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Soil Map Modeling, 2005.
A review of the article "Spatial Data Mining for Enhanced Soil Map Modeling".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the methodology described in an article by Christopher J. Moran and Elisabeth N. Bui entitled "Spatial Data Mining for Enhanced Soil Map Modeling". This paper notes the terrain attributes the researchers saw as better-suited to landscape description as predictors of soil type, using a map sampling strategy and testing it on a region in eastern Australia.
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"Christopher J. Moran and Elisabeth N. Bui test a new methodology for improving the quality of the soil map models generated by rule induction. In their method, the researchers considered terrain attributes they saw as better-suited to landscape description as predictors of soil type, using a map sampling strategy. The authors use the Murray-Darling Basin (MBD) in eastern Australia as an example of an area not now covered by any detailed form of land-resource inventory, and the authors use their method of spatial modeling to develop soil-landscape models in areas that have been surveyed and then to extend these across the unmapped areas. While this is a logical approach, it raises the question of how certain the authors can be that the model for mapped areas can be extended across unmapped areas. "
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Soil Analysis, 2006.
This paper provides an analysis of soil and studies soil samples.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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In this essay, the writer points out that soil bacteria control the course of nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus through ecosystems. Soil samples were taken from established sites, which have undergone existing long-term manipulations of temperature, nutrient and light availability. The writer discusses that the soil samples were found to contain bacteria through testing and are being studied to determine whether treatments known to affect plant communities also affect soil microbial biomass, activity, gene expression, and community composition as measured by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms.
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"Soil is an intricate and active biological system, and at times it is difficult to determine the composition of microbial communities in soil. Yet, the study requires a wide variety of methods, which includes methods of extracting DNA from soil suitable for PCR amplification to monitor GM rhizobia and extracting mRNA directly from soil to use in gene expression studies. Hydrocarbons seem to be a contaminated factor when isolating the soil samples in determining bacteria characterization. "Bacteria were isolated from contaminated soil with the media indicating several homolog similarities (researched the possibility of several bacteria names through DP database as determined by the program SIMILARITY_RANK (10)"."
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Crime Mapping, 2006.
This paper discuses the history and applications of crime mapping, an essential tool in the crime analyst's arsenal.
1,955 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 62.95
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This paper explains that crime maps can be used not only to solve but also to prevent crimes. The author points out that, beginning about in the early 1900s, the earliest crime maps were pin maps, color-coded pins physically placed on wall maps. The paper relates that the use of mainframe computers for mapping was so labor intensive that it was only worth making a map if it was going to be used as a base map for a large area. The author indicates that, in the 1990s, the availability of personal computers and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) programs made mapping easier, faster and with much more detail. The author relates that crime pattern analysts include key mapping factors, such as the location, distance, and other thematic information, to create visual representations of information that can be used by the various participants in the criminal justice system.
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"The general public is also able to use crime maps. In Oakland, California the police department posts their crime maps on the Internet so that everyone can be informed about crime in their neighborhood. The Oakland Mayor explained that people are unable to ignore the plight of their neighborhood if the crime statistics are openly available. The public is also able to use crime maps to decide where they want to live when moving to a new city. Having the crime statistics on a map allows a person to see exactly where crime has and is likely to continue to happen in exact neighborhoods."
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Mind Mapping, 2007.
This paper discusses the individual brainstorming process known as mind mapping.
1,151 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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The paper explains how mind mapping is proposed to particularly benefit students. It is a technique to help clear their minds of clutter. The paper illustrates how this will help a student focus his/her attention in class during a lecture as well as increase concentration when reading. The paper discusses how to use mind maps. Firstly, one puts down or records as much pertinent information as possible. One encircles the main question on unlined paper and branches out related ideas from the center. One then connects any related ideas and promptly writes down and/or draws ideas as they occur. The paper concludes that using a mind map, like following a virtual map when traveling to an unknown destination, helps insure the traveler arrives at his/her anticipated destination.
