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Culture of France

In three pages this research paper examines the culture of France in a topical discussion of diet, time concept, personal space, n...

Does PMS Actually Exist?

and those that are will suffer in varying degrees (What is Premenstrual Syndrome? 2003). Among the many typical symptoms...

The Mind-Body Problem and Descartes

thing" sets the stage for each of his subsequent steps. In Step 2 he delineates his completeness into one of its two parts, the b...

American Society and Body Image

is telling women that they should be very, very thin. While perhaps some women can shrug off such images--like Camryn Manheim who ...

Medical Practicing on Newly Dead Bodies and Ethics

that the morality of choice is based on the greater good. The saying, "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" arise...

Armstrong and Descartes on the Problem Between the Mind and Body

that the condition for being in a mental state should be given by the function of that state and also, this is meant to be in term...

The Body Project by J.J. Brumberg

counterparts. Rather than a lack of information about their bodies and sex, a situation that was common in the nineteenth century,...

Studies on Kinesics

words, students of kinesics "search for a grammar of body movements" as, in the words of Birdwhistell, "all meaningful [body] moti...

Proposed Expansion of Crafty Motors

will consist of 1,400 m2, at a construction cost of $1,022,000. Land cost is high at $340,000 per hectare, but Crafty Motors will...

Book Review of Dorothy Roberts' Killing the Black Body Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty

with knowledge. Dorothy Roberts "Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty" is a reflection of that ...

Marketing of The Body Shop

of target markets but using the same tactics as association markets with the aim of selling dreams and not reality (Ozzard, 1998)....

Artistic Representation of the Human Body

ornate. It is believed that this particular sculpture was carved to stand before the burial site of a youth who was the member ...

Sodium's Physiological Effects

are not (Sodium Intake and High Blood Pressure, 2003). Guidelines indicate that Americans should not consume more that 2,400 mg o...

Healing and the Meditation Ritual

clutter and entanglements with regular meditation is one of the most effective ways to maintain a healthy existence. "The basis o...

Interaction Between the Body and the Mind According to Baruch Spinoza

also saw mind and body as two separate substance. The Descartes position on the mind-body problem combines the idea of substance d...

Modern Literature and Body Metaphors

such as when an individual describes himself as being "torn in two", "up against a wall", or "hot-blooded" in which individuals ma...

Artistic Similarities Jean Jacques Rousseau and Jacques Louis David

of color to drawing (2002). The economy of statement had been seen to be in line with keeping with the new severity of taste (20...

Comparative Analysis of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these two works in terms of word usage and body concepts. Two sources are cited i...

Regulation of Body Temperature

are capable of changing their rate of fire in reaction to changes in temperature. If the blood which passes through the hypothalam...

Body, Gender, and the Discourses of Mexico, Islam, and Hinduism

of both a man and a woman. These are considered to be pure beings made of Divine Consciousness which can be whatever they need t...

Marketing Strategies for The Body Shop

image that was perpetuated by the use of young beautiful models (Chryssides and Kaler, 1999). This she felt was misleading. The as...

Media and Body Image

the self-perception and health care of young girls. Hogan notes, with some validity, that media education is important: if the med...

Cogito and Rene Descartes

he (and humans in general) is(are) a complete entity, a "cogito" or "thinking thing" (as he clarifies in step 1), that entity is c...

Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues and Body Themes

the message. While at times her authorial voice comes through too forcefully and it drifts onto the preachy side of the street, it...

Susan Bordo and Feminine Malaise

it would be quite difficult to effectively heal the afflicted. The goals of treatment are of course to help the client to reduce ...

How Potassium and Calcium Function in the Human Body

The writer discusses the various functions of calcium and potassium in the body and also how disruption of homeostasis in regards ...

Society, Weight, and Popular Culture

and 1990s, "the percentage of Americans suffering from an eating disorder has doubled, according to the U.S. Public Health Service...

Barbados and the UK Based The Body Shop

In eight pages this paper examines the proposed Barbados expansion of the UK company The Body Shop with suggestions offered. Thre...

Metaphors of the Body

rational level. In order to accomplish this task, the article informs the reader that the US plans to spend $3.5 billion to rebui...

Rene Descartes and Dualism

This is found in Descartes work Meditations and is referred to as substance dualism, which is also known as Cartesian interactioni...