Challenging National-Building in Timor Leste: Unifying Natl. Identity Amid Adat & State

 Adat and the Nation-State: Attitudes to National Identity as a Challenge of National-Building in Timor Leste 
RESEARCH PROPOSAL 
  Political & Governmental System in South East Asia PSCI 3320 Section 1 Semester 1, 2018-2019 


  Nadia Hasna Humaira (1519440) Maizan Binti Nordin (1419396) Macire Drame (1431229) Introduction Timor-Leste is a country in Maritime Southeast Asia.It … Read more

CA Droughts: water management strategies for vineyards in abnormally dry regions

 California has a long history with droughts, across its extensive landscape it faces a range of abnormally dry patches and even severe drought. Since 2000, California has experienced the longest duration of drought and 63% of the state’s population currently lives in a drought. This clearly has a very large impact on the functionality … Read more

Architect Luis Barragan: A Sublime Act of "Poetic Imagination" with a Modernist Twist

 Architecture to Luis Barragan was deemed as, “a sublime act of poetic imagination.” Barragan’s extensive civil engineering and architectural background as well as peculiar upbringing, construed for him a very eclectic approach to design. This design methodology was directly similar to that of the De Stijl movement being a reduction to the essentials. Regarding … Read more

Explore Clara Barton's Impact on Nursing: A Legacy for Today

 Throughout history, there have been many pioneers who have paved the way for the profession of nursing. One woman who influenced the scope of nursing significantly is Clara Barton. Her contributions to the nursing profession have led to a long-lasting legacy still present today. The purpose of this paper is to provide a rationale … Read more

How Music Affects Heart Rate & Blood Pressure

 Boyle, Drumm October 29, 2018 Language Arts Periods 3 and 4 Background Research Music and the heart are two things that can affect one another. The heart is an important organ in the body, and music is the study of sound created by vibrations. These two subjects may not seem alike, but they have … Read more

Uncovering the Neuroscience Behind Our Sense of Time Perception

 I – INTRODUCTION The subject of time and, more specifically, keeping it, has become an increasingly large area for neuroscientific research. Knowing how cells follow chronological patterns is crucial to understanding the fundamentals of brain activity and recent interest in research, such as the nobel prize winning breakthroughs in circadian rhythms of 2017 (Huang, … Read more

The Prevalence of Drug Abuse in Mood Disorders

 Mood Disorders and the Prevalence of Drug Abuse Adriane L. Walsh Tarleton State University Abstract While drugs have the potential to make a positive impact, they pose a real danger when they fall into the wrong hands.  Today there are drugs to address a plethora of conditions, both physical and psychological.  Some of these … Read more

How Late-Colonialism Shaped African Societies

 Stories of colonialism are often told from those in power. The step to establish colonial rule over the African land mainly from the nineteenth century to twentieth century strengthen the expansion of the Africa’s commodity export. The subsequent regulation and manipulation of African communities and empires facilitated the railway and road construction, encouraged large … Read more

The End of a Mexican Telecom Monopoly w/ Carlos Slim

 In Is It the End of the Mexican Telecom Monopoly? David Floyd reveals the history of the telecommunications market in Mexico from late 1800 until the present. A little of Carlos Slim biography is also disclosed in the article to fully understand what this telecom monopoly really is about. Next, the article states the … Read more

‘Analysing Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech & its Impact on U.S. Civil Rights’

 I Have A Dream… This research report has the aim to analyse Martin Luther King’s speech in 1963, ‘I Have a Dream,’ and its impact on the United States civil rights movement. ‘…America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked insufficient funds…So we’ve come to cash … Read more

Explore Ancient America: Pre-Columbian Art at Birmingham Museum of Art

 The Gallery of Pre-Columbian Art In ancient America, a whole world prospered without any interaction from the traditional "birthplace" of civilization. From the highlands of Oaxaca to the Chilean frontier of the Inca empire, numerous cultures would rise and fall, leaving behind traces of their immense cultural legacies to their respective regions. Objects on … Read more

Explore VF Corporation's Billion-Dollar Revenues, Global Brands, and Business Strategy

 VF Corporation is an American global leader in branded clothing, footwear and apparel, they were founded in 1989 by John Barbey and are headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina.  VF corporation is a $12 billion revenue business with a huge portfolio of well-known brands across the globe, with the likes of Vans, Timberland and EastPak … Read more

ADHD Controversy: Pros & Cons of Pharmacological Drugs for Treatment

 ADHD Controversy Paper Brittney Katz HDFS 432 Pennsylvania State University November 29th, 2018 ADHD Controversy Paper In today’s day and age, one of the most largely argued controversies is over the usage of certain pharmacological drugs to treat ADHD in children. ADHD, also known as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is among one of the … Read more