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Current Trends in the Environmental Testing Industry, 2002.
This paper examined the status of the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference (NELAC) program in the US.
3,400 words (approx. 13.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 124.95
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It also discussed its structure, and procedures, relating to its accreditation program through participating states and bodies. Other areas examined include on-site lab assessment procedure, lab accreditation process, fees, and lab quality systems. It also discussed the various methods used for environmental analysis, and finally addressed the growing issue of indoor air pollution in the United States.
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Current Trends in Student Assessment, 2005.
This paper discusses current student assessments and looks at the changes in such assessments.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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In this article, the writer notes that times have changed with regards to education. The writer points out that now, teachers are being held accountable for their work. Yet, the writer notes that with this accountability comes the need for effective student assessment. Further, the writer discusses that just as the priorities of the demands on teachers have changed from keeping classrooms clean and warm, to ensuring that each and every child comes through the educational system with an actual education, these assessment tools have also changed.
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"The field of teaching has changed significantly over the course of just the last two generations. In 1923, a standard elementary teacher's contract included items such as remaining unmarried, not associating with men, being at home between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., and not leaving town without permission. These were in addition to not smoking, drinking, or even riding in a carriage or automobile with any man except her father or brother."
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Current Trends in Information Technology, 2002.
Examines the effects of government policies enacted in an effort to eliminate terrorism from our environment.
2,190 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 68.95
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This paper discusses and examines the anti-terrorism policies enacted by the federal government that intrude upon the privacy of American citizens. In particular, the paper addresses those policies, which allow the government to intercept telephone and e-mail communications. The paper outlines the key points of the Patriot Act, one of the main anti-terrorist policies implemented, and then examines the impact this policy has had on our civil liberties. Arguments both for and against the Act are presented in this paper.
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"In lieu of the events of September 11, 2001 the country has made a concerted effort to eliminate terrorism from our environment. This effort has prompted many to question the extent to which government can intrude upon the privacy of citizens and visitors to the country. Chief among these concerns is the government?s policies for the interception of telephone and email communications. The purpose of this discussion is to examine the effects of this particular policy. We will begin by describing key points of the Patriot Act which allow for government interception of email and telephone communications."
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Current and Future Trends and Applications in Nanotechnology, 2003.
A comprehensive review of the relevant literature to develop a better understanding of the emerging technology of nanotechnology.
2,287 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper provides an insight into nanotechnology, an anticipated manufacturing technology that is intended to provide thorough, inexpensive control of the structure of matter through the manipulation of individual atoms. Topics discussed include the definition of nanotechnology, the ultimate goals, and potential hazards of the technology, as well as the companies, both privately and publicly owned, that are involved in the field. It looks at some of the products of nanotechnology and describes how nanotechnology can be used in our daily lives. It also discusses the role the government currently plays in funding research into nanotechnology applications. A summary of the research is provided in the conclusion.
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"The term, ?nanotechnology,? was proposed by K. Eric Drexler. The Institute of Nanotechnology advises that nanotechnology can best be considered as a ?catch-all? phrase used to describe activities at the level of atoms and molecules that have applications in real world settings. A nanometer is a billionth of a meter (about 1/80,000 of the diameter of a human hair, or 10 times the diameter of a hydrogen atom) (Nanotechnology ? What Is It?, 2002). Nanomaterials are defined as particles having a size in the range of 1-100 nanometers that exhibit unique physical and electrochemical properties, thereby enabling the manufacture of stronger, harder, more wear-resistant materials."
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Current Trends in Nursing, 2006.
A look at the nursing shortage in the USA, how it is affecting health care and what can be done to alleviate the problem.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 8 sources, $ 53.95
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In the United States today the health care industry is suffering from a severe shortage of nursing professionals. This reality is the result of several factors that have impacted the profession over the last few decades. This paper discusses measures that the USA can take to alleviate the nursing shortage.
