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Catalytic Converters, 1995.
This paper discusses the use of catalytic converters in controlling auto emissions: Chemical process, materials, effectiveness and future developments.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 6 sources, $ 55.95
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"Uncontrolled automobile emissions contain a variety of potentially harmful chemicals. Exhaust gases typically include hydrocarbons (HCs), carbon monoxide (CO), and nitrogen oxides (NOX). In urban areas, the environmental accumulation of such pollutants can threaten public health. Consequently, over the past several decades, the world's industrialized nations have formulated motor vehicle emission regulations. In response to these government mandates, automakers developed the catalytic converter. These devices facilitate the degradation of harmful compounds. Of all the different converters, the three-way catalytic converter has generally proven to be both durable and effective. Nonetheless, increasingly stringent environmental regulations have spurred continuing research into converter ... "
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Catalytic Antibodies, 1995.
This paper discusses catalytic antibodies: Definition, process involving chemistry and immunology, problems and applications.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 8 sources, $ 47.95
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"Catalytic antibodies are derived from chemically stable hapten which mimic reactions' transitional states. Through their binding energy, the antibodies are able to increase both the specificity and rate of the reactions. These techniques were initially applied to chemical processes which did not require catalysts. Various investigators, for example, have used catalytic antibodies to facilitate the Claisen rearrangement. More recent research, however, has focused on disfavored reactions (i.e., ring closure transformations). One day these methods may find widespread application in various fields of scientific endeavor. "
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"The Red Convertible", 2008.
An analysis of the symbol of the red convertible in "The Red Convertible" by Louise Edrich.
1,465 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 48.95
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The paper looks at "The Red Convertible" by Louise Edrich that depicts how the Lamartine family, especially the two brothers, deal with the older brother's return from Vietnam. The paper discusses how the altered family dynamics are shown by the symbol of the red convertible and how this symbol changes throughout the story.
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"The story presents the struggles of two brothers to cope with their changing relationship, as well as the changes taking places in the post-Vietnam world. In fact, the relationship between the two brothers is used as a direct parallel of the post-war situation in the sense that their story is a symbol of the difficulties and readjustments that many Vietnam veterans and their families were faced with after the war. The theme of brotherhood is central to the plot. The story is told from Lyman's point of view which means the reader has no direct insight into Lyman's brother's thoughts."
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"The Red Convertible", 2004.
A review of the short story, "The Red Convertible", by Louise Erdrich.
1,165 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper examines "The Red Convertible", a story of two Native American brothers, Henry and Lyman, both of whom share a deep bond and a very close relationship before things start falling apart. It looks at how, in the story, the most important object for interpretation is the red convertible. It analyzes how the color red also holds special significance and is used as a symbol of death and destruction and how it is extremely important to understand the significance of such things and symbols because they convey certain important messages and foreshadow the tragic ending of the story.
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"Lyman and Henry are two brothers who develop a deep bond when they purchase a Red Convertible. It is important to remember that the story is written in first person, which means that we get to know more about Lyman and his emotions than we do about Henry. But the author has tried to offer a deeper insight into the character of Henry by means of the Red Convertible that he purchases. Throughout the story, the journey of the Red Convertible becomes the life story of Henry and everything that it represents is somehow associated with Henry and his changing condition. In the beginning when the two brothers first see the car, they fee, "Really as if it was alive. I thought of the word repose, because the car wasn?t simply stopped, parked, or whatever. That car reposed, calm and gleaming?(144). This is exactly the condition or mental state of Henry who is calm and happy and is delighted to see this car."
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"Converting the West", 2005.
A biographical review of Julie Jeffrey's "Converting the West"
678 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper reviews Julie Jeffrey's biography of Narcissa Whitman, "Converting the West". It contends that there are at least two stories of the Pacific Northwest in mid-nineteenth century America.
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Modernism in "The Red Convertible", 2004.
This paper discusses Louise Erdrich's short story, "The Red Convertible."
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 23.95
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The paper examines Louise Erdrich's short story "The Red Convertible", which was published as part of her book "Love Medicine," as a blend of the autobiographical and the artistically Modernist. The paper discusses how her own life has been marked by the fundamental themes of her background as one of cultural and biological division, with a German-American father and a Chippewa mother who combined their traditions and beliefs in Erdrich's natal household.
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"Louise Erdrich's short story "The Red Convertible" which was published as part of her book "Love Medicine" is a blend of the authentically autobiographical and the artistically Modernist. Her own life has been marked in many ways by the fundamental themes of Modernism, alienation, disillusionment, fragmentation and uncertainty, for Erdrich's background is one of cultural and biological division with a German-American father and a Chippewa mother who combined their traditions and beliefs in Erdrich's natal household."
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The Power of Brotherhood in "The Red Convertible", 2004.
