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Civil War and Reconstruction Question 2: What does the Civil War show that failed in the United States in this period?
The Civil War and its aftermath showed that the United States failed to create a cohesive national character and ethical identity. Continue Reading...
As Coleman and Kerbo (2009) note, social interactions serve as “the basis for the ideas we develop about who and what we are” (p. 13-14). That is why it is so important to interact with multiple perspectives—so that our ideas and be Continue Reading...
The Evolution of Zoos and Conservation Centers
Zoos were once the means of simply bringing rarely seen animals to the forefront of the public. However, during the end of the 20th center they evolved into much needed conservation centers for the prese Continue Reading...
Introduction
The Cherokee Tribe in North Carolina is part of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, a federally-recognized independent Native American Cherokee tribe whose home base is in Cherokee, North Carolina, south of the Smoky Mountains. The Ea Continue Reading...
Brick or Click
From rural strip-malls to Manhattan’s avenues, it has been a disastrous past few years for retail. There have been nine retail bankruptcies in 2017—as many as all of 2016. J.C. Penney, RadioShack, Macy’s and Sears hav Continue Reading...
Global Warming and Climate Change
Natural versus anthropogenic forces in climate change are a common topic for discussion. Some people believe that the global warming experienced now is part of a natural cycle while other others believe it is accele Continue Reading...
Sustainability More About Politics Than Science?
The environment is a word which refers to the natural effects around us including the atmosphere, seas and oceans, rocks and mountains, plants, ice formations, human beings, stars and several others. Continue Reading...
Moai statues in Easter Island: A collection of historical relics
Culture is very dynamic, and can be defined in various ways, however, the majority of art researchers seem to have reached a consensus that culture comprises the entirety of all behavi Continue Reading...
Change is an inevitable aspect within the society. It is imperative to embrace positive change and shun that which is deemed negative and disparaging. Every individual has a role to play within the community. However, such change has created a sense Continue Reading...
Evolution Is True
What Is Evolution?
This chapter highlights the six elements that make up evolution: 1) growth/evolution; 2) gradualism; 3) speciation; 4) shared origins; 5) natural selection; and 6) nonselective evolutionary change mechanisms (C Continue Reading...
Reinforcement Magnitude and Response Rate
Original research is detailed within this document about the correlation between reinforcement magnitude and response rate. Literature indicates there is a positive correlation between these two phenomena, w Continue Reading...
Origins and Demise of the Concept of Race by Charles Hirschman
In modern times, the reality of race is indisputable, especially for American eyes. Racial discrimination is not just skin deep and based on skin color, features and hair texture, but it Continue Reading...
Water Crisis
Background on Water
The Planets Water Problems
Freshwater Shortage Ideas
Argument
There is an abundance of water on the planet and the melting of ice continues to contribute to even more water in the oceans through sea level rise. Continue Reading...
Global warming, or more accurately, climate change, is the phenomenon that has been scientifically observed over repeated studies that the planet is experiencing warming and changing climates at a pace much more rapid that has been observed in any pr Continue Reading...
Climate Geopolitics
The international political solutions to climate change may not be very feasible and practical in their implementation since the issue of climate has now been turned into a political wand to sway voters one way or the other. This Continue Reading...
Value Calculation.
Consider the following scenario: A city wants to open a recycling center aimed at reducing waste. The total benefits of the program are valued at $1,000,000. Three different discount rates are estimated at 5%, 6%, and 7%. The tim Continue Reading...
Authentic Leadership Questionnaire measures leadership capacity across four different areas. These are self-awareness, internalized moral perspective, balanced processing, and relational transparency. The first of these is about a person's capacity Continue Reading...
preferences by countries can led to different forms of the challenges that they face and the strategies they choose to address these challenges. However, in an increasingly globalized world, many modern challenges are increasingly affecting the worl Continue Reading...
Immersion in Written History
One of the most compelling aspects of history is that it is always being revised and updated as new information is added to old, some points are discarded by historians while others are elevated as significant. Cultures Continue Reading...
Management Strategy to Utilize Meta-Analysis Technique for Nuclear Energy and Waste Disposal and Create Social Sustainability
This research proposal explores the link between public perceptions of nuclear power, how those perceptions are formed, an Continue Reading...
Fur
My personal opinion of fur is very positive: in fact, I love it. While today many people associate fur with fashion, the fact is that fur has been around for a very long time. It is commonly believed among historians to be one of the first types Continue Reading...
Classical conditioning (CC) and operant conditioning (OC) are two crucial aspects of behavioral psychology (Cherry, n.d.; Pavlov, 1927; Skinner, 1953). While both types of conditioning result in learning, the process through which learning occurs is Continue Reading...
social organizations are increasingly multifaceted systems, primarily because of strong criticisms to the conventional mechanistic model, which formed the original basis for organizational theory, and because of related issues concerning ineffective Continue Reading...
North American Spirituality and the Modern World
The role of the following themes in North American tribal religions: nature, place/location, rituals, visioning, sacred beings, the afterlife and traditions.
There is a great variety of different the Continue Reading...
Search for Extraterrestrial Life: The Existence of Non-Human Intelligent Beings in Our Galaxy
The possibility of extraterrestrial life has always intrigued philosophers, scientists, theologians and even lay people for centuries. The fascinating ques Continue Reading...
components to the principle of uniformitarianism: the first is that the principles that can be applied to the Universe nowadays have always been applicable in the same manner. The second implies that these principles occur and are applicable everywh Continue Reading...
Dredging the Port of Miami
Dredging refers to the activity needed to be conducted for removal of unwanted deposits present in water pathways. However, even though this activity facilitates marine traffic regularity, it isn't without its drawbacks[fo Continue Reading...
drives under the influence of alcohol, it is a criminal offense abbreviated as driving under the influence (DUI). However alcohol is but one of the many substances that can interfere with one's driving capability. DUI charges can also be pressed aga Continue Reading...
Strategic Management Class: Corporate Social Responsibility and Value
What are the problems and challenges with creating value in the supply chain?
Supply chain managers face a number of challenges as they strive to create value in the chain they m Continue Reading...
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) on one's well being can be problematic if not successfully understood and incorporated within a person's psyche. The purpose of this essay is to critically review the literature on the diagnosis, etiology, and tr Continue Reading...