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Carla Region: Culture Creation

How the culture was in the past, and the way it changed, due to several factors that would be discussed in the paper.
  • Subjects: Anthropology
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1926

Bioinformatics: Pathogen Profiling Efforts

Accordingly, a biosurveillance approach that makes use of microbial profiling is likely to reduce the cost of epidemic control, treatment and aversion in the near future.
  • Subjects: Biology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 441

Effects of Earth Motions

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At different times of the year, the sun appears at different locations at the same time of the day. As a result, at sun rise an observer in the North Pole positions the sun to [...]
  • Subjects: Astronomy
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1354

Hopi is an integrated land

Often, they were against the destruction of the ancient land that they believed was a method of conserving the environment. The interest of the Hopi people is to ensure there is well being of the [...]
  • Subjects: Geography
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1088

Ethnozoology as a Fundamental Field of Study

The Gwich'in believes that, the existence of Porcupine caribou herd is same as their existence, because they do not only depend on the animals as food, but they also respect them as the source of [...]
  • Subjects: Zoology
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2207

Misconception about the Sun

The sun is still in the same place in the sky, but the thickness of the clouds prevent the light from getting through them.
  • Subjects: Astronomy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 971

Effects of Animal Testing and Alternatives

Another challenge to the proponents of animal testing is related to dosage and the time line for a study. Animal rights values rebuff the notion that animals should have an importance to human beings in [...]
  • Subjects: Zoology
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1898

Mercury Exploration and Space Missions

The density of this planet is almost the same to that of the earth and this explains why the winds carried the eroded soils.
  • Subjects: Astronomy
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3253

Voyager Interstellar Mission

They include the first crossings of the TS, the first observations of the HSH, verification of asymmetries in the heliospheric shape, and the lack of the expected ACR acceleration at the TS.
  • Subjects: Astronomy
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 3631

United States Population Growth

In connection to the Latin American immigrants, the census conducted by the Census Bureau in 2008-2009 established that in terms of birth rate, the number of children born in the United States belonging to the [...]
  • Subjects: Geography
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1660

The Right Brain Versus the Left Brain

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The detailed analysis of these ways of learning elucidates the differences in learning patterns among students based on the side of the brain that is dominant. It is clear that the left hemisphere of the [...]
  • Subjects: Biology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1361

National Geographic Travelers Magazine analysis

The other related publication and electronic media by the same publisher include the National Geographic Kids, National Geographic Adventure and the National Expedition.
  • Subjects: Geography
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 653

Origin of Human Races

According to Wallace it is true that the animals change their physical and internal make up to conform with the changes in the environment in which they live. Wallace gave priority to the origin of [...]
  • Subjects: Anthropology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1087

1996 Mount Everest Disaster: Leadership Perspective

Everest and its summit became known to the western world in the beginning of the twentieth century. Thus, Hall and Fischer overestimated their abilities and this led to the tragedy.
  • Subjects: Geography
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1134

Grand Canyon Geological Profile

Other forces that also contributed to the formation of the Grand Canyon are; volcanism, continental drift, some vibrations in the orbit of the earth and many others. This is what caused the layers of rocks [...]
  • Subjects: Geology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 547

Portugal Country Profile

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The president of the country, the assembly of the Republic, the government and the courts are all the sovereign bodies of the Republic.
  • Subjects: Countries Studies
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 4200

Honey’s History and Trade

An analysis on the history of honey consumption reveals that its history has not only being long and mixed, honey has been used in the production of a variety of foods in the world over. [...]
  • Subjects: Agriculture
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1074

The methodological apparatus of natural sciences

Apparently, the quality of today's social research is being hindered by social scientists' inability to understand a simple fact that, just as is it is being the case with plants and animals, the representatives of [...]
  • Subjects: Scientific Method
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2733

Hackleburg, Alabama Tornado

It is worth to note that the April 28 2011 tornado did have three major tracks in the state of Alabama.
  • Subjects: Geography
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1033

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Louisiana provides that an insured's genetic information is the property of the individual while in Oregon, an individual's genetic information and DNA sample are the property of the individual except in circumstances where the sample [...]
  • Subjects: Genetics
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1686

Cities in Post-modern Era

The characteristic of the post-modern cities have put emphasis on the commercialization and business orientation and in this case resulting in de-materializing the economy and the lives of the people while emphasizing on the economic [...]
  • Subjects: Geography
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1926

