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Sharan B. Merriam, 2002.
A discussion of the life and work of Sharan B. Merriam, a leading American theorist in adult education.
814 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper introduces the life and work of Sharan B. Merriam, an important figure in the world of adult education. It examines how as a widely-published author, she has authored or co-authored numerous volumes on adult education and how specifically, her theories focus on the sociological aspects of adult education and their impact on adult learning. It discusses how the greatest strengths of her theories are their universal appeal and practicality and how adult educators in workplace settings can benefit especially from Merriam?s work on cultural, racial and gender aspects of adult education.
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"Specifically, Merriam?s theories on the sociological aspects of adult learning are especially important in a workplace setting. America?s workplaces are almost as diverse as is larger American culture, and therefore a solid understanding of the sociological aspects of adult learning can be absolutely crucial to many employee training strategies. The adult educator who has a clear grasp of Merriam?s work on the sociological aspects of adult learning has a much probability of successful education in his or her teaching environment than does someone with no understanding of Merriam?s theories."
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Mark Antony (83 B.C. - 30 B.C.), 2006.
A look at the life of Mark Antony (83 B.C. - 30 B.C.).
1,070 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper reviews the life and history of Mark Antony, born Marcus Antonius. The paper discusses how, thanks to the works of famous writers like Plutarch and Shakespeare, Mark Antony has become a legend. The paper further discusses how his actions following Julius Caesar's death in 44 B.C. and his exploits with Queen Cleopatra have made him interesting reading and a source of entertainment for centuries. However, behind the many stories, there was a man who was a brave general, loyal supporter, dedicated Roman and ardent lover.
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"While Caesar was fighting in Egypt and Africa to defeat the last of Pompey's forces, Antonius was given the distinction of being made Master of the Horse (fact). His role was to be a politician and administrator in Italy while Caesar was out of the country. Unfortunately for him, Antonius was not good in that role and was removed in 47 B.C. and even banished from Caesar's sight for two years (unrv). Nevertheless, Antonius was able to work his way back into Caesar's circle; in 44 B.C. he was the one to offer the crown to Caesar, a circumstance much celebrated in the first act of Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar (unrv)."
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The B-Mobile Project, 2002.
An executive marketing summary of the B-Mobile German expansion project.
2,810 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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In this marketing summary of the B-Mobile German expansion project, the company B-Mobile explored the option to expand into the overseas cellular phone market. The writer assesses the German market and its characteristics. It focuses on the key strengths and opportunities for this project along with the key weaknesses and threats. It includes two charts. One summarizes the pertinent demographic information for the German population and the other shows the statistics of Germany?s economic indicators for 2001. After giving recommendations for the future, the writer concludes by suggesting that B-Mobile should seek to enter this market place but concentrate its first efforts on the untapped market of rental cell phones before entering the common market in a few years.
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"B-Mobile began manufacturing cellular phones in 1994, operating primarily in the United States. They have experienced better growth rates and outperformed their competition in many areas. The cellular phone market in the United States has experienced exponential growth in the past ten years. However this has led to the formation of many small companies and there are very few new areas for expansion. All of the major metropolitan areas have reached market saturation and the business is expected to remain steady, but the growth rate previously experienced is not sustainable and the prospects for new clients dwindle. In order to continue its previous growth rates B-Mobile is exploring the prospects of expanding into other countries".
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The B Vitamins and Mental Health, 2007.
An examination of the effects of vitamin B deficiencies, particularly with regards to mental health.
9,536 words (approx. 38.1 pages), 27 sources, MLA, $ 195.95
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This study aims to identify the specific constituents of the vitamin B complexes in general and then goes on to describe how deficiencies of these vitamins adversely affect human health. The paper discusses which aspects of the population are at higher risk of vitamin B deficiencies and what can be done to remedy the problem. The paper specifically talks about the relationship between mental health issues and vitamin B deficiencies.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of Study
Importance of Study
Chapter 2: Review of Related Literature
Chapter 3: Conclusion
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"Given the above, it is clear that people can experience essential nutrient deficiencies even when they are consuming the recommended daily allowances. While it remains vitally important to prevent such vitamin deficiency syndromes, there is a paucity of scientific evidence that additional intake levels that exceed the recommendations set out in Table 3 above of protein or micronutrients in supplement form is able to enhance athletic performance, notwithstanding the claims of manufacturers to the contrary (Chee et al., 2001). These authors caution that these supplements can actually interfere with the metabolism of the vitamin B complexes, thereby making matters worse instead of better. "In fact, isolated amino acid supplements may impair the uptake and utilization of other essential amino acids from diet, and vitamins and minerals (particularly fat soluble vitamins) may be toxic in high doses. The most common deficiency states in elderly persons related to exercise and functional capacity are energy, protein, potassium, magnesium, vitamin B12, and vitamin D" (Chee et al., 2001, p. 194)."
