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The paper discusses how, as the Earth's average temperature rises, crop production decreases. The paper notes the significance of a decrease in crop production and provides a literature review. The paper shows how, in general, global warming has a negative effect on crop production and the unpredictability of climatic change can also have a negative effect on crop production when farmers are ill-prepared. The paper points out, however, that although many crops will suffer, certain crops such as winter wheat seem to thrive in the global warming models.

Outline:
Introduction
Hypothesis
Conceptualization
Journal Article Summaries
Summary

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"Peng et al. (2004) explore the affect of higher night temperatures, from global warming, on rice production. They evaluated these effects by a direct study on the effects of global warming on crop production, by analyzing weather data at the International Rice Research Institute Farm, from the years 1979 to 2003. They examined temperature trends and how they related to rice yield, by using the data obtained from irrigated field experiments, that were conducted at the International Rice Research Institute Farm. The researchers found that rice production fell 10 percent for each 1o C increase in minimum temperature. However, maximum temperature had an insignificant effect on crop yield. Therefore the researchers concluded that there was direct evidence that rice yields decreased with increased nighttime temperature associated with global warming."

Tags:climate, change, rice, wheat, maize, temperature

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Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of mortality in the industrialized world. At the same time, high blood cholesterol is known to be a risk factor for heart disease. Decreasing total blood cholesterol can have a profound effect, reducing the incidence of coronary heart disease by close to 30%. Further, there is a wide variety of research that links blood cholesterol levels to heart disease and mortality. This paper presents a design for a study that aims to add to this body of evidence by investigating the impact of decreased cholesterol consumption on mortality from cardiovascular disease.

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"In each facility, 1,000 research subjects will be recruited using voluntary recruitment procedures. Advertisements for volunteers will be placed in local newspapers, community message boards, and clinic and emergency waiting rooms. Subjects will range in age upwards from 21 years of age. Subjects will not be excluded from the study on any medical or other grounds. This wide range of subjects and large sample size will allow researchers to correlate cholesterol intake with a number of other factors, including age, sex, race, place of residence, and other medical conditions."

Tags:medical, stroke

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This paper examines the issue of racial profiling of African Americans and Hispanics in the context of decreased crime in New York City as well as the effect of negative attitudes on policing in the city.

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"The purpose of this research is to examine the issue of racial profiling of African Americans ad Hispanics by police agencies in New York City. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which the issue has arisen in recent years and then to discuss the public perceptions of police performance in the matter as well as the impact of such perception on law enforcement in New York City. In the background of the issue of racial profiling of black and Hispanic persons..."

Tags:Racial, profiling, New, York, City, Diallo, Louima

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This paper asserts that there are a host of policies that have impacted erosion of substantial employment opportunities within the United States over the past forty years. The research for this paper finds that workers for the past 20 plus years have been faced with a dilemma - their fear of job security or lack of - leads to decreased productivity.

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"There are a host of policies that have impacted erosion of substantial employment opportunities within the United States over the past forty years. The research for this paper finds that workers for the past 20 plus years have been faced with a dilemma - their fear of job security or lack of - leads to decreased productivity. While it is easy to point to external policies like NAFTA and GIATA, the declining productivity goes back to 1972, when the average American wage ..."

Tags:labor, policies, productivity

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This paper discusses the general problem of decreased achievement among high school students in language arts and mathematics. It looks at the significance and impact of the problem, the interests of high school students and presents a research design to investigate the problem.

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"The general problem is that high school students demonstrate decreased achievement levels in mathematics and language arts literacy compared to middle school levels..."

Tags:high school student language arts, mathematics

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The paper addresses the issue of child molestation in America and relates that to date, there is no cure for pedophilia. The paper discusses how chemical castration has reduced the sex drive and aggressive tendencies of pedophiles by significantly lowering levels of testosterone, and as a result, their desire and ability to assault children is greatly diminished. To confirm this assertion, the paper suggests a study that could be conducted in a clinical setting in which voluntary participants, who are admitted or convicted pedophiles, are administered an anti-androgen that reduces the level of testosterone.

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"Child molestation is a serious problem in America. To date, there is no cure for pedophilia. As such, the recidivism rates are extremely high. Chemical castration has reduced the sex drive and aggressive tendencies of..."

Tags:crime, prevention, pedophilia

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The paper discusses how doctors and nurses are overwhelmed by their daily interaction with trauma and suffering, and simply administer pain medications to turn off the human emotions they come into contact with. The paper describes how for the patient, this provides a negative message, which has them seeing their caregivers as mere "human mechanics" working solely on the physical aspects of patient care.

Tags:nursing, health, career

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This paper asserts that, by using strong emotional messages, the media initially helped fuel an already present surge in support for the War in Iraq immediately following 9/11; likewise, the media has helped cause a gradual decrease in public support by priming audiences with discouraging information. The paper presents the findings from the literature review, which focuses on factors of the media effect, Cho's theory, Ladd's theory and studies from the Media Research Center. The paper concludes that the media is sending negative messages regarding the War in Iraq and suggests that audiences not rely entirely on the media for their opinions regarding political issues.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Literature Review
Findings
Priming vs. Rallying
Source of Political Information (Cho's Theory)
Political Awareness (Ladd's Theory)
MRC Studies
Analysis
Conclusion

From the Paper
"A combination of Ladd's rallying effect and Cho's "television effect" help explain strong support for the War in Iraq in the time shortly after the attacks on the World Trade Center. As discussed, the rallying effect is the intense swing in public opinion, usually in support of leadership, after any national crisis. Clearly this would be present after the World Trade Center attacks as they were the first on American soil since Pearl Harbor. The American public felt threatened, vengeful, and, most importantly, unified in support for military action in retaliation against the executers of the attack."

Tags:terrorist priming rallying awareness, television effect

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This paper explores how information technologies decrease the users' quality of life in terms of their health and their social skills.

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This well-researched paper details the fiscal and budgetary reasons for the substantial downsizing at Global Science & Technology, a subsidiary of NASA's Office of Education, as well as three additional companies contracted by NASA's Peer Review Services. This paper, written from the writer's personal point of view, contains insightful research that proves downsizing and layoffs produce decreased loyalties among employees. This in-depth paper contains a proactive solution and implementation plan to regain employee loyalty and trust which include developing human resource programs and creating avenues for promotion. Topics covered in this report include: Introduction Problem Statement Literature Review Causes Solutions and Implementation Plan Developing Human Resources Programs Establish Avenues for Promotion References Reflection

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"The process by which personnel were selected explains the vehement reaction. When the time came to select staff for termination, the manager held a series of closed-door meetings at which employees were discussed and ranked. His first mistake was not communicating the criteria that would be used to make the selections. Many employees felt that seniority would factor into play, but when the first three names identified staff who had been with the company the longest, confusion and anger began to surface. Rumors about "the list" began to circulate, and staff members, who never did receive any kind of meaningful communication, thought the worst. The layoff timing and methodology also demoralized personnel. Three people were laid off one week, two the next, and three the next. The first batch found that they had been locked out of their computers when they came back from lunch."

Tags:business, plan, strategy, employee, labor, layoffs, downsizing, human, resources