Comparison of Two Articles: How the Earth Was Created

The main idea of this essay is to evaluate the authors' attempts to contribute the world of anthropology; in the both articles, it is admitted that the earth has its beginning, but the reasons of [...]
  • Subjects: Space Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 819

Red Eye Effect and Animal Eyes

This type of reflection is one of the major causes of red-eye in flash pictures. The very light is reflected in the retina to enable night vision.
  • Subjects: Physics
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 572

Environmental Studies – Sustainable Development

"Sustainability is refers to the indefinite use of available natural resources without ever causing depletion of the energy or material sources on which man depends; while, development is the continued improvement of living standards as [...]
  • Subjects: Agriculture
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1517

Tourism in Modern Bolivia

On the western part of the country, surrounded by two chains of the Andes, is a great plateau referred to as the Altiplano that has an altitude of twelve thousand feet and, interestingly, nearly half [...]
  • Subjects: Geography
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1129

Assumptions when Using a Chi-Square Test

The second requirement in a chi-squared test is that of independence among the observations, that is, the test cannot be used on correlated data.
  • Subjects: Statistics
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 534

Analysis of Variance: Limitations and Assumptions

Analysis of variance, which is also known as ANOVA refers to the techniques employed to analyze effects of categorical factors. Analysis of variance, which is also known as ANOVA refers to the techniques employed to [...]
  • Subjects: Statistics
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 684

California Geological Profile

The type of rocks found in California are diverse because it is said that, the state experiences some of the most diverse geological forces; which have in turn created some of the most diverse mineral [...]
  • Subjects: Geology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1454

Darwin on the Origin of Species

This is due to the fact that this is a consequence of the diversity among species as well as the struggles.
  • Subjects: Biology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 593

Non-Conventional Energy Resources

In the world, there exist different forms of energy that are categorized into two groups that include the fossil fuels and non-fossil fuels.
  • Subjects: Physics
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 965

Space Hazards as a Challenge to Astronauts

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Astronauts are best positioned to operate in space since they have studied the universe and understand the risks and the benefits of the operations in space.
  • Subjects: Astronomy
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1612

Tōhoku Earthquake of 2011

The rate at which the pacific plate undergoes displacement is at eight to nine centimeter per annum, hence the plate subduction of the plate led to a discharge of large amounts of energy leading to [...]
  • Subjects: Geology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 992

Removal of dams on Lower Snake River

Conservation for natural ecology is paramount in the preservation of the environment, although these dams have affected the survival for salmon in the lake which has some important value and attachment to the people's culture [...]
  • Subjects: Zoology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1148

Peoples Food and Policy

Thus, analysis of the relationship between agriculture and the environment is of great significance to researchers in the contemporary society. It is evident that continued production in agricultural sector will be determined by the understanding [...]
  • Subjects: Agriculture
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1392

Ending Africa’s Hunger: Green Revolution

Lack of capacity by African governments to invest in technology makes the agricultural strategies employed in the green revolution not very sustainable.
  • Subjects: Agriculture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 768

Concepts of Dangerous and Natural Energy

If movement occurs in the lower layers of the earth the surface of the earth is disrupted as the displacement is experienced all the way to the top.
  • Subjects: Geology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1112

Paradigms in Social Science

A business only approach to the study of the viability of the oil pipeline will provide no insight to the extent of the social and economic cost of the proposed project.
  • Subjects: Scientific Method
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2102

Evidence for ancient endosymbiosis

The subsequent taxon has been efficient and has greatly changed the development of life by producing endosymbionts important for the appearance of eukaryotes and the evident genome transit into them indicate a common evolutionary basis [...]
  • Subjects: Biology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 550

The Whiteness of Nerds

The issue highlighted in the present article is the way racial markedness of certain groups of youth in the modern American society is achieved through the usage of certain linguistic forms, and the way this [...]
  • Subjects: Anthropology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 868

Marked Language in Multiracial Youth

The coexistence of standard and superstandard English among the multiracial American youth is characterized by the presence of certain phonology, grammar, lexis and slang that make youth subcultures different.2. The central problem of the article [...]
  • Subjects: Anthropology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 781

The Copernican Revolution

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The Copernican revolution was defined as the change of belief from the Ptolemaic theory to the Copernican theory. The revolution was dependent on two decisions namely the denunciation of the Ptolemaic theory as untrue, and [...]
  • Subjects: Astronomy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1180

