Abstract Volcanic dust is the residue that remains in the atmosphere after the eruption of a volcano. A volcano is a general term for any opening in the crust of a planet or natural satellite through which gases, lava or magma, and solid fragments are discharged. Volcanoes are typically classified as active, dormant, or extinct (Encarta, 1998).
The interior of the earth is composed of an inner solid-iron core surrounded by an iron-rich, liquid outer core. Beyond the core is the mantle, a chemically distinct silica-rich layer that extends to the earth's crust, about 4,100 miles from the center of the earth. The mantle is extremely hot, and convective ..."
From the Paper "VOLCANIC DUST
Definitions
Volcanic dust is the residue that remains in the atmosphere after the eruption of a volcano. A volcano is a general term for any opening in the crust of a planet or natural satellite through which gases, lava or magma, and solid fragments are discharged. Volcanoes are typically classified as active, dormant, or extinct (Encarta, 1998).
The interior of the earth is composed of an inner solid-iron core surrounded by an iron-rich, liquid outer core. Beyond the core is the mantle, a chemically distinct silica-rich layer that extends to the earth's crust, about 4,100 miles from the center of the earth. The mantle is extremely hot, and convective ..."
Abstract This paper argues that the seemingly disparate trends in the American construction industry are in fact related by the geography of modern employment. Our booming technology-based economy has focused its growth in urban areas, leading to skyrocketing housing prices and urban sprawl while simultaneously leaving construction employment and nationwide building trends dormant.
From the Paper "In 1982, total construction receipts for single-family homes totaled $5.3 billion. By 1997, receipts had grown to an inflation-adjusted amount of $7.9 billion. This 60% increase is significantly less than the overall growth in construction in the United States in that time period, which almost tripled from $313 billion to $835 billion(US Census Bureau, 1982, 1987, 1997). The causes underlying this startling difference are hard to pin down, but a large part of the blame can probably be ascribed to the significant depression of the late eighties and early nineties. The high interest rates and high inflation figures of the era scared away new home buyers, while government investment in the private sector spurred other aspects of construction (Econedlink, 2000)."
Abstract This paper defines and discusses this unique culture of sailing the oceans and examines the history of this practice. It explores how the skills and heritage of these seafaring people, that laid dormant for generations, is experiencing a revival amid the Polynesians of today, giving them pride and purpose in the ancient arts and culture of their ancestors.
From the Paper "The Pacific Ocean is the earth's largest geographic feature, occupying more than one third the surface of the globe, an area greater than all the landmasses put together. The some 25,000 islands, roughly 1.6 million square kilometers, are scattered about a sea area of more than 88 million square kilometers, stretching 16,000 kilometers along the equator and 15,000 kilometers from the Bering Strait to the Antarctic Circle (Kiste 1991). More than one half of the world's islands are found in the Pacific Ocean. These islands comprise an area known as Polynesia, which means ?many islands,? and is geographically the largest of the Pacific's cultural areas, with distances between the island groups the greatest (Kiste 1991). An imaginary triangle from Hawaii in the north to the southeast at Easter Island then to New Zealand in the southwest defines Polynesia. The Pacific Ocean is so vast that even with some 25,000 islands dotting its waters, the majority of the area is empty. In fact, if Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, had missed Guam in 1521, he would have believed that there was no human inhabitants in the entire region (Kiste 1991). Today, "the combined exclusive economic zones of the countries in the region is approximately 30 million square kilometers, an area almost the size of Africa or three times the size of the continental United States" (Zurick 1995)."
Abstract This paper reviews the idea that there is a dormant analogy between weaving and architecture. The paper shows how the materials used in the process of weaving are similar to the structures in the field of architecture. The author reveals the similarity of weaving patterns and the ornaments used in architecture.
Abstract This analytical research paper explores in intricate detail, the following question: How should we read primary sources? This question gives rise to various other questions that are dormant behind the layers of concepts and aspects related to reading and analyzing the information coming from the primary sources. For instance, do primary sources speak for themselves? How should we read them literally so as not to obscure their original meanings? Or do we need to read them in other ways? What role does an understanding of a source's author and his or her audiences play in our reading? What about authorial motivations, perspectives, agendas and purposes?
