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  • Type of Literature: Science Fiction

    Type of Literature: Science Fiction

    Author: Michael Crichton Title: Congo Publisher: Ballantine Books City of Publication: New York Year of Publication: 1993 Number of Pages: 313 Type of Literature: Science Fiction This story takes place on June of 1979 in the African Congo. The main characters of this book are Dr. Karen Ross, supervisor of Earth Resources Technology Services, Dr. Peter Elliot, a zoologist who trained a gorilla named Amy how to speak using sign language. Another main character is

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    Essay Length: 297 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Review of P53 Research

    Review of P53 Research

    Ventura A et al. Restoration of p53 function leads to tumour regression in vivo. Nature. 2007 Feb 8;445:661-5. 1. “Loss of p53 function may not only play a role in the early stages of tumor development, but also be required for the continued proliferation or survival of an established tumor.” (Ventura 661) is an explicit hypothesis in this paper. 2. Increase in tumor volume can be predicted in tumors where p53 remains inactive. Tumor regression

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    Essay Length: 402 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • Stem Cell Research

    Stem Cell Research

    Stem Cell Research Jonique Johnson Stem Cell Research Stem Cell Research has been the topic of many debates in recent years. The recent elections have once again brought stem cell research to the forefront of debates. Some people believe that stem cell research is unethical because the process destroys an embryo. Embryos that have fewer cells than a fly’s brain (Harris, S) . Although disputed by many religious groups stem cell research could promise amazing

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    Essay Length: 792 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Political Science

    Political Science

    Illinois is often considered a big state with conservative ideologies; however, in recent years this state has been moving into the Democratic column. Presently, the United States (U.S.) congressional delegation of Illinois remains evenly split and, as a result of the 2002 election, the Democratic Party has control of the governor's mansion, the state House and the state Senate. Illinois, for the past 46 elections has been equivalent to a political weather vain for the

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    Essay Length: 3,391 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Stem Cell Research: Pro

    Stem Cell Research: Pro

    Since the early days of man, life expectancy was very low and the effective treatments of dire wounds were limited. If a man or woman had a serious wound, the only possible answer back then might have been amputation, just so the limb does not get infected or spread to any other part of the body. Today, both of these have now been increased and improved thanks to our innovative technology. We now have medicine

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    Essay Length: 899 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Fatih
  • How Relevant Nowadays Is the Lipset- Rokkan Analysis of the Relationship Between Social Cleavage and Party Support?

    How Relevant Nowadays Is the Lipset- Rokkan Analysis of the Relationship Between Social Cleavage and Party Support?

    How relevant nowadays is the Lipset- Rokkan analysis of the relationship between social cleavage and Party support? In this essay I will first outline the analysis, by S.M. Lipset and S. Rokkan, of the relationship between social cleavage and party support (to be found in "Cleavage Structures, Party Systems and Voter Alignments" by Lipset and Rokkan, The Free Press, New York, 1967, pages 1-164.). I will lay out the arguments in favour of the analysis,

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    Essay Length: 2,169 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Max
  • Business Research Paper

    Business Research Paper

    Business Research Paper What makes a business successful? This is a question that all organizations must answer in order to achieve its objectives and goals. To achieve organizational goals cooperation must come from all employees including management. In order to identify a business opportunity or a business problem research must be conducted. The purpose of this paper is to define the business research and its purpose, explain the business problem under investigation, and identify the

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    Essay Length: 651 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Social Class: The Un-Chosen Way of Life

    Social Class: The Un-Chosen Way of Life

    Social Class: The Un-chosen Way of Life For families throughout the world it is known that social status and money depict the lifestyle that family lives, their viewpoints, and possibly their goals. Different social classes can be distinguished by inequalities in such areas as power, authority, wealth, working and living conditions, life-styles, life-span, education, religion, and culture (Cody). The more money one has, the higher the ambition they may choose to aspire toward, as

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    Essay Length: 1,264 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Janna
  • Macroinvertebrates Science Project

