Pennsylvania Station: The Myth of New York’s Lost Treasure

 Pennsylvania Station, The Myth New York’s Lost Treasure Introduction: New York City before the station. In May 2015, after the New York City’s landmark preservation agency prevented the famous Seagram Building’s restaurant from suffering a refurbishement, Nick Bryant, a BBC News journalist, wrote an article titled : “How Penn Station saved New York's architectural … Read more

The Fallacy of the ‘Ticking Bomb’ Scenario: Bob Brecher’s Deconstruction of Interrogational Torture

 Paste your essay in here…Since the US have started the ‘War of Terror’ in 2001, there are more recurrent attempts to justify interrogational torture. Taking into account the fact that we live in times when legal scholars discuss about torture as a possible and legitimate ‘weapon’ in order to gain information, Bob Brecher, Professor … Read more

John Stuart Mill’s Views on Post-Election America

 David Glaess John Stuart Mill’s Views on Post-Election America Post-election America has been one of upheaval, feelings of disappointment, and acts of aggression. While reflecting upon this myself, I found that John Stuart Mill’s “On Liberty” contained interesting viewpoints ― especially in regards to modern day America. Due to John Stuart Mill’s belief that … Read more

Lessons from Spanx: How Blakely turned $500 into a billion-dollar business

 Business report To: Potential investors From: Strategic Analyst Date: December 2016 Subject:   BIB3 Entrepreneurship – Individual report – Spanx Executive Summary Spanx is an interesting entrepreneurial business and has set a gold standard for many other businesses. Blakely has transformed her 500 USD into a billion dollar business through delivering customer value even though … Read more

Italy’s Ban on Same-Sex Marriage: A Violation of Human Rights

 Italy was the last Western European country that banned same sex marriages. This case has its origins in three others, similar processes in which same-sex couples want to connect to commit their relationship and live happily ever after. Sadly, those requests were denied and rejected by the State repeatedly and thus was giving notice … Read more

Privacy, Accuracy and Cost in Record Matching with Hybrid Technique

 Abstract Real-world entities are not always represented by the same set of features in different data sets. Therefore, matching records of the same real-world entity distributed across these data sets is a challenging task. If the data sets contain private information, the problem becomes even more difficult.Existing solutions to this problem generally follow two … Read more

Romania’s Economic Transition from 2000-2008: Challenges and Opportunities

 ay in hAnul 2000 aduce la palatul Victoria un guvern PSD in frunte cu Adrian Nastase. Avand o majoritate semnificanta in Parlament, acest guvern a reusit sa impuna diverse masuri economice, printre cele mai importante amintind: Statutul României era unul de economie slab dezvoltata, chiar si inaintea perioadei pre-comuniste și comuniste. Romania a avut … Read more

United States Imperialism: Its Impact on the Philippines

 nations rapidly extended their authority through acquiring territory or establishing political or economic dominance over a territory. Although many in the United States opposed imperial rule over other countries due to the abandonment of American ideals of self-government and freedom, the U.S. imperialized many countries, including the Philippines. However, the Philippines had already been … Read more

Pennsylvania Station, The Myth: New York’s Lost Treasure

 Pennsylvania Station, The Myth New York’s Lost Treasure Introduction: New York City before the station. In May 2015, after the New York City’s landmark preservation agency prevented the famous Seagram Building’s restaurant from suffering a refurbishement, Nick Bryant, a BBC News journalist, wrote an article titled : “How Penn Station saved New York's architectural … Read more

Understanding Flash Crashes: The May 6th, 2010 Event and Beyond

 The first remarkable crash in financial markets happened in February 1637, when the futures contract on Dutch tulip bulbs first skyrocketed and then collapsed. Ever since crashes and periods of turmoil are a constant in financial markets. Until the late 20th century crashes were mainly caused by wrong risk estimation or by fundamental factors … Read more

Fichte’s conception of kulturnation and its implications for nationalism and identity formation

 Fichte’s concept of the cultural continuities of the German nation (kulturnation) is significant in theorising ethno-linguistic nationalism and the construction of German national identity. This treatment first will explore Fichte in the context of history and debate, and his theory as stated within the collection of Addresses to the German Nation, a series of … Read more

Forests as Major Carbon Storage and the Role of Nutrient Elements in Photosynthetic Production

 Forests are the major carbon storage of the world, as they absorb circa 2.4 billion tonnes of carbon each year, which is one third of the gross primary production (GPP) (Pan et al., 2011). Net productivity of ecosystems is determined by the balance between carbon (C) assimilation through photosynthesis (also known as carbon sequestration) … Read more

Improve Post-Meal Glucose Control with Mitiglinide/Voglibose in Type 2 Diabetes

 Abstract Aims/Introduction: To evaluate glucose excursions and hypoglycemia frequency in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with the combination drug mitiglinide/voglibose versus glimepiride as add-on therapy to dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor. Materials and Methods: This is a randomized cross-over trial involving 20 patients with type 2 diabetes. After receiving vildagliptin 100 mg, patients were randomized … Read more