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...
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Presentation - 44 pages - Medical studies
The techniques of nuclear cardiology permit the noninvasive imaging of myocardial perfusion under stress and resting conditions and of resting regional and global function using radionuclide imaging agents and gamma or positron cameras with associated computer processing. Myocardial...
Industrial Air Pollution: Effects and Efforts to Contain
Essay - 6 pages - Ecology & environment
As a capitalist nation, we are constantly seeking to foster the growth of our economy and overall development. Our industrious nature has led to an industrial presence that makes the burning of fossil fuels our pinnacle source of energy, and a requirement for fueling our economic...
Delusions of Soviet power and the American military-industrial complex
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
The Cold War period for the United States and indeed, the world was one of turbulence and uncertainty. The conclusion of World War II saw the clash of two major world powers, each replete with the awesome capability of nuclear weapons. For the first time in history the human race...
The Trans-Afghan pipeline project: History, stakes and perspectives
Thesis - 8 pages - International relations
World competition around the natural resources of Central Asia and the Caspian is not new, but the collapse of the Soviet empire has revived it. This region, believed to possess huge oil and gas reserves, is also a point of contact of different civilizations and an arena for several competing...
Electromagnetic Fields and their Effect on Human
Case study - 6 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology
Electronic revolution has changed human life, since the early beginning of human being history humankind has always been trying to creative new things in all fields, the use of electric devices have became mandatory especially in communication like wireless communication links ex (mobile...
The Hydro Quebec company and organizational changes
Case study - 4 pages - Management
The Hydro Quebec Company is owned by the Government of Quebec. It is responsible for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in energy sources of Quebec. Its headquarters are located in Montreal. Hydro Quebec was born in 1944; its goal was to serve the Montreal area by...
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...
President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima: Was there a realistic alternative to this course of action?
Essay - 6 pages - Modern history
On the morning of August 6, 1945, the United States dropped, on the city of Hiroshima, the first of the only two nuclear bombs ever employed against human population, killing more than 115.000 people - probably as many as 250.000 according to the highest estimates - and injuring at least...
Critical analysis of ExxonMobil and British Petroleum
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
ExxonMobil is an American multinational, with its corporate headquarters in the city of Irving in the state of Texas. It is considered a leader in the industry of energy and petrochemicals in all its fundamental characteristics, they operate facilities: managing all processes from...
The complexities surrounding the use of atomic bombs against Japan: Einstein's Folly
Thesis - 5 pages - Modern history
During the 1880's, at Cambridge University, J.J. Thompson, the director of the Cavendish Library and a respected physicist, became the first to discover that atoms had sub atomic particles. In 1896, Antione Becquerel, with the assistance of Marie Curie, discovered the first radioactive particle...
Financial Market and Sustainable / Green Finance
Dissertation - 18 pages - Finance
In April 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report focusing on the mitigation of climate change. The experts underline the emergency of a new way of life in order to limit global warming to 1,5°C. To respect the agreement taken during the COP 21, the IPCC proposes...
Should the US help India and Pakistan normalize their relations? If so, what role should it play? Mediation, facilitation or hands off?
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
Although a full historical of the disputes between India and Pakistan and the problem of Kashmir is not necessary, it is important to remember that in the last years, the situation has greatly evolved with for instance, the nuclear tests of 1998, the Kargil War of 1999, the US-led war on...
Food and Sustainability
Case study - 13 pages - Educational studies
In the early 1990s, the phrase sustainability came out as a concept meant to lower the environmental human footprint. It was seen as an approach of seeing to it that there is conservation of natural resources for future use. The concept only picked momentum after few years due to public scrutiny....
Senergy
Essay - 20 pages - Business strategy
Government support through financial incentives and the public's trend toward environmentally friendly products has opened the way for alternative energy based companies to thrive. In the French market, with little direct competition, we believe our company will experience success. Senergy...
Corn Ethanol: How realistic is this source?
Essay - 8 pages - Ecology & environment
While the price of gasoline has dropped precipitously since the summer, the memory of $3.80 - $4.00/gallon of gasoline is still fresh in the minds of most Americans. In fact, gasoline is at its lowest price in almost 10 years; however, the American population is still looking to President-elect...
