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The Future: Promising or Foreboding?, 2007.
This paper presents a picture of an optimistic future for humanity in spite of the many negative outlooks.
2,517 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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The paper discusses how it is relatively easy to be pessimistic about the future in our modern world. The paper notes the daily reports about wars, terrorism, increasing poverty, the spread of HIV/AIDS and many factors that suggest that the future is a very bleak one. The paper suggests, however, that there has been an overemphasis on the negative view of life in modern society. The paper looks at phenomena such as global warming, the energy shortage, the advent of the Internet and the field of science and technology in a positive light and maintains that civilization has potential for a positive future.
Outline:
Global Warming and Climate Change
Energy Resources
Communications
Science and Technology
Education
Conclusion
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"It is relatively easy to be pessimistic about the future in our modern world. One only has to glance at the news to find aspects of our world that portend a gloomy and depressing future. There are daily reports about wars, terrorism, increasing poverty, the spread and HV/Aids and a host of other factors that suggest that the future is a very bleak for humanity on this planet. The recent announcement from the scientific community about the increase in global warming and climate change suggests that the entire human species might disappear in the future. One could easily fill an entire book with dire and pessimistic prophesies about event that bode ill for the future of humanity."
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Leukemia and Alternative Treatments, 2002.
This paper provides a definition of Leukemia and a discussion of established treatments for Leukemia as well as promising alternative treatments.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 44.95
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This essay describes leukemia as a cancer that affects the blood production in bone marrow and the role that stem cells place in the growth of white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets (which are clotting agents). The essay then considers three approaches to treatment of acute leukemia, and explores alternative treatments at the micro-cellular level as the most promising method of curing leukemic cancer.
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Biochemistry and Genetics of Sickle-Cell Anemia, 2006.
Presents an overview of sickle-cell anemia, looking at current treatment of the disease, its prognosis and promising treatments on the horizon.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 9 sources, $ 71.95
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Sickle cell anemia is a devastatingly painful and fatal disease that strikes those of African-American heritage at a disproportionate rate. After a brief discussion on the generalities of the disease, diagnostics, treatment and prognosis, this paper examines the biochemical and genetic influences of the disease and offers suggestions for further research efforts. Advances in biochemical knowledge and technology are taking research on sickle cell anemia to the next level; however, advances in genetics are even more remarkable. This paper highlights one of the most recent and promising genetic fixes for those afflicted and at risk for sickle cell anemia.
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"According to the National Human Genome Research Institute ("Learning About," 2005) sickle cell disease "is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States." The disease strikes 1:12 African Americans who are parented by two disease carriers who pass on a mutated hemoglobin-Beta gene found on chromosome 11 ("Learning About," 2005). Until recently, sickle cell disease was thought to be a death sentence with most victims not living beyond 20 years of age and the rest generally not living past the age of 50 (Taher & Kazzi, 2005). With new treatments, such as hydroxyurea, victims of the sickle cell genetic mutation are not living past 50 ("Learning About," 2005). After a brief disease profile that includes a discussion of disease pathology, biochemical and genetic influences, diagnostics, treatment and prognosis. Advances in biochemical knowledge and technology are taking research on sickle cell anemia to the next level;"
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The Story of Mike the CEO, 2005.
A case study of how a promising career went awry.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 44.95
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The paper looks at the career of a gifted salesman, Mike, and examines the reasons that he fails to be a competent CEO of a company. The analysis is that Mike lacks the interpersonal skills needed and that he fails because of character flaws; rigidity, obtuseness, impulsiveness and the fact that he cannot take advice. He also lacks of communicative skills and does not have a long term vision. The paper reviews the issues before he becomes CEO and how he mismanages projects and uses business models from one context onto another with horrendous results once he is CEO. The conclusion is that he is out of the loop about what is taking place within his own company. The paper studies whether Mike can revive his fortunes.
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"The story of Mike is a cautionary tale for anyone with aspirations of being a successful businessperson. The following paper will examine Mike's problems even before he became a CEO and assess his various errors once he took the "top job" at a company of his own. Moreover, the paper will look at what Mike can do to revive his flagging fortunes (if they can be revived), where he ranks on Collins' level-five hierarchy for CEOs and whether or not he can be called a true entrepreneur. In the final analysis, Mike is someone with great sales skills but terrible CEO skills - and this state of affairs may ultimately destroy the company within which he has invested so much. Mike's problems began even before he became CEO of Premier Prints. For one thing, it is noteworthy that Mike chose to sink his entire net..."