    Macroinvertebrates Science Project

    Abstract: The project was conducted to see if the imperviousness of the area had a correlation with the water pollution. The hypothesis stated that there would be more pollution with the higher percent of imperviousness. The first, and probably the hardest step to this project, was finding streams that were all similar with a shallow riffle. Then the conductor will place a net in the water, start the timer and turn over as many rocks

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    Essay Length: 1,457 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Fiber Research

    Fiber Research

    Fiber Research Insoluble fiber functions by helping with digestion and moving food through the intestines, which helps the body clean out waste. Soluble fiber also helps with your digestive tract but in addition functions to absorb cholesterol. This helps to keep cholesterol levels low and aids in heart health. Doctors recommend having both insoluble and soluble fiber in your diet. Numerous food sources contain fiber. These include legumes, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, spinach and raw fruits

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    Essay Length: 565 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Steroid Research

    Steroid Research

    Androgenic-Anabolic Steroid-Induced Body Changes in Strength Athletes BACKGROUND: Some strength athletes use androgenic-anabolic steroids (AAS) to improve body dimensions, though the drugs' long- and short-term effects have not been definitively established. OBJECTIVE: This study sought to investigate the short- and long-term effects of AAS self-administration on body dimensions and total and regional body composition. DESIGN: This prospective, unblinded study involved 35 experienced male strength athletes: 19 AAS users (drugs were self-administered) and 16 nonuser

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    Essay Length: 4,213 Words / 17 Pages
    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Home Depot’s Social Responsibility Approach

    Home Depot’s Social Responsibility Approach

    Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement retailer operating in 45 states, Canada, Chili and Puerto Rico. Home Depot stores aim to serve both do-it-yourselfers and professional contractors with home improvement superstores carrying between 40,000 and 50,000 different products. Home Depot has also been listed as one of Fortune's most admired specialty retailers for the past six years. In order for companies to succeed in the competitive current marketplace they must consider not only

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    Essay Length: 828 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Is Jesus's Resurrection Based on Religion or Science?

    Is Jesus's Resurrection Based on Religion or Science?

    Research Paper - Summa Theologica Is Jesus’s resurrection based on religion or science? What religion (Christianity) says: • Christ resurrected from the dead. • Christ was the Son of God so he had supernatural powers. • Christ came back to the disciples. • Jesus predicted his death and resurrection. What science says: • Christ didn’t resurrect from the dead. • It is physically impossible and contrary to the laws of nature. • There isn’t any

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    Essay Length: 1,236 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Bred
  • Science of Psychology

    Science of Psychology

    In order to answer this question it is important to understand the definitions of both psychology and science. The word 'psychology' comes from the Greek 'psyche' (or soul) and 'logos' (or study), which came to be known as the 'study of the soul'. The American Heritage Dictionary defines psychology as: 1. the science dealing with the mind and with mental and emotional processes 2. the science of human and animal behavior. In its pure definition

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    Essay Length: 1,645 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Mike
  • Adoption Research Paper

    Adoption Research Paper

    Open Adoption: A Growing Trend in the U.S. In the last four decades, the concept of the American family has undergone a radical transformation, reflecting societyЎЇs growing openness. Among all segments of society, there is a greater acceptance of a variety of family structures ЁC from single parenting to blended families to same sex parenting of children. The introduction of openness into the process of adoption offers new opportunities for children in need of a

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    Essay Length: 1,495 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Max
  • Social Learning Theory of Albert Bandura

    Social Learning Theory of Albert Bandura

    SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY of Albert Bandura If you've taken an introductory course in economics, you're already familiar with the policy planner's dilemma of deciding whether to allocate limited resources for guns or for butter. The problem is usually posed to illustrate the impersonal market forces of supply and demand, profit and loss. Yet planners are people, and most individuals come to the war-or-peace decision points of life having already developed preferred responses. Northwestern psychologist Donald

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    Essay Length: 820 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Vika
  • Adalbert Stifter’s Brigitta Through Social and Political Changes

    Adalbert Stifter’s Brigitta Through Social and Political Changes

    Adalbert Stifter's Brigitta through social and political changes It was between 1842 and 1844 that the Austrian author Adalbert Stifter wrote his novella Brigitta. Along with descriptions of beautiful landscapes and the love story between the Major and Brigitta, the work offers countless references to concomitant social and political events happening during the first half of the 19th century. Whether Stifter felt influenced by these changes or if he actually contributed to their taking place

