The Leblanc alkali production processes were especially pernicious, but they followed along the lines of previous industrial processes. In other words, the first British environmental legislation was a response not so much to a qualitative change in Continue Reading...
Whole belief systems can be transformed with the power of hypnosis, which is why the technique is used for treating addictions and phobias. On the Tonight Show with David Letterman, actor Matt Damon lauded the power of hypnosis to help him stop smo Continue Reading...
Deforestation, as a specific subject of study, is particularly salient to sociological research, given that the felling of trees largely results from human activities. Despite its importance, most empirical studies to date (principally by geographer Continue Reading...
" Because of the ability to reproduce in large amounts in a small amount of time, phytoplankton are considered as the first link in the food chain of nearly all marine animals. Phytoplankton provide food for a large variety of organisms, including th Continue Reading...
When white explorers first encountered the Great Zimbabwe, they were convinced that the massive stone structures were built by a vanished race of white people since Africans were widely regarded as being incapable of creating these impressive buildin Continue Reading...
Political Ecology in Pandora Avatar tells us that one person cannot save nature but, each individual's effort in encouraging nature should never be underestimated. Avatar is a metaphor for a relationship existing between human beings and the earth. Continue Reading...
Lisa finds it hard to meet other kids her age who are like her. Most of her peers "do not care about school" and don't understand anything about the issues she cares about such as environmentalism and Tibet. Lisa worries excessively about external, Continue Reading...
However, the country recovered well and has improved its GDP considerably in the past decade. The economic performance of Iceland has been good in recent years, with a growth in GDP over the past decade of 4% per annum, significantly bettering OECD Continue Reading...
Black Women in White Male Industries Revise and Resubmit You have chosen in this paper a topic that has both national and international significance. How indeed inclusive, fair, and just are so called "inclusion or set-aside" initiatives? How open Continue Reading...
Black Women in White Male Industries Revise and Resubmit You have chosen in this paper a topic that has both national and international significance. How indeed inclusive, fair, and just are so called "inclusion or set-aside" initiatives? How open Continue Reading...
Stress Management and Prevention Program Part 1 What is Stress? Information to Remember Resources: Tools: Part 2 The human Body is a Battleground Information to Remember Resources: Tools: Part 3 Famine or Feast? Information to Remember Res Continue Reading...
law should be used as a tool for shaping a shared moral climate? Why or why not? Should moral values be written into the law and enforced? Can you think of any examples where a change in the law seemed to improve the moral climate of society? In ge Continue Reading...
Water Wars: Georgia, Florida and Alabama The 'water wars' between Georgia, Florida, and Alabama specifically revolve around the ownership and allocation of water "in two major river basins that cross their borders (the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa and t Continue Reading...
Role of Technology in Reducing and Exacerbating Disaster Risk: A Case Study of -- Haiti Examine how technology(s) exacerbates. Examine how technology(s) reduces the vulnerability of different people facing the same risk. Make policy recommendation Continue Reading...
Some of these foods with the antigen include wheat, soy, peanuts, and fish among others. A six-food elimination diet of these foods has resulted in histological and clinical remission for afflicted kids, with a 2011 research survey showing remission Continue Reading...
Unemployment stands at a respectable 4.6%. Well, fine. But the other side of the ledger groans with distress: a tax code that has become hideously biased in favor of the rich; a national debt that will probably have grown 70% by the time this presid Continue Reading...
Presidential Disaster Declaration Process Preparedness and Mitigation from Disasters in the Twentieth Century Numerous disasters have always brought intensive destruction to the environment and human lives over the years. The twentieth century, how Continue Reading...
Italian Watersheds All Rivers Run to the Sea Water is life. That may be a cliche, but it is also a fundamental truth. Without water nothing can live, and certainly not human beings. We depend on it directly to keep our bodies functioning but we als Continue Reading...
Plastic Bags The widespread use of plastic bags by businesses and consumer has been a longstanding concern for environmentalists, wildlife management advocates, and recycling programs. The issues with plastic bags include their low recyclability and Continue Reading...