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The Dell Computer Company, 2006.
An overview of the Dell Computer Company and whether it represents a promising investment opportunity.
1,222 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses the growth and successful expansion of the Dell Computer Company and evaluates whether Dell is a sound company for investment. The paper analyzes the company's P/E ratio, its operating profit margin, its profit margin and its working capital in order to make the evaluation and concludes that Dell is in good financial condition.
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"Dell Inc. specializes in computers and computer services. The company products include enterprise systems, notebook computers, and desktop computer systems. Dell also provides consultations, custom hardware and software integration, leasing and asset management, network installation and support, and onsite management. This multifaceted corporation has grown recently from a relatively small company into the largest computer business in the world."
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Economics of Health Care Industry, 2001.
Examines Medicare & Medicaid, hospitals, HMOs, & impact of new medical techniques. Contends economic future not promising.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 9 sources, $ 71.95
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"According to Ginzberg and Minogiannis (2000), Americans' yearly national health care expenses (NHE) are currently about 1.2 trillion dollars and the costs are rising! This figure means that, on the average, about 14 percent of the yearly economy is spent within the enormous network of health care services and people that comprise the country's health care industry.
The purpose of this paper is to look at the economic aspects of the many programs and organizations associated with these expenditures including: Medicare and Medicaid, hospitals, Health Maintenance Organizations, and the impact of new medical technologies. This overview closes with the formulation of conclusions regarding the economic status of the health care..."
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Criminal Profiling, 2007.
This paper explores criminal profiling and its benefits.
1,582 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 51.95
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The paper relates that criminal profiling material is useful in crimes not solvable by conventional police methods. The paper describes how criminal profiling has helped to reopen cases, has given shortcuts for investigations that have proved accurate and has also helped in the monitoring of known serious offenders in the community. The paper also shows how it is an imperfect but still promising science and discusses the challenges faced by investigators who are aware that many dangerous perpetrators are not in their data systems but remain dangerous to others.
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Introduction
An Imperfect but Promising Science
Victim Testimony and Other Data
When Profiling Leads Nowhere
Concluding Discussion
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"Matters of criminal profiling tend to have a certain glamour in public understanding due to various media influences. As McGrath comments "the popular image of the criminal profiler is that of a retired FBI agent who has written several books highlighting past profiling efforts" (2000:315). More accurately, one finds mundane persons involved in an applied social science rooted in forensic psychology and psychiatry, actuarial science, data harvested from criminal justice and mental health facilities, and information technology, towards plotted tendencies and patterns of use to investigators of usually very serious crimes whose perpetrators a strong risk to society. The field is also intriguing, too, for insight into dynamic and static forces, as criminal profiles alter over time while some patterns remain constant. The field retains knowledge from the 1940s as much as its practitioners are alert to changes in criminal patterns due to changes in society, how people fit into newer laws and legal systems, and what are seen as serious crimes warranting research or which bring repeated requests for information (Kocsis:2006:49-64). Criminal profiling material is useful in crimes not solvable by conventional police methods."
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The Republic of Iraq:The Cradle of Civilization, 2008.
A discussion of the future of the Republic of Iraq.
1,748 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper discusses the promising future for the Republic of Iraq. It explains that the newly constituted democratic Iraq may currently be in a state of turmoil, but has a promising future thanks to its valiant citizens and beautiful culture. The paper looks at the geographic beauty of Iraq, as well as its history. The paper then looks at the social and cultural differences throughout Iraq and points out that there is proof that Iraq is a stabilizing country, noting the U.N. report that violence has declined from the summer of 2007 and that the Iraqi Government claims that so far 46,000 refugees have returned to their homes safely. The writer believes that one day the nation of Iraq will come back to normality and its people will lead ordinary lives and the world will truly appreciate America and Iraq's sacrifice to make the world a better place.
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"There have been five different designs for the Iraqi flag since its establishment in 1921. The current flag was created in 2008 and is just an interim flag. Apparently, the creation of a flag is not at the top of their concerns right now. The script at the center of the flag means is pronounced Allahu Akbar, which literally means "God is Great". The script is on a bar of white, with a red bar on top and a black bar below ("Iraq"). Iraq's flag is similar to that of Syria's, Yemen's and Egypt's ("The World Fact Book: Iraq")."
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Gender Roles in the United States, 2007.
This article discusses gender roles in the United States and looks at how ingrained they have become in every day culture.