Local short term wind speed estimation using back propagation algorithm
Thesis - 14 pages - Physics
Apart from weather forecasting, wind speed prediction is required to estimate atmospheric effects on telecommunication systems such as satellites in launch, electromagnetic signal propagation in wireless channel, inland and water vehicle navigation, air traffic control, missile guidance etc. Wind...
Green marketing issues about Total
Case study - 16 pages - Services marketing
Total is a leading multinational energy company with 111, 401 employees and operations in more than 130 countries. Together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, Total is the fourth largest publicly-traded oil and gas integrated company in the world. Its businesses cover the entire oil and...
Climate change and green house gas emissions: issues and challenges in India
Essay - 7 pages - Ecology & environment
Green house gas (GHG) emission is a matter of grave concern across the world. The adverse impacts happen mainly in the form of climate change and global warming. Immediate steps are required to cut the emissions. India is the fourth largest emitter of GHG in the world in absolute terms. Being a...
The Tyranny of Real Time and the Intensification of the Spectacle
Thesis - 5 pages - Political science
While screening clips of American soldiers fighting in Iraq and analysis of the “insurgency” spews forth from the mouth of an “expert” on the conflict, Fox News's scrolling news ticker reports Homeland Security's terrorist alert level on loop, warning its viewers that...
On our own: American Identity and the New Crisis of Independence
Essay - 11 pages - International relations
In this analysis, I use government documents, presidential statements, and opinion polls to chart how American goals of independence moved in and out of different contexts, and the ways this movement reflected structural as well as domestic conditions. Part one takes a broad look at...
The status of Caspian 15 years after the fall of the USSR
Thesis - 27 pages - International relations
Until 1991, when the Soviet Union ended, the Caspian was controlled by two States, the USSR and, to a more limited extent, Iran. The dissolution of the USSR and the emergence of three new coastal states have changed this balance. The Caspian Sea is now acquiring an international dimension....
Green marketing, global warming, environment conscious
Dissertation - 50 pages - Services marketing
Green Marketing consists of all actions aimed at using the ecological positioning of a brand or product to increase sales and improve corporate image. Green Marketing may be based on the ecological characteristics of a product (raw green, recyclable or biodegradable etc), Green promotions (a tree...
Introduction to economic principles and terminology
Course material - 20 pages - Theories and economic notions
Economics is currently in a phase of uncertainty: economics is not an exact science. There is a rising trade war between the US and mainly but not only China. The US also has trade disagreements with the EU and its partners in NAFTA (North American Free Trade Association: Canada and Mexico)....
Existential Process
Case study - 8 pages - Biology
On the human development process in general and fairly briefly is possible to say that the baby is born and the beginning of his life keeps important links with their nuclear family. Such links, as well as their knowledge, little by little are expanding. The child attends school, grows and...
Earthquakes and how to build to counter their effects
Thesis - 5 pages - Geography
Earthquakes can cause a great amount of damage to cities and towns which find themselves in the path of an earthquake. Despite this, towns and cities are still built near fault lines where earthquakes are a common occurrence. To combat the earthquakes which attempt to turn these structures into...
Total, a successful long-term strategy
Essay - 6 pages - Business strategy
Total is today the fourth largest oil and gas company in the world. This Paris-based firm is the largest European company (based on market capitalization in 2006), it has over 95 000 employees in more than 130 countries and a net income of € 12.5 billion in 2006. Its businesses cover the...
Towards a "Europe-puissance" or towards a free trade zone?
Course material - 8 pages - International relations
The development of the European Union, along the line of constant progress towards more integration, which more or less prevailed since 1950, appeared to stop suddenly in May 2005 with the French "No" to the so-called Constitutional Treaty. That problem has been solved, at least for now, with the...
Vegetarian and vegan: Living without meat
Thesis - 24 pages - Medical studies
Being vegetarian or vegan is nothing extraordinary, what is difficult is to take the step to have the energy, strength of character to stand out from the current majority and fulfill the daily difficulties associated with their choice. The difficulties are not, contrary to what many may...
The United States and the World: The US and the Cold War (1945-1980)
Course material - 5 pages - Modern history
The goal of this document is to stress the main thrust of American strategy in the Cold War in order to understand the legacy of the Cold War on American foreign policy today. The main structures of US foreign policy and foreign policy establishment and instruments, still in place today, were...