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    Essay Length: 405 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Stenly
  • The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice Ch 3

    The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice Ch 3

    Ch 3 Conceptualization and Measurement In chapter 3 of The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice there are four areas of focus. They are concepts, measurement operations, evaluation of measures, and levels of measurement. We are going to address conceptualization by using substance abuse and related ideas as examples. For measurement, let us review first how measures of substance abuse have been created, utilizing procedures as available data, questions, observations, and less direct

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    Essay Length: 1,205 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Social Networking

    Social Networking

    Just for a Just how well do you recall your childhood? Do you remember the total freedom? You could shamelessly put your underwear on your head and strut around your house as a power ranger. Your classes in school included “coloring’ and �nap time’. You were ignorant and you were happy. There was a dark side to childhood however, and it served as a constant taint on the most important aspect of our lives: our

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    Essay Length: 850 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Mike
  • Buddhism Research Paper

    Buddhism Research Paper

    Buddhism, perhaps one of the most popular religions,with approximately 560 million followers, is definitely one of the most misunderstood forms of religion in this day and age( Wikipedia 1). This religion is so complex with its many different beliefs, and yet once understood, can seem so simple. Many western-religious believers don't understand the complexities of this predominately Mideastern religion, simply because they don't take the time to learn the aspects of Buddhism, or because

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    Essay Length: 2,467 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Ancient Greek Science and Astronomy

    Ancient Greek Science and Astronomy

    The Ancient Greek culture has had such an impact on the world that no matter where you look you're sure to find something Greek about it. Out of all the areas that the Greek culture is famous for there are two that tend to exert themselves into our own culture even today. That would be their Science and Astronomy fields. If one were to look up in a library books about ancient Greek science and

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    Essay Length: 1,980 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Vika
  • Global Communications Benchmarking Research

    Global Communications Benchmarking Research

    Global Communications Benchmarking Research University of Phoenix Introduction Global communications is experiencing many problems. As a corporation, they are seeking to solve their problems by developing new initiatives. One of these strategies is to “realize growth through the introduction of new services, primarily to its small business and consumer customers.” In order to “maximize their initiatives the company plans to market itself more aggressively on an international level with the goal of becoming a truly

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    Essay Length: 3,809 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Genetic Engineering, History and Futurealtering the Face of Science

    Genetic Engineering, History and Futurealtering the Face of Science

    Science is a creature that continues to evolve at a much higher rate than the beings that gave it birth. The transformation time from tree-shrew, to ape, to human far exceeds the time from analytical engine, to calculator, to computer. But science, in the past, has always remained distant. It has allowed for advances in production, transportation, and even entertainment, but never in history will science be able to so deeply affect our lives

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    Essay Length: 3,096 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Red Bull -- Research/marketing Strategy

    Red Bull -- Research/marketing Strategy

    Company Overview Red Bull, founded in 1984 by Deitrich Mateschitz and Chaleo Yoovidhya, is headquartered in Austria. In 2006, Red Bull generated over Ђ2,6 billion (euros) in 2006 throughout the world with the help of its’ 3,903 employees. The origin of Red Bull dates back to 1962 where the original formula was developed by Chaleo Yoovidhya, a Thai businessman, and sold under the name Krating Daeng by a local pharmaceutical company to treat jetlag and

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    Essay Length: 938 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Qualitative Research Report

    Qualitative Research Report

    Qualitative Research Report Article Connelly, L.M., Miner-Williams, D., & Yoder, L.H., 2003. A qualitative study of charge nurse competencies. Medsurg Nursing, 12(5), 298-306. Problem The study was conducted to determine the competencies necessary to be a successful charge nurse (Connelly, Miner-Williams, & Yoder, 2003). There has been limited research conducted to provide information concerning the clinical role of the charge nurse. This study identifies the competencies necessary to be an effective charge nurse. The charge

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    Essay Length: 500 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Bred

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