From Athlete to Entrepreneur: The Merits of Michael Jordan’s Mindset

 An Entrepreneurial Mindset: An Insight to the Merits of Michael Jordan Embry Riddle Aeronautical Universtity BA 337 Jacob Meyer Transitioning from the spotlight of professional sports to the business world can be a daunting task for many athletes. Raw athletic ability does not always translate into a well-rounded business acumen that can create an … Read more

What is Meditation? Definition and Types

 2. Definition of Meditation To spend time in quiet thought for religious purposes or relaxation , to engage in contemplation or reflection to engage in mental exercise (as concentration on one's breathing or repetition of a mantra) for the purpose of reaching a heightened level of spiritual awareness ;to focus one's thoughts on : … Read more

The School of Athens: Raphael’s Vision of Learning

 Aristotle is earthly; Plato, otherworldly. The thinkers are secular, but the architecture is Christian. The greatest High Renaissance artists—Michelangelo, Leonardo, Bramante—merge with the greatest minds of ancient Greece. Light floods the fresco, the light of an age of classical-antiquity revival, of the artist-humanist, of spiritual and intellectual reconciliation. Initially, I believed The School of … Read more

Education as a Key Lever to Achieve Gender Equality: Case Studies from China and Japan

   In the 21st century, girls’ education is both an intrinsic right and a critical lever to achieve gender equality which is the unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals based on their gender. Providing girls with an education will lead to amazing impacts in the society from a higher economic participation to changing people's mindsets … Read more

Plastic-Induced Cancer in Gaza: Potential Solutions

 Since mass production of plastics are available in 1940s, they have been widely used in various industries because they benefit a reasonable price, lightness, durability, flexibility and stability properties (Thompson et al., 2009). Although plastics contributed to many commercial and medical advantages, they are proved to be an inducing-factor behind increasing rate of cancer. … Read more

Efficient Protocol for In Vitro Propagation and Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Apple cv. Red Delicious for Improved Scab Resistance

 Paste your esApple (Pyrus malus L.) cv. Red delicious belonging to Rosaceae family is a hard woody tree species that grows mainly in temperate and subtropical regions with minor production in higher altitudes of tropical regions (Chadha and Awasthi, 2005). Propagation of Apple is usually done by budding and grafting as the seeds are … Read more

The Unnoticed Tragedy: Sex Trafficking in America

 Sex trafficking is one of the most unnoticed tragedies that occur every single day in the United States of America. Trafficking is defined as a modern form of slavery. It involves controlling a person through force, fraud, or coercion to exploit the victim for forced labor, sexual exploitation, or both. Sex trafficking almost always … Read more

Food security and the use of degraded Saline lands

 Food security and the use of degraded Saline lands Shannen Santos Word Count: 1932 (excluding Abstract and Literature Cited) Abstract The exponential increase of the world population has put worldwide food security to a new low. With the careless use of land in nations across the globe, we are now facing a shortage of … Read more

Key Drivers of Increased Toxic Exposure: Analyzing Industrialization, Poverty, and Lifestyle

 Over the years human influence and impact on the environment have increased steadily as the population grew. The modern world is continually developing and increasingly interconnecting as a result of globalization, which has increased the use of natural resources and the production of goods and services. Industrialization has also contributed to this modern lifestyle … Read more

The Phenomenon of Website Lock-In: Understanding and Addressing Consumer Behavior Online

 In fact, much like the prior work on vehicles and sturdy data looking for conduct, shoppers have all the earmarks of being "locked-in," that is, they seek a great deal not exactly expected (Newman and Staelin 1972, 249-257)  . Another research facility tests delivered large amounts of website "lock-in" for subjects given hunt undertakings … Read more