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Media and The Human Senses, 2006.
In this paper the author provides an analysis of how various forms of the media act as a medium through which sensory perception is maximized and fully utilized.
1,904 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 16 sources, APA, $ 60.95
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This paper explores the media in relation to human senses. The author describes the media as a tool much like the hands and eyes are tools through which mankind can explore his identity and role in society. Additionally the media is seen as a tool through which we rationalize our desires and engage in sensorial discovery. The author contends that without the media mankind would be hard pressed to interpret and engage in satisfactory sensory experiences. Finally, the media, including television and electronic media, are seen as providing this medium of expression.
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Introduction
Analysis
Conclusions
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"As media continues to evolve so too will mankind and the manner in which society creates social order and reconstruct its relationship between the physical, mental and social. The media is as much an extension of the human senses as it is an extension of technology that enables better information flow, creation of situational behaviors and a form through which social roles can be understood and interpreted (Meyrowitz, 1985). Through the media mankind has discovered a method for transmitting, disseminating, interpreting and receiving social information. This in turn helps mankind creates his own unique identity from which he can operate and live. "
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Human Adaptation, 2002.
Explores the human causes, symptoms, and reactions to extreme stress.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 44.95
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The extreme stress of traumatic events causes human beings to react in either a positive or negative manner. Coping becomes especially difficult in situations where the individual is incapable of solving the problem at hand. While some coping skills work better than others and some people possess qualities that enable them to deal more effectively with stress, surviving an ordeal that destroys a belief in human goodness or a sense of security remains with an individual ever afterward. This paper examines the causes of, symptoms of, and reactions to extreme stress. Also presented are the prolonged effects of stress on Vietnam combat veterans, Holocaust survivors, and people who work with trauma victims.
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From Natural Law to Human Rights, 2006.
This essay explores how human rights grew from natural rights.
4,511 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 117.95
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In this article, the writer declares that early proponents of natural law argued that people have common sense and are born with an intuitive knowledge of right and wrong. This paper discusses that human rights are those rights that are based on human nature. The writer examines how human rights grew from natural rights. It argues that conceptions of right and wrong are not based on an unchanging, eternal order, but are negotiable; that is, open to revision as the years go by and times change. It is seen, for example, how women and children have used natural rights arguments to gain rights that formerly were denied them.
The writer concludes that human rights have evolved from natural law and natural rights and that human rights are intimately connected to morality and ethics.
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Introduction
Natural Law and the Concept of Rights
Changing the Law in Response to a New Moral Awareness
Human Rights for Women
Juvenile Death Penalty
Rights versus Utilitarianism
Conclusion
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"More than anyone else the philosopher John Locke influenced the shape and form of democracy in the United States. He argued that human beings have certain fundamental rights, which governments cannot take away. He argued that no individual has a natural right to rule over others, and that a person's natural state is a state of freedom. Freedom, he explained, was not the same as license or permission to do whatever one wants; rather, freedom is based on the "law of reason which places precise limits on our behavior". Not everyone is able to enjoy their natural rights because other people and the government sometimes violate them; therefore, Locke suggested that men assemble and choose leaders who can be trusted to protect their natural rights. The primary function of government ought to be to protect the natural rights of its citizens, to protect citizens from other states, and to establish and maintain internal order. He suggested that oppressive governments (governments that had broken trust with the people) could, and should, be overthrown; in other words, sometimes, revolution is justified--especially if the government violates the natural rights of its citizens. In questions where natural rights are not the issue, then the will of the majority should prevail. His ideas profoundly inspired the Founding Fathers and the Declaration of Independence; moreover, the Constitution was written mainly to protect the people's rights from government interference, to insure internal order, and to establish defense."
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"The Natural History of the Senses", 2007.
This paper discusses "The Natural History of the Senses" by Diane Ackerman.
915 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 32.95
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The paper examines Ackerman's book "The Natural History of the Senses" that spans an experiential history of all five senses. The paper explains Ackerman's premise that it is essential to use a multifaceted approach to understanding human sensory experiences. The paper discusses how human biology influences the way people experience the sensory world. The paper explains that cultural and social influences affect the ways in which these biologically generated impulses are experienced throughout history, in different areas of the world and from person to person. The paper asserts that one will never smell, touch, taste, hear, or see the world the same after reading "The Natural History of the Senses."