1,414 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper explores possible sources of gender roles and discusses some of the problems they create for society, as well as proposing some solutions. In this essay, the writer examines and compares two works concerning the issue of gender roles. The writer studies Judith Lorber's article 'Night to His Day' and the work 'Masculinity as Homophobia' by Michael S. Kimmel. The writer maintains that the fight for the civil rights of all people in the United States seems promising. Further, the writer notes that equality for both race and gender has come a long way since the early 20th century, but there is still a lot of work to do. The writer concludes that if gender role segregation continues, the opposition of sexes will continue indefinitely and that it seems that the best way to solve this problem is to fight to stop gender role enforcement from birth.
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"When it comes to defining people from a sexual perspective in the United States, people often confuse two words: sex and gender. The word "sex" has a purely biological definition, creating the categories of male and female. "Gender" has a completely different connotation, and contains many more than two categories. Gender roles in society are incredibly pervasive, and play an important role in defining a person. According to Judith Lorber in her article 'Night to His Day', children learn to play certain gender roles from birth, receiving cues from many different sources. In Michael S. Kimmel's 'Masculinity as Homophobia', the author focuses more on the male experience, focusing on how males learn and "perform" these roles that define our society. These articles contain a lot of similar themes, and at certain points it seems like they compliment or expand on each other. At the core of the concept of gender it is observable that both sexes receive subliminal cues from influential figures that attempt to define their actions for the rest of their lives; however, the separate expectations that apply to each sex are striking in their dissimilarity."
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Hyperinflation, 2006.
A look at the possibility of hyperinflation occurring in the United States.
1,541 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper argues that hyperinflation is looming in the United States. It explains that despite the fact that politicians and economists are promising otherwise, the economy itself is indicative of hyperinflation.
The writer uses the soaring price of gasoline as an example.
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"If you have doubts about this statement stop for a moment the next time you fill your gasoline tank and calculate how quickly and by what percentage the prices for our imported oil has increased over an extremely short period of time with little or no relief in sight. Then take a long hard look at the Russian Federation and the problems they are facing daily just for basic survival. The money you as a taxpayer are pouring down the tubes in a vain attempt to stop the hyperinflation going on in these various republics of the former Soviet Union. These not to mention the funds you donate to charitable organizations also attempting to stem the tide."
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, 2006.
This paper offers an overview of obsessive-compulsive disorder, an anxiety disorder.
1,747 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 56.95
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The paper explains that obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety driven mental illness that results in life altering behaviors and relates that it is the fourth most common psychiatric handicap or disability in the United States today. The paper discusses the symptoms, the available treatments and how one can live with the stigmas involved. The paper concludes that diagnosing and treating patients with OCD is vital to their health and well-being. New research continues to offer promising new revelations regarding OCD and other anxiety driven psychological disorders.
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Overview OCD/Diagnosis
Symptoms OCD
Treatment OCD
Living With The Stigma of OCD
Conclusions
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"Obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD is one of many treatable anxiety disorders that pose "significant mental health problems" and "impair social functioning and quality of life" for patients diagnosed with the disease (Valente, 2002: 125). Anxiety disorders like OCD are among the more common forms of psychiatric disorders, yet they often receive relatively little attention with regard to research and medical history (Valente, 2002). Rasmussen & Eisen (1992) define OCD as the "fourth most common" psychiatric handicap or disability in the United States today."
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Emile Zola?s "Ladies Paradise", 2005.
This paper discusses Emile Zola's novel "Ladies Paradise", named after Paris's first department store, where Mouret exerts his powers of seduction over the female customers, who are depicted as his willing prey.
1,565 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 51.95
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This paper explains that, with the character of Denise Baudau, a lowly worker, Emile Zola presents in "Ladies Paradise" a somewhat skewed vision of the struggle between the sexes with this protagonist ultimately obtaining her goal to marry the less than admirable but higher ranked Monsieur Mouret. The author points out that advertising in the days of this novel worked the same way as today: To create a need by implying that women have some defective quality and promising that their product will make them more beautiful. The paper relates that Zola observes that women come to equate the products with their sexuality with its sensual allure festering and growing until they become an addiction for the women that they must have the products at all costs.
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"Consequently, a raging competition ensues and the ladies compete with each other for customers and the attention of Mouret. The shop girls are forced to dress in a certain way in order to be successful, which is by pleasing Mouret and garnering his attentions. If they can garner Mouret's attentions, a shop girl will have the great honor of exchanging sexual favors for the right to do as she pleases at the department store, as Clara Prunaire does. As long as the shop girl can keep Mouret pleased, she is protected from being sacked."
