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Josiah Willard Gibbs, 2007.
This paper looks at the life and achievements of American scientist, Josiah Willard Gibbs.
1,544 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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In this article, the writer studies the character of Josiah Willard Gibbs, a mathematician and physicist. The writer discusses that he managed to achieve great things during his lifetime and lead the world on to greater and better scientific discoveries. The writer points out that Josiah Willard Gibbs has been recognized as one of the greatest American scientists of the nineteenth century. Further the writer notes that it is Gibbs who managed to provide a sound thermodynamic foundation to physical chemistry, to America and to the entire world.
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"The second work that Gibbons published in the same year was "A Method of Geometrical Representation of the Thermodynamic Properties of Substances by Means of Surfaces". From the years from 1876 to 1878, Gibbs published two memoirs, which were later to be combined into one work, entitled, "On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances". Added to this, Josiah Willard Gibbs has contributed to various other spheres, like for example, crystallography, the determination of planetary and comet orbits, and also to electromagnetic theory. The most interesting phenomenon that Gibbs managed to achieve was that he made the practical side of science appealing and fascinating. Gibbs was also recognized as a 'theoretical physicist' of international stature, and he received a patent in the year 1866 for an improved type of railroad brake."
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Gibbs Reflective Model, 2004.
This paper discusses the Gibbs Reflective Model.
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper applies the Gibbs Reflective Model to a hypothetical clinical encounter. The writer explains that the Gibbs Reflection Model is one of several procedures that allow a professional nurse to assess professional competence through the analysis of a clinical encounter. The writer discusses the attributes of the Gibbs Reflection Model, that is a six element cycle through which a professional service deliverer can identify, reflect on and assess professional competency. A clinical encounter is assessed in this paper through application of the Gibbs Reflective Model in a professional nursing scenario.
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King Josiah Reforms, 2005.
This paper compares two different accounts of King Josiah's reforms as found in 2 Kings 22-23 and 2 Chronicles 34-35.
1,300 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 6 sources, $ 43.95
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This paper explains that the two versions of King Josiah's reforms in 2 Kings 22-23 and 2 Chronicles 34-35 are similar, at least in the beginning. The version in Chronicles adds a second story concerning the keeping of the Passover. The author points out that both tales depict King Josiah as a great reformer, a king who restored the true traditions of Israel and who faithfully followed the precepts of God. The paper relates that both versions dwell on Josiah's actions in wiping out paganism; Josiah avails himself of every possible means to completely and totally erase from view objects and symbols of error.
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"The stories of King Josiah's reign that are found in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles agree in their condemnation of bad practices. They agree too, in the need for God's order to be maintained and in the necessity of those who are charged with setting a good example to set such a good example. The second version adds to the original story only because the author feels that he must, as evidently the people of Israel have slipped even further from the righteous path. It made sense to him to include an accurate description of the celebration of Passover in the story of a King who was already widely believed to be especially holy and especially committed to the propagation of God's truth. Thus, these two versions of the same story differ because their intended audiences differ."
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The Story Of King Josiah, 2004.
This paper explains how the story of King Josiah's reformation is written in different ways in Kings and in Chronicles to achieve different effects.
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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The paper examines how the Old Testament's works of Kings and Chronicles included the story of King Josiah's reformation in their texts. The paper continues that each told the story with emphasis on different aspects in order to teach different lessons.
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"Transformations of the Story of King Josiah: A historian named Matt Clarcq once said that the art in history is how you tell it. Kings and Chronicles tell different transformations of the story of King Josiah, the great reformer, before the first destruction of the Temple. The differences in the story show how the writers of these Hebrew texts wanted to influence the people of their time. Kings was compiled by Deuteronomic editors. The purpose was to assemble the oral and written traditions into a continuous story."
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Josiah Wedgwood, 2005.
A look at the history of Wedgwood pottery and its designer, Josiah Wedgwood.
873 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper offers a brief examination of the history of Wedgwood pottery and the man who started the product, Josiah Wedgwood. Discusses the most famous products and why they were best-sellers.
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"In addition to the wildly successful Cream Ware, or "Queen's Ware" as it became known, Wedgwood would also produce two other innovations that would set its success in stone. These were Black Basalt a fine black porcelain, and Jasper. Specifically, with the Black Basalt, Wedgwood could turn out tremendous product to meet the new "neoclassic" tastes of fashionable society-and with the innovative Jasper Ware; amazingly successful due to its durability yet delicacy combined with heretofore unachieved purity of color."
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The Idealistic World of Josiah Royce, 2006.