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"Diane Ackerman, author of The Natural History of the Senses, seems to posses the ideal qualifications to author such an enterprising and all-encompassing work. According to the author's own website, Ackerman is a noted author of poetry, memoir, and nonfiction. Her education is grounded in both creative and academic training. She received an M.A., M.F.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University. Previous to writing A Natural History of the Senses in 1990, Ackerman authored several volumes of poetry, and has written a kind of sequel after The Natural History of the Sense's success, called The Natural History of Love. She has authored a book for children on animal's senses, and even has a molecule named after her, called "dianeackerone.""
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The Human Touch, 2004.
This paper discusses that human touch is a powerful force, able to nurture and heal, and communicate thoughts and feelings beyond our verbal capabilities, and perhaps even to perform miracles; but it is also a highly controversial topic.
8,825 words (approx. 35.3 pages), 31 sources, APA, $ 184.95
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This paper relates that the largest, and perhaps the single most important organ in the human body, is the skin, unique among other mammals in its lack of hair or fur, which makes possible a very unique experience, the human touch. The author explains, extensively, many aspects of the human touch, including tactile communication, the use of touching to communicate often accompanied by a sense of friendliness and intimacy, such as, in American culture, the handshake. The paper stresses that Western culture tends to be avoid of the use of tactile communication and other social forms of touch, which is a great loss to members of these societies because touch can be one of the most effective forms of communication and social bonding.
Table of Content
Introduction
Children and the Importance of Touch
Touch in Communication
Self-Touch: Communication and Comfort
The Healing Touch
The Villainization of Touch
Children and ?The Bad Touch?
Forced Touch as a Power Trip
Psychodermatology
Touch and the Future of Society
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"Babies have further been shown to be of healthier weights and sleep more soundly, as well as being more alert and learning faster, when given massage therapy treatments. (Dess) Infants born prematurely have always been at particular risk for health trauma and death. Countless studies have now shown that premature babies are much more likely to survive when cuddled by their mothers and given other tactile stimulation. In one premature babies study, babies who received infant massage went home from the hospital an average of six days earlier than those who did not. Repeated case studies have shown that infants deprived of loving touch will sicken and may even die. ?Touch deprivation impairs development. Romanian nursery children, for example, were stunted, and MT helped them grow.?"
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Why Would You Doubt Your Senses?, 2006.
A discussion regarding senses, perception and reality.
1,114 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper takes a look at a person's senses, perception and how it relates to reality. According to the paper, different people have different perceptions of the same thing, as our senses sense differently. The smell or taste that is enjoyed by one person, may be abhorred by another. The paper goes on to discuss the concept of hallucination and how it relates to reality.
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"It was a nice warm spring afternoon and while I was taking a nap at our backyard, I had a dream - or a nightmare perhaps! In my dream, it was night and I was lying on my bed trying to sleep. But sleep was hard to achieve because I was wrapped in Saran wrap and I was having difficulties breathing. Deep, labored breathing...my chest was going up, down, up down and the more I try to breath deep, the more labored my breathing got. Somewhere in the subconscious or unconscious realm of my mind, I knew I was having a nightmare and I needed to fight it off. As my dream/nightmare continued, I felt myself getting out of bed - still wrapped in Saran wrap - and went out of my room, walked down the stairs and went to the kitchen. I opened the refrigerator, grabbed the first bottle of water and tried drinking, but to no avail. It was then I took the deepest breath I could muster and let out the loudest shout I could - then I woke up sweating and hyperventilating."
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Personal Senses, 2001.
This paper discusses how senses work together in order to paint a complete individual picture.
2,100 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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This paper explains the similarities of the individual senses, and draws reasonable assumptions as to how the senses work in concert with one another to enable the mind to create a complete picture of an individual?s environment. The first exploration is of a personal observation with regard to the use of the senses to detect a bad piece of shellfish, followed by similarities in differences in the olfactory system and taste. The next exploration is of the epidermis, and some observations with regard to the similarities and differences of how motion is detected.