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"The purpose of this paper is to provide steps to help the USA alleviate the nursing shortage. In the United States today the health care industry is suffering from the sever shortage of nursing professionals. This reality is the result of several factors that have impacted the profession over the last few decades. First, health care costs have altered the manner in which many health care facilities operate. Because of the influx of new technologies and an attempt for health care facilities to remain competitive, hospital systems have elected to cut costs in other areas. Cost cutting was primarily aimed at staffing in hospitals, which eliminated many nursing jobs."
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Environmental Taxes in the Petroleum Industry, 2004.
An examination of how effective environmental taxes are in the petroleum industry.
1,634 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 53.95
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This paper looks at the history and structure of environmental taxes. It addresses what they are used for and how it impacts the petroleum industry. The paper looks at worldwide taxes, with a more narrow examination of Canada and Brazil regarding the impact their taxes have on their petroleum industries. The research concludes that environmental taxes worldwide are having a positive impact on the industry as they encourage the reduction of pollution and waste.
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"The effects that environmental taxation has on the petroleum industry cannot be ignored. The concern with the environment is not new. For several decades environmentalists have been warning world inhabitants that they were destroying future resources with the refusal to conserve and protect current resources. One of the most controversial resources on earth is petroleum. Petroleum has many uses that the world has come to take for granted. Heating, transportation, and other uses have become commonplace in just about every industrialized nation on earth. Millions of people use petroleum in their every day life. They use it as fuel in their vehicles, commercial transportation companies use it as well. In addition to transportation uses there are heating issues and industrial uses that are also heavily dependent on petroleum. As the industry ingratiates itself even further into industrialized society environmentalists continue to study the future. The pressure environmentalists have brought on various governments has been effective. Environmental taxes have been imposed around the world to try and offset the cost of the damage being done to the environment and the future of the world?s resources by the petroleum industry."
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Environmental Management in the Construction Industry, 2006.
Examines practices for environmental management in the construction industry and their effectiveness in Pakistan.
883 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper studies the management practices related to environmental protection and control in the construction industry of Pakistan. The study focuses on a major firm from the industry and presents relevant information on the techniques used to prevent environmental degradation. The paper includes colored photographs.
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Objective
Area of Work
Findings
References
Questionnaire
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"It was only until recently that people began to realize that it is also one of the major contributors to pollution and environmental degradation. The government needs to emphasize the need to control pollution and to protect the environment by promoting the conservation of energy and resources throughout the building industry. Some of the environmental threats faced by the industry include proper treatment of waste materials used during construction, energy conservation during construction and noise pollution emitted during construction processes."
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Testing and Assessment, 2005.
A look at the history and current trends in testing and assessment.
3,200 words (approx. 12.8 pages), 19 sources, MLA, $ 92.95
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This paper examines how there have been a number of recent studies that have been done on testing and assessment and how they have focused on various populations. Since schools seem to be the largest area where a great deal of testing and assessment takes place, the paper focuses on school testing and assessment, with an emphasis on the disability population in schools.
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Characteristics of the Population
Review of the Literature
Recommendations and Applications to the Field of Rehabilitation
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"The interest that has been generated in functional assessment is not something that is new in psychological circles. However, the interest in it was intensified greatly around 1997 because of amendments that were made to the Individuals with Disabilities Act. These particular amendments mandated that personnel at schools conduct functional assessments on any students that had behavioral problems which resulted in being expelled or dismissed, and that these assessments then be used to look for likely interventions that could help these students and others like them. Schools are also required to deal with in-service training of all of their personnel in ways that have a direct relationship to these functional assessment techniques."
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The Tourism Industry, 2005.
This paper discusses the current global trends in the external environment that are likely to pose a significant threat to the development of tourism.
