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Pinniped predation on anadromous fish in the Sacramento Delta

The project is designed to examine the link between marine mammals and fisheries in the area of the Sacramento Delta, looking particularly to the impact pinnipeds have on the anadramous fish populations and recreational fishery in this region.

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Environmental ethics, capitalism, and political inaction in developing nations

It is an awe-inspiring natural world that humans have evolved into and inherited. In it, through it, and notwithstanding its fragile underpinnings, for better or for worse (more on the "worse" side than the "better") humans have carved out cities, countries, societies and standards of living.

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The Bush administration's rejection of the Kyoto Protocol

The environment and its cleanliness are vitally important for the survival of the human race. This is true in the United States, and in other countries all over the world.

~28 min read

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Consumer attitudes toward foreign cuisines among Bangkok tourists

According to EIU ViewsWire (2003), "Growth in the tourism industry in recent years was the result of the depreciation of the baht against non-Asian currencies (which improved competitiveness relative to destinations outside the region), aggressive marketing campaigns and an increase in the number…

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Extreme weather events and ocean warming as evidence of global warming

Many of these weather patterns are related to El Nino or La Nina storms, which are two-to-eight-year weather patterns where changing wind streams pick up warm surface water from the oceans and increases humidity, according to Tim Flannery in his 2005 book The Weather Makers.

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Multinational corporate environmental responsibility and sustainable development

The issue of multinational corporate ethics in the area of sustainable development has forced the hand of many CEO's to act in what is perhaps against the better wishes of their shareholders, but perhaps not of the stakeholder.

~26 min read

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Nike's founding vision, strategic innovation, and global growth

Nike is a globally recognized multinational corporation founded by the Stanford Graduate School of Business graduate, Phil Knight, and Bill Bowerman who was the track and field coach at the University of Oregon.

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Gothic architecture and medieval European society, 1200-1500

Historians generally define the periodization of the history of Western Europe during the Middle Ages into three eras: the Early Middle Ages (5th-11th Centuries AD); the High Middle Ages (1000-1300 AD); and the Late Middle Ages (1300-1500).

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Data mapping and plate tectonics in Earth science education

When teaching Earth Science to students there are many options today and many things that need to be addressed in the lesson plans.

~7 min read

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Light water reactor technology and nuclear energy development

Production of nuclear power has a rich history of competing with various other energy-related technological sciences to rule the market. Technology of light water reactor (LWR) finally topped this struggle, which started right after the Second World War.

~23 min read

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