A review of Josiah Royce's philosophical approach to idealism.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 2 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper reviews the life of Josiah Royce, born in the United States in 1855 and died in 1916. According to the paper, Royce was the leader of the idealistic school of thought in the United States and was personally a proponent of objective idealism. This study examines in more critical depth the philosophical approach of Royce, specifically focusing on the difference that Royce characterized between subjective and objective idealism. Further, how is idealism differentiated from realism? While these may seem like fairly straightforward examinations, understanding the tack that Royce used in demonstrating his arguments is more complicated.
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Josiah's Reform, 2002.
A look at the relationship between Josiah's reform in Kings and Chronicles.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This three-page undergraduate paper explores the relationship between Josiah's reform in Kings and Chronicles. The key to the comparison/contrast is the Deuteronomist's preoccupation with certain concepts and themes - notably covenant and faithfulness.
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Communication in Nursing, 2004.
This paper discusses communication in nursing, specifically the use of Gibbs's 'Reflective Cycle' in a nurse's first placement.
2,060 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 40 sources, APA, $ 64.95
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This paper explains that dealing with people's lives can be a tremendous personal experience for those who are new to the profession and who are learning that communication can be a vital ingredient in life-saving health care procedures. The author points out that Gibbs's 'Reflective Cycle' defines six communication stages through which one may be able to learn a great deal from an experience in order to prevent unfavorable outcomes in subsequent experiences, such as a nurse experiencing a gastroscopy for the first time. The paper stresses that there needs to be a greater emphasis on the way that trained staff communicate with patients, particularly those that are distressed, thus setting a good example for nurses in their first placements.
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"Though gastroscopy is a fairly simple process to undergo examination of the chest and upper abdominal region, several patients are afraid of it. In a manner of speaking they may be rightly afraid because of the fact that the process can be likened to a minor operation This is because of the fact that the patient has to be sedated for a successful gastroscopy to be conducted. Sedation as a requirement significantly disturbs children; they may feel drowsy up to 48 hours of the gatroscopy has been conducted. However, whether patients feel this way or not, the risk of undergoing gastroscopy is minimal. Hence, in order to make sure that patients undergo the required smoothly in the future, it would be advised that nurses in their first placements should apply Gibbs (1988) 'The Reflective Cycle'. This Reflective Cycle aids them in understanding completely what course of action to undertake in future placements."
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Poem Comparison, 2005.
This paper compares Charles Bukowski's poem "My Old Man" and Nancy Willard's poem "Questions My Son Asked Me, Answers I Never Gave Him".
905 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 32.95
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This paper explains that Charles Bukowski's poem, "My Old Man" portrays a conflict between a father and son. The complete opposite of this poem is Nancy Willard's poem, "Questions My Son Asked Me, Answers I Never Gave Him", which conveys affection between a parent and child. The author points out that the themes of these poems are different: Charles Bukowski gives the father and son a strong sense of disconnection and refusal of one another; whereas, in Willard's poem, the theme exposes involvement and acceptance between a parent and child. The paper relates that Charles Bukowski creates a sense of misery with the son having a feeling of unimportance; Nancy Willard's poem expresses a deeper meaning of time through life.
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"The imagery created through the questions and answers in Willard's poem, produces an outlook on life relating time. In the course of the parent and son's intimate relationship, it allows them to involve time on the view of life within the questions and answers. Through time the son will find out if butterflies make noise, if he can eat a star, and if the years ever run out. Even the answers given to him are through time. For example the last question asks, "Do the years ever run out?" This question inquires the time in living every day to a year to find his answer. Even though his parent answers, "God said, I will break time's heart", the son must live and learn so he can eventually interpret the answers to his questions."
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Revolutionary War Art, 2002.
A comapartive analysis of the paintings "Washington Crossing the Delaware" by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze and "Spirit of '76" by Archibald McNeal Willard.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper compares and contrasts Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze's painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" and the painting "Spirit of '76" by Archibald McNeal Willard.
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Architectural Strategies of Charles W. Moore., 2002.
Describes the architectural design strategies of Charles Willard Moore, one of the most notable architects of the Post-Modern era.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 80.95
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Three famed examples of Charles Willard Moore's ingenious work will be selected during the course of the paper and his core strategies will be described in that backdrop. During the course of the paper, an attempt will also be made to show how his work qualifies as belonging to the Post-Modern era of architecture.
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Hard Times, 2007.
This paper discusses the characterization of Thomas Gradgrind and Josiah Bounderby in "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens.
1,748 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 56.95
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In this article, the writer analyzes Charles Dickens' novel 'Hard Times' and notes that it is constructed around the opposition between fact and fancy. The writer points out that Dickens criticizes the nineteenth century materialist and utilitarian philosophy, which had turned man into a simple cog in the large machine of the society. The writer maintains that the book is, at the same time, a social and a philosophical critique. The writer relates that Dickens denounces the political economy and the law system of the age, which were only concerned with raw facts and statistics, not minding the poverty and the hardships of the working class individual. The writer concludes that Dickens completely demolishes the materialist and reductionist philosophy of his age, showing the absurdity of cultivating nothing but the totally inhuman ideas connected with fact and palpable reality.