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Choice-based Education Reform, 2005.
This paper discusses choice-based education reform designed to ensure that under-privileged individuals receive a good education.
5,660 words (approx. 22.6 pages), 35 sources, MLA, $ 137.95
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This paper explains that the most promising systemic educational reform plan involves school choice, a school system that allows parents to select which school their children attend, thus giving parents the freedom to move their children out of ineffective schools while at the same time motivating the ineffective schools to improve. The author stresses that the government should only open the school choice program to families who 1) demonstrate economic need and 2) whose children would be assigned to an inadequate public school. The paper states that an effective educational system based on choice must include religious schools among the choice options.
Table of Contents
The Significance of Education
School Reform Efforts
School Finance Reform
Reform Plans Involving Forms of School Choice
Inter-district Transfer Plans and Controlled Choice
School Choice Systems in Milwaukee and Cleveland
Barriers to Choice-based Education Reform
Legal Obstacles to School Choice
A Pyrrhic Desegregation Policy
Political Barriers to School Reform
Conclusion: Constructing a Feasible School Choice System
Overcoming Legal Barriers
Religious "Choice" Schools
Designing a School Choice System
Targeted Participation
Maximum Number of Available Options
Funding School Choice
The Choice Process
Evaluating a School Choice System
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"Ironically, reform efforts to ensure equal educational opportunity have faced opposition from interests pursuing a strict desegregation enforcement policy. Some of these proponents of a strict desegregation policy have confused the means with the ends in providing for equal education through the desegregation doctrine established in Brown. The reasoning by the Court in "Brown" implied that the purpose of integration was to ensure that racial minorities received an equal educational opportunity: "We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities?" This implies that equal "tangible" factors are necessary elements of an equal educational opportunity."
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Nicotine, 2006.
An analysis of the effects of nicotine on the body's systems.
1,318 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 44.95
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This paper examines how nicotine is a complex drug which can cause many positive effects in the body, such as reducing anxiety and depression and increasing cognition. It also has promising medical uses, such as preventing Alzheimer's disease. It also looks at how nicotine is considered a poison and how it causes high blood pressure, respiratory distress, gastrointestinal distress, and can even cause death by overdose. Furthermore, nicotine is an addictive drug with and its effects on some systems vary from person to person. While withdrawal from nicotine is difficult, the negative effects of nicotine use indicate that it should not be used recreationally.
Outline
Introduction
Nicotine Addiction
Positive Effects of Nicotine
Negative Effects of Nicotine
Nicotine's Effects by System
Withdrawal
Conclusion
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"While nicotine has a bad reputation, like almost anything else, nicotine is not all bad. There are some promising medical uses for nicotine. For example, nicotine has analgesic properties, which means that it can deliver the absence of pain while retaining the sense of touch. In addition, nicotine is an anti-psychotic drug. In fact, "the correlation between a diagnosis of untreated psychosis and smoking is very high--it appears that somehow the psychotic person 'knows' to self-medicate." In fact, nicotine works on the nervous system in a variety of ways: it lowers anxiety levels, enhances cognition, and causes cerebrovasodilation. Nicotine may also have some neuroprotective properties; "a history smoking seems to be protective against some of the neuronal loss in Alzheimer's disease." "
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Autism, 2005.
An overview of autism and a literature review of the available therapies.
2,171 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper describes the major impairment areas of autism, and the symptoms of each. It then evaluates the effectiveness of treatments used in treating autism in general, through a literature review of 15 different source materials.
Outline
Characteristics of Autism
Impairments
Diagnosis of Autism
Etiology of Autism
Psychodynamic Explanations
Candida Infection
MMR Vaccination
Current Scientific Findings
Treatments for Autism: Questionable Theories
Sensory-Motor Therapies
Psychotherapies
Biological Treatments
Promising Treatments for Autism
Applied Behavior Analysis
Pharmacotherapy
Discussion
Conclusion
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"Auditory Integration Training (AIT) involves listening to filtered, modulated music that presents sounds of differing pitches and volumes. AIT is typically administered in two daily half an hour sessions for a ten day period. The theory is that a major factor in the behavioral problems with individuals with autism is that they have hypersensitive hearing. The idea is that the individual adjusts to the sounds he or she hears in therapy so they become more 'normal.' Arguers for AIT claim that the benefits include improved comprehension, memory, eye contact, appropriate social behavior, willingness to interact with others, and responsibility in school (Berard, 1993)."
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