Abstract This paper addressed how the allocation of authority between the national and state governments is primarily ruled by the doctrine of preemption. When Congress passes an Act, the Act preempts any state law that either does or potentially could conflict with the federal law. This doctrine includes dormant federal powers and prohibits states from acting when the federal government has not acted, but could act, on a particular matter. Furthermore, this paper discusses various types of preemption (conflict, field, express) that may be applied when federal and state legislation conflict. Also discussed briefly is the power of the president per the Constitution.
From the Paper "While the concept of dual sovereignty dominated the nineteenth century, in modern times the allocation of authority between the national and state governments is primarily ruled by the doctrine of preemption. When Congress passes an Act, the Act preempts state law that either does or potentially could conflict with the federal law. This doctrine includes dormant federal powers, and prohibits states from acting when the federal government has not acted but could act on a particular matter."
This paper discusses the problems, in terms of crime, that have and are still facing Russia, the operation of organized crime in Russia, and the way it has molded the people and society of Russia.
Abstract This paper relates that the Number One problem the post-Soviet society is facing today is not a new problem, but one that was dormant and concealed: organized crime. The author points out that, by the time of the fall of the Communist regime, the largest source of capital and wealth inside the Soviet Union was in the black market, with capital owned, manipulated, and governed by the Communist Party. The paper states that one of the ways this criminal environment can be remedied is by pressure on Russia and incentives from the international community to start to solve this problem.
From the Paper "The new organized criminals differ in character from the criminals of the traditional syndicate due to the fact that the new organized criminals are more like a jack-of-all-trades. They are characters with many masks. These new criminals have many acquaintances with the old black market world, the old criminal world. They are acquainted with the official world of politics as well as the old structure of the communist party. These new types of criminal are the people that are now classified as the Mafia."
Abstract This paper explains that, even if the HIV infection is currently dormant, the immune system produces antibodies to combat the virus which are ineffective, but their presence indicates an HIV infection. The author points out that the consensus among the medical community about the transmission of AIDS states that there is no evidence that the disease can be transmitted through such activities as casual contact, hugging, kissing or through the air or saliva: AIDS can be transmitted only through direct sexual contact, blood transfusions, hypodermic needles and from mothers to their unborn babies. The paper stresses that the central controversy in the surveillance of AIDS is not the reporting requirement, but how these records might be used.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
"The Plague"
Public Health
Conclusion
From the Paper "Instead of maintaining the present practice of voluntary testing and confidentiality, many states are considering contact tracing. Contact tracing is a form of medical surveillance in which public health officials are statutorily required to inform the sexual partners of a positive test for a disease by a patient. This process of disease control is authorized in many states for the treatment of venereal disease. A doctor reports a positive test result of a patient to the state health department; the name is entered on a register; and the state health officer then has the duty to inquire about the patient's sexual activities and to inform all sexual partners of the disease; the sexual partners then submit to their own tests."
Abstract This paper examines the shared central theme of both Joseph Conrad's book, "Heart of Darkness", and Francis Ford Coppola's film, "Apocalypse Now Redux". The paper studies the Kurtz character, who comes to be criticized for continuing to do what he had done previously under army control, but now on his own authority. The paper studies how the other characters react to Kurtz and his ensuing madness. In both the book and the movie, there are numerous possibilities for an endless abuse of power by foreigners in a primitive jungle setting. The paper demonstrates how this setting tends to bend their minds and release their dormant savage energies. For example, the paper shows how in "Heart of Darkness", gun-crazy members of the company are depicted firing wildly upon anything and everything as they progress up the river. Likewise, the paper analyzes how the men in the patrol boat rigid (PBR) in "Apocalypse Now Redux", act even more brutally, due to the circumstances of the Vietnam War.
