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Residential Construction Industry, 2005.
A look at the history of the residential construction market and the current market.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper deals with the basic history of the residential construction market and the current market. It looks at several factors, current and past which lead the industry to where it is today.
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"Throughout the last century many aspects of our economy and way of life were permanently altered as a result of governmental involvement and the development of finance options, never before seen in the residential construction industry. In the beginning of the 20th century, what seemed unattainable by homebuyers became a common expectation by that century's close. These expectations dealt with a consumer not only being able to build his own home but more importantly being able to possess personal property, which represented, "comfort, convenience and quality of life unknown to previous generations" ("A Century of Progress", 2003). The catalyst of change began in 1949 when the U.S. government established the "Housing Act of 1949". At this point it became a national goal to improve living standards for all American families and provide them with the opportunity to own their own home. "
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Residential Sprinklers in Modern Construction, 2005.
Discusses residential sprinklers in modern construction.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 23.95
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This essay is about residential sprinklers in modern construction. It considers the effects of residential sprinklers on consumers, the government, and businesses and evaluates whether the overall effects has been positive or negative.
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"Using sprinklers to irrigate residential landscaping has become so commonplace that few people give the matter much consideration Homeowners consider sprinklers a boon since it eliminates watering ..."
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Residential or Low Income Housing Construction, 2006.
A market analysis of four low-income housing developments constructed in four growing Chicago, Illinois, suburban market areas.
1,910 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper presents a market analysis and assessment of four low-income housing development projects in Chicago and their impact on surrounding residential neighborhoods. The study conducted was designed to determine whether or not such housing projects have negative effects on surrounding neighborhoods and considered such factors as design and construction quality, building density, the presence or absence of litter, landscaping, ages and conditions of parked cars and window treatments. Also considered by the study were the number of children in the complex and their ages. The study was conducted assuming that the projects were adequately managed and fully occupied and the residents occupying the development project met government-established income criteria. The study found that the stereotype that low income housing projects negatively affect surrounding residential neighborhoods is not necessarily true and, moreover, low-income housing built right in our backyards might have no effect at all on property values.
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"Although the specific loan guarantees, tax credits, or rent subsidy programs varied between the four projects, all were entirely either low-income or very low-income family housing developments in developing suburban areas. The quality of the management of the projects chosen could not be determined in advance. As it turned out, all of the projects chosen for the study appeared to be adequately managed and were fully occupied. Therefore, the conclusions assume competent management-not an insignificant factor. Because of the prevailing image of low-income housing, some measurable negative impact was expected; the method developed for analyzing the projects attempted to account for this impact."
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Commercial Construction, 2006.
A paper on non-residential construction.
770 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper describes commercial construction as "building projects exclusive of residential construction," and discusses commercial construction from both an economic point of view and from the point of view of the community. The paper discusses why commercial construction is a boon to the construction business, providing stable work even when residential construction is at a lull. The paper also discusses the complexities of managing commercial construction.
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"Commercial construction is defined as "building projects exclusive of residential [single- or two-family home] construction". It is one of the biggest segments of the entire construction industry and is believed to have strengthened the industry in recent years due to rapid and steady growth. The commercial sector has been growing steady for some time now as is evident from market research and reports. Back in 2000, Sinderman wrote: "...the state of the commercial real estate market is strong. The demand for office, industrial and retail buildings remains high, and, as Internet-based companies continue to grow, specialized facilities have become more popular than ever." In 2005, a construction report by McGraw-Hill supported that claim: "The commercial and infrastructure construction segments are providing a lift to the overall construction industry, marking a role reversal from most of the past two or three years. According to October 2004 figures for future construction contracts calculated by McGraw-Hill Construction, Lexington, Mass., overall new construction starts increased 4 percent in October versus September (on a seasonally adjusted basis), with nonresidential and infrastructure construction gaining while the residential sector fell slightly." (Late Rebound)"
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Steel Frame Construction, 2007.
An analysis of the selection, application or installation of materials and building components used in steel frame construction today.
3,659 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 101.95
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The paper relates that an increasing number of commercial and residential structures are using steel frame construction techniques due to their many advantages. The paper explains that because resources are by definition scarce, it is important to recognize when and where steel frame construction is an appropriate choice. The paper therefore examines the contemporary applications, properties, strengths and limitations of steel frame construction techniques.
Outline:
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of Study
Importance of Study
Scope of Study
Rationale of Study
Overview of Study
Methodology
Discussion and Analysis
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"An increasing number of commercial and residential structures are using steel frame construction techniques today. The increased popularity of this building technique has grown from its early beginnings in Chicago a century and a half ago to become the building method of choice for many urban settings today. This increased use is directly attributable to a number of key advantages that steel frame construction has been shown to have over other construction techniques. For example, according to Fanjoy (2006), "While a versatile building material, lumber can pose a number of challenges to builders and remodelers: sudden and sizeable fluctuations in price, for example, or rot and dimensional instability due to exposure to moisture, either at the building site or after installation. But there is an alternative: steel framing" (3)."