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Sexuality and Portrayal of Women in Rap and R&B Videos, 2002.
Explores and compares the portrayal of women in Rap and R&B music and then discusses what this portrayal may say about women and society.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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There are very marked differences between the sexuality in lyrics and videos of Rap songs and R&B songs as a whole. This commentary is in no way meant to cast a blanket of generalizations over this issue. Instead, it is the purpose of this paper to examine the expression of sexuality in the lyrics and videos of six songs (three Rap and three R&B). The exploration will pay particular attention to the treatment and portrayal of women in these images and what they seem to be saying about gender and society.
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?Theme for English B?, 2002.
An analysis of the poem ?Theme for English B? by American poet Langston Hughes.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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The paper introduces "Theme for English B" by Langston Hughs which examines the issue of a black American living in contemporary American society, wherein black slavery had already been abolished, but the issue remains to be a delicate topic for every American, whether his skin color is black or white. The paper analyzes the poem around this theme. It also examines Hughes? use of the poetic elements, such as end rhymes, parallelism, imagery, figurative language and symbolism. The paper discusses how, taken in the societal perspective, ?Theme for English B? is a poem that illustrates how history affects people?s perspective about black Americans in the contemporary American society. It shows how the history of racial prejudice is instilled in ones mind, blurring the fact that men are all created equal regardless of one?s physical color.
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"The last stanza of the poem is the student?s resolve to his dilemma: he now talks of the student (himself) and the instructor?s differences as borne out of individual differences in outlook and perspectives, and not because of racial difference, with the student being black and the instructor white. Symbolism is again used to convey the message that history plays an important role in influencing people?s judgment about other people and even his own self. When the student said that ?You are white--/ yet a part of me, as I am a part of you,? the poem tells his instructor that despite their physical differences (which is racial in nature), both is part of the other?s whole?this means that they are both individuals who must rely, interact with each other because this is human nature, and the issue of racial differences here is set aside."
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T- Cell B-Cell Collaborations in the Immune System, 2001.
A descriptive overview of the vertebrate adaptive immune response to both intra and extra-cellular pathogens with explicit focus on T-cell B-cell collaboration and antibody response.
1,425 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper covers the major pathways by which foreign antigens are identified and dealt with through the adaptive immune response which is paramount on B-cell and T-cell responses and interaction with one another in distinct pathways and steps. It includes several diagrams and their explanations of antigens, B-Cells, T-Cells, APC's and more and their interactions and processes they go through.
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"All immune responses involving T-cell B-cell collaborations follow distinct pathways of interactions and development. These very pathways of the adaptive immune response are almost entirely dependant on the cellular interaction of B- cells and T- cells with one another. It is within each stage of these pathways and the progression of an adaptive immune response that we will concern ourselves. The following is a condensed synopsis of the adaptive immune response and the cellular interactions that will be the emphasis of this paper. Within secondary lymph tissues foreign antigen is presented to naive B-cells via their surface immunoglobulins (Igs) receptors. The same antigen is also presented to naive T-cells at this time. This presentation and subsequent recognition of antigen by both types of cells results in and end product of proliferation and development of naive B-cells into plasma cells whose function is the production of soluble immunoglobulins (antibodies), and the differentiation and development of memory B-cells whose function is to respond to subsequent exposure to the same antigen. However, this pathway is not self-sufficient and requires the direct interaction of activated T-cells, specifically ?helper? T-cells (Th2 cells) 1,9. It is these T-cells in conjunction with the antigen presenting B-cells that interact to produce a hormonal response to infection. These interactions activate Th2 cells that in turn promote B-cell activation both through T-cell secreted cytokines, (interlukeinI1-2, 4 and 5), and also through direct cell to cell contacts involving specific surface proteins and corresponding receptors and the signaling initiated by the binding of these proteins to one another."
