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Flood warning systems and earthquake early warning in the UK and Japan
Warning systems are essential to communicating threats, whether man-made, technological, or natural, to the public.
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River valley civilizations in ancient China and India
One of the most basic questions in human history surrounds the move from a hunter-gatherer existence to a settled, urban civilization.
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Flood causes, types, and effects on human society
Floods are an overflow of water that submerges land and usually happen because of a large amount of rainfall, saturated soil, and/or the capacity of the body of water is exceeded:
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Empathy and civilization: Rifkin and Ritzer's perspectives on human consciousness
The Empathic Civilization, by Jeremy Rifkin is a fresh analysis of the history of civilization, how we got to the place we are in presently, and what we can do to guarantee the highest likelihood of survival of our species. Jeremy Rifkin is one of the most well-liked social thinkers of our time.
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Economic interdependence and the myth of modern superpowers
We are living in a world of multi-polarity and the notion of existence of superpowers is neither here nor there. Opinions have been advanced to the effect that the United States and the U.S.S.R. were the superpowers in the cold-war era.
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Electronic waste collection program with incentive-based recycling strategy
Our team defines electronic waste (eWaste) as discarded office electronic equipment, computer, mobile phones, television sets, and entertainment electronic devices. Integrated in this definition is the used electronics destined to be recycled.
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Genetic engineering's role in addressing global hunger and population growth
The eradication of global hunger is a noble goal, and implies a human society that has progressed to a point where all humans are engaged in some form of implicit social contract with each other.
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Royal Dutch Shell PLC financial performance analysis and ratios
The concept of financial analysis is a core indicator of the actual financial health of a given organization.
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Georgia's physiographic provinces, ecology, and environmental challenges
The ecologies and environment: From the Atlantic Ocean to the Appalachian Plateau, Georgia is a very diverse state in terms of its ecology and geography. The state is the largest east of the Mississippi River, and its elevation ranges from sea level to more than 4,700 feet.
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Environmental and health impacts of wind power as renewable energy
The greatest challenge of the 21st century is filling the gap between energy demand and supply with clean, reliable and green source of energy. Energy is very essential and it is in material form in everything that is around us.