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Introduction
Quantity, not Quality
Creating a Mind Map
Mind Map of Mind Mapping
Picture This
Conclusion
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"Mind mapping was originally ". . . developed by Tony Buzan of the United Kingdom, mind mapping is also a software product of The Bosley Group, entitled MindMapper. The mind mapping process is as follows: (1) The topic being focused upon is represented by a central image or graphic. (2) The main themes of the topic radiate out from the central image as primary branches. (3) In a tree-like structure, the minor themes of each main theme radiate out further from the primary branches. (4) All branches are interconnected to form a series of links." (Leonard, 2002, p. 128) Mind mapping can also be completed using "The Inspiration," another computer software, that serves as a ". . . generic tool that can be adapted to different knowledge domain and can be used on its own or combined with other strategies." (Pillay & Elliott, 2002)"
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Medical Maps and Malaria, 2005.
A history of medical mapping and a look at modern medical mapping.
1,386 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 17 sources, APA, $ 46.95
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This paper covers the first medical maps made and includes copies of each map described. The paper describes the disease of malaria and how modern medical mapping is applied to the study of malaria.
Introduction
Medical Maps
Diseases around the World Being Mapped
Conclusion
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"Malaria kills a child every 30 seconds in developing nations. Despite numerous attempts to exterminate it, malaria is one of the few diseases that have been able to continue to spread. During the 1950's, the world health organization stated that Malaria would be eradicated by the use of DDT by the end of the decade. DDT, a miracle insecticide was found in the 1960's to continually decrease in effectiveness. DDT was able to stop large populations of mosquitoes from developing to adulthood. The extermination of mosquitoes, in theory, would destroy the carrier of Malaria, and the disease would die out. DDT was found to have adverse effects in the several environmental areas. The insecticide is soluble in fat. If fish take in the insecticide by consumption of food in an area that has been applied with DDT, then the DDT is concentrated in the fatty tissues of the fish. The fish then can be consumed by a bird, but the bird will most likely consume many fish in one day. This growth in concentration of DDT creates abnormal effects in animals that are high on the food chain. DDT was found to cause the calcium in bird eggs to leech out, making the egg walls very thin, and easily cracked. The cracking of eggs caused the decrease of many bird populations. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) banned its use n December of 1972 because of the adverse effects the DDT caused. The banning of the DDT chemical for broad use in many highly developed countries spurred the development of other ways to stop the spread of malaria. The extermination of mosquitoes became an unviable avenue. After the banning of DDT in the United State, the focus became clear that Malaria must be contained by the use of drugs that would be distributed to people."
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Soils and Civil Engineering, 2002.
A brief overview of the link between civil engineering and the study of soil types.
850 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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Soil has long been deemed important by agricultural concerns, however, it was only within the last 150 years that rail travel and, later, large-scale civic works made the study of soil important to civil engineers. The paper shows that the sub-study of civil engineering that is dedicated to the study of soil is more commonly known as soil mechanics. This field is used to assess the soil topography of land before major public or private construction projections are created.
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"The five main types of soil particles that are encountered by civil engineers include (in order of particle size) boulders, gravel, sand, silt cohesive, and clay. Boulders are the largest elements in soil and usually present a problem to civil engineers, but may be used in a place where the soil is otherwise soft to form a foundation upon which to build a road or other civic work. Historically, boulders were used for this purpose before it was cost-effective to introduce other materials. There are cost efficiencies in the use of boulders: they can often be found where bedrock is not near the surface of the earth, such as in the great lakes region where they were deposited during the last ice age."
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"The Map that Changed the World", 2006.
This paper reviews and analyzes Simon Winchester's biography, "The Map that Changed the World," which describes how William Smith indelibly changed the face of geological science.
1,470 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 48.95
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The writer of this paper examines the life and accomplishments of William Smith, the English geologist credited for creating the first geological map. This paper examines how Smith's maps shifted public perception regarding the creation of the universe. This paper reviews Simon Winchester's biography, "The Map that Changed the World," which summarizes Smith's life, his achievements and the impacts made on the scientific community due to his research. Smith's early work with canal digging companies and within the mining industry enabled him to become more aware of what lie beneath the surface of the land. This paper focuses on Smith's fascination with the earth, rocks and fossils, which led to the creation of his first geological map of Bath. Influenced by other cartography and on extant atlases, Smith devised special colorization systems for his geological maps, which are discussed in this paper. This paper also examines Smith's longing for more recognition than he was afforded during his lifetime. While Smith's maps were published during his lifetime, what should have been the high point of his life marked the beginning of a downward spiral, when many of his personal and professional relationships fell apart. This paper examines why centuries after his death, geologists still pay homage to William Smith, the father of modern geology.