Colonial power was expressed in the dominance of people and dominance over ecology, a war that the colonists were determined to win. The native resistance was cast as 'savage' because the non-Christian natives wished to keep the land wild, rather th Continue Reading...
This revision, they note, was "partly in recognition of research demonstrating that traumatic events were in fact not uncommon. DSM-IV defines the traumatic stressor as when a person 'experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event or events Continue Reading...
Chance tries to explain the key differences in Pavlovian procedures by stating that "the most important difference is that Pavlovian conditioning involves pairing stimuli (the CS and U.S.) while operant learning involves pairing responses and stimul Continue Reading...
Global Risks Climate change is something affecting all countries, with particular relevance to low-lying coastal regions. Island nations in the Indian Ocean, for example, and the dozens of nations in the Caribbean are at risk of inundation not just f Continue Reading...
U.S. Cuba Culture Cultural Differences between the U.S. And Cuba The role of culture in society has become increasingly important as the United States continues to spread its influence around the globe. Developing a sense of cultural awareness repr Continue Reading...
New Face of Development," Ronald Inglehart and Chrisitan Welzel's article, "How Development Leads to Democracy: What We Know About Modernization," and Jack Goldstone's article, "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World Continue Reading...
It closely links human rights violations with national and international insecurities. And the concept enhances development thinking by expanding real freedoms already enjoyed by people. Protecting security, therefore, urgently requires a new consen Continue Reading...
5. A world without nuclear weapons is improbable at best. The presence of such technology and the increasing accessibility of the so-called 'nuclear secrets' that the U.S. And Soviet Union once guarded so jealously denotes that there is no credibl Continue Reading...
Unilateralism and Preemptive Defense The arguments for unilateralism and preemptive strikes outlined by conservative historians appear logical and well-documented but are essentially wrought with contradiction. In his recent documentary film called Continue Reading...
, published as a Bulletin of the World Health Organization. This article reportedly provides a general overview of the current status of prevention treatment in sub-Saharan Africa and assesses whether intermittent preventive treatment in infants woul Continue Reading...
Designer Babies The idea of the designer baby used to be an idea that belonged squarely in the field of science fiction. Choosing characteristics of offspring from gender to appearance was something out of Star Trek. It seems unnatural for parents t Continue Reading...
Peculiar Ethics of Public Leadership: Pragmatism as a Framework for Action in Public Service The objective of this study is to examine pragmatism as a framework for action in public services. Towards this end, this work will conduct an extensive rev Continue Reading...
To avoid all these hassles, corporates should take the lead. They should ensure that the environment is not harmed in any way and people are treated with respect and dignity without exploiting the people or the environment in any unfair way. Such i Continue Reading...
Weathering is a process that happens to surface rocks based on the particular environment in which the rock is located. The two types of weathering are physical and chemical. Chemical weather is a process in which the internal crystals of rocks under Continue Reading...
Funding its own defense projects on the strength of international arms sales has become an increasingly important strategic way of ensuring it the economic capacity to support military needs which are considerable for a nation of its decidedly modes Continue Reading...
Women were also a significant part of the civilian staff, committing their abilities as typists, phone switchboard operators and facility administrators. Likewise, on the home front, women would commit their services in place of their husbands, figh Continue Reading...
Not surprisingly, permanent membership on the UN Security Council is a coveted international plum, and those countries that enjoy membership are empowered to virtually veto any substantive action on the part of the Security Council single-handedly ( Continue Reading...
Japan be seen as a Model for Understanding of 'Asian Modernities' This is an essay which explores the reasons behind the perception of the west which regards Japan as a model of Asian Modernities'. It has 5 sources. Gender studies have revealed th Continue Reading...
South Vietnam, it believed, could be a base for the desired ability to mount military and economic operations throughout the globe and regardless of the insidious presence of communist influence, a premise which stood in direct contrast to Ho Chi Mi Continue Reading...