Aristotle vs. Scientific Cannons

They had a hypothesis, given their argument, that the heavier the object, the faster it would move towards the center of the universe. That is, there was a degree of regularity given a similarity in [...]
  • Subjects: Physics
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1134

Human Species: Homo Floresiensis

However, this will certainly be possible if a sample is taken from the micro cephalic and Homo sapiens with some form of pathology that is known in order to compare. So it can be said [...]
  • Subjects: Evolution of Humans
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1404

Julian Orr’s Talking About Machines

The reader can consider the analysis of an individual who knows the insights of the workplace and the group in question.
  • Subjects: Anthropology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1353

Uzbekistan’s History, Economic and Culture

However, it is notable much of the wealth of the country is held by the elite in the society with almost a quarter of the population living below the poverty line.
  • Subjects: Geography
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1390

Changes Brought by Millennium and the Workers of All Ages

The world of business is one of those spheres, which undergo certain changes at first, and when people entered the new millennium not long time ago, they faced certain challenges like fear of something new [...]
  • Subjects: Anthropology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 601

Is there evidence of life on martian meteorites?

Until then, researchers need to do the hard work of verifying or refuting existing theories and counterchecking any new evidence that could be contained in the Martian meteorites According to Buseck et al, Nanocrystals of [...]
  • Subjects: Astronomy
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2213

Marine Conservation and Coastal Development

The committee should comprise of a balanced membership for holistic review of the coastal development projects. The lack of legislation related to marine conservation is also a major setback.
  • Subjects: Zoology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 620

A 3000-Year-Old Artifact Discovered

One of the most revealing clues as to the ancient civilization was a collection of printed images that probably represent the inhabitants of the lodgment.
  • Subjects: Archeology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 635

Nonhuman Primate Conservation: Is It Possible?

Nonhuman primate conservation programs are characterized by numerous positive and negative sides: lemurs get benefits from these programs in the form of protection from other habitants of the same territory and legal empowerment of local [...]
  • Subjects: Evolution of Humans
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1693

Examining an Archeological Site: The Pyramids of Egypt

Another Issue in relation to the construction of the pyramids is with regard to how the huge blocks of stones used for the pyramid construction were transported from the quarries up to the site of [...]
  • Subjects: Archeology
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2273

Europe: An Anthropological Perspective

In this paper, we will aim to provide a set of rationale-based arguments, in defense of our thesis, while pointing out to the fact that the strength of one's willingness to think of its existential [...]
  • Subjects: Anthropology
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2392

Prenatal and Post Natal Motherhood

The statistical procedures mentioned in the study included data collection techniques, sampling methods, the null and alternative hypotheses, probability distributions, the level and type of test done, and the rejection criteria on the significance of [...]
  • Subjects: Statistics
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 597

Genetically Modified Foods Projects

The plan should be formed once the project's participants have been chosen and it should be communicated to the members and should continuously be used as a reminder of the mission of the project when [...]
  • Subjects: Genetics
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2066

Astronomy History: Past, Present, and Future

The Greek astronomy was influenced by the Egyptian and Babylonian astronomy that relied on astrology leading to the medieval western European view of astronomy and the renaissance period to the modern view of astronomy.
  • Subjects: Astronomy
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 594

The Decline in Birth Rate in Hong Kong

The domestic market will be largely hit due to the decrease of labor and creativity and this will greatly affect the foreign investment which is one of the most important sources of income in the [...]
  • Subjects: Anthropology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 558

Singapore: Geography and Economy Review

3 percent in the service industry and 12. Because of the varied population and presence of foreigners, Singapore has a multi cultur.
  • Subjects: Countries Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 940

Large-scale universe to Milky Way

The advent of the modern cosmology is based on extensive evidence supported by full observations and theories."The cosmology of today attempt to explain the commencement, the current state and eventual end of the universe".
  • Subjects: Astronomy
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 470

Scramble for Africa Lecture

The section that has been given extensive coverage is the detailing of the mining and exportation of oil from some African countries.
  • Subjects: Geography
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 280

Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster: 20/20 Hindsight Bias

The best way of doing this is through enabling of the funds drafted in the forwarded budget and transferring the monitoring responsibilities to watchdogs and commissions that consist of a panel of specialists in the [...]
  • Subjects: Astronomy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1082

The Significance of Ethnographic Observation

Thus, Arthur concentrates on the role of women in the use of lithics and the role of females in the development of Prehistoric communities, whereas Sillitoe and Hardy study the use of stone tools and [...]
  • Subjects: Archeology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1061