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"His early work with canal digging companies and within the mining industry enabled William Smith to become more aware of what lie beneath the surface of the land. There could be no better situation for a man who loved geology in the eighteenth century than being paid to dig deep under the ground. Thus, his professional work offered him a private pleasure and a convenient means by which to formulate, develop, and prove his theories. On his own, while he traveled as a surveyor for the Somerset Coal Canal Company, Smith observed how sedimentary layers of rock were arranged in patterns across the land. Somerset Coal Canal Company was not so much interested in the scientific implications for Smith's findings as in their financial implications. For instance, when he was first hired, Smith noticed how English villages rest on top of "a score of complex, broken, twisted, and contorted seams of coal." For Smith, his work meant unlocking some of the earth's deepest secrets."
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Concept Mapping, 2002.
An insight into the theory and practice of concept mapping.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper describes the use and importance of concept mapping. Concept maps identify the way we think, the way we see relationships between knowledge. Concept maps can thus illustrate faulty views individuals may have and help us better understand how students may construe meanings from subject matter.
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Organization Mapping in the Military, 2006.
A research paper addressing the question whether the military needs organizational mapping to be successful in productivity and human performance.
5,140 words (approx. 20.6 pages), 23 sources, MLA, $ 128.95
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This research paper attempts to determine whether organizational mapping would assist today's military by first looking at what the organizational mapping process does and then by discussing what the military may lack in organizational mapping at the informal level.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Background and Summary of Issue
The Modern Military
Organizational Mapping
Discussion
Literature Review
The Transformation of the Military
The Human Component of the Military
Conclusions
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"While it is very important to have government administration work at peak performance, currently the United States is involved the largest multi-pronged military actions since World War II. Likewise, the United States military is gearing up for what could be its largest military ground action since it left Vietnam. Like the modern corporation, over the past twenty years, the modern military has gone through extensive "down sizing". The modern military is supposedly a professional corps of men and women making a long commitment to developing and improving their highly technical military operations specialty (MOS). The modern military is very different from the old military where the greatest need for IIA, IIB and IIC MOS - Infantry, Air-Borne Infantry and Calvary were the positions needing the greatest number of recruits. Instead today's military is composed of highly trained specialists who are computer literate as well as military savvy. The vast majority of enlisted men and women in today's military go in for an education and the opportunity to "Go to College" on the GI Bill once they finish their tour of duty."
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Ohio Soils and Subsoil Clay, 2007.
This paper takes a look at the unusual soil composition found in Ohio from an agricultural perspective.
1,104 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This work researches and examines why many Ohio soils have significantly more clay in the subsoil than in their surface horizons or the soil parent material. The author argues that these changes are due to man's agricultural pursuits in the area. The paper also explores the soil in terms of Ohio's climate and the soil's organic composition.
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"Soil organic matter is the source of nitrogen, phosphorus and other micronutrients needed in crop production and which is formed during the oxidization and decay processes that occur in the soil. The levels of these nutrients produced by the soil processes is difficult to change. According to the work entitled: " " published in the Agronomy Bulletin: "Historically, when forages were part of the crop rotation, nutrient release and soil tilth increased due to the season-long production of roots. Currently, well fertilized, high-yielding grain crops return large volumes of residue to the soil and are a source of nutrients. On medium-textured soils low in organic matter, crop residues are usually more beneficial when left on the surface than when incorporated. During the growing season this surface residue reduces the formation of soil crusts and results in increased water infiltration and higher crop yields. Crop residue on the surface of fine-textured soils such as silty clay loam or clay loam may delay planting by delaying soil drying." (Ohio Agronomy Guide, 14th Edition; accessed online 2006-04-08)"
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Soil Erosion, 2006.
Examines the effects of marginal land and deforestation on soil erosion.
1,322 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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Never before in the history of mankind have we faced an environmental dilemma with the worldwide effects of soil erosion. The problem is so severe, that many experts fear the land will not be able to produce enough food to feed the world's population in the next century. The paper discusses the problem as two fold - marginal land and deforestation. Much of the world's land is marginal sandy desert and sub-desert. In order to feed and house their growing populations many countries in South America, Asia, and Africa clear the world's forests to create more grazing land. The paper shows that, although much of this land has rich soil, the effect of deforestation is an increase in soil erosion. Once the trees are removed, the soil erodes and soon becomes marginal. Combined this with the problem of acid rain, other forms of pollution, and over population, and it is obvious we are entering a time of intense food scarcity.