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Residential Segregation, 2006.
An in-depth analysis of how racial residential segregation effects Latino communities in the U.S.
5,900 words (approx. 23.6 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 140.95
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This paper covers the issue of racial residential segregation with a focus on how it effects the Latino community in the United States. This paper addresses the major issues surrounding racial residential segregation including the supposition that neighborhoods (property) inhabited by blacks and Hispanics decrease property value and discriminatory gate keeping behaviors.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Racial Residential Segregation in the United States Since the 1968 Fair Housing Act
Reasons for Racial Residential Segregation
Racial Residential Segregation and Hispanics in the United States
Effects of Racial Residential Segregation on Hispanics in the United States
Conclusion
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"Sociologists and policymakers have long viewed racial residential segregation as a key aspect of racial inequality, implicated in both intergroup relations and in larger processes of individual and group social mobility" (Charles, 2003, p. 167). Charles' (2003) research indicates that where a person lives affects their proximity to good employment opportunities, quality education and safety from crime. The product of where one lives will be seen in the quality of education and employment via their socioeconomic status."
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Residential Placement, 2002.
An analysis of the systems used for the treatment and placement of children in residential programs.
4,237 words (approx. 16.9 pages), 32 sources, MLA, $ 112.95
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This paper provides an overview of the current information available on the use of residential placement as a treatment modality for meeting the service needs of children and adolescents. This is followed by a discussion of current perceptions regarding residential placement and the problems associated with it. Finally, an overview of ongoing policy, practice and research issues associated with residential group care is included.
Contents:
Literature Review
Overview of the Current Status of Residential Placement
Current Perceptions on Residential Placement
Policy, Practice and Research Issues
References
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"As described by Melton (1998), most often residential placement services are provided under public, voluntary nonprofit, and proprietary auspices, in child welfare, child mental health, and juvenile justice systems, often to the same populations of youths. According to Melton, the divisions existing between such services are largely based on arbitrary regulatory and payment structures rather than real differences in purpose, type of services, clientele, or source of referral."
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Residential 2002, 2006.
An evaluation of Residential 2002, a team development process for Masters degree students.
3,200 words (approx. 12.8 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 92.95
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This paper evaluates a team development simulation, known as the Residential. The paper describes the development of the particular team during the 2002 cycle. The paper evaluates the development of the team using the "Tuckman's wheel" model. The paper applies this particular model based on the assumption that it clearly reflects the development of crucial factors such as leadership, motivation and communication. The paper also refers to other theories of organizational behavior and the researcher's empirical experience. The paper concludes by illustrating the nature of organizational behaviour within an integrated management module.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction
2 Environment of Residential 2002
3 Stages
3.1 Forming Stage
3.1.1 Leadership
3.1.2 Communication
3.1.3 Motivation
3.2 Storming Stage
3.2.1 Leadership
3.2.2 Communication
3.2.3 Motivation
3.3 Norming Stage
3.3.1 Leadership
3.3.2 Communication
3.3.3 Motivation
3.4 The Change of the Teams's Composition
3.4.1 Leaders
3.4.2 Communication
3.4.3 Motivation
4 Positive View of Learning During Residential 2002
4.1 Leadership
4.2 Communication
4.3 Motivation
5 A Learning Organization
6 Conclusion
7 References
8 Bibliography
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"Before briefing teams on tasks objectives, tutors, who acted as senior managers, held a short introduction on level of performance being expected from participants and on several aspects of future environment. This briefing was designed to introduce friendly atmosphere within teams, reduce stress of team members and to help teams to duly apply different models and theories in managing team development. Each teams consisted of 7 members of different genders with various cultural and educational backgrounds. Except for the last task the composition of teams was constant. When teams were defined, the special team names were introduced to support the fast establishing of teams's self-identity. Teams were given number of tasks to do within teams: baskets and water, maze, minefield, eggs, ballista and exhibition. The fact that senior managers wrote down task objectives on paper helped participants to clearly understand their tasks. During task-related activities team members were supposed to develop group related skills such as relationship building, leading, helping, delegating, planning, setting and accomplishing goals, taking actions and applying entrepreneurship skills. The successful task accomplishment required the specialization within the team according to the perceptive abilities of its members. During the briefing session senior managers put on the board the team roles of team members within "Belbin's model" (Belbin, 1994) helped team members to get the primary idea of their team composition."
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Residential Customer Telephony Service, 2004.
Provides a brief overview of residential customer telephony services.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper provides a brief overview of residential customer telephone services, including residential internet and calling features. It looks at early telephone systems and the future direction of the phone technology of residential voice and data services in the US.
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"For many years telephones were an anomaly with groups of people sharing a single phone or in the case of party lines a single line. Early phone systems were labor-intensive with human operators who connected each call. Dedicated lines became common in the middle of the twentieth century and the dial tone greatly reduced the need for operators on local ..."
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Residential 'Indian' Schools in Quebec, 2008.
An analysis of the purpose and impact on families of residential 'Indian' schools in Quebec.