2,625 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 79.95
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This paper explains that the monopoly of the top five tourism destinations of France, Spain, the United States, Italy and China is being challenged by over thirty other countries located in Asia such as Malaysia, Africa such as Mauritius, the Middle East such as the United Arab Emirates, South America such as Cuba and the newly independent countries in Europe such as Azerbaijan, Croatia, and Uzbekistan. The author points out that the most significant macro-economic trend, which began in the 1990s, is globalization. The paper stresses that rapid and unplanned tourism development is resulting in destroying the beauty and ecological balance of many a natural habitat, which means that the tourism industry is rather irresponsibly destroying one of its own key capital assets.
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Competitive Trends
Macroeconomic Trends
Environmental Issues
Leveraging Strengths to Overcome Key Threats to Global Tourism
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"The World Tourism Organization estimates that there were 694 million international tourist arrivals in 2003, and that international tourism receipts totaled $514 billion in 2003. These figures indicate the importance of tourism to the global economy and more important, the efforts that are being made to encourage its growth. In fact, the investment of money, time, and effort in tourism is not surprising considering that tourism represents approximately 7 percent of worldwide exports of goods and services, occupying the fourth position after exports of chemicals, automotive products and fuels."
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Trends in Public Relations, 2005.
Examines current global trends in public relations campaigns.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper cites the Wikipedia definition of public relations (PR) and explains that, while PR campaigns can be benign, they are often detrimental to society. The paper goes on to examine current global trends in public relations and to discuss the dual purposes of PR: to provide the public with necessary information, or attempt to influence the public with propaganda that may or may not be true.
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"Public relations is defined by Wikipedia as the practice of conveying messages to the public through media on behalf of a client with the intention of changing the public's actions by influencing their opinions Public relations can have a benign purpose, such as educating the public about HIV AIDS or advertising a charity, but often the clients of PR firms play neither a constructive role nor offer a public benefit but simply want some advantage to the detriment of the public good."
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Trends in Expensing Stock Options, 2003.
An analysis of current and future trends in expensing stock options.
5,707 words (approx. 22.8 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 137.95
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This paper provides a comprehensive review and discussion of the relevant literature to define what stock options are and how they are used. An examination of traditional and new valuation methods is followed by a review of current and future trends in expensing stock options. A summary of the research is provided in the conclusion. Two excellent graphics are also provided within the text.
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"During the past decade, American corporations have granted more and more stock options as compensation, especially for top executives. An option gives the holder the right to buy or sell stock at a specified price by a specific date. If the right to buy shares is set at a low price and the stock goes up, the option holder makes a profit. Critics of the proposed changes argue that options provide vital incentives for skilled employees and executives, especially those who work for risky high-tech ventures. Advocates of reform maintain that options give executives too much incentive to inflate profits falsely to boost the value of their options. Also, they argue that because stock-option costs are not counted in quarterly earnings statements, companies can mask their true cost to investors."
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Drug Trends, 2007.
An analysis of the past and current trends of the use and abuse of substances in the United States.
1,393 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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The paper reveals that trends in culture are reflected in the public's perception of drugs and their usage. Therefore, the paper stresses that the social and cultural aspects and perceptions of drug usage are an important part of understanding drug trends. The paper discusses the drug trends of the past and notes that today the public is becoming more aware of the dangers of drug abuse. This is evidenced by declining drug usage rates in many sectors of the population. The paper points out, however, that this is countered by the alarming trend of increasing drug usage among very young children and the abuse of painkillers. The paper emphasizes how drug abuse is often unconsciously aided by social norms and trends. The paper concludes with the hope that the recent decline in drug usage is an indication of a new trend of mature awareness of this problem.
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"Drug usage in America has been an endemic part of the cultural fabric of the society since the early years of its history. Drugs played a part in the social exchange between the early colonists and the indigenous inhabitants and alcohol was also an ever-present element of America's early cultural history. For example, "As early as 1585, members of the first settlement on Roanoke Island achieved some success brewing beer from Indian maize." (Tracy and Acker 3) In the Jacksonian era alcohol was commonly brewed and distilled and was also used for the medicinal purposes. (Tracy and Acker 3) Alcohol is in fact is an important element in understanding the historical trends in relation to other drugs, as it provides an underlying rationale for the social acceptance of drug taking."