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"In order to preserve life for future generations, we must preserve the soil. Conservation and research are the keys to the future. Conservation and improving soil quality will prevent food shortages in the future. The quality of food today has decreased to dangerously low levels. In spite of increased knowledge about nutrition and advancements in medicine, people today are not as healthy as previous generations. We suffer from nutrient deficiencies related to the poor quality of soil."
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Saving the Soil, 2001.
An examination of the erupting soil depletion issue and possible solutions.
2,750 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 12 sources, $ 82.95
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Soil is an incredibly important resource and maintaining the fertility of our soils is a pressing issue at the forefront of environmental science as we try to feed an expanding global population. Queensland, Australia is one area of the world where soil is being depleted and degraded at an alarming rate. Through an examination of this specific resource management problem, this essay analyzes the concept of impact assessment to develop fair, efficient and effective solutions to this environmental problem.
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?The preservation and conservation of the worlds soil is a serious resource management problem. The sustainable use of our soil will be a major challenge for the human species for many years to come. When assessing the impact of any resource management problem and developing feasible solutions to that problem certain factors must be taken into consideration. Examining the fairness, efficiency and effectiveness of a proposed solution is paramount to its potential success. A solution for soil loss that is completely unfair to farmers or ranchers will be rigorously opposed and impossible to implement.?
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Concept Mapping, 2005.
An analysis of the benefits of teaching the method of concept mapping to students.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 1 source, $ 106.95
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This paper discusses the the model of concept mapping. It discusses the importance of this skill for students as it fosters creative thinking and brainstorming on the part of students. The paper suggests that through concept mapping, students can gain an understanding of how to cross-reference and link ideas and that the method also promotes inclusive learning experiences in that there can be many correct ways to map the same set of concepts.
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"Teacher's Applications University of Ontario - Institute of Tech Section C 1) Professor Kristen Mueller, currently at the University of Waterloo, is undeniably the finest teaching professional in my experience. The qualities that make her an exceptional teacher may be encapsulated in a few specific areas: her close attention to students' needs and their work; her capacity to listen and her time management skills despite the pressures of a full teaching and research load. While Professor Mueller teaches at the post-secondary level, I believe these qualities are directly relevant to teaching at any level and to any age group."
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Concept Mapping, 2007.
This paper explores the idea of using concept maps in the language arts curriculum.
1,139 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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The paper explains that the teaching of language arts requires that teachers develop activities that will encourage their students to enjoy reading and writing. The paper explores the trend of using concept mapping to teach language arts to students. The paper examines examples and published literature about the use of concept mapping and concludes that it is a valid and useful tool for teaching language arts to students.
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Introduction
Concept Mapping
Purpose
Importance
Conclusion
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"Getting students interested in reading has been something that challenged teachers since the first classroom was constructed. Some students love to read, and would do so whether or not they were assigned books and stories, while other students avoid reading at all costs(Kahn, 2000). The teaching of Language Arts requires that teachers develop activities that will encourage their students to enjoy reading and writing. For the past several decades various measures have been tried to get students involved in Language Arts, including whole language learning, Back to Basics programs and phonics. In recent years however, the idea of using concept mapping in the Language Arts curriculum has begun to gain popularity and is enjoying moderate success."
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"The Map", 2005.
This paper discusses the poetic style of Elizabeth Bishop in her poem "The Map".
2,080 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 65.95
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This paper explains that Elizabeth Bishop, who died in 1979 and was one of the most honored poets of her time, illustrates the cold and frozen North of her Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia heritage in her poem "The Map". The author points out that parsing a poem is like dissecting a butterfly to see what makes it flutter: "The Map" is the poet's guide for our imagination; no more; no less. The paper relates that Bishop's physical frail frame expanded in her mind and captured the essence of a land about which she could only dream, but "The Map" is no romantic fantasy rather a shrewd, sparse, straightforward account of the land of the North.
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"Poets are, it must be argued, different from novelists or scientists or philosophers, who tend to try to surpass one another. Poets stand alone. They write what they see and what they feel. They owe no allegiance to history. Only the history of their own lives, as it invests their memories, as the Newfoundland landscape must have stirred memories in Elizabeth Bishop. Her voyages are in her poetry. Her ticket stubs are images, torn apart and repaired."
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