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Stone Age Subsistence v Contemporary Threats to the Amazon

The Nukuk-Maktu tribe of the Colombian Amazon is one of the last remaining hunter-gathering societies that still observe their tra...

Caring for the Aged Loved One in Traditional Pacific Islander Cultures

Long-term care for the elderly, by its very nature, encompasses a variety of concerns. Their physical ailments...

A Film Documenting Growing Old and Dying

"Tuesdays with Morrie" is based on the book by Mitch Albom. Mitch was a previous student of sociology professor Morrie...

Nadia Comaneci and Her Life as a Gymnast

Accounts from Nadia's own book and website claim that her childhood was a desirable one. Yet, critics claim that her coach was to...

Social Work and Gerontology

dedicated to offering equal opportunities to all classes of people. Of course, reality indicates that social practice often falls ...

HEALTHCARE AND NEEDS FOR AN AGING POPULATION

group 85 years and older is now the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population (Dramatic changes, 2006). Furthermore, accordin...

A Plan to Reduce Obesity

intake and the general type of diet which is consumed and the need for a nutritional balance physical activity is also an importan...

How Minds Can Change as We Age

certain functions. What is different between todays research and that of decades ago is that scientists now believe that a person ...

Child Raising Costs from Pregnancy to the Child's First Birthday

this are relatively minor. In determining the average cost of raising a child, after it is born, the student requesting th...

Different Types and Regional Museum Pieces

liked to envision men, the primary subject of sculpture, as regal and noble and strong characters. There was nothing more powerful...

Aging and Dying in the Modenr Family

process can have tremendous detrimental effects on families, both from a financial standpoint and an emotional one. Results from t...

Age old question: Build v. Buy (software)

balance must be made between price and value. One of the most promising options is the purchase of a portability option off...

Developmental Obsrvation of Three Children

which had been a post office in the early 1900s. There were several minors in the restaurant but only three were six years old or ...

Prison Demographics

Criminal justice in this country has been the focus of considerable criticism in recent years. The costs associated with apprehen...

Carboniferous Age

Carboniferous Period. Large trees covered with bark and huge ferns grew in the middle Carboniferous swamps" (Fossil Facts and Find...

Iroquois Boys' Manly Rite of Passage

hunter and a brave individual is the most important element of a boy becoming a man. Demonstrating that a person is brave and ab...

Purpose of the Second Edition Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale

particularly useful in determining the prevalence of at-risk students in academic populations. Uhing et al (2005) note how the BE...

The Scale of Adolescent Dissociative Experiences

human being to respond in a way that intensifies the inherent manifestations of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Noted by a...

Western Philosophy and the Middle Ages

human understanding. He saw the concept as being equated with something that exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transce...

Aging Society and the Ethical Challenges This Presents

the American population becomes progressively older. This report warns that we are on the threshold of becoming a basically "geria...

Middle Aged Women and Physical Activity

estrogen" (Brehm, 2005). When a woman exercises she decreases the level of fat in her body, and it is in the adipose tissue where...

U.S. in the Terrorism Age

nations whose autocratic ways are threatened by such a possibility. Having started out as diplomatic in nature, the terrorists ha...

Children and Drug Addiction

dynamics to the point of the child being disrespectful to parents, harboring a negative attitude, breaking rules, instigating quar...

The Significance of Indonesian Tribal Art

There is a belief that it may well have been hung up and used much like drums that have been found in the region (Metropolitan Mus...

Overview of San Diego's Project 'Jump Start'

enter for up to a full year. Because obesity is a family problem as well as one of society, project Jump Start has the potential ...

Aristotle and Aquinas on Beauty

He created man and should do whatever it takes to support his development and sustenance. To that end, he saw it necessary to main...

Proposition 82's Cost Benefit Analysis

African-American and Latino students" (New Research Exposes Hidden High School Drop Out Crisis, 2005). "Official" graduation rate...

Budget and Objectives of Project 'Jump Start'

an age-appropriate level Target population Program participants Program participants Program participants Degree of change 30 perc...

Process of Aging and DNA

the cell divides the telomeres (outer sections of DNA) are cut off; in the young cell, these sections are superfluous and their lo...

Apple Computers and the Information Age

the information revolution is not able to contribute to the development of democratic systems, even though it clearly can offer th...