1,965 words

Public space and the erosion of community in modern cities

The Center for Design Excellence (n.d.). defines public space as "the living room of the city - the place where people come together to enjoy the city and each other." Modernity has encroached on the concept of public space by confining the most mundane aspects of daily life to the enclave of the…

~10 min read

View paper →

1,675 words

Gender and leisure in late nineteenth-century French gardens

The French Impressionists rendered modern bourgeois life, often by focusing on gardens and leisure activities. Both Berthe Morisot and Gustave Caillebotte use garden scenery as a background for conveying themes related to modern life in France in the late nineteenth century.

~9 min read

View paper →

1,982 words

Consumer decision-making and government intervention during economic recession

The economies of the world today are subject to inflation and depression, and both are related to the market forces. Today it has become global. To ignore these market forces is not possible. The major market forces basically are termed 'demand' and 'supply'.

~10 min read

View paper →

2,344 words

Aquaculture development from ancient Egypt to modern commercial farming

Except for bucolic scenes of fishing on rivers meandering across the Midwest and Great Plains, most people don't equate fish with that region, at least not huge catches of commercial fish.

~12 min read

View paper →

3,375 words

School-based health clinics and student academic and health outcomes

Do School-based Health Clinics Improve the Academics and Health Outcomes of School Children? What's the Evidence? Do School-based Health Clinics Improve the Academics and Health Outcomes of School Children? What's the Evidence?

~17 min read

View paper →

1,470 words

Coca-Cola's differentiation strategy and sustainable competitive advantages

Coca-Cola pursues a differentiation strategy, and has built its company around the pursuit of this strategy. The strengths that the company has -- R&D, marketing, and heavy advertising -- all directly support the differentiation strategy.

~8 min read

View paper →

1,904 words

Immunological, demographic, and genetic factors in inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects the colon and the small intestine. Though there are many subtypes of IBD, the most common and well-known are Crowns disease and ulcerative colitis (WebMD.com, 2011).

~10 min read

View paper →

1,904 words

Focal vocabulary and kinesics in linguistic anthropology

Give an example of a set of Focal vocabulary (find actual words) that the Inuit use and how they use it. Explain why this usage is important to the Inuit daily lifestyle. Give an example.

~10 min read

View paper →

2,961 words

Water's essential functions in maintaining human body homeostasis

To live a fully healthy and functional life, water is indispensible. From the point in history when primitive species moved from the oceans to land, a major factor of survival has continually been stopping dehydration.

~15 min read

View paper →

602 words

EPA's toxicity assessment approach to carbon dioxide emissions regulation

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is the primary greenhouse gas emitted through human activities of electricity, transportation, and industry that accounted for 84% of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from human activity in 2010 (Greenhouse Emissions: Carbon Dioxide Emissions).

~4 min read

View paper →