4,594 words (approx. 18.4 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 119.95
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This paper discusses how residential schooling affected Aboriginal or Inuit women in Quebec. The paper begins by describing Quebec's First Nations and how the white population related to them. It then discusses Quebec's residential 'Indian' schools, their ideology and peculiarity. The paper also describes the original purposes of these schools and the impacts that they had on families.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Contemporary Issues
Quebec's First Nations
Quebec Residential 'Indian' Schools
Ideology and Particularity
Assimilation versus Other Motivations
Impacts upon Families
Last Remarks
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"Cultural revival, as a positive set of developments among Aboriginal Canadians across Canada, has had different imprints upon Aboriginal women, Native womanhood of yore universally glorified, little room left for the reality of Native women whose families, by choice, were indeed Christians, their ways of life different, those for whom the attendance of residential school could involve relatively little adjustment, some of their experiences of school remarkably positive towards continuing involvement in Roman Catholic, Anglican or other Christian activities. For instance, Kim Anderson's scholarship is a contribution to explaining patterns of Aboriginal society as could be effectively removed by experiences such as residential education in schools that did reject the culture from which students came. (2000) However, where are the stories of thousands of Aboriginal women in particular and especially those of Quebec? Is the testimony of women who were not traumatized by their experiences of boarding school of no significance? What of those sent to parochial schools by their families in keeping with other Quebecois women? Where are their stories of residential education? What do they now recommend for the education of Aboriginal youth? Why are these quite usual and numerous Aboriginal Canadians invisible in the literature of Native Studies?"
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Residential Schools and Aboriginal Identity, 2005.
A discussion on aboriginal residential schools as depicted in Carol Geddes' "Growing Up Native".
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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The paper describes how Carol Geddes, in "Growing Up Native," depicts the trauma of residential school as a defining aspect of Aboriginal history in the Canadian north. Through a process of causal analysis this essay argues the thesis that while the residential schools were physically, culturally and psychologically damaging for generations of Aboriginal youth, an examination of the context will reveal that systemic racism was the ultimate cause of this trauma. The paper analyzes how the residential schools existed as instruments of both state policy and religious missionary motives within a mainstream Canadian society that considered Aboriginals inferior to whites.
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Residential Property, 2002.
An analysis of renting residential property.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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A paper on the topic of real estate and leasing or renting residential properties. The paper shows the many concerns in renting residential property that has multifamily residential units.
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Residential Segregation in the United States, 2003.
The history, tactics and effects of African-American residential segregation in the U.S.
3,461 words (approx. 13.8 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 97.95
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This paper deals with the history of African-American residential segregation, such as how and why it began in the United States. It also discusses tactics used to perpetuate residential segregation and the continued sociological, economic and political effects that this practice has on African-Americans.
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"Racial residential segregation is a major social issue that has undergone extensive research. Within any major American city, one may find neighborhoods that are racially and ethnically homogenous. Some racial and ethnic groups may choose to live amongst people of similar backgrounds, but these patterns become a problem when the causes of the homogeneity stem from racism and discrimination. Although all racial ethnic groups are likely to experience residential segregation to a certain degree, segregation is higher for African Americans than for any other group. Residential segregation has been declining in recent years, but it remains a prevalent institution in society to this day. This leads one to ask the question, why does residential segregation still exist for African Americans and what are its continued effects on society?"
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Residential Schools, 2005.
This essay looks at the history of the residential schools and the impacts they have had on the Native Canadian population.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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In this article, the writer looks at residential schools in Canada. The writer explains that residential schools were boarding schools for native Canadian children in which the authorities and churches tried to make the children more 'white'. Further, the writer notes that they were not allowed to speak their native languages and they did not learn any of their traditions and culture. The writer also points out that many children were abused and this still has consequences today.
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"Residential schools are a dark chapter in Canadian history. It is an example of a state-sanctioned mistreatment of an entire population and total disregard for a culture and a way of life. Furthermore the impact of residential schools is still felt today and many of those who attended these schools bear scars even now. Residential schools were schools for Native Canadian children initiated well before the Confederation. The Government of Canada estimates that "there are 86,000 people alive today who attended Indian residential schools"."
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Youth Crime: Exploring Residential Child Care, 2007.
A review of the benefits to juvenile correction of using residential child care centers.
2,632 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 79.95
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This paper explores the effectiveness of residential child care as a means of providing an alternative to traditional detention centers. It explains and emphasizes the beneficial outcomes that occur for resident juvenile offenders both during and after their stay in residential child care centers. The paper recommends reform of the juvenile detention system through these centers.
Table of Contents:
Abstract
Introduction
Historical Perspectives
Statement of the Problem
Proposed Future Directions
Summary and Conclusions
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"The implementation of residential child care has the potential to significantly alter the character of juvenile punishment. If effective, this will create a setting in which positive change can be made within juvenile punishment; no longer will an authoritative punishment philosophy be applied, but rather an environment conducive to the wellbeing of the juvenile offender will be created. It is hoped that this type of setting will educate the juvenile offender in appropriate social behaviors and provide a support system that will continue into the offender's adulthood."
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