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Richardson's Education of Mr. B in "Pamela", 2004.
Analysis of Mr. B's evolution throughout Samuel Richardson's novel, "Pamela".
1,359 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper shows that the character, Mr. B, is an example of Samuel Richardson's ideal reader. He is educated by reading Pamela's letters and journal in the same way that Richardson would have his readers learn through his novel. The paper shows that, by the end, Mr. B is the ideal model of a reader's transformation through reading the novel.
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"In his novel Pamela, Richardson attempts to educate his readers on morality and the value of virtue. He writes the novel to initially appear as a seduction story which would entice his readers but he is actually teaching a moral lesson in which he wants the idea of being virtuous to be as appealing as the vice expected from the seduction. Mr. B is the typical immoral seducer who is reformed throughout the course of the novel by reading Pamela's letters and journal. He becomes Richardson's ideal reader or model of a reader because he is educated and converted by reading Pamela's description of his actions and her beliefs."
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Ethics, Dentistry and Hepatitis B, 2007.
This paper contends that a dentist does not have the ethical imperative to reveal to patients that he/she has the hepatitis B virus.
2,654 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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The paper argues that there is no need to reveal personal health issues to patients when proper preventative measures have been taken to protect the health and well-being of the patient. The paper maintains that it is not important for a dentist to reveal the fact that he carries HBV (hepatitis B virus) in terms of ethics and then shows how the chances of a dentist with HBV passing along that virus to a patient is extremely remote. The paper concludes that telling a patient about the presence of a hepatitis B virus needlessly creates unjustified anxiety and even panic.
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Thesis
Body of Paper
What Can Happen When an HBV Person Puts in Motion the Potential to Expose an HBV Infected Person
Ethical Issues
Conclusion
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"Should a dentist necessarily inform the patient that she (we will use "she" in this paper) has the disease Hepatitis B positive? It is my contention and belief that a dentist is not obliged legally or ethically to make that health condition known to patients. And providing that all responsible healthcare-related precautions are taken, I see no good reason why a dentist should alarm a patient with an announcement of startling personal healthcare information. Would a dentist or doctor be obligated ethically to tell a patient that she is in the midst of a genital herpes outbreak? How about the fact that the dentist was out of work for 6 weeks due to mononucleosis? I don't think there is any moral, rational, or ethical justification for having to reveal personal health information of that nature."
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Type A and Type B Personalities at Work, 2004.
A comparison of Type A and Type B personalities in the workplace and the advantages and disadvantages of both types of personalities.
1,567 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 51.95
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This paper describes both Type A and Type B personalities, as well as the different categories of Type A personalities, and compares their characteristics to see which one most contributes to a working environment. The paper also explains how a manager can best balance the different elements of Type A and Type B personalities in the work force.
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"Imagine this scenario. It?s a critical time during a particular business deal. The entire management ?team? of one company reconvenes for lunch in an isolated conference room to discuss what has just transpired with the representatives from the other company over the course of the morning. One individual slams the door angrily behind him. With many an explicative, he sits down, complaining about the behavior and unfair tactics of the other negotiators. Another individual attempts to calm the raging man down. He waves off the succoring individual with an angry shrug, refusing to be calm and continuing to shout."
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The B-2 Stealth Bomber, 2002.
An evaluation of the The B-2 Stealth Bomber program.
964 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper looks at the B-2 Stealth Bomber program which is funded by Congress and supported by different administrations. The B-2 Bomber is noted for its use of stealth technology, which makes it virtually invisible to radar as a means of detecting its presence. It examines how critics have pointed out a number of flaws in this technology and in the entire program together with a report from the General Accounting Office in 1998 was especially critical and generated a response from the Air Force in an attempt to counter the critics. It shows how an evaluation of the project suggests that while the technology could be useful, it is not yet sufficiently developed to be utilized at the level the Air Force would like and the costs would support.