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"Smith and Margolskee state that taste cells lie within specialized structures called taste buds, which are situated in the epithelium of the mouth, predominantly on the tongue and soft palate. The majority of taste buds on the tongue are located within papillae, which are tiny projections that give the tongue its velvety, slightly rough appearance. They further state that the taste buds are onion-shaped structures that contain between 50 and 100 taste cells, each of which has fingerlike projections called microvilli that poke through an opening at the top of the taste bud called the taste pore. Chemicals from food, called tastants dissolve in the saliva and contact the taste cells through this pore, which interact, either with proteins on the surfaces of the cells known as taste receptors, or with pore-like proteins called ion channels. And it is these interactions that cause electrical changes in the taste cells that trigger them to send chemical signals that ultimately result in impulses to the brain. (Smith, Online) "
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"Natural History of the Senses", 2002.
A review of the book "A Natural History of the Senses".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This is a reaction paper to the book "A Natural History of the Senses". It covers each chapter - one on each sense, and one on synaesthesia, or a unification/interaction of senses. Each corresponding section of the paper is followed by a few questions.
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The Ethical Implications of Human Cloning, 2004.
A consideration of the ethical implications of human cloning and the legal steps, if any, which should be taken to regulate this area of scientific development.
4,538 words (approx. 18.2 pages), 28 sources, APA, $ 118.95
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This paper examines the ethical implications surrounding reproductive and therapeutic cloning, including issues such as the right to an open future, commodification of children, the risk of psychological harm to the clone, the right to indiviudality and the "Kantian Ends and Means Dictum". It shows that although many moral objections to cloning can be theoretically rebutted, by adopting an approach which views the welfare of the resultant clone as the paramount consideration in the cloning debate, it is concluded that such a practice should never be allowed. It also considers the current legal regulation of cloning and concludes that the status quo should be maintained.
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Introduction
Reproductive Cloning
Current Situation
Procreative Autonomy
Safety Implications
Intrinsic Sense of Immorality
Individuality
The Right to an Open Future
Commodification
Psychological Harm
Human Dignity and the Kantian ?Ends and Means? Dictum
Fear of Eugenics
Therapeutic Cloning
The Moral Status of the Embryo
The ?Slippery Slope? Argument
Should Therapeutic Cloning be Permissible?
Legal Regulation of Cloning
Conclusion
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"One of the central tenets of the cloning debate is whether a person has the right, as articulated by Dworkin, to ?procreative autonomy?. He defines this as a right to control one?s own role in procreation unless the state has a compelling reason for denying them that control. Following from this, Harris contends that ?genetic imperative? is a fundamental aspect of the right to procreative autonomy and since society grants the legitimacy of genetic aspirations in so many cases and indeed the use of advanced technology to meet such desires, only compelling and serious reasons could deny people such wishes in the case of cloning. Although Dworkin and Harris assert that there is insufficient evidence of harm to justify interfering with this freedom of an individual, a consideration of the following ethical issues will demonstrate that what is at stake if cloning is permitted outweighs the right of an individual to procreative freedom."
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Human Senses, 2004.
A description of the process of stimulation experienced by human senses.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 23.95
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This paper studies the process of stimulation, sensation and perception, using specific illustrations from the senses. The paper aims to understand how the senses work within the brain and the body. The paper defines the terms and provides examples.
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"When someone smells coffee is he or she having a sensation or a perception? In every day language these two terms are used interchangeably, however in technical terms sensation and perception..."
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Obsession in "In the Realm of the Senses" and "Sugarbaby", 2004.
A comparison of the obsession exhibited by the central couple in "In the Realm of the Senses" and "Sugarbaby".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper discusses the central couples in two films, "In the Realm of the Senses" and "Sugarbaby", and how the two couples move in opposite directions from each other. The paper explains that the couple in "In the Realm of the Senses" begin by being engaged with the world, but allow their obsession with each other to isolate them, while the couple in "Sugarbaby" use their obsession with each other to connect not only as a couple but to all of society - and to life itself.
