Impact of forest management on the quality of water
Essay - 8 pages - Ecology & environment
In forested catchments the hydrologic cycle, involving precipitation, interception, evapo-transpiration, overland ?ow, subsurface ?ow, groundwater ?ow, and stream ?ow is closely linked to water quality in that water movement through the forest ecosystem also transports sediment, and dissolved...
Cause of the great famine and its place in the demographic and migration history
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
In the 1800s, Ireland was essentially a rural country. Its economy depended only on agriculture, and its industrial system was very weak. Therefore, Ireland was very poor compared with its neighbour, England. It is considered most of all as an island belonging to England and integrated by...
The effects of NaCl on seed germination (Seeds used are from the Family Solanaceae and Brassicaceae)
Case study - 5 pages - Physics
In agricultural production, soil salinity has been a major contributing factor to soil degradation. Salinity inhibits the plant germination due to ionic and osmotic effects. Though, different plant species and families have developed coping mechanisms to defeat this vice. Osmotic potential...
Economic profile: Kamloops, British Columbia
Thesis - 5 pages - Economy general
Kamloops, British Columbia is an interesting city when it comes to social economic development. This is true because the community is one that draws on many different industrial sectors to drive its economy: agriculture, mining, forestry, manufacturing, transportation, tourism and high...
Food and economy of the Aztec people
Thesis - 6 pages - Economy general
The Aztec are a complex and fascinating people that inhabited Mesoamerica during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. Despite their lack of formal script and official currency, a significant amount of information has been obtained through their artifacts and from foreign accounts of their society....
Michelin in the land of the Maharajah's (India): Case study
Case study - 4 pages - Services marketing
When segmenting the (Indian tyre) market three things need to be considered; products, technologies and clients. Products in the Indian tyre market are commercial tyres, car tyres, two wheeler tyres, three wheeler tyres, agricultural tyres, off the road tyres and LCV tyres. To limit the number...
Comparison between the capitalism of France and Germany
Dissertation - 39 pages - Economy general
France is a country located on the European continent. Its area is about 550,000 square kilometers. Its capital and largest city is Paris. It is a nation that is active on the international stage. A co-founder of the European Union, it is also a permanent member of the Security Council of UN-OECD...
The Yuan under the pressure of the International Community Should we revaluate the Yuan?
Essay - 65 pages - Economy general
In three decades, China has transformed from an economy based upon agriculture (low effective and auto centered) to an economy based upon mass industry and export. The wish of Xiaoping to open the country is completely reached (on an economy level) but his wish to develop China from the...
Human influences on the tropical forest wildlife
Essay - 7 pages - Ecology & environment
Different patterns of anthropogenic forest disturbance can affect forest wildlife in both tropical and temperate regions in many ways. The overall impact of different sources of structural and nonstructural disturbance may depend on: (1) the groups of organisms considered; (2) the evolutionary...
How Clarins and its "Body Lift" can be a total success in Brazil?
Essay - 27 pages - Business strategy
After three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. Exploiting vast natural resources, it is today South America's leading economic power and a regional leader. Meanwhile Brazil continues to develop its interior with an industrial and agricultural...
Global trade relations: Opportunities and challenges for direct investment in Brazil
Tutorials/exercises - 9 pages - Business strategy
Brazil is the largest and most populous country in Latin America, and the fifth largest in the world in both area and population. The country possesses a developed agriculture as well as mining and manufacturing resources, Brazil also has a large service sector forces like the banking...
Indian retail: Stepping ahead to create a benchmark
Dissertation - 47 pages - Business strategy
India is standing on the verge of having the pleasure to hold 2010 Olympic Games .Its retail business meter shows only about 4% organized retail in India. It means that a whopping 96% market is yet to be captured by entrepreneurs. Retail will grow more. India will be making waves in trends that...
Global warming
Essay - 6 pages - Ecology & environment
In today's society, environmental issues have an important impact on business and industrial decisions and are becoming part and parcel of economics. We live in scorching summers, the winters seem to be milder from year to year, and the seasons seem to have disappeared. Are these observations...
Industrial Toxicology: Proposal and validation of criteria for determining times reentrancy for pesticides used in forest nurseries
Thesis - 7 pages - Medical studies
Agricultural farming practices, forestry or horticultural involve the use of many pesticides to deal with problems created by the proliferation of weeds, fungal diseases and insect pests. It is well known that users can be exposed to these pesticides during the preparation or implementation and...