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"The emphasis on the name is significant, as the character sees himself as a sort of epitome for the mechanic philosophy. He is constructed as being directly related to the philosophy he represents. Gradgrind shapes himself thus as to fit perfectly in the general mechanism of the world. Personality, no less than life itself, is based entirely on facts. Everything, including a human being, has a precise definition according to Gradgrind, who seems to imply that "Thomas Gradgrind" is only another name for definitions, calculations and demonstrations."
"There are many metaphors in the novel that support Dickens' characterization of Gradgrind."
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Health Care System and Lawyers, 2006.
A discussion regarding the role of the lawyer in incidents of medical negligence.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper considers the idea in the question "To what extent has the lawyer's role in bringing justice to patients injured by medical negligence actually been a cause of the crisis in our health care delivery system?". The paper finds that the problem with health care is not litigation but aspects of the system itself, as reflected in an article by Gibbs and Bower.
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"America is facing a health care crisis on several levels, with one aspect being rising costs as well as a climate of fear that prevents medical personnel from doing all that they can to make the system more responsive. One aspect of this is the system of litigation doctors often face when they make a mistake, raising the following question: "To what extent has the lawyer's role in bringing justice to patients injured by medical negligence actually been a cause of the crisis in our health care delivery system?" The issue is raised by those who see high insurance costs for malpractice insurance and who cite large jury awards to plaintiffs who sue doctors or hospitals when a treatment fails."
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The Role of Thermodynamics in Pharmacy, 2002.
A report into how essential thermodynamics is to pharmaceutical scientists.
3,181 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 92.95
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This paper examines how fundamental the principles of thermodynamics are to pharmacy. The paper covers the topics of Gibbs free energy change, heat of formation, partial molar free energy, energy change and entropy, and discusses how all these are important in pharmaceutics in deciding drug delivery and dosage form. The paper presents the reader with a clearer insight into how important the above are, with extensive explanations into the three laws of thermodynamics and how they all help the modern day pharmaceutical scientist. Many of the complicated calculations involved in thermodynamics are exemplified through examples.
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"A pharmacist is regarded as a professional scientist. Thus he is expected to know more than ever, is a thorough knowledge of thermodynamics. This discipline forms a rudimentary backbone of most of the material sciences as many other disciplines do "borrow" heavily from this. 1,3 In studying thermodynamics, it attempts to integrate the factual knowledge of pharmacy and it aids the pharmaceutical scientist to predict the solubility, stability, feasibility, compatibility and biological action of drug products fairly accurately. Processes such as partitioning of solutes between immiscible solvents, the solubility of drugs, micellisation and drug-receptor interaction can all be treated in thermodynamic terms. 1Thermodynamics is concerned with the quantitative relationships between heat and other forms of energy, including mechanical, chemical, electric and radiant energy. 1The main feature to remember in the study of thermodynamics is that it is not possible to know the absolute value of the energy of a system but it is possible to record changes in energy that happen when a system undergoes transformation."
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Marriott International Inc., 2004.
An overview of the history and corporate policy of Marriott International Inc.
2,949 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 87.95
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This paper examines Marriott International Inc., a world-wide leader in the field of hospitality companies. It looks at how the company became 75-years-old in the year 2002 and how it started as a small root beer stand that had been opened in Washington, DC in 1927 by J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott. It also examines how, today, it is a group of more then 2,600 lodging properties and has a total of 471,500 rooms all over the United States and 68 other countries and how the group has hotels distributed in 17 different categories, and the categories of the hotels are different. They have a total range from all-suite hotels to relatively simpler lodgings. The objective of having different brands is simple; they would like to meet the needs of all types of people.
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History
Major Subsidiaries and their Distribution
Corporate Development
New Areas for Marriott
The Position of Marriott in the Hotel Industry
Conclusion
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"The Company was listed for the first time as Marriott Corporation and was listed first in New York Stock Exchange. Since then there have been quite a few activities that merit attention. The first was the conversion of the entity to a public limited company in 1953. In 1993, there was a division of Marriott International from Marriott Corporation. Then the name was changed to Host Marriott Corporation. Again, there was a separation of Marriott International from Host Marriott Corporation on March 27th, 1998. Then the old company of Marriott International was merged with another company and the name changed to Sodexho Marriott Services. The newly separated company that was formed, was then put in charge of the lodging, distribution services and senior living services business and was renamed Marriott International Inc in 1998 itself."
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