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"Where can love take us? A very great distance. It can carry us to lands that we never thought to visit, lands both metaphorical and real. Love can redefine the nature of reality, can redefine how it is that we see ourselves. Love can make us do things that we never believed were possible or right or good. Love breeds obsession and is bred from obsession. It breeds desire and is bred from desire. Both Nagisa Oshima's "In the Realm of the Senses" and Percy Adlon's "Sugarbaby"..."
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Engaging Our Hundred Secret Senses: Amy Tan, 2001.
This paper provides an examination of the soaring career, culture, and works of Chinese-American author Amy Tan with a special emphasis on her novel, "The Hundred Secret Senses".
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 73.95
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This paper examines the life, career and literature of best-selling Chinese-American author Amy Tan. The author focuses specifically on her novel "The Hundred Secret Senses", and examines the history of Chinese-American immigrants, the discrimination they were subjected to, and the pressures of assimilation into American culture. The paper also looks at the pull between Chinese tradition and American way of life, and how Tan struggles with this issue in her writing.
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"In only a handful of novels, Amy Tan has brought us the legends and stories of her background. She has introduced the American public to a new world of fiction, based on her own experiences mingled with the experiences of her ancestors in their beloved homeland of China . In these stories, she has shown herself to be a writer of uncommon technical skills, powers of observation, and richness of humanity, a combination of gifts that inspires her many readers to eager anticipation of her future works."
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"The Hundred Secret Senses" by Amy Tan, 2002.
A look at the theme of mixed identity and senses in Tan's novel.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper discusses the way in which Amy Tan manages to weave the theme of cross cultures and identities in most of her works, focusing on "The Hundred Secret Senses." It describes the main character of Kwan who also represents this confusion and uncertainty of her identity.
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"As is suggested by its title, The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan?s work of fiction suggests that there are senses that go beyond the five customary ones individuals think of when analyzing the ways that human beings perceptually relate to the world. Tan is a writer primarily interested in how individuals located between cultures conceptualize their identities. She suggests that identity and truth, are mutable and constantly in flux, dependent upon perceptions that lie deeper than the material world. Two of three main characters in the text are bi-racial, the half-white and half-Chinese Olivia Yee and her half-Hawaiian husband Simon."
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"The Hundred Secret Senses", 2002.
A focus on 'Oriental meeting Western' issues discussed in Amy Tan's third novel, "The Hundred Secret Senses" .
2,000 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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A paper which explores important ethnic issues in Amy Tan's "The Hundred Secret Senses" - one of the most important being how the novel emphasizes the differences between East and West through its two main characters and how each has much to learn from the other.
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"The Hundred Secret Senses" is Amy Tan's third novel and received positive response from the readers because of her earlier successes namely "The Joy Luck Club" and "Kitchen God's Wife". The book as her earlier works is a beautiful blend of east and west and the writer herself coming from a Chinese family brings an element of Oriental culture and values in the Hundred Secrets Senses too. While the storyline is definitely unique in its own way, it is important to understand that it is not the plot for which Amy Tan is famous but it is her wonderful and lively characters, their amazing and rather incredible powers and their ability to bring something different to everyday American life that makes her novels interesting and gripping. The readers may not always be able to relate to those characters but they are special because they open new vistas and introduce the readers to a world they didn't know existed."
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Human Resource Management, 2007.
This paper explores the importance of performance and motivation issues with regards to human resources.
2,575 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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The paper relates that elevating and sustaining workers' high performance levels is an absolute necessity in today's intensely competitive culture. The paper discusses the importance of psychological motivation, which should be focused primarily upon providing a sense of self-worth and value in employees. The paper stresses that helping employees improve themselves enables them to help the company, business or organization prosper.
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"In terms of performance, human resource management studies confirm that some employees have significant personal missions they seek to attain through meaningful work and accomplishments, while others dislike their jobs and are only working because they have to.
In this context, one of the primary challenges managers must address is the fact that all employees must be motivated to a certain extent, and inspired to interact with customers and co-workers, respect them, and to seek empowerment, for individual empowerment ultimately benefits everyone. (Dooley et al 115-132)"
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