Critique of the geologic article

The urgency of the research presented in Simulation of adsorption of gold nanoparticles carried by gas ascending from the Earth's interior in alluvial cover of the middle lower reaches of the Yangtze River is connected [...]
  • Subjects: Geology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1181

The Steps of Scientific Method

She was instrumental in the attainment of results obtained from a research study that focused on treatment of neoplasms. Her research work and achievements in the study of radioactivity have contributed significantly to advancement of [...]
  • Subjects: Scientific Method
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 331

Physical Geography of Tristan da Cunha

The governor is based in St Helena and it created the need to have a channel of communication with the residents of the Island.
  • Subjects: Geography
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1370

The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

The earthquake was accompanied by a great tsunami given the high magnitude of the earthquake that reached 9. The third disaster was the meltdown of a number of nuclear plants following the tsunami.
  • Subjects: Geology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 870

Bioremediation Technology

The organisms are introduced on the site of contamination to degrade the contaminants. The contaminants reduce the fertility of the soil.
  • Subjects: Biology
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1604

The People of Egypt

Lane's interest in understanding the people of Egypt was demonstrated in his detailed work on this country and the ancient society that existed when this dynasty ruled the region.
  • Subjects: Countries Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1083

The Local Inhabitants of the Mountain Side

That is not being amazing enough, the world's hottest mark is let out to the audience of the video. The best example of the dangerous species outlined is the puma.
  • Subjects: Geography
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 425

Mapping: Communication and Technological Issues

This is based on various issues that are supposed to be considered as far as communication and technology is concerned. As a matter of fact, there is always a possibility that can be represented by [...]
  • Subjects: Geography
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 581

Country Profile: Kenya

The country policies also allows immigrants who want to visit Kenya for pleasure to apply for visitors pass subject to indicated terms and conditions, where he/she is supposed to enter Kenya and stay there for [...]
  • Subjects: Countries Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1197

The Brisbane Future City

The development of green fields and redevelopment of the current residential areas in Brisbane will be important in order to accommodate the increased population. The growth of Brisbane city will be promoted by encouraging and [...]
  • Subjects: Countries Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1046

Pros and Cons of Use of Pesticides

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Use of DDT and other pesticides may cause harm to the ecosystem if not well used and thus it is advisable to approach this issue with more precaution.
  • Subjects: Biology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 581

Who Discovered Oxygen, Priestly or Lavoisier?

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As a matter of fact, oxygen is present almost everywhere forming two thirds of the body mass of a healthy human being, it accounts for half the mass of the crust of the earth as [...]
  • Subjects: Chemistry
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 567

Drug Analysis: Amphetamine and Methamphetamine

Analysis of amphetamine and methamphetamine is carried out in a series of steps that entails employment of numerous tests for conclusive identification of this group of stimulants.
  • Subjects: Chemistry
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 861

Asian Cities: Taipei and Tokyo Overview

Located in the island of Taiwan, it is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and a centre for tourism activities.
  • Subjects: Countries Studies
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1996

Relationships among Spider Species

A report released by the University of Cincinnati indicates that when female spiders are experiencing starvation for a short-period of time, they are less receptive to the act of mating.
  • Subjects: Biology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 725

The Human Cloning Debates

Nonetheless, the scientists opposed reproductive cloning claiming that the practice undermines the uniqueness of humankind and that it is unethical to put the lives of clones in a condition of being susceptible to harm or [...]
  • Subjects: Biology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1197

Australopithecus Africanus Characteristics and Facts

This paper seeks to describe Australopithecus africanus according to: the origins or where the fossils were discovered; identify the range of places they are located on the map; identify the individual who discovered them; the [...]
  • Subjects: Anthropology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1142

Vegetation Sampling – Barton Road

The number of tragopogon plants is also higher in plots that were treated with high nitrogen as compared to those with low nitrogen.
  • Subjects: Biology
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1832

China’s One-Child Policy should be Abolished

This significant figure illustrates the extent of the injustice that the state is repeatedly committing against its people from the time of the policy's enactment.
  • Subjects: Geography
  • Pages: 17
  • Words: 1810

Super Weeds and Problems with Them

Similarly, in their quest to do away with the super weeds, farmers go to the extent of assuming that they apply small quantities of herbicides.
  • Subjects: Agriculture
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1396