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Obesity in Adults

negative health impacts are felt. This means that there is a lag in the conditions as well as the associated costs. The short term...

Learning Theories - Emphasis On Adult Learning Theories

transformative experience when the conditions are such that the learner is involved in reflection. This essay discusses the lear...

Freud's "Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria"

(1963) is Freuds account of the case of Ida Bauer, whose father brought to Freud seeking "cure" for her willful refusal to assist ...

Failures at the Passport Office; The Summer of 1999

to identify these, taking an approach where factors are classified in terms of the materials, the location, the technicians and th...

Deciding Who Lives and Who Dies

he perceives to be worthwhile causes. He is currently a sophomore at a large university, with majors in philosophy and literature....

Social Theory: Recreation, Leisure And Play

Peer Group Affiliation And Differences According To Residential Status, Subsistence Patterns, And Use Of Services" provide empiric...

Problems in Rural Hospitals

Rural hospitals have more challenges in terms of staffing than even those in urban regions. They are handicapped in many ways, suc...

Industrial Psychology; Explaining Enron

with several different players each able to avoid feeling personally responsible there was a lack of a real moral compass. ...

"Explaining Globalization" - Review And Evaluation

Is there a time when an individuals interests supersede those of the masses? These are ethical questions posed each and everyday ...

Nursing & Mandatory Overtime

expectancy is increasing and more people are surviving serious illness and living longer with chronic illness. At the same time, t...

Using Statistical Analysis and Explaining Probability

collected on the same date each month, the 12th. However, even during a day there are a number of different data points which coul...

Explaining Utility Maximization with the Use of Indifference Curves

link between the value of labor input and price of a good (Marx, 1999). The problem with this approach is the way in which it as s...

How to Explain Human Sexuality to an Alien

Psychological, cultural and biological perspectives are utilized to explain human sexuality. Homosexuality is touched on. There ar...

Explaining Economic Growth In China

Following ascension to the World Trade organization China has displayed impressive economic growth. The writer looks at the strat...

Explaining FAT and NTFS

this version of Windows (Microsoft.com, 2005). Additionally, FAT supports only a few select files attributes such as read-only, hi...

Explaining Iran's Nuclear Position Using Structuralism

are agency and structure. This is reflected in the well known quote from Marx, people make history but not in conditions of their ...

Explaining Gang Violence From The Theoretical Perspective of Anomie And Labeling

their vastly segregated social and economic status, leaving the door wide open for resentment and intolerance, which effectively t...

Sociology and Why Human Behavior Cannot be Explained by Common Sense

become the individuals they do, noting that a combination of genetic and environmental influences mark the two most significant as...

EXPLAINING POSITIVE, NEGATIVE AND CONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT

Before moving on to the different types of reinforcement and whether theyre positive, negative or continuous, it would be a good i...

EXPLAINING STATISTICS

(and data is defined as information collected from an experiment, survey, or some other kind of research) (Lane et al, 2008). Desc...

Explaining the Motor Fuel Tax of Ohio

Ohio has a state tax applied to motor fuel. The paper gives a basic outline of the tax, explaining what it is, who is liable, how ...

How to Explain Being Human

simply show them their physical shape: two eyes with binocular vision; two arms, two legs, two hands, two feet; a very symmetrical...

Fifty-Two Doctrines Explained

each chapter to help the reader discover what they have learned. There is a harmony to the book in that it begins with a discuss...

Nurses & Health Care Policy

the women who have traditionally filled nursing positions will undoubtedly continue to pursue other professional opportunities tha...

PERSUADING AND EXPLAINING: OBTAINING A RAISE

An employee raise is probably the farthest thing from her mind. Heres how such a persuasion might be presented....

Bernstein's Argument: Effective In Explaining Racial-Ethnic Inequality In Academic Achievement

linguistics. Slang is a component of nearly every spoken language; however, the line between jargon and true common speech ...

Explaining the Increase in Marijuana Use

is a part and parcel of a recent fashion trend along with fuzzy lamps and tie-dyed tee shirts. Everyone sporting a hat with a leaf...

Suicide and Cults Explained

Religious cults have been a fact of life for years, but the phenomenon of mass suicides has recently engrossed the public. This pa...

Oedipus Explained

concerned for his people; self-regarding but caring. This paper answers several questions about him and his actions in the play. D...

Neoliberal, Radical and Transformationalist Approaches to Explain the Way Globalization Impacts on Culture

as embracing more than simply the practice of international trade. A useful definition comes from Lubber and Koorevaar, (1998) who...