UK Researchers:Taxing Food to Reduce Climate Change: A Bad Idea?

 I chose to analyze two articles on climate change and food tax: Mitigation Potential and Global Health Impacts from Emissions Pricing of Food Commodities published by Nature Climate Change; and UK Researchers: Tax Food to Reduce Climate Change published by The Federalist Papers Project. Article 1: Mitigation Potential and Global Health Impacts from Emissions … Read more

Uncovering the History of Photovoltaic: From Becquerel to Modern Inverters

 HISTORY OF PHOTOVOLTAIC Photovoltaic effect was discovered by a French physicist named Edmund Becquerel in 1839 who had conducted an experiment with an electrolytic cell made up of two metal electrodes. Based on this experiment, Becquerel discovered that with the exposure of light, certain materials produced small amounts of electric current flow. Explanation of … Read more

Analyze Case Studies of Failures in Gmails Globally Distributed Systems: 2008-09

 Case Studies of Failures in Globally Distributed Systems Study of Failures in Gmail’s Globally Distributed Systems – 2008-09 Malhar Chaudhari (Author) Electrical and Computer Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, USA mschaudh@andrew.cmu.edu Abstract—From August 2008 to September 2009, Gmail suffered multiple outages that affected a varying subset of estimated 26 million users worldwide. Gmail, … Read more

Exploring the Origins and Uses of Four Core Psychology Approaches: Biological, Behaviourist, Psychodynamic Cognitive

 Psychology A Psychology, is rooted back in ancient history, where philosopher Plato, used the term ‘psyche’ and ‘logos’ to describe how the mind and soul worked. The four main approaches in Psychology are biological, behaviourist, psychodynamic and cognitive. Each approach looks at behaviour differently, and looks at the big debate between nature and nurture. … Read more

The Secret Skepticism of Father Brown (G.K Chesterton – The Secret Garden)

Postmodernism can be defined as “a reaction to the assumed certainty of scientific, or objective, efforts to explain reality. It stems from a recognition that reality is not simply mirrored in human understanding of it, but rather, is constructed as the mind tries to understand its own particular and personal reality” (http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/gengloss/postm-body.html). From this definition, … Read more

Real Motives of Salem Witch Trials: Research by Mina Ashfour

 Mina Ashfour Research Paper: Alternative Motives for the Salem Witch Trials The Salem witch trials were a series of ‘witchcraft’ accusations against many civilians in colonial Massachusetts. Dozens of people were thrown in jail without trials, and twenty were executed. It was a hysteria that broke loose, and quickly spread to everyone near the … Read more

Exploring How Imperialism Failed to Benefit the People of the Philippines

 Naila Ahmed 12/12/16 F Block Imperialism Research Project Outline Introduction Background Occurring from 1870 to 1914, the Age of Imperialism was an era in which industrializing nations rapidly extended their authority through acquiring territory or establishing political or economic dominance over a territory Although many in the U.S. opposed imperial rule over other countries … Read more

Optimize Health Care for Syrian Refugees in Jordan: Maternal Care Access and Rights

 Gudrun Svavarsdottir Final paper Health and Human Rights, Fall 2016 Syrian Refugees in Jordan Access to health care for Syrian Refugees in Jordan, especially maternal care Introduction The aim of this report is mainly directed at violations of the rights of pregnant women amongst the Syrian refugee population in Jordan, although problems that all … Read more

Change Management for Healthcare: How to Guide for Success

 “Change management in the healthcare industry”; Introduction The sector of healthcare is vital for living that no one may deny. The advancement of technology has been a blessing in disguise for human health. Times are gone when people used to wait in long queues to get attention from the doctors and paramedical staff. The … Read more

Maximize Student Potential Through Watson at RIT

 % This is “sig-alternate.tex” V1.9 April 2009 % This file should be compiled with V2.4 of “sig-alternate.cls” April 2009 % % This example file demonstrates the use of the ‘sig-alternate.cls’ % V2.4 LaTeX2e document class file. It is for those submitting % articles to ACM Conference Proceedings WHO DO NOT WISH TO % STRICTLY … Read more