseries...

12 Jan 2009
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Terror and Horror in the Fantastic Novels: Walpole's The Castle Of Otranto, Shelley's Frankenstein and Stoker's Dracula

Essay - 6 pages - Literature

The concepts of terror and horror are key factors in the Fantastic and Gothic novel. This literary genre appeared with Walpole's The Castle of Otranto in 1765 and then flourished until 1830; it mainly developed during the historical period of the Enlightenment and can be seen as an alternative to...

13 Jan 2009
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Disaster in Darfur and the responsibilities of France

Thesis - 5 pages - International law

On 16 May 2006, resolution 1679 was unanimously adopted by the Security Council of the United Nations Organisation (UNO). It expressed its intention to consider conducting a “United Nations Operation in Darfur” and called for the deployment of “a joint African Union and United...