From the Paper "The dominant theme of Heart of Darkness is man's vulnerability to his own darker nature and the various ways in which this terrible, savage, proto-man can be unleashed; power, the jungle, "the Company," all serve as catalysts for the emergence of this hidden, voracious id-thing within us all, most realized in Kurtz. In Apocalypse Now Redux, Coppola is right on target in exploring this theme, his choice of Viet Nam in the sixties providing all the requisite elements: madness, power, the jungle, and "the Company" are all present, the latter being represented by the United States (US) Army, or perhaps the USA as a whole. This last touch is ingenious, as it calls up a whole series of speculations regarding the various forms of imperialism. In Conrad, set at the turn of the century, the imperialism is traditional, overt. In Coppola, the US presence is just as overt, yet the pretense upon which it is based is more ideological, geopolitical."
Tags: vietnam, viet, cong, kurtz, jungle, war, pbr, 1960s, protest
This paper explores the concept of 'preminiscence' in aging women's poetry by examining a famous poem about the coming of old age, J. Joseph's "When I am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple" (aka "Warning").
Abstract This paper explains that 'preminiscence', the process of projecting the future, is important to the process of aging, which implies that, on the basis of past experience, women shape their futures. The author points out that, in "When I am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple" (AKA "Warning"), the reader learns that aging women, no longer needing to succumb to the temptations of diet aids, beauty products and cosmetic surgery, are released from the tyranny of physical beauty and are free to tap into themselves and rediscover the old feistiness, lying dormant since they were 10 years old. The paper concludes that this poem offers a positive approach to aging and a vista of freedom and possibilities by making the revolutionary statement that aging isn't so bad, after all. Poem included.
Table of Contents
'Preminiscence'
Method
Analysis
Discussion
Conclusion
From the Paper "The collection of women's life histories shows that during her 70s, widowhood is a likely possibility for most women. According to Coyle (1997), "Women on the average live longer than men. Women experience a greater life expectancy than men, and as a result, they comprise the majority of older adults." Widowhood is so common, in fact, that women regard it as something like a rite of passage, and although it is initially a shock and extremely painful for many of them, they do recover and reach a point where they see it as a whole new stage of life."
Abstract The paper discusses how we can ascertain what aging women expect their futures to be like and how they view old age by reading their poetry and other writings. In "When I am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple," (also known as "Warning") we learn that aging women are released from the tyranny of physical beauty. They are free to tap into themselves and rediscover the old liveliness lying dormant since they were young children. The poem offers a positive approach to aging and opens a vista of freedom and possibilities. The poem makes the revolutionary statement that aging isn't so bad after all.
Contents:
Method
Analysis
Discussion
Conclusion
From the Paper "The poem is a reassurance to these women that old age has some positive aspects and is something to which they can look forward. In just a few years, they will no longer have to continue their efforts to maintain society's ideal of beauty--that is, a youthful and thin appearance. The poem, taken as a whole, also implies that it is a relief not to have to be sexually attractive to men anymore: "You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat..." In other words, there is freedom in not having to dress for other people, particularly for the male gaze, anymore. The first time I read this poem, I was reminded of my mother. When she reached the age of 79 and her 80th birthday was coming up soon, she gave up wearing a corset because, as she quietly explained to me, "I have reached an age now where I have a right to be comfortable.""
Abstract The paper describes the natural phenomenon of volcanoes and the severe outcomes that can result from a volcanic eruption. The paper describes volcanic eruptions in the past and looks at how scientists have improved the methods and abilities of protecting people. The paper relates that in most cases, scientists can predict when an eruption may occur and the best protection seems to be early warning.
Outline:
Introduction
History and Significance of the Problem
Discussion
Conclusion
From the Paper "Volcanic gases are released in the air and through the soil as a result of the Magma which is composed of dissolved gases. The most common gases that are released are water vapor, carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. In addition to these gases, volcanoes also release smaller amounts of hydrogen sulfide, carbon monoxide, helium, hydrogen, hydrogen chloride and hydrogen fluoride. The survey explains that of the aforementioned gases the most harmful tend to be are sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen fluoride."
