Addiction, it’s an ugly word, but unfortunately a very common one. It is wifely stated that the first step to overcoming an addiction is to admit that there is a problem. But many who smoke marijuana insist there is no problem. Take “Clay” for example, he smokes marijuana daily but says he’s not addicted. But when Clay doesn’t smoke he seems to be angrier, more prone to outbursts, and seems to be struggling with tasks. Despite what is often claimed,...
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Written in times of great political change, amongst the emerging threat of technology and totalitarianism, both George Orwell’s 1984 and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, demonstrate speculative responses to a vastly changing post war society. Both authors paint gritty dystopian futures and explore the challenges faced by characters within the microcosms they have crafted - reflective of their own concerns and criticisms of post-war society. This essay will explore the narrative themes and conventions of these texts and conclude how both...
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INTRODUCTION The Each general public structures a lot of guidelines that sets up the limits of commonly acknowledged conduct. These guidelines are frequently communicated in articulations about how individuals ought to carry on, and they fit together to shape the ethical code by which a general public lives. Shockingly, the distinctive standards frequently have logical inconsistencies, and individuals are now and again dubious about which principle to pursue. For example, in the event that you witness a companion duplicate another...
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Abstract This research is to explain the myth of anti-slavery is reflected in Frederick Douglass’s narrative “The life and time of Frederick Douglass”. Since there are many myths in America, yet the researcher only focuses on American myth of anti-slavery. The old way of Americans’ thinking thatthe black people is in lower class than white people made them become slave and their individual freedom is restricted. Along with the evolving issue of anti-slavery, there are many ways to talk about...
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Abstract With the evolution of predominant values and mainstream culture, the definition of 'family' is constantly changing in the United States. Due to social transformations brought by the decline in heterosexual marriage and the growth of working females, the nuclear family, the family formed by heterosexual parents with their biological child or children, lost its dominant status in family forms. Moreover, the chosen family, which covers a wide range, from the adoptive family to same-sex parents with their surrogate children,...
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Introduction The issue of gender equality has been one of the prevailing contentious debates in the nation. According to the Foreign Affairs Minister from Canada, Chrystia Freeland, she is among the first 26 people to hold such positions across the globe, in a world that has more than 195 countries. The numbers as compared to the national tally are shocking. More than 65 percent of countries in the world do not have options to send women representatives in various councils...
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This essay is going to discuss that gender equality in organisations today will never be possible or completely achieved due to organisations being gendered in and of themselves. Using Acker’s (1990) theory of gendered organisations to explain systematic inequalities that have compromised professional advancement of women in organisations they choose to join. This essay will support the argument of organisations being gendered in and of themselves as well as providing evidence on how organisations are built upon assumptions about gender...
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Introduction Exploring the concepts and themes that contribute to the portrayal of females within literature is a highly relevant topic in today’s critical climate. These concepts have historical and contemporary application that may help unveil and discuss female portrayals in literature, and thus are worthy of investigation. Charlotte Bronte’s classical novel Jane Eyre (1847) is a bildungsroman narrating the life of the eponymous Jane and the challenges she faces as a young, unmarried woman. Despite our contemporary appreciation of the...
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INTRODUCTION Ever wondered ‘Why we react in a certain way to a particular stimuli?’ and ‘Why some people are more prone to helping one another and some not?’. A Classic Greek philosopher, Plato states that “Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge”. Selfishness, often associated with negativity, although many a times the question ‘Why do some people turn out to be selfless while some selfish?’ arises. It’s completely acceptable to be described as either, after all...
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The Evolution of American Literature American literature has been transforming since the early settlers came in to colonize the contemporary New England. Back then, deeply believing American authors were writing works which were about the consequences of witchcraft and Salem rituals. At that point there was a problem with practicing dark magic by witches and witch hunters were cruelly executing them by being set on fire. The only acceptable religion was Christianity, consequently many books were associated with Christian motifs,...