Assess the Online sales of fresh products in China - The case study of fresh products application (Freshippo)
Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy
With the popularity of the internet and the development of e-business, an increasing number of consumers tend to shop online. Fresh agricultural products also need to grasp this opportunity as there is a large potential market on the internet.
Analysis of the funds and cash flow in the electronics industry in India
Thesis - 26 pages - Finance
Electronics with its wide and varied applications have attained the status of an all pervasive industry today. The world electronics scene has undergone profound and breathe taking changes, it has penetrated every field in consumer and capital goods. From fan regulators to airplane instrument,...
Liberating bondage: Slavery and emancipation in the Caribbean
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Slavery in the British Caribbean was closely connected to the agricultural cultivation of sugar-cane and cotton crops in which Africans were imported to work the land in order that the goods could be exported to Europe thereby providing the plantation-owners a net return on their investment. In...
Balance sheet of "Safeway Foods" and "Whole Foods" - the U.S. market for organic groceries
Case study - 16 pages - Finance
This report aims at performing a financial analysis of two American food providers: Safeway Foods and Whole Foods and assess the financial strengths and weaknesses of both companies. All the quantitative data in this analysis come from prior years annual reports. The American grocery market is...
Sub-Saharan Africa, of the middle of the years 1950 at the end of the Eighties
Case study - 8 pages - Geography
The process of colonization was marked by dominance and imperialism and dates back to the 16th century. From that time, the Portuguese and Spanish shared the known world and established colonies (territory under a foreign state, the mainland). A new doctrine called colonialism was born and called...
GMO food labeling
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
Following the failure of California's Prop 37 proposal that advocated for labeling of GM foods, a good number of American citizens, have never been demanding to be informed of the content of the food they consume. About 92% of the citizens have been calling Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to...
Environmentally sustainable economies
Case study - 3 pages - Psychology
Economic growth is what propelled America's leap to become the world's only superpower and most influential nation, but not without sacrifice. Our exponential growth has depleted our nonrenewable resources and polluted many of our nation's greatest natural wonders. While it is imperative that...
Social Security in Algeria
Course material - 9 pages - Social, moral & civic education
On the eve of colonization of Algeria by France, the concepts of public health and social security barely existed. The colonial regime of the time introduced Social Security in Algeria to organize the medical benefits of military settlers and for the Algerian Workers' Algerians service. "...
Globalization and its impact: Case of Africa
Case study - 11 pages - Economy general
As defined by the Merriam-Webster English language dictionary, globalization is “the tendency of investment funds and businesses to move beyond domestic and national markets to other markets around the globe and thereby increase the inter-connectivity of different markets.”...
The army corps of engineers and their importance to trout streams.
Case study - 10 pages - Educational studies
The Army Corps of Engineers is the agent of land and waters resource projects. Its mission is to manage and conserve all the natural resources in consistency with the ecosystem management principles. It provides quality public outdoor recreational experience in order to serve the present and...
Food and water safety
Presentation - 21 pages - Medical studies
It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that the public has the right to safe food and water supply. The association supports collaboration among dietetic professionals, academics, representatives of the agricultural and food industries, and appropriate government agencies to...
The road to the civil war
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
As a result of the Mexican American War, Mexico lost almost half of its territory to the United States. The victory of the Mexican American War seemed to fulfill the citizens' beliefs in Manifest Destiny. The newly acquired territories of the United States put pressure between the Northern and...
Wining and losing as a result of economic restructuring in Britain since 1980
Thesis - 5 pages - Economy general
During the past thirty years, British society has been involved in a dynamic of social change, a process so significant that it represents an historical turning point, when the certainties that have served to regulate the economy in the past, are no longer valid. The last comparable event was...
Ready garment export after the multi fiber agreement with a reference to India
Tutorials/exercises - 31 pages - Economy general
The foundations of the Indian textile trade with other countries began as early as the second century BC. The silk fabric was a popular item of Indian exports to Indonesia around the 13th century, where these were used as barter for spices. Towards the end of the 17th century, the British East...
The tourism industry in India: A general overview
Tutorials/exercises - 40 pages - Journalism
Tourism is a very complex industry due to its multiple activities that satisfies the need of the tourist. Tourism includes transportation, accommodation, food, catering, tourist attraction as well as organizers like tour operators and travel agents. Moreover, a tour consists of different...
T-DNA and the GUS Gene
Thesis - 24 pages - Medical studies
Development of an organism is strictly regulated by molecular and genetic mechanisms. The precise regulatory processes involving switching on or off of certain set of genes at a specific stage and place mediated by certain combination's of regulatory elements are fundamental to the...