Abstract This paper explains that malaria was once thought to have nearly disappeared, but in recent years has made a comeback in some areas due to lack of pesticide control of mosquitoes, the carriers of the disease, and to mosquitoes becoming resistant to the pesticides. The author points out that malaria can be difficult to diagnose in many cases because of the diversity of symptoms that can differ between adults and children and because the disease can lie dormant for months or even years. The paper relates that the disease can build up immunity to the treatments, which may be one of the most difficult obstacles to overcome in finally eradicating the disease.
Table of Contents:
Detection of the Disease
Types of the Disease
Symptoms
Treatment
From the Paper "Malaria has been known as a deadly disease for centuries. Two authors note the origin of the name fits where it still exists most commonly today. They write, "The origin of the name malaria, meaning 'bad air,' stems from the Roman period in Italy when the Romans first associated the disease with the stench of swamps." Malaria is spread through the blood, specifically by mosquitoes that carry the disease and spread it when they bite a victim. The insects are also exposed to the disease when they bite a victim (human or other) that carries the disease. Mosquito spraying ..."
This paper explores whether the current profile of customer relationship management (CRM) deployment across industry has been effective and what, if any, future relevance CRM will have in these industries.
Abstract This paper explains that customer relationship management CRM allows organizations to develop a closer relationship with customers and to monetize the data and information, which would normally lay dormant within untouched massive databases. The author points out that CRM has become a business differentiator and especially has become relevant for e-commerce applications that find a ready infrastructure in which to be integrated. The paper suggests that the single most prevalent reason for the failure of CRM to deliver on expected returns is an organization that focuses too much on the data analysis function and loses sight of the actual customer transactions that are the most important part of the business process.
Table of Contents:
Research Hypothesis
Introduction
Technology Background
Historical
Technology
How It Functions
Suppliers
Consumers
Application of the Technology
Organizational Use
Applications
Strengths
Weaknesses
Success
Failure
Future Trends
The Future
Forces of Change
Conclusions
From the Paper "Retail banking has taken a leading role in deploying e-commerce and e-business functionality in relation to its CRM initiatives. On-line banking has become a fact of life and hardly any commercial and consumer banking institution would consider going to market without these services integrated into its CRM portfolio." . Retail banking institutions have mastered the art of on-line bill paying, transfers, deposits, and account management to the degree that many customers simply do not feel the need or the desire to visit the bank."
Abstract In this article, the writer discusses that throughout history the Black Plague has emerged in some societies and then laid dormant, only to become active again, killing massive numbers of populations. The writer points out that primarily carried by rats and the fleas that feed from them, the Black Plague has been cited as existing in a growing number of cases in modern times, although its roots began centuries earlier. The writer notes that there have been several pandemics of the Black Plague, which is the most devastating infection that the world has ever known. The writer maintains that statistics indicate that the Black Plague still exists and is increasing in the numbers of the population that it kills each year. The writer concludes that it is for this reason society, medical science and those that lead nations must begin to act on the plague in order to save millions more within societies today and in the future.
Outline:
Introduction
Beginning of the Plague
Emergence
Affects on Society
How it Spread
Second Mass Occurrence
Origins
Countries it Impacted
Affects on Society
New Types
London
Appearance in London
How it Impacted Society
How it Ended
Modern Society
Existence of the Plague in the 20th Century
Existence of the Plague in Modern Society
Statistics
Conclusion
From the Paper "In the 1300s the Black Plague emerged in Asia and quickly spread throughout Europe and once again in Italy. This pandemic was directly related to the trade that existed between these countries, as it followed the waterways that carried goods from one port to another. In this pandemic the plague was capable of taking in excess of 20 million lives and adversely impacted all civilizations that it spread to. This occurred through the inability of farmers to harvest their crops and workers to produce goods that were required to maintain businesses. Bishop contends that the affect of the plague on the populations where it existed included families abandoning their children, physicians refusing to care for patients and the Catholic Church proclaiming massive forgiveness for all who died because of the lack of clergy to hear the confessions of the dead."