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Introduction This article considers the reasons that, despite efforts, human trafficking persists around the world. The factors that enable human trafficking to occur vary and are interdependent and interconnected (Stop Violence Against Women (SVAW), 2008:1; Truong, 2001:34-35; Van Impe, 2000:p117-118). Human trafficking is a fastest growing forms of widespread transnational business (Shelley 2010, Rosy,2013) and a complex, multifactorial, and inconstant phenomenon (Acharya, 2008, Couto & Fernandes, 2014). Human trafficking is the third most lucrative illegal criminal activity (U.S. Department of...
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The aim of this study is to investigate in what way factors of culture (such as values, beliefs, laws (rules of behavior) and social status) influence consumer behavior using the example of Coca-Cola Company. Additional questions were: is it still important today to take them into account in the times of globalization Or marketers do not have to pay attention to it advertising a product of mass culture. Mentioned factors were studied on already existing literature. Used materials were taken...
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Introduction Advisory opinions in the world over, have been appreciated and acknowledged as an important source of law[footnoteRef:1], especially in the verge of jurisprudential development. Legal practitioners, diplomats and policy makers in Europe and beyond are agreeable to the fact that the precedents emanating from the European Court of Human rights has contributed positively towards the development of not only the human rights regime in Europe but also the practice of public international law[footnoteRef:2]. [1: Hambro, E. (1954). The authority...
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Introduction Schizophrenia has existed for hundreds of years but was more recognised as its own mental disease in 1887 by German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin who called it ‘dementia praecox’, meaning dementia in early life, this was changed to schizophrenia in 1910 by Swiss psychiatrist Paul Eugen Bleuler, where in Greek ‘schizo’ means split and ‘phren’ means mind. (Burton, 2012) The disease is a progressive neurodevelopment disorder which affects 1% of the world’s population, of those affected 80% has a hereditary...
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High and Popular Gothic were classed as poisonous novels which were read in secret. Beattie criticises the reading of sensationalist gothic novels as a dangerous past time because “Romances are a dangerous recreation… and tend to corrupt the heart and simulate the passions” (Beattie, J, (1970), pp. 309-327). In this assignment, I will argue that the relationship between the two genres is shifting alignments of popular and literary fictions with cultural theories, consumption and representations of science. This argument will...
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Abstract Domestic terrorism and homegrown extremism have been rather poorly informed by our media since the 9/11 attacks against the United States. I believe that our own belief systems and apprehensions have led us and our government to really dividing our nation’s freedom and security rather then listening to reason and reality. In this research paper, I am going to list my own beliefs based on my own research to tell you why the difference between national security vs freedom...
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School safety is a complex problem without a one size fits all solution. Trauma associated with school violence can have a profound impact on schools, families and entire communities. The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention (2019) describes school violence as acts that disrupt learning and is a subset of youth violence. School violence has a negative effect on students, schools, and communities as it includes fighting, bullying, gangs, cyberbullying, and the use of weapons....
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1.1 Introduction As the fastest growing economy in the world, China has achieved tremendous success in attracting foreign investment during the past two decades. Although multinational organizations continue to establish businesses in China, many of them have not achieved the success they expected. In fact, foreign managers ‘‘have often reported frustration and confusion’’ (Zhao, 2000, p. 209) when doing business in China. Kuhn and Poole (2000) concluded that the poor performance of multinational companies can often be attributed to culturally...
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Nature has been a prominent theme of American literature since the founding of America. When Washington Irving wrote “Rip Van Winkle,” one of the oldest classics of American literature, he focused notably on nature throughout the telling of the story. Through figurative language and symbolism, Irving uses the differences in Rip Van Winkle, the village, and nature to emphasize the importance of balance. Nature is used to represent balance of change and tradition, Rip represents the extreme side of tradition,...