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Future Trends in Technology, 2002.
An analysis of current and future trends of technology in education.
740 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper looks at the direction of technology in education and how technology is successfully implemented into the classroom. It looks at new concepts being introduced and the benefits of these on educational levels.
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"According to Thornburg, bringing technology to students isn?t as easy as it sounds. A reality known as the digital divide makes educational technology all the more important and more difficult to achieve. Lowensteyn and Thornburg both agree that the upper class of society is at the greater advantage in benefiting from technology and putting it to work for them. According to Thornburg, seventy percent of households with a combined income of $70,000 or greater have computers. At the same time only ten percent of households with a combined income of about $10,000 have a computer. The financial have-nots, as Thornburg refers to them, are also the informational have-nots. How do we bridge the gap? It falls upon the school systems and the teachers to prepare students for the technologically advanced workforce. "
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A Concentration Analysis of the Fast-Food Industry, 2002.
This paper is a research study that performs a concentration analysis of the fast-food segment of the restaurant industry with a view toward developing an explanation for shifting growth and investment trends within the industry.
12,800 words (approx. 51.2 pages), 51 sources, APA, $ 244.95
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This paper is a research study that investigated: Is profitability associated positively with concentration in the fast-food segment of the restaurant industry? This paper includes an extensive review of the literature that covers many fields: The fast-food industry, external environmental conditions, the market structure, anti-trust concerns, elasticity of demand, productivity and statistical and research procedures. The paper reports the conclusion of the research that the larger firms in the industry dominate the industry because they are more efficient.
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Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose and Significance of the Problem
Background on the Fast-Food Segment of the Restaurant Industry and External Environmental Conditions
Overview of the Remainder of the Study
Review of Related Literature
Theoretical and Conceptual Literature
Market Structure
Antitrust Concerns
Elasticity of Demand
Productivity
Literature Review Summary
Methodology
Research Design
Analytical Model
Data Sources
Data Analysis
Summary
Results
Hypothesis Test Results
Summary
Summary and Conclusions
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"Barriers to exit refer to the costs that would be incurred by a firm should that firm decide to stop participating in a given market. Thus, a market in which participating firms (1) are required to make a high cost investment in equipment and/or facilities, and (2) where such equipment and/or facilities may not (a) be easily transferable by a firm to use for other purposes, or (b) quickly sold without significant loss may be said to be characterized by barriers to exit. Market contestability is defined primarily in the context of ease of exit, and ease of exit is directly related to the barriers to exit character of a market. When a firm can leave an industry or market at little or no cost to the firm, the market is said to be contestable."
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Industry Scan: Oil and Gas in Australia, 2005.
An environmental scanning report which examines the Australian oil and gas extraction industry.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 80.95
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The oil and gas extraction industry in Australia is comprised of firms that are primarily engaged in producing crude oil, natural gas or condensate and in treating these products on site to produce liquefied or purified forms of oil and gas. The paper presents an industry and environmental scan of oil and gas extraction in Australia. It includes graphs and tables.
Paper Outline:
Products of the Industry
Market Structure
Market Size and Sales
International Environment
Regulatory Environment
Demographics
Industry Problems
Industry Trends and Forecasts
Porter's 5 Forces Model Analysis
Bibliography
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"According to Richard A. Kerr, many economists foresee another half-century of cheap oil; however, a growing contingent of geologists warns that oil will begin to run out much sooner--perhaps in only 10 years or so. The optimists are characterized as mainly those who place their faith in new technology for finding and extracting oil and expect that production will meet rise in demand until about 50 years from now, a period deemed sufficient to identify and develop effective energy alternatives; however, the pessimists suggest that even taking into account the best efforts of the explorationists and the discovery of new fields in frontier areas such as the Caspian Sea sometime between 2010 and 2020, the production oil from wells around the world will peak at 80 million barrels per day, then begin a steady, inevitable decline (Kerr, 1998)."
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