This paper emphasizes the ideas of brotherhood, based on Louise Erdrich's "The Red Convertible."
930 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper analyzes and summarizes "The Red Convertible", while picking apart the story to show how Erdrich uses key details to depict "brotherhood" between to two main characters. It discusses whether Erdrich truly provides an accurate description of brotherhood through the story, based on the fact she has no siblings.
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"There are many types of relationships. Husband and wife; Father and son; Mother and daughter; but the bond between brothers is one of true friendship like no other. Brotherhood is a unique and powerful bond that cannot be forged. It is hard to recreate a feeling or experience such as brotherhood without experiencing it yourself. This experience (of brotherhood) is clearly shown in Louise Erdrich?s, ?The Red Convertible.? Which brings me to the point. Can Louise Erdrich, being female, still create an accurate portrayal of brotherhood in her story?"
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Christian Attempts to Convert Jews to Christianity, 2007.
An overview of historical and modern attempts at conversion.
1,630 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 53.95
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This paper focuses on the attempts of Christians to convert Jews, including an analysis of their successes and failures. Much of the information available on conversion attempts has focused on historical efforts at converting the Jews to Christianity. As such the primary emphasis of this document includes an overview of historical efforts at conversion. In modern society, most Christian faiths - including those that once persecuted the Jews with much enthusiasm - have focused their efforts on causes other than conversion. Still, even in contemporary society there is evidence that certain faiths, the Baptist faith in particular, still believes they have a moral obligation to convert the remaining population of Jews to Christianity. Their attempts, successes and failures in this respect are explored in the second half of this analysis.
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"Other attempts have been made by the Evangelical church to convert Jews to Christianity, or to suppress the rights of Jews and the Jewish faith (Wikipedia, 2005). This trend began in early history, with Charles Semeon of the Evangelical church stating that the efforts at conversion including daily prayers for the conversion of Jews were as much a part of Christianity and "the finest flower of Evangelicalism" (Ragussis, 4). The Evangelicals have often been cited as agreeing with the Southern Baptist Convention, which suggests that it is the duty of Christians to continue in their attempts to convert Jews (Wikipedia, 2005)."
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How The Christians Converted Pagans, 2002.
Analysis of "Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries", by Ramsay Mac Mullen.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 1 source, $ 62.95
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This seven-page-paper takes the reader on a guided tour through the critique of a book called "Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries", by Ramsay Mac Mullen. In the book Mac Mullen explores the four-century transition that it took for Christianity to overtake Paganism as the leader of religious faiths in the world. The book author details the fact that it was not a quick and painless transition but rather a drawn out and often very painful process to get the new religions established. The author of this paper learned a lot about that transition period from the book and also gained a respect for Mac Mullen as a religious expert. 7 pgs. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Reflections of a Convert, 1996.
1,199 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 1 source, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses the tension between man's inner desire to do what he wants and the universal need to do the right and proper thing, as discussed by St. Augustine.
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"Confessions, written by St. Augustine, is considered by most to be the forerunner of the modern autobiography. In it, Augustine talks about a number of things, including his childhood, his conversion to Christianity, and a good deal of philosophy. Throughout most of the autobiographical portion of the work, there is a noticeable tension between the Christian and the Classical?Augustine seems to say over and over again that he knows in his heart that he should bend toward the Bible and follow God, yet he continually chooses the Classical (or at least the non-Christian) over the Christian."
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Environmental Science, 2007.
This paper suggests that environmental science is a good science that is good for the environment, but polluted by politics.
844 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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In this article, the writer maintains that lawn mowers may have been designed to make green suburban lawns look prettier, but they are anything but green, in terms of their effects on the environment, because they lack catalytic converters. The writer discusses that the largest lawn and garden equipment maker in the country and a powerful Republican senator are hampering attempts by the federal Environmental Protection Agency and state regulators in California to clean up the way Americans clean up their lawns. Further, the writer shows how the battle over catalytic converters in lawn mowers shows how economics, politics and good environmental policy often come into conflict.
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"Lawn mowers may have been designed to make green suburban lawns look prettier, but they are anything but green in terms of their effects on the environment because they lack catalytic converters. Today, all cars must have catalytic converters to protect the environment. This means the dirtiest engines lurk, not in the nation's garages, but in the tool sheds across the land. And the debate over requiring lawn mowers to release the amount of emissions they can release into the environment is eerily reminiscent of Detroit's unsuccessful battle in the 1970s against environmentalists and consumer activists who wanted to reduce the effects of car exhaust upon the environment by installing catalytic converters."
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The Physical Environment of Iran, 2006.
This paper discusses the impact of human activity on the environment in Iran.
1,385 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 46.95
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This paper explains that Iranian population continues to increase at a rapid rate because of the establishment of public health preventive services, which have significantly reduced maternal mortality and raised life expectancy at birth. The author points out that, as the population increases wildly, Iran fails to address its environmental crises and now faces deforestation and desertification of its arid areas, over-fishing of lakes and rivers, industrial and urban waste, continued destruction of wetlands and reservoirs and pollution of the Persian and Caspian Seas by spilling chemicals and oils into them. The paper states that Iran must phase out leaded gasoline, require its people to use catalytic converters, assume a serious long-term approach in environmental protection and focus their direction on developing gas fields and reducing dependence on oil, not only to reduce pollution but also to diversify and strengthen its economy.
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"Poisonous carbon emissions in Iran have steadily increased in the last two decades by 240% since 1980 or from 33.1 million metric tons in 1980 to 80.8 million metric tons in 2000. The uncontrollable growth of the population has clearly meant an increased and constantly increasing number of cars. The volume of automobile exhaust in Iran alone constitutes 1.3% of the world's total of carbon emissions. While Iran's carbon emissions are lower compared with those in the United States and other industrialized or developed countries, its rampant use of leaded gasoline and the volume of cars without catalytic converters account for the massive levels of carbon monoxide in Iran's urban areas."
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New Delhi's Air Pollution, 2006.
This paper examines the cause and effects of the air pollution problem in New Delhi as well as steps taken by the government to improve the city's air quality.
812 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 28.95
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This paper focuses on the poor air quality in India's capital city New Delhi as well as the effects on its residents. Industry is by far the greatest contributor to New Delhi's poor air quality due to the emissions of suspended particulate matter, hydrocarbons, sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and carbon monoxide. Another major contribution to the air quality was the population explosion which resulted in a dramatic increase in automobiles. The writer of this paper details the changes implemented by the government to improve New Delhi's air quality which include requiring catalytic converters on all vehicles as well as the banning of all leaded gasoline. Another positive change involved the conversion of the gas and diesel fueled city buses to compressed natural gas.
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"As it is, the air quality in New Delhi has already had serious consequences for the city's population. "A World Bank study on the health effects of air pollution in Delhi revealed that [suspended particulate matter] in Delhi alone led to premature [the] death[s] of 7491 persons in 1991-1992." In fact, the problem is so widespread that India's privately-run Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute reports that "two of every five residents [of New Delhi] suffer from lung, liver, or genetic disorders due to highly-polluted air." Furthermore, children living in the city are up to three times more likely to suffer from respiratory disorders than children in other parts of India. However, those who are most at risk are people who work in close proximity to automobiles such as taxi drivers and blue-collar workers."
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25-Year Plan To Fight Pollution, 2005.
A proposal of a 25-year program that will be effective in reducing pollution in the air and water.
7,906 words (approx. 31.6 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 171.95
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In the form of a speech, this paper details the problems of smog, acid rain, and depletion of the ozone layer. The paper details major technology and regulations that have greatly reduced some of the pollution including, catalytic converters, alternative fuels, electrostatic precipitation, bag filtration, the Clean Air Act, fluidized bed combustion, and HCFCs. Discusses water problems, including lead and methyl mercury, and legislation like the Clean Water Act.
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"Dear Congresswomen and Congressmen, Our environment is a pressing issue in our society today. Due to societies' demand on governmental organizations to improve the condition of our environment, I am submitting to you today a 25-year program that will be effective in reducing pollution in the air and water. I urge you to look into the issues presented and make an informed decision that will help to improve the quality of our environment."
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Indian Economy, 2006.
Examines how close India's economy is to achieve full capital account convertibility.
4,807 words (approx. 19.2 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 123.95
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The process of globalization has gathered momentum, mainly due to the rapid increase in cross-border capital flows stimulated by trade liberalization and rapid diffusion of IT. The IMF spearheaded the issue of freer capital mobility or capital account convertibility in order to spread the benefits of globalization to developing economies. However, a spate of currency crises resulting in sudden capital flow reversals plunged countries that had achieved miracle growth rates with open capital accounts into economic turmoil. This paper reviews the up-to-date performance of India on this front. It analyzes the pre-conditions suggested by Tarapore Committee on full capital account convertibility in India in view of the empirical evidence on each of them. On the basis of these findings, the paper arrives at the extent of preparedness India has achieved towards full capital account convertibility.
The paper includes many graphs and tables.
Paper Outline:
Introduction
Opportunities and Risks of Full CAC
Required Pre-conditions and Achievement on Them
Concluding Remarks
References
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"Generally, it is argued that full capital account convertibility is beneficial for the economy but several caveats had to be put after learning lessons from the Asian Currency Crisis of 1997. The general belief before the crisis had been that CAC and complete financial openness ensure efficient allocation of global resources, promote higher growth and discipline the domestic macroeconomic policies. The countries that had capital controls in place escaped the contagion of the crisis, which revealed that Capital controls can be effective".
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