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1.0 Introduction Different cultures view women in different ways. Women in African society and cultures have resisted traditionally in contradiction of certain models that all women encounter. The female personality is different according to each culture and their customs but many cultures are based on male control where women have less power. Women across the world experience suppression in getting jobs, education, sexuality and reproductive choice. The coming of feminism movements in Africa has helped in changing the position of...
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Introduction The creative power of art has been used to evoke emotion in people in order to bring up a social change as artistic activism. Activism challenges accustomed beliefs and power association. Whereas in Art, there is an ambiguity in the intention of the artist who makes the work. It is often to create a new perspective and a clearer vision to view the aspects of the world, which can be considered as another way of rephrasing the imposition of...
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Abstract: Lung cancer is one of the most serious cancers in the world, with the smallest survival rate after the diagnosis. In CT scans, lung nodules appear as dense masses of various shapes and sizes. They may be isolated from or attached to other structures such as blood vessels or the pleura. In this paper a detection of Candidate Nodules (solitary or juxtapleural in a 2D CT slice is achieved using two schemes of segmentation and enhancement algorithms. Convolutional Neural...
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The Odyssey- is best understood as a 'reception' or 'reading' of the Iliad but one that ultimately wants to problematize its source text-- that is, Homer (as a shorthand for whoever the author was) wants the Odyssey to address the same major issues as the Iliad but come to a fundamentally different conclusion as to what is important. A good version of this paper will carefully consider the whole of the Iliad and the Odyssey and will show the ways...
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Introduction The representation of the gay man in music has a relatively short history in the United Kingdom in the genre of popular music. The portrayal of such a character during the 1970s voiced the harassment and unjust behaviour towards the many individuals suffering under the laws against homosexuality. Even though the United Kingdom legalized homosexual relations between adults over the age of 21 in 1967, it still gave rise to a colossal wave of hate and violence against the...
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Introduction A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students or pupils under the direction of teachers. A school should be a safe place where learners can learn freely and never fear for their lives. The recent year has redefined all these definitions in South Africa when numerous cases of school violence where reported frequently, not only did this become shocking but it also brought uncertainty in the country’s educational...
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Culture is characterized as the group mental programming of the human personality which recognizes one gathering of individuals from another. This programming impacts examples of reasoning which are reflected in the importance individuals append to different parts of life and which end up solidified in the foundations of general public. This does not infer that everybody in a given society is customized similarly; there are extensive contrasts between people. It likely could be that the distinctions among people in a...
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Introduction The question of America’s intentions in Cuba may sound simple, yet the answers are not. The essay will attempt to make the reader understand why America spent decades trying to intervene in Cuba and overthrow the Castro government. Numerous American presidents launched covert operations in Cuba to destabilize the government and failed. Using the available literature on the history of Cuba, the business and industries, the rise of Castro, the Bay of Pigs, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the...
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This essay considers reasons the early Buddhists taught that the five aggregates (khandhas) weren’t the self. These reasons can be classified into three categories: soteriological, socio-cultural, and philosophical. Given the Buddha’s emphasis on teaching for the purpose of liberation, the soteriological reasons are the most important and are given the most attention. Nonetheless, the social and religious milieu of Northern India during the Buddha’s time was dominated by an earlier version of the Brahmanic culture still existing in India today....
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It has always been difficult for women to balance a thriving career and a happy family life. This is because being a full-time working woman comes with sessions of stress and guilt for not being able to give sufficient time to family and work. Work life balance is a term used to portray the balance between an individual's personal life and professional life. A healthy work-life balance holds great importance for working women particularly in the current environment in which...
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Abstract Being grateful or ruminating on one’s depressive symptoms can have dramatic impacts on mood. Past research gives evidence that rumination leads to more negative affect in depressed people and gratitude leads to more positive affect regardless of baseline depression levels. Participants (N = 198) were randomly assigned to a neutral rumination (n = 99) or positive gratitude condition (n = 99) and the effects on positive and negative mood were examined. I hypothesized that people high in depression would...
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