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"The B-2 bomber might be useful in certain situations, but the number that are already in operation could suffice for such operations. The Pentagon originally stated that it needed only 20 B-2s for all purposes, and it has more than that now. The manufacturer claims it can make the bombers less expensively, but this does not mean they are needed (Thompson 41). While high cost might be a consideration in determining whether such a system is needed or not, the primary rationales should be need and effectiveness. In the case of the B-2, not only is it expensive, it is also probably not needed and does not work as advertised in any case. Given that there is no evidence at all that the bombers can be fixed or that they will suddenly become needed, the program should be ended. Even if there were such evidence, the costs might not be justified by the small return that would be achieved."
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H.B. Fuller and the Street Children of Central America, 2002.
A discussion of the business ethics of H.B. Fuller in selling glue in Honduras and Guatemala where it is abused by street children.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This essay is a case study that pertains to utilitarian and rights-oriented ethics in international business. The ethical issue involves the known environment in which H.B Fuller operates, in Honduras and Guatemala, when selling toluene-based glue that is in high demand in Central America but is as it is also known to be abused by street children to their great detriment. This essay argues that when this situation is examined from a number of points of view, an ethical position that is to the benefit of all players, including the H.B.Fuller organization, can be established.
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Hepatitis B, 2002.
A study of the liver disease hepatitis caused by the hepatitis B virus.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 85.95
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The paper defines hepatitis - a disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus. It discusses symptoms of the disease, causes and prognosis and how it is treated. The paper shows that the best prevention is safety precautions.
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"The practice of sharing needles should be avoided, as should the practice of sharing personal care items that may have blood on them. Getting a tattoo or body piercing should be carefully considered. There is a risk of infection if the tools have someone else's blood on them or if the artist or piercer does not follow good health practices. Donating blood, organs, or tissue if you have hepatitis B should be avoided. Health care or public safety workers should be vaccinated against hepatitis B, and should always follow routine barrier precautions and safely handle needles and other sharps (Center for Disease Control, n.d.)."
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"Theme for English B", 2005.
A detailed analysis of "Theme For English B" by Langston Huges and a general critique of poetry as a literary form.
1,086 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper argues that, often times, poetry seems to be an author's way of forcing a reader into wrestling with some deep insight, which could be stated in a few words, but is hidden under layers of rhyme and formal structure. Luckily, the best poetry is capable of giving us some bit of truth that we may not have otherwise considered an at the same time, helping us to experience something of the author's life. The paper shows that the poem, "Theme for English B," by Langston Hughes, is an excellent example of poetry that conveys a bigger idea than its few lines would seem to contain by capturing a piece of the author.
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"The speaker and the author in this poem are distinctly different. The speaker is a twenty-two year old college student, while the author at this point is a forty-seven year old accomplished writer and teacher. Hughes uses the persona of the speaker as a way to look inside himself and express his feelings. The idea of race is very important to the speaker, who worries that his differences will color all that he does. Hughes writes, "I guess being colored doesn't make me not like/ the same things other folks like who are other races/ So will my page be colored that I write?/ Being me, it will not be white" (25-28). While the speaker is concerned with his race being a factor in what he writes, it is the author's voice showing through to give us an idea of his worries about his own image as a writer."
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Susan B. Anthony, 2004.
A discussion of the feminist movement and one of its founders, Susan B. Anthony.
1,566 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 28 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper examines the women?s rights movement and focuses on one of the founders, Susan B. Anthony. The paper explains that Anthony was in many ways the mother of the women?s rights movement, and though she did not live to see universal suffrage in the United States, her work was crucial to the voice for change, not only in regard to the vote, but also for the view of women in the world.
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"Susan B. Anthony was foundational member of the women?s rights movement. Though the vote was the first of almost all essential changes in the way women were viewed socially and legally the vote was only the beginning. Susan B. Anthony possessed a much broader understanding of the needs of women and the changes that must take place for women to succeed in their own right in this new nation. She embodied the challenges faced by single women and also held great personal knowledge of the lives of her married contemporaries, as the sort of ?aunt? to all the women of the movement, due to her remarkable openness she was the ear for many grievances against the reality of women?s lives in her culture. English common law and the cannon laws of the church subjugated women almost completely to the will of the father, if unmarried